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: 2/6/26

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

February 6, 2026

1. ICE HOCKEY Division 1 No. 1 Howell clinched its first Kensington Lakes Activities Association championship in 15 years with a 4-3 overtime win over Division 2 No. 3 Livonia Stevenson – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

2. BOYS BASKETBALL Warren Fitzgerald finished a repeat outright championship run in the Macomb Area Conference White with a 54-30 win over Macomb L’Anse Creuse North – Macomb Daily

3. BOYS BASKETBALL Macomb Dakota came back to down Roseville 70-65 and clinch a share of the MAC Red title – Detroit Free Press

4. BOYS BASKETBALL Brody St. John reached 1,000 career points in Petersburg Summerfield’s 61-35 victory over Sand Creek – Monroe News

5. GIRLS BASKETBALL Tawas and Oscoda are tied for first in the North Star League Big Dipper thanks to Tawas’ first win in the series since 2018, 43-33 – Bay City Times

6. BOYS BASKETBALL New Haven and Warren Woods-Tower are tied for first in the MAC Gold thanks to New Haven’s 58-47 win – Macomb Daily

7. ICE HOCKEY Clarkston moved into first place alone in the Oakland Activities Association Red with a 3-0 win over Division 2 No. 5 Rochester United – Oakland Press

8. GIRLS BASKETBALL St. Charles defeated Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart in a matchup of Mid-State Activities Conference division leaders – Saginaw News

9. BOYS BASKETBALL Pewamo-Westphalia defeated Fowler 55-46 in a matchup of the top two teams in the Central Michigan Athletic Conference – Lansing State Journal

10. ICE HOCKEY Division 3 No. 5 Marquette downed Negaunee 5-2 – My UP Now