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: 11/12/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

November 12, 2025

1. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL No. 3 Kingsley upset top-ranked Roscommon with a sweep in their Division 3 Regional Semifinal – Up North Live

2. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL South Lyon came back after losing the first two sets to defeat Brighton in five in a matchup of Division 1 honorable mentions – Oakland Press

3. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Chesterfield Austin Catholic advanced to its first Regional Final with a sweep of Deckerville in Division 4 – Macomb Daily

4. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL No. 6 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern won a matchup of top-10 teams in Division 1, sweeping No. 10 Grand Haven – Grand Rapids Press

5. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL No. 4 Crystal Falls Forest Park avenged a 2024 Regional Final loss to No. 10 Hancock with a Division 4 sweep – Upper Michigan’s Source

6. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Top-ranked Rockford defeated No. 9 Hudsonville in Division 1 and No. 3 Grand Rapids Christian defeated No. 5 Holland Christian in Division 2 – WOOD TV

7. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Fruitport got through a tough first set on the way to a sweep of honorable mention Ionia in Division 2 – MuskegonSports.com

8. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL No. 3 Farmington Hills Mercy swept honorable mention Orchard Lake St. Mary’s in a Division 1 matchup of Catholic High School League champions – Oakland Press

9. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Honorable mention Traverse City Central advanced in Division 1 with a four-set win over Cadillac – Traverse City Record-Eagle

10. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Ann Arbor Christian came back from two sets down to defeat two-time reigning Division 4 champion Clarkston Everest Collegiate in five – MHSAA.com