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: 4/29/21

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

April 29, 2021

1. Boys Golf: Lower Peninsula Division 1 top-ranked Muskegon Mona Shores shot a 297, led by its number five golfer, to win the Greater Muskegon Athletic Association title – Muskegon Chronicle

2. Baseball: Division 1 top-ranked Brownstown Woodhaven downed Division 2 No. 7 Trenton 9-1 in a league matchup of state-ranked teams – Southgate News-Herald

3. Girls Soccer: Richland Gull Lake handed Portage Central its first defeat, 1-0 – WWMT

4. Boys Lacrosse: Bo Lockwood went over 200 career points with four goals and seven assists in Hartland’s win over Livonia – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

5. Baseball: Chesaning’s Tyler Sager threw his second no-hitter this spring, this one five innings against Durand – Owosso Argus-Press

6. Boys Golf: Sturgis shot a 360 to win the St. Joseph County championship by 77 strokes – Sturgis Journal

7. Softball: Trenton handed Woodhaven its first Downriver League loss in a matchup of contenders, 6-2 – Southgate News-Herald

8. Baseball: Ann Arbor Skyline came back in the seventh inning and won in the ninth, defeating Division 1 No. 20 Pioneer 4-3 – Ann Arbor News

9. Track & Field: Three Traverse City-area athletes combined to break five school records Wednesday – Traverse City Record-Eagle

10. Girls Soccer: Anna Thompson’s three goals helped Kalamazoo Christian past Schoolcraft 4-2 – Kalamazoo Gazette