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: 11/9/22

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

November 9, 2022

1. VOLLEYBALL Unranked Camden-Frontier downed reigning Division 4 champion and current No. 6 Battle Creek St. Philip in four sets in a Regional Semifinal – Hillsdale Daily News

2. VOLLEYBALL Unranked Okemos upset No. 5 Ann Arbor Skyline in five sets in Division 1 – Twitter

3. VOLLEYBALL No. 4 Lake Odessa Lakewood advanced to a Division 2 Regional Final with a four-set win over No. 6 Marshall – Lansing State Journal

4. VOLLEYBALL No. 2 Northville defeated No. 8 Farmington Hills Mercy 3-1 in a Division 1 Regional Semifinal – Hometown Life

5. VOLLEYBALL Unranked Tecumseh upset No. 9 Lansing Catholic in four sets in Division 2 – Adrian Daily Telegram

6. VOLLEYBALL No. 4 Clarkston swept honorable mention White Lake Lakeland in Division 1, avenging a 2021 District defeat – Oakland Press

7. VOLLEYBALL No. 9 Shelby got through a couple of close sets and swept honorable mention Kent City in Division 3 – Local Sports Journal

8. VOLLEYBALL No. 4 Kalamazoo Christian swept honorable mention Bronson in a Division 3 Regional Semifinal – Coldwater Daily Reporter

9. VOLLEYBALL Unranked Onekama advanced in Division 4 with a four-set win over honorable mention McBain Northern Michigan Christian – Cadillac News

10. VOLLEYBALL Elk Rapids defeated Charlevoix in five sets in Division 3, and No. 2 Leland got past Gaylord St. Mary in four sets in Division 4 – Up North Live