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: 12/9/24

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

December 9, 2024

1. WRESTLING Division 3 top-ranked Dundee finished eight points ahead of Division 2 No. 1 Lowell and also ahead of Division 4 No. 1 Hudson to win a loaded Grappler Gold Invitational – Michigan Grappler

2. GIRLS BASKETBALL Saginaw Heritage downed reigning Division 1 champion West Bloomfield 79-53 at the Ypsilanti Ice Breaker Classic – Saginaw News

3. HOCKEY Division 3 No. 2 East Grand Rapids defeated No. 3 Houghton in a shootout at the West Michigan Hockey Showcase – East Grand Rapids Hockey

4. BOYS BASKETBALL Jake Champagne tied Oxford’s career scoring record during a 75-40 win over New Baltimore Anchor Bay – Oakland Press

5. GIRLS BASKETBALL Saline’s Keira Roehm broke her school’s career record for 3-pointers with five more during a 59-28 win over Livonia Stevenson – Ann Arbor News

6. BOYS BASKETBALL Jalen Kampen scored 32 points to surpass 1,000 for his career in Parchment’s big win over Constantine – Kalamazoo Gazette

7. BOWLING Cadillac swept championships at the early-season Big North Conference meets – Cadillac News

8. GIRLS BASKETBALL Onekama defeated Maple City Glen Lake 57-42 to clinch the Elk Rapids Invitational title – Traverse City Record-Eagle

9. WRESTLING Midland finished 5-0 at the Saginaw Swan Valley Invitational, defeating Croswell-Lexington in the championship match – Midland Daily News

10. BOYS BASKETBALL Warren Lincoln delivered a 56-51 season-opening loss to Ann Arbor Huron – Ann Arbor News