Today in the MHSAA: 1/22/19

January 22, 2019

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

The weekend was filled with county and league championship competition and highly-anticipated invitationals – plus scroll to the bottom of today’s list for a number of basketball achievements, including an MHSAA record setter.

1. Wrestling: Division 3 No. 1 Dundee finished half a point ahead of Division 2 No. 8 St. Johns to win the Hudson Super 16 Invitational – Adrian Daily Telegram

2. Girls Basketball: Detroit Edison downed Pewamo-Westphalia 54-39 in a rematch from last season's Class C Semifinals – The Bleacher Denizen

3. Wrestling: Division 1 No. 2 Brighton took first at the 41-team Maumee Bay Classic, six points ahead of Ohio power Elyria – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

4. Bowling: Lapeer’s girls finished ahead of Flint Kearsley to win the Flint Metro Invitational, but Kearsley’s Imari Blond rolled a 300 and a 749 series – Flint Journal

5. Boys Swimming & Diving: East Grand Rapids, No. 2 in Lower Peninsula Division 3, finished first and LPD1 honorable mention Grand Haven second at the EGR Invitational – Grand Haven Tribune

6. Wrestling: Division 3 No. 3 Whitehall won its 13th straight Greater Muskegon Athletic Association championship – Muskegon Chronicle

7. Bowling: The undefeated Traverse City West girls clinched their ninth straight Great Northern High School Bowling Conference championship with a win over previously undefeated Cadillac Traverse City Record-Eagle

8. Boys Swimming & Diving: Midland Dow, No. 4 in LPD2, won its 17th straight Tri-Cities Championship, finishing ahead of runner-up and LPD2 honorable mention Saginaw Heritage – Midland Daily News

9. Bowling: Utica Ford’s boys and St. Clair Shores Lake Shore’s girls won Macomb County championships – Macomb Daily

10. Bowling: South Lyon’s girls and Farmington-Harrison’s boys won Oakland County titles – Oakland Press

Also of note …

Boys Basketball: From Thursday, Romeo Weems scored 30 points against Grosse Pointe South to break the New Haven record of 1,840 career points set by Eli Sims in 1971 – Port Huron Times-Herald

Girls Basketball: Elie Smith scored her 1,000th career point Friday in Fowlerville’s win over St. Johns – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

Boys Basketball: Coldwater’s Gage McGuire set his school’s scoring record Friday, breaking the previous mark of 1,179 set by Rick Gates – Coldwater Daily Reporter

Girls Basketball: Posen’s Brooke Ciarkowski also went over 1,000 career points Friday, in a win over Hillman – MI Sports Now

Girls Basketball: Kent City made 25 3-pointers in an 89-33 win over Holton to break the MHSAA single-game record for long-distance shots – Local Sports Journal

Girls Basketball: The Monroe News caught up with 98-year-old Marie Kinne to talk about her high school basketball career at Petersburg High School during the late 1930s – Monroe News

Today in the MHSAA: 1/29/26

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

January 29, 2026

1. GIRLS BASKETBALL Midland Dow’s Melanie Kolnitys scored the 1,000th point of her career during a 62-38 win over Grand Blanc, also her final varsity game as she’s scheduled to have season-ending knee surgery – Midland Daily News

2. BOYS BASKETBALL Noah Barr went over 1,000 career points in Breckenridge’s 60-36 win over St. Helen Charlton Heston – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

3. COMPETITIVE CHEER Richmond won the latest Blue Water Area Conference jamboree against a field that included two more likely Finals contenders – Macomb Daily

4. WRESTLING Division 1 No. 2 Hartland downed No. 3 Brighton 36-28 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

5. WRESTLING Division 2 No. 5 New Boston Huron finished its second-straight perfect run through the Huron League with a 54-12 win over Monroe Jefferson – Southgate News-Herald

6. GIRLS BASKETBALL Mallory Woiteshek’s late free throw gave undefeated Grand Haven a 47-46 win over Muskegon – Local Sports Journal

7. GIRLS BASKETBALL Maple City Glen Lake moved into first place alone in the Northwest Conference with a 58-49 win over Buckley – Traverse City Record-Eagle

8. BOYS BASKETBALL East Jordan fortified its spot atop the Ski Valley Conference with a 45-36 win over Mancelona – Up North Live

9. WRESTLING Midland downed reigning Saginaw Valley League champion Lapeer 41-35 – Midland Daily News

10. BOYS BASKETBALL Detroit Douglass downed Denby 59-52 – Detroit News