Today in the MHSAA: 1/28/16
January 28, 2016
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
The number 300 has been significant for at least two competitors this week, and Wednesday’s action also included some of the state's best wrestling matchups this season and a league champion crowned for the first time in more than 30 years.
Boys Basketball
Standish-Sterling handed Beaverton its first regular-season loss since 2013-14, 53-51 – Saginaw News
Suttons Bay got past Benzonia Benzie Central on Thomas Hursey’s 3-pointer with 1.9 seconds to play – Traverse City Record-Eagle
Girls Basketball
From Tuesday, Norway gave Stephenson the latter’s first loss this season, 71-57 – Iron Mountain Daily News
Bowling
Also from Tuesday, Ada Forest Hills Eastern 14-year-old freshman Nick Slagter rolled his first 300 game – Grand Rapids Press
Competitive Cheer
Sterling Heights Stevenson scored 780.44 points to best Warren Cousino by more than 10 to win the Macomb Area Conference Red meet – Macomb Daily
Perennial Division 3 power Richmond is back among the elite and won its Blue Water Area Conference jamboree by nearly 30 points with a total of 768.28 – Port Huron Times Herald
Ice Hockey
Traverse City Central shut out rival Traverse City West for the second time this season, this time 3-0 – Traverse City Record-Eagle
Orchard Lake St. Mary’s scored twice over the final three minutes to earn a comeback 2-1 win over rival Birmingham Brother Rice – Oakland Press
Wrestling
Three Rivers earned coach Pete Bachinski his 300th win, a 60-18 victory over Vicksburg; Bachinski began his coaching career in 1995 – Kalamazoo Gazette
Hartland won the rematch of last season’s Division 1 Final, this time defeating reigning champion Brighton 46-16 – Livingston Daily
Top-ranked Detroit Catholic Central also dominated a match of Division 1 powers, taking down Oxford 46-17 – Oakland Press
Chesaning won its first league wrestling championship since 1982, claiming the Tri-Valley Conference Central title with a 60-15 win over Midland Bullock Creek – Saginaw News
Goodrich senior Nathan Ellis won his 150th career match during his team’s wins over Durand and Mount Morris – Flint Journal
Today in the MHSAA: 10/5/26
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
October 5, 2026
1. BOYS TENNIS Holland West Ottawa and Holland Christian – No. 3 in Lower Peninsula Division 3 – both won league championships, West Ottawa its sixth straight in the Ottawa-Kent Conference Red and Holland Christian by a point over runner-up and LPD3 No. 6 Hudsonville Unity Christian in the O-K Black – Holland Sentinel
2. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Division 2 top-ranked Grand Rapids Christian won the Jenison Invitational – Local Sports Journal
3. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING Monroe High continued its impressive climb with its first Monroe County championship – Monroe News
4. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING LPD2 No. 1 Farmington Hills Mercy ran its Oakland County championship string to four – Oakland Press
5. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING Utica Eisenhower repeated as champion at the Macomb County meet – Macomb Daily
6. CROSS COUNTRY The LPD1 No. 7 Rochester Adams girls and Lake Orion boys won Oakland County team titles – Athletic.net
7. CROSS COUNTRY The LPD1 No. 14 Traverse City Central girls and No. 2 West boys won “elite” race championships at the Shepherd Invitational – Traverse City Record-Eagle
8. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Division 3 No. 3 Muskegon Western Michigan Christian finished 5-0 to win the Best of the West Tournament at Mona Shores – Local Sports Journal
9. CROSS COUNTRY The LPD3 No. 6 Lake City girls and Reed City boys finished first at the Cecil R. Burch Pine River Invitational – Cadillac News
10. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Muskegon Reeths-Puffer finished 3-0 at Spring Lake – Local Sports Journal