Today in the MHSAA: 1/5/26

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

January 5, 2026

1. BOYS WRESTLING Top-ranked Detroit Catholic Central edged No. 4 Brighton by a point to win its invitational, which featured four of the top six ranked teams in Division 1 – Detroit Catholic Central athletics

2. BOYS BASKETBALL Stevie Hall scored his 1,000th career point and the game winner in Detroit Cass Tech’s 54-52 win over Cleveland Central Catholic at the Detroit Public School League Holiday Classic – Detroit Free Press

3. GIRLS WRESTLING LeRoy Pine River clinched the Montague Invitational with Kaylee Gibson’s win over No. 2-ranked Lowell in the day’s final match – Cadillac News

4. BOYS WRESTLING Division 2 No. 7 Freeland repeated as Saginaw County champion – Saginaw News

5. BOYS BASKETBALL Michael Lindquist became the second Greenville boys basketball player to reach 1,000 points, doing so during a 71-56 win over Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central – Grand Rapids Press

6. GIRLS WRESTLING Bay City John Glenn won the championship at the Reed City Invitational by 30 points – Bay City Times

7. GIRLS BOWLING Rockford defeated reigning Division 4 champion Ravenna to clinch the Fruitport Invitational title – Rockford Athletics

8. ICE HOCKEY Division 3 No. 4 Houghton defeated Division 1 No. 7 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central 5-1 and No. 5 Brighton 6-1 during a downstate trip – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette

9. GIRLS BASKETBALL Saginaw Heritage handed DeWitt its first loss, 60-55 in double overtime – Saginaw News

10. BOYS SWIMMING & DIVING Spring Lake – ranked No. 8 in Lower Peninsula Division 3 – set 34 personal records in winning its home invitational – Local Sports Journal

Also of note …

MHSAA Longtime Catholic High School League director Vic Michaels, a member of the MHSAA Representative Council for more than two decades, died at age 71 – Oakland Press

MEDIA The Detroit and statewide media communities are mourning the death of the Detroit News’ longtime prep sports reporter Dave Goricki – Detroit News

FOOTBALL Lansing Eastern hired Dan Boggan – the winningest coach in Lansing Sexton history – to take over the program – Lansing State Journal

Today in the MHSAA: 2/20/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

February 20, 2025

1. BASKETBALL Millington’s boys clinched the Big Thumb Conference White championship with a 67-58 win over Caro, and Reese Gohsman became the Cardinals girls all-time leading scorer during a loss to Cass City – Saginaw News

2. SKIING Maple City Glen Lake finished a girls and boys sweep of Lake Michigan Ski Conference team titles – Traverse City Record-Eagle

3. HOCKEY No. 6 Painesdale Jeffers downed No. 10 Calumet 4-1 in a Division 3 Regional Semifinal – Upper Michigan’s Source

4. HOCKEY No. 2 Houghton defeated Hancock 5-3 on the other side of that bracket – Upper Michigan’s Source

5. HOCKEY Aidan Herrera’s overtime goal took South Lyon Unified past Dearborn Divine Child 6-5 in Division 3 – Oakland Press

6. HOCKEY Drew Basha scored three goals to lead Romeo past Utica/Fraser 4-2 in Division 1 – Macomb Daily

7. GIRLS BASKETBALL Dexter upset Temperance Bedford 51-41 to earn an opportunity for a league title share – Ann Arbor News

8. BOYS BASKETBALL Elkton-Pigeon-Bay Port Laker downed Bad Axe 77-68, but Bad Axe’s Michael Janssen reached 1,000 career points – Huron Daily Tribune

9. HOCKEY Cheboygan came back from two goals down to defeat Gaylord 4-2 in Division 3 – Cheboygan Daily Tribune

10. HOCKEY L’Anse Creuse Unified advanced in Division 1 with a 5-2 win over New Baltimore Anchor Bay – Macomb Daily