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: 5/8/26

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

May 8, 2026

1. GIRLS TENNIS Midland claimed its first league championship since 1996, finishing a point ahead of Lower Peninsula Division 2 No. 9 Dow to claim the Saginaw Valley League title – Midland Daily News

2. BASEBALL Division 1 top-ranked Rochester Adams clinched a share of the Oakland Activities Association Red title with a 3-1 win over No. 3 Oxford – Oakland Press

3. GIRLS SOCCER Division 1 No. 15 Milford clinched the Lakes Valley Conference championship with a 1-0 win over Walled Lake Northern – Oakland Press

4. TRACK & FIELD The LPD3 No. 4 Kingsley girls and Charlevoix boys won Northern Shores Conference titles – Traverse City Record-Eagle

5. BASEBALL Division 4 top-ranked Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart swept Division 2 No. 12 Freeland – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

6. BASEBALL Madison Heights Madison downed Clinton Township Clintondale 6-1 to stay in the Macomb Area Conference Bronze title race – Macomb Daily

7. SOFTBALL Allen Park finished a sweep of Brownstown Woodhaven 14-8 – Southgate News-Herald

8. GIRLS SOCCER Division 3 No. 12 Freeland shut out Bay City John Glenn 4-0 – WNEM

9. BASEBALL Division 1 No. 6 Romeo held on to defeat Clinton Township Chippewa Valley 6-5 – Macomb Daily

10. BASEBALL Cadillac and Petoskey split, Cadillac winning 5-4 and Petoskey 6-0 – Cadillac News