Today in the MHSAA: 1/29/18

January 29, 2018

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Each weekday of the school year, we break down the top headlines courtesy of Michigan’s sports media.

Today's Top 10 

1. Boys Swimming & Diving: Lower Peninsula Division 2 No. 9 Midland Dow won its 16th straight Tri-Cities championship, with LPD2 honorable mention Saginaw Heritage second – Midland Daily News

2. Hockey: Division 2 No. 3 Hartland edged top-ranked Livonia Stevenson 6-5 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

3. Wrestling: Division 2 No. 10 Niles came in first at the Greater Berrien County Invitational for the fifth time in six seasons, and No. 7 Stevensville Lakeshore was runner-up – Niles Daily Star

4. Girls Basketball: St. Clair clinched the Macomb Area Conference Silver championship, its first league title since 2007, with a 63-50 win over second-place St. Clair Shores South Lake – Port Huron Times Herald

5. Wrestling: Division 4 top-ranked Hudson had a meet-high five champions at the Lenawee County All-Star Tournament – Adrian Daily Telegram

6. Hockey: Gaylord won a 12th game in a season for the first time since 2008-09 by defeating Traverse City Central for the first time since 2006-07, 3-1 – Petoskey News-Review

7. Girls Basketball: Clarkston’s Kayla Luchenbach scored her 1,000th point in leading the Wolves past Rochester Hills Stoney Creek 40-20 – Oakland Press

8. Skiing: Harbor Springs swept the Grayling Invitational, with Clare’s boys and Charlevoix’s girls posting runner-up finishes – Petoskey News-Review

9. Bowling: The Riverview boys and Flat Rock girls won the Bowl for Burns, Riverview downing Brownstown Woodhaven in the final and Flat Rock defeating Wyandotte Roosevelt – Southgate News Herald

10. Wrestling: Monroe Jefferson won the Observerland Tournament with four champions and three runners-up – Observer & Eccentric

Today in the MHSAA: 1/11/18

January 11, 2018

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Each weekday of the school year, we break down the top headlines courtesy of Michigan’s sports media.

Today's Top 10 

1. Wrestling: No. 4 Brighton doubled up No. 6 Hartland in a matchup of two of the top teams in Division 1 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

2. Wrestling: Division 3 No. 3 Remus Chippewa Hills picked up a pair of wins, including the 500th of coach Nate Ethridge’s career – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

3. Girls Basketball: Kingsley remained undefeated while handing Benzonia Benzie Central its first loss, 67-30 – Traverse City Record-Eagle

4. Hockey: Traverse City Central scored three goals over the final six minutes of regulation and then overtime to defeat Cadillac 5-4 – Cadillac News

5. Girls Basketball: Blissfield broke a four-game losing streak by handing a first league loss to Onsted, 53-48 – Adrian Daily Telegram

6. Wrestling: Midland remained undefeated in the Saginaw Valley League with wins over Midland Dow and Bay City Western – Midland Daily News

7. Girls Basketball: Rochester came back in the fourth quarter to edge Troy 42-41 – Detroit News

8. Hockey: Brendan Higgins scored four goals in a big win for Flat Rock over Riverview – Southgate News Herald

9. Football: Lansing Sexton coach Dan Boggan has stepped down after 16 seasons with a 114-59 record and 11 playoff appearances – Lansing State Journal

10. Football: Oscar Olejniczak, after leading Detroit U-D Jesuit to three playoff appearances over five years, will be taking over Royal Oak Shrine’s program – Detroit News