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: 1/30/20
January 30, 2020
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
The wrestling mat and hockey rink were the places to be Wednesday as multiple matchups across the Lower Peninsula pitted highly-ranked foes.
1. Wrestling: Division 3 top-ranked Dundee won a league matchup of reigning MHSAA champions, 49-17 over Division 4 No. 3 Hudson – Adrian Daily Telegram
2. Hockey: Division 1 top-ranked Detroit Catholic Central started quickly on the way to a 6-2 win over Division 2 No. 3 Trenton – Southgate News-Herald
3. Wrestling: Division 1 No. 3 Brighton earned wins over Livonia Franklin and No. 9 Westland John Glenn to finish undefeated in Kensington Lakes Activities Association matches – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
4. Hockey: Division 1 No. 4 Brighton edged Division 3 No. 3 Detroit Country Day 3-2 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
5. Hockey: Charlie Douglass scored a natural hat trick to lead Division 2 No. 6 Traverse City Central past West 5-2 in the McCullough Cup – Traverse City Record-Eagle
6. Hockey: Portage Central edged Mattawan 4-3 to claim the Renbarger Cup – WWMT
7. Boys Basketball: Unionville-Sebewaing moved into a first-place tie in the Greater Thumb Conference West with Reese with a 58-47 win over the Rockets – Huron Daily Tribune
8. Boys Basketball: Hanover-Horton moved into first place alone in the Cascades Conference with a 74-42 win over Napoleon – Jackson Citizen Patriot
9. Hockey: Division 3 No. 9 Midland Dow got past rival Midland 3-1 as the Chargers’ seniors finished their careers undefeated against the Chemics – Midland Daily News
10. Wrestling: Division 2 No. 3 Whitehall earned wins over Division 3 No. 6 Remus Chippewa Hills and Montabella, and Division 2 No. 2 Gaylord also won over Chippewa Hills – Big Rapids News
Also of note …
Girls Basketball: From Tuesday, Alyssa Welsh broke Perry’s career scoring record during a 54-16 win over Lansing Sexton – Owosso Argus-Press
Girls Basketball: Alana Nelson set Springport’s career scoring record and Alex Maher its career assists record during a 64-29 win over Reading – Jackson Citizen Patriot