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: 5/6/25
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
May 6, 2025
1. BASEBALL Grand Blanc defeated Division 1 top-ranked Bay City Western 4-0 to open their doubleheader, but Western won the second game 3-0 – Bay City Times
2. SOFTBALL Division 1 No. 3 Hudsonville held on for a 2-1 eight-inning win over honorable mention Grand Haven – Grand Haven Tribune
3. GIRLS TENNIS Parma Western – No. 9 in Lower Peninsula Division 3 – downed Battle Creek Harper Creek to finish a perfect run through the Interstate 8 Athletic Conference – Jackson Citizen Patriot
4. BASEBALL Southgate Anderson got past Division 2 No. 5 Trenton 1-0 in eight innings – Southgate News-Herald
5. SOFTBALL Linden’s Morgan Piotrovsky went over 200 career hits during the Division 2 honorable mention Eagles’ sweep of Flint Kearsley – Flint Journal
6. TRACK & FIELD The LPD3 No. 2 McBain girls and Manton boys took steps in their Highland Conference races – Cadillac News
7. GIRLS SOCCER Division 3 No. 6 Frankenmuth downed Freeland 3-0 – WNEM
8. SOFTBALL Division 2 honorable mention Chelsea leads the Southeastern Conference White after sweeping Adrian – Ann Arbor News
9. BASEBALL Andrew Everson threw a no-hitter for Brighton in its 6-0 win over Hartland – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
10. GIRLS SOCCER Armada ran its winning streak to 12 with a 3-1 win over Richmond – Macomb Daily