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: 5/14/21
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
May 14, 2021
1. Track & Field: Oak Park won girls and boys Oakland Activities Association Blue/Gold championships, the girls outright and the boys sharing with Farmington – Oakland Press
2. Boys Lacrosse: Division 2 No. 7 Okemos downed Division 1 No. 8 Haslett 8-6 to clinch the Capital Area Activities Conference championship – Lansing State Journal
3. Girls Tennis: Traverse City Central won the Big North Conference Tournament, earning a shared league title with dual-season champ West – Traverse City Record-Eagle
4. Track & Field: Zeeland East’s girls – No. 7 in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – wrapped up the Ottawa-Kent Conference Green championship – Holland Sentinel
5. Baseball: Division 1 No. 13 Livonia Stevenson split with No. 20 Franklin, clinching the Kensington Lakes Activities Association East title with a win in the first game – Observer & Eccentric
6. Track & Field: The Corunna and Fenton boys and Corunna and Flushing girls won Flint Metro League championships – WJRT
7. Softball: Undefeated and Division 3 top-ranked Millington swept Division 2 honorable mention Frankenmuth 1-0 and 3-2 – Mid-Michigan Now
8. Girls Soccer: Traverse City Central ended a 13-game losing streak to Division 1 No. 10 West with a 2-1 win – Traverse City Record-Eagle
9. Softball: Division 1 honorable mentions South Lyon and Walled Lake Northern split to hold onto their shared lead in the Lakes Valley Conference – Oakland Press
10. Softball: Fowlerville freshman Tori Briggs hit two homers in each game of a doubleheader sweep of Lansing Catholic – Livingston Daily Press & Argus