Today in the MHSAA: 1/23/20

January 23, 2020

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Two of the three No. 1-ranked hockey teams in Michigan faced off Thursday in league play to take today’s No. 1 spot, followed by one of the state’s annual wrestling powers claiming a conference championship.

1. Hockey: Division 2 top-ranked Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice edged Division 1 No. 1 Detroit Catholic Central 2-1 – Oakland Press

2. Wrestling: Division 3 No. 2 Richmond clinched the Blue Water Area Conference championship with a sweep of Croswell-Lexington and Imlay City – Macomb Daily

3. Hockey: Division 1 No. 4 Brighton avenged an earlier loss to No. 3 Salem with a 3-0 win in the rematch – Observer & Eccentric

4. Bowling: Bay City Central’s girls and Essexville Garber’s boys won Bay County championships – Bay City Times

5. Girls Basketball: Michigan Center avenged last season’s Regional Final loss to Springport, 61-49 – Jackson Citizen Patriot

6. Hockey: Division 2 No. 2 Livonia Stevenson continued its recent success against No. 4 Hartland, 7-0 – Observer & Eccentric

7. Girls Basketball: Bellaire remained undefeated and ended Gaylord St. Mary’s 59-game Ski Valley Conference winning streak with a 49-36 victory – Up North Live

8. Boys Basketball: Carrollton moved to 8-0 with a 77-70 win over Reese – Saginaw News

9. Hockey: Grand Haven came back from a one-goal deficit with four minutes to play to get past Hudsonville 5-3 – Local Sports Journal

10. Hockey: Will Dawson scored a natural hat trick during the first period to lead Division 2 No. 6 Traverse City Central past Petoskey 6-0 – Traverse City Record-Eagle

Also of note …

Football: Gwinn is mourning the unexpected death of football coach Dion Brown, who took over the program in 2014 and led it to multiple playoff appearances – WLUC

Football: Hudson coach Chris Luma has stepped down with a 180-70 record over the last 23 seasons – Adrian Daily Telegram

Football: Continuing Rockford’s streak of 25 straight winning seasons will rest with former assistant Brent Cummings, who was promoted to head coach – Grand Rapids Press

Today in the MHSAA: 1/27/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

January 27, 2025

1. COMPETITIVE CHEER Division 2 No. 2 Allen Park posted the top overall score at the Wyandotte Invitational – Southgate News-Herald

2. WRESTLING Stevensville Lakeshore took back the Greater Berrien County Invitational title, winning for the fifth time in six years – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

3. BOYS SWIMMING & DIVING Erie Mason/Ida – No. 9 in Lower Peninsula Division 3 – repeated as winner at the Monroe County Championships – Monroe News

4. BOYS BASKETBALL Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice edged Orchard Lake St. Mary’s 66-64 in a league matchup of Division 1 statewide contenders – Oakland Press

5. WRESTLING Division 2 No. 6 Cadillac finished first among 42 teams at the Northern Michigan Wrestling Championships – Cadillac News

6. BOYS SWIMMING & DIVING LPD3 No. 7 Riverview repeated as Downriver Classic champion – Southgate News-Herald

7. COMPETITIVE CHEER Gladstone had the overall high score at the Upper Peninsula Cheer Classic – Upper Michigan’s Source

8. WRESTLING The Lenawee County All-Star Meet crowned 20 champions – Adrian Daily Telegram

9. BOYS BASKETBALL Derek Sanders became Brooklyn Columbia Central’s all-time leading scorer during a win over Addison – Jackson Citizen Patriot

10. HOCKEY Division 1 No. 3 Howell downed Division 2 No. 2 Livonia Stevenson 3-2 on a buzzer-beating goal – Livingston Daily Press & Argus