Today in the MHSAA: 12/10/18

December 10, 2018

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Each weekday of the school year, we break down the top headlines courtesy of Michigan’s sports media.

This weekend was filled with record-setting scoring on the basketball court, milestone points and titanic early-season victories as some of the state’s best met in hoops, wrestling and hockey.

1. Wrestling: No. 3 Brighton downed No. 2 Davison 34-23 in a matchup of top teams in Division 1 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

2. Girls Basketball: Reigning Class A champion Saginaw Heritage held on for a 45-43 win over Southfield Arts & Technology at the Arbor Prep Invitational – Saginaw News

3. Girls Basketball: Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart won big over Coleman as Scout Nelson scored her 1,000th career point – MI Sports Now

4. Wrestling: Division 2 No. 9 Tecumseh downed No. 10 New Boston Huron in the final to win the Brooklyn Columbia Central Team Tournament title – Adrian Daily Telegram

5. Hockey: Division 1 No. 4 Salem followed its Thursday win over Division 2 No. 7 Howell with a 4-0 victory over Division 3 No. 11 Livonia Churchill – Observer & Eccentric

6. Girls Basketball: Comstock’s Daisy Ansel broke her school’s 27-year-old scoring record with 45 points in a big win over Buchanan – Kalamazoo Gazette

7. Bowling: Quincy’s boys entered bracket play as the eighth seed and downed the first on the way to winning the Cascades Clash Baker Tournament – Coldwater Daily Reporter

8. Girls Basketball: Taylor Folkema tied her school’s record with 39 points in Muskegon Western Michigan Christian’s big win over Muskegon Catholic Central – Local Sports Journal

9. Wrestling: Seven individual champions led Petoskey to the team title at the Owosso Invitational – Petoskey News-Review

10. Wrestling: Ishpeming Westwood won its Super Duals finishing 5-0 on the day – Marquette Mining Journal

Also of note …

Cross Country: Longtime Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart coach Mark Zitzelsberger announced his retirement; he led the Irish to six MHSAA titles including the girls team to the last four in Lower Peninsula Division 4 – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

Wrestling: Lake City earned its first invitational team title as a program, claiming first at Manton – Cadillac News

Girls Basketball: Shepherd edged Birch Run 41-40, but Panthers junior Sarah Miller reached 1,000 points for her career – Saginaw News

Boys Basketball: From Tuesday, Bryce Hallman scored a school-record 44 points as Howard City Tri-County won its first game in nearly two calendar years, over White Cloud – Greenville Daily News

Today in the MHSAA: 1/16/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

January 16, 2025

1. WRESTLING Gavin Drenten became Zeeland East’s all-time leader in wins with a sweep against Zeeland West and Grand Rapids Union – Holland Sentinel

2. BOYS BASKETBALL Macomb L’Anse Creuse North earned coach Kurt Wilson his 300th career win, 50-34 over Utica – Macomb Daily

3. HOCKEY Division 1 No. 3 Howell edged No. 7 Novi 3-2 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

4. HOCKEY No. 2 Hartland moved to 6-0 against ranked Division 1 teams with a 5-3 victory over No. 9 Salem – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

5. WRESTLING Constantine downed Division 4 No. 10 Gobles 47-21 and Lawton 60-24 – Sturgis Journal

6. GIRLS BASKETBALL West Bloomfield extended its Oakland Activities Association Red winning streak to 48 with a 37-30 victory over Rochester Hills Stoney Creek – Oakland Press

7. WRESTLING Stevensville Lakeshore edged rival St. Joseph 42-32 for first in the Southwestern Michigan Athletic Conference – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

8. BOYS BASKETBALL Harbor Beach remains first atop the Big Thumb Conference Black thanks to a 54-39 win over Ubly – Huron Daily Tribune

9. BOYS BASKETBALL Bad Axe handed Millington its first defeat this season, 60-54 – Saginaw News

10. GIRLS BASKETBALL Monroe downed Petersburg Summerfield 43-26 as Trent Moody coached against his father Mickey – Monroe News