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: 9/11/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

September 11, 2025

1. BOYS TENNIS Midland Dow – No. 2 in Lower Peninsula Division 2 – downed No. 8 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central, No. 9 Detroit U-D Jesuit and Flushing – Midland Daily News

2. BOYS SOCCER Traverse City St. Francis shut out Division 4 No. 13 Maple City Glen Lake 5-0 – Up North Live

3. BOYS SOCCER Romeo remained undefeated in the Macomb Area Conference Red with a 3-2 win over Division 1 honorable mention Utica Eisenhower – Macomb Daily

4. GIRLS GOLF Petoskey was first and Cadillac second at the Elk Rapids Invitational – Cadillac News

5. BOYS SOCCER Warren Cousino handed St. Clair Shores Lakeview its first loss, 5-4 – Macomb Daily

6. CROSS COUNTRY Roscommon was first and Kalkaska second in both the girls and boys races at the Roscommon Bucks Midweek Invitational – Traverse City Record-Eagle | Athletic.net

7. VOLLEYBALL Orchard Lake St. Mary’s swept Royal Oak Shrine Catholic – Oakland Press

8. VOLLEYBALL Division 2 No. 8 Frankenmuth opened league play with a sweep of Bay City John Glenn – Saginaw News

9. BOYS SOCCER Brownstown Woodhaven edged Trenton 2-1 – Southgate News-Herald

10. BOYS SOCCER Alpena edged Ogemaw Heights 1-0 – Alpena News