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: 3/2/23
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
March 2, 2023
1. HOCKEY Division 1 No. 2 Hartland downed No. 4 Clarkston 6-1 to clinch a 12th-straight Regional championship – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
2. HOCKEY A last-minute goal gave No. 3 Alpena a 4-3 win over No. 2 Marquette and a Division 2 Regional title – Alpena News
3. GIRLS BASKETBALL Chelsea edged Ann Arbor Father Gabriel Richard 51-47 in a District Semifinal matchup of top teams in Division 2 – Ann Arbor News
4. HOCKEY Capital City earned a Division 1 Regional title in one of the longest games in MHSAA history, 1-0 over Eastside in six overtimes – Lansing State Journal
5. HOCKEY No. 10 Ann Arbor Father Gabriel Richard also was a winner in overtime, claiming a Division 3 Regional title with a 6-5 victory over No. 4 Orchard Lake St. Mary’s – Ann Arbor News
6. BOYS BASKETBALL Elkton-Pigeon-Bay Port Laker clinched a share of its first league title since 1998, defeating Vassar in the Greater Thumb Conference West – Huron Daily Tribune
7. HOCKEY No. 5 Saginaw Heritage shut out No. 9 Midland 4-0 in a Division 2 Regional Final – WJRT
8. HOCKEY Top-ranked Byron Center downed No. 8 Grand Rapids Christian 4-2 in another Division 2 Regional Final – FOX 17
9. HOCKEY New Baltimore Anchor Bay avenged two losses to Chippewa Valley United with a 4-2 Regional Final win in Division 1 – Macomb Daily
10. HOCKEY Mattawan finished a season sweep of Portage with a 6-2 Division 2 Regional Final win – WWMT