Today in the MHSAA: 12/17/18
December 17, 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.
The Michigan Interscholastic Hockey League/Kensington Lakes Activities Association Challenge and county championships in cheer and wrestling headlined the weekend, but most important was the performance at the end of last week by one of our state’s boys basketball coaches – scroll to the bottom of this list to learn more.
1. Hockey: Division 1 top-ranked Detroit Catholic Central won a rematch of last season’s Division 1 Semifinal loss to Brighton, this time emerging 4-1 over the reigning champion and current No. 5 Bulldogs – Observer & Eccentric
2. Cheer: Rochester Hills Stoney Creek scored 781.760 to win the Division 1 Oakland County Championship title and score the meet’s highest score regardless of division – Oakland Press
3. Wrestling: Division 2 top-ranked Lowell finished first and Rockford second at the Kent County Championships – Grand Rapids Press
4. Wrestling: Bay City Western clinched the 32nd Bay City Championship with a pin in the final match – Bay City Times
5. Hockey: Owen Pietila scored a hat trick to lead Division 2 top-ranked Hartland to a 5-1 win over No. 3 Birmingham Brother Rice – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
6. Hockey: A tie is nearly a win when it comes against a reigning MHSAA champion, and Division 3 No. 8 Alpena earned an impressive one against last season’s title winner and current No. 4 Detroit Country Day with a last-second goal – Alpena News
7. Hockey: Division 2 No. 4 Livonia Stevenson edged Division 1 No. 4 Orchard Lake St. Mary’s 3-2 in its MIHL-KLAA Challenge matchup – Observer & Eccentric
8. Cheer: Gibraltar Carlson scored 768.100 to win the Division 2 portion of the Flat Rock Invitational with the highest score of the meet regardless of division – Southgate News-Herald
9. Hockey: Division 3 No. 3 Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood improved to 8-3 with a 5-1 win over Division 2 No. 5 Plymouth – Observer & Eccentric
10. Girls Basketball: Emily Coveyou had a triple-double in leading St. Ignace past Pickford – MI Sports Now
Also of note …
Boys Basketball: From Thursday, Fruitport Calvary Christian coach Jeff Zehr employed CPR and AED procedures to save the life of one of his players Thursday – Grand Haven Tribune
Boys Basketball: Brady Swinehart became the ninth player in Ionia history to score 1,000 points, hitting the milestone Friday against Charlotte – Greenville Daily News
Today in the MHSAA: 4/25/25
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
April 25, 2025
1. GIRLS TENNIS Birmingham Seaholm – No. 3 in Lower Peninsula Division 2 – topped LPD1 top-ranked Clarkston 5-3 – Oakland Press
2. BOYS GOLF LPD1 No. 4 Brighton won the Kensington Lakes Activities Association preseason tournament with an event-record 297 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
3. GIRLS SOCCER Waterford Mott moved into first in the Lakes Valley Conference with a 2-1 win over Walled Lake Northern – Oakland Press
4. BASEBALL Cash DePauw threw a no-hitter in Division 4 No. 17 Indian River Inland Lakes’ 3-0 win over Johannesburg-Lewiston, which came back to win the second game 10-8 – Cheboygan Daily Tribune
5. SOFTBALL Grand Haven’s Lorelei Chciuk continued her excellent start this spring for the Division 1 honorable mention Buccaneers with a no-hitter win over East Kentwood– Local Sports Journal
6. BASEBALL Ryan Zanger made big plays at the plate and on the mound in Dundee’s 7-6 win over Blissfield – Monroe News
7. BOYS LACROSSE Saginaw Heritage bounced back from its first loss with an 8-7 win over Bay City Western – Saginaw News
8. GIRLS SOCCER Petoskey avenged last year’s season-ending defeat with a 5-0 win over Gaylord – Petoskey News-Review
9. SOFTBALL New Baltimore Anchor Bay rallied in the fourth inning to get past Utica Ford 3-1 – Macomb Daily
10. GIRLS TENNIS Wyandotte Roosevelt won the last match to earn a 4-4 tie with Trenton – Southgate News-Herald