Today in the MHSAA: 1/27/20
January 28, 2020
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Rankings are sure to be shuffling in girls basketball and boys swimming & diving after some significant matchups and perhaps unexpected finishes during another busy January weekend.
1. Girls Basketball: Brighton handed Division 1 top-ranked Hartland its first loss, 41-33 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
2. Boys Swimming & Diving: No. 4 Holland West Ottawa defeated No. 1 Detroit Catholic Central in a matchup of top teams in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – Holland Sentinel
3. Wrestling: Division 3 No. 2 Richmond defeated Holly and Division 1 No. 9 Clarkston to win its Beast from the East duals – Macomb Daily
4. Boys Swimming & Diving: LPD2 No. 8 Midland Dow earned wins over LPD1 No. 8 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central and LPD2 honorable mention Battle Creek Lakeview; Lakeview also defeated FHC – Midland Daily News
5. Wrestling: Escanaba finished first and Marquette second at the Upper Peninsula Championships – Marquette Mining Journal
6. Boys Swimming & Diving: LPD3 No. 9 Trenton won the Downriver Classic with six individual victories – Southgate News-Herald
7. Competitive Cheer: Sturgis scored a season-high 724.57 to win the Delton Kellogg Invitational – Sturgis Journal
8. Wrestling: Ada Forest Hills Eastern edged Constantine to win the 26th Shawn Cockrell Memorial Invitational at Quincy – Coldwater Daily Reporter
9. Boys Basketball: Grand Blanc earned an 80-73 win over Kalamazoo Central in a matchup of statewide Division 1 powers – NBC 25
10. Competitive Cheer: Wyandotte Roosevelt won the Division 1 and overall championships at its invitational – Southgate News-Herald
Today in the MHSAA: 1/30/24
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
January 30, 2024
1. GIRLS BASKETBALL Macomb Dakota won a matchup of co-leaders in the Macomb Area Conference Red, taking sole possession of first place with a 53-43 win over Grosse Pointe North – Macomb Daily
2. GIRLS BASKETBALL Belleville moved into first alone in the Kensington Lakes Activities Association East with a 61-50 win over former co-leader Wayne Memorial – MLIVE Detroit
3. BOYS BASKETBALL Ja’Hion Bond went over 1,000 career points in Fenton’s 82-72 win over Flint Kearsley – WJRT
4. GIRLS BASKETBALL Baraga became the last team undefeated in Copper Mountain Conference play with a 49-37 win over Lake Linden-Hubbell – Upper Michigan Source
5. COMPETITIVE CHEER Muskegon Reeths-Puffer won its home invitational, with Fruitport finishing runner-up – Ludington Daily News
6. GIRLS BASKETBALL Byron Center earned an impressive 50-42 win over Lowell – Grand Rapids Press
7. BOYS BASKETBALL Centreville ran its winning streak to 10 with a 65-50 victory over Hartford – Kalamazoo Gazette
8. GIRLS BASKETBALL Sanford Meridian remained undefeated with a 54-39 win over Mount Pleasant – Midland Daily News
9. GIRLS BASKETBALL Newaygo came back from a double-digit fourth-quarter deficit to defeat Whitehall 43-40 in overtime – Muskegon Chronicle
10. BOYS BASKETBALL Michigan Center improved to 12-3 with a 64-52 win over Brooklyn Columbia Central – WILX
Also of note …
MEDIA West Michigan and media all over the state are mourning the death of longtime Holland Sentinel sports editor Leo Martonosi – Holland Sentinel