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: 8/23/23

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

August 23, 2023

1. VOLLEYBALL Essexville Garber ran its Bay County championship streak to four, defeating Bay City Western in the final – Bay City Times

2. VOLLEYBALL South Lyon East downed Bloomfield Hills Marian in the premier match of the Bloomfield Hills quad – Oakland Press

3. CROSS COUNTRY The host Three Rivers girls and Marshall boys won Big Hill Invitational titles – Coldwater Daily Reporter | Athletic.net

4. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING Grosse Ile earned victories over Dearborn Divine Child and Dearborn Heights Crestwood during an outdoor meet – Southgate News-Herald

5. VOLLEYBALL Lake Fenton came back from losing the first two sets to win the next three and get past Midland Dow – WNEM

6. BOYS SOCCER Ludington improved to 2-2 with a 3-0 shutout of Cadillac – Ludington Daily News

7. VOLLEYBALL Rock Mid Peninsula outlasted Big Bay de Noc in five sets – Escanaba Daily Press

8. BOYS SOCCER Lincoln Park earned its first victory, 3-1 over Wyandotte Roosevelt – Southgate News-Herald

Also of note ...

OFFICIALS Football season is set to kickoff, and we need to remember to support our officials as well, as we don't have games without them – WNEM