Today in the MHSAA: 1/5/16
January 5, 2016
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Winter sports return in force with a full slate of events statewide tonight, but here are a few headlines of note as we get rolling – plus two great reads from the wrestling world.
Boys Basketball
Ishpeming in recent seasons has scheduled its first basketball games later than other teams to offset the football team’s four straight runs to the MHSAA Finals at Ford Field – but the Hematites were one of the first to play in 2016 and came away with a 74-72 win over Gladstone to move to 2-0 – Marquette Mining Journal
Girls Bowling
From Sunday, two-time reigning Division 2 champion Flint Kearsley got past 2015 Division 1 finalist Jackson to win the Lila Jean Furnish Classic in Owosso, which included a number of the state’s top teams – Jackson Citizen-Patriot
Good Reads
When Clinton wrestler Nick Rolland was 3, his parents were told to say their good-byes after he was pulled from under a running lawn mower. But doctors were able to save his life, and then his leg, and this weekend he’ll wrestle for his 100th career win – Adrian Daily Telegram
Hastings wrestling coach Mike Goggins started out as an athlete for the Saxons, later coached at the middle school and now also is the high school athletic director – and owner of more than 400 varsity coaching wins after reaching that milestone during the Montrose Invitational on Dec. 29 – Grand Rapids Press
Today in the MHSAA: 11/6/26
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
November 6, 2026
1. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Honorable mention Buckley claimed a Division 4 District title with a five-set win over No. 3 Traverse City Christian – MI Sports Now
2. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Honorable mention Holland Christian clinched a Division 2 District title with a 3-1 win over No. 9 Grand Rapids South Christian – Holland Sentinel
3. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL McBain advanced with a four-set District final win over Manton in a matchup of Division 3 honorable mentions – Cadillac News
4. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL No. 3 Parma Western swept honorable mention Marshall to clinch a fourth-straight Division 2 District title – Jackson Citizen Patriot
5. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Midland Dow came back from two sets down to defeat Traverse City Central in five in a Division 1 District Final – Midland Daily News
6. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Honorable mention Onekama swept Frankfort to finish a seventh-straight District title in Division 4 – Benzie County Record Patriot
7. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL After falling to Pontiac Notre Dame Prep in District Finals the last two seasons, No. 6 Macomb Lutheran North prevailed this time 3-1 in Division 2 – Macomb Daily
8. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Wyandotte Roosevelt won the first two sets and then hung on through the final three to claim a Division 1 District title against Southgate Anderson – Southgate News-Herald
9. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Division 4 No. 4 Battle Creek St. Philip ran its District streak to 27 with a sweep of Climax-Scotts – Battle Creek Enquirer
10. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING Gibraltar Carlson completed a repeat championship in the Downriver League – Southgate News-Herald