Today in the MHSAA: 1/25/19
January 25, 2019
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
A number of the Lower Peninsula’s top swimming & diving teams faced off Thursday on a night that also saw a wrestling league title awarded and notable results in girls and boys basketball.
1. Boys Swimming & Diving: No. 2 Birmingham Groves edged No. 4 Midland Dow and No. 5 Rochester Adams in a tri meet of top teams from Lower Peninsula Division 2 – Midland Daily News
2. Wrestling: Onaway finished its North Star League championship run with wins over Mio and Oscoda – WBKB
3. Boys Basketball: Wyoming Potter’s House Christian continued a major surge by handing Marcellus Howardsville Christian its first defeat, 85-69 – Three Rivers Commercial-News
4. Boys Swimming & Diving: LPD3 No. 1 Holland Christian won a tri against No. 6 Grand Rapids Christian and Division 2 No. 10 Holland – Holland Sentinel
5. Wrestling: Division 1 No. 2 Brighton downed No. 6 Westland John Glenn 58-8 in a matchup of Kensington Lakes Activities Association division champs – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
6. Girls Basketball: Carson City-Crystal took over first place alone in the Mid-State Activities Conference with a 31-27 win over Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart – MI Sports Now
7. Boys Basketball: Big Rapids Crossroads avenged its lone loss with a 53-47 win over Manistee Catholic Central that put Crossroads in first alone in the West Michigan D League – Big Rapids News
8. Girls Basketball: Richland Gull Lake broke a three-game losing streak by handing Comstock just its second defeat of the season, 48-39 – Kalamazoo Gazette
9. Boys Swimming & Diving: LPD3 No. 3 Spring Lake earned an impressive 102-84 win over LPD2 honorable mention Grand Rapids Northview – Grand Haven Tribune
10. Girls Basketball: West Bloomfield held on to first place alone in the Oakland Activities Association White with a 63-53 win over Oxford – Oakland Press
Also of note …
Softball: Past Essexville Garber standout Katy Ratajczak was honored for her life-saving work last spring as she and her family traveled home from her final high school softball game – Bay City Times
Today in the MHSAA: 2/24/26
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
February 24, 2026
1. GIRLS SKIING Pontiac Notre Dame Prep’s Maren Studt won both slalom and giant slalom for the second-straight season, and Detroit Country Day won its first team championship at the Division 2 Finals – MHSAA.com
2. GIRLS SKIING Marquette held on for its first Finals championship since 2020, winning in Division 1 – MHSAA.com
3. BOYS SKIING Marquette had top players in both individual events and Traverse City West clinched the team title – MHSAA.com
4. BOYS SKIING After one season away, Petoskey is back as champion in Division 2 – MHSAA.com
5. BOYS BASKETBALL Brayden Wright scored 41 points, including the 1,000th of his career, as Reading opened its Division 4 District with a 65-53 victory over Hillsdale Will Carleton Academy – Hillsdale Daily News
6. GIRLS BASKETBALL Pewamo-Westphalia edged Grand Rapids Catholic Central 55-53 in a matchup of 18-win teams that also saw P-W’s Elly Bengel score her 1,000th point – WOOD TV
7. BOYS BASKETBALL Karter Fegan scored his 1,000th career point and Standish-Sterling hung on for a 57-56 win over Midland Bullock Creek in a Division 2 District opener – Bay City Times
8. BOYS BASKETBALL Ryan Opsommer’s 3-pointer during the closing seconds of overtime gave Muskegon Mona Shores a 61-60 District-opening win over Reeths-Puffer in Division 1 – Local Sports Journal
9. BOYS BASKETBALL Gavin Taylor’s last-second basket gave Coldwater a 55-53 win over Richland Gull Lake in Division 1 – WTVB
10. BOYS BASKETBALL Otisville-LakeVille Memorial earned its first MHSAA Tournament win since 2011, downing Genesee 53-35 in Division 3 – Flint Journal