Today in the MHSAA: 1/21/20
January 21, 2020
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Major matchups at basketball events honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s memory made for a highlight-filled weekend and Monday across Michigan, and girls basketball, wrestling, competitive cheer, hockey and boys swimming & diving also contributed headliners as teams braved the mid-January weather.
1. Boys Basketball: Division 3 Flint Beecher downed Division 1 Orchard Lake St. Mary’s 70-61 in a matchup of MHSAA championship contenders – State Champs Sports Network
2. Girls Basketball: Howell handed Brighton its first loss, 43-41, with Maeve St. John connecting on two last-minute free throws – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
3. Wrestling: Division 4 No. 7 Hart defeated No. 6 Leroy Pine River 40-20 in the championship match of the Fallen Bucks Memorial Tournament – Cadillac News
4. Boys Basketball: Grand Rapids Christian remained undefeated with a 66-64 win over Wyoming, which also was unbeaten entering the contest – WOOD TV
5. Girls Basketball: Reeya Patel’s basket with 2.5 seconds to play pushed Ann Arbor Huron past previously-undefeated Temperance Bedford 53-51 – State Champs Sports Network
6. Boys Swimming & Diving: Midland Dow – No. 8 in Lower Peninsula Division 2 – locked up its 18th-straight Tri-Cities championship, nearly doubling up the field – Midland Daily News
7. Boys Basketball: Detroit Martin Luther King got past Detroit Douglass 55-46 in a matchup of two more Finals hopefuls – Detroit Free Press
8. Boys Basketball: Emoni Bates led Ypsilanti Lincoln on a 13-2 run to close a 75-68 win over Detroit Edison – Detroit News
9. Hockey: Division 3 No. 10 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central avenged a late December loss to rival Forest Hills Northern/Eastern, winning this time 3-1 – FOX 17
10. Cheer: Stevensville Lakeshore won the Division 2 and overall championships at the Coloma Invitational – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium
Also of note …
Girls Basketball: Although Niles fell to St. Joseph 59-54, Alycia Patterson went over 1,000 career points – Niles Daily Star
Boys Basketball: Reese Hazelton scored his 1,000th career point on a game-winner to lead Maple City Glen Lake past Saginaw Heritage 51-49 – Traverse City Record-Eagle
Girls Basketball: Elise Besonen also went over 1,000 career points in leading Ewen-Trout Creek past Ontonagon – The Upbeat
Today in the MHSAA: 10/6/26
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
October 6, 2026
1. BOYS TENNIS Imlay City won the Blue Water Athletic Conference Tournament to claim its first league title in this sport since 1984 – Flint Journal
2. GIRLS GOLF Standish-Sterling earned its first Finals appearance in this sport with a runner-up finish at its Lower Peninsula Division 3 Regional – Bay City Times
3. GIRLS GOLF Honorable mention St. Joseph edged No. 9 Plainwell by four strokes to win their LPD2 Regional – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium
4. BOYS SOCCER Dearborn Edsel Ford locked up a fourth-straight Downriver League title with a scoreless draw against Lincoln Park – Southgate News-Herald
5. BOYS SOCCER Sterling Heights Stevenson completed an outright Macomb Area Conference White championship run with a 4-1 win over Warren Cousino – Macomb Daily
6. BOYS SOCCER Ludington clinched the West Michigan Conference championship in shutting out Shelby 4-0 – Ludington Daily News
7. GIRLS GOLF No. 3 Okemos was first and No. 8 Grand Blanc second at the Lower Peninsula Division 1 Regional at Forest Akers East –Lansing State Journal
8. BOYS TENNIS LPD3 No. 4 Ann Arbor Greenhills handed LPD2 No. 3 Midland Dow its first loss, 6-2 – Midland Daily News
9. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING Grosse Ile downed Flat Rock 108-75 to remain first in the Huron League – Southgate News-Herald
10. BOYS SOCCER Big Rapids advanced in the Central State Activities Association Tournament with a 4-0 semifinal win over Newaygo – Big Rapids Pioneer