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: 12/16/24
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
December 16, 2024
1. GIRLS BASKETBALL Tecumseh got past reigning Division 2 champion Detroit Edison 70-65 in double overtime at the Best of Michigan event – Tecumseh Girls Bball (X)
2. WRESTLING Westland John Glenn ran its streak of Wayne County championships to three – Southgate News-Herald
3. BOYS BASKETBALL East Lansing downed reigning Division 2 champion Warren Lincoln 69-54 at the Moneyball Tip-Off Classic – WLNS
4. HOCKEY Division 1 No. 2 Hartland improved to 9-0 with a 4-2 win over Novi and 3-0 win over Division 2 No. 4 Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice in the Adam Mitchell KLAA/MIHL Showcase – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
5. GIRLS BASKETBALL AJ Rickli went over 1,000 career points in Paw Paw’s win over Plainwell – Kalamazoo Gazette
6. GIRLS BASKETBALL Avery Lay eclipsed 1,000 points in Chelsea’s 61-58 victory over Grand Blanc – Ann Arbor News
7. GIRLS BASKETBALL Hamilton’s Kaitlyn Geurink joined the 1,000-point club during her team’s 52-40 loss to Grand Rapids Kenowa Hills – Grand Rapids Press
8. HOCKEY Bay City Wolves shut out Rockford and Chippewa Valley United at the Bay City Showcase – Bay City Times
9. BOYS BASKETBALL Rockford, Byron Center, Hudsonville Unity Christian and Grand Haven won at The Invite at Calvin University – FOX 17
10. GIRLS BASKETBALL Aubree Calloway set a Bronson single-game scoring record with 40 points in a big win over Union City – Coldwater Daily Reporter