Today in the MHSAA: 12/16/19
December 16, 2019
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Early-season showcases this weekend in ice hockey and girls basketball gave us a few ideas of how some of the best stack up as the start of the holiday invitational schedule nears.
1. Hockey: Division 2 top-ranked Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice ended No. 3 Hartland’s 14-game winning streak going back to last season, 4-2 at the MIHL/KLAA Showcase – Observer & Eccentric
2. Girls Basketball: Detroit Renaissance capitalized on 28 turnovers in getting past East Kentwood 49-47 at the Best of Michigan Classic – State Champs Sports Network
3. Girls Basketball: Reigning Division 4 champion Adrian Lenawee Christian earned a big win against a much bigger opponent, 61-40 over Kalamazoo Central also at Best of Michigan – State Champs Sports Network
4. Hockey: No. 2 Livonia Stevenson earned a 2-1 win over No. 4 Trenton at the MIHL/KLAA Showcase – Observer & Eccentric
5. Hockey: Division 1 top-ranked Detroit Catholic Central surged to a 7-0 win over No. 5 Brighton at the MIHL/KLAA Showcase – Observer & Eccentric
6. Hockey: Division 1 No. 2 Salem extended its winning streak to five with a 3-2 win over No. 4 Orchard Lake St. Mary’s at the MIHL/KLAA Showcase – Observer & Eccentric
7. Gymnastics: Escanaba edged Marquette by slightly more than two points to win the Elks Invitational – Escanaba Daily Press
8. Wrestling: Division 2 No. 2 Gaylord dominated at the Romeo Invitational with wins by at least 21 points over all four opponents – Gaylord Herald Times
9. Wrestling: Petoskey won individual titles at eight weights on the way to the team championship at the Owosso Invitational – Petoskey News-Review
10. Girls Bowling: Midland Bullock Creek swept St. Louis and Saginaw Valley Lutheran to run its Tri-Valley Conference match winning streak to 30 – Midland Daily News
Also of note …
Boys Basketball: Although his team fell to North Muskegon 63-51, Mason County Central’s Jeffery Carrier went over 1,000 career points – Ludington Daily News
Boys Basketball: Fife Lake Forest Area’s Chase Ingersoll also went over 1,000 points with 19 in an 84-58 win over Big Rapids Crossroads – Traverse City Record-Eagle
Today in the MHSAA: 9/25/26
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
September 25, 2026
1. BOYS SOCCER Division 2 No. 7 Fruitport moved into first place alone in the Ottawa-Kent Conference Silver with a 1-0 win over Division 3 No. 5 Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian – MuskegonSports.com
2. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING Rochester – No. 10 in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – edged Bloomfield Hills 94-92 – Oakland Press
3. BOYS SOCCER Traverse City Central and Division 1 No. 11 Traverse City West remain tied for the lead in the Big North Conference after a 2-2 draw – Up North Live
4. BOYS SOCCER Division 1 No. 15 Walled Lake Northern edged Walled Lake Western 4-3 – Oakland Press
5. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Traverse City Central’s Erica Heffner reached 1,000 career kills during a sweep of Sault Ste. Marie – Traverse City Record-Eagle
6. CROSS COUNTRY The Montrose boys and Frankenmuth girls won team titles at the latter’s invitational – Saginaw News
7. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Gibraltar Carlson came back from a 2-1 deficit to defeat Brownstown Woodhaven in five – Southgate News-Herald
8. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Kingsford improved to 10-1-0 with a sweep of Gladstone – Upper Michigan’s Source
9. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Macomb L’Anse Creuse North lost the first set but won the next three to down Harrison Township L’Anse Creuse – Macomb Daily
10. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING Dexter defeated Temperance Bedford 106-79 – Chelsea Sun Times News
Also of note …
FOOTBALL Longtime Monroe Jefferson coach Marc Cisco died at age 90; he coached Jefferson for 47 years – Monroe News