Today in the MHSAA: 1/6/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

January 6, 2025

1. WRESTLING Division 3 top-ranked Dundee edged the host and Division 1 top-ranked Shamrocks by six points to win the Detroit Catholic Central Invitational – Monroe News

2. WRESTLING Division 2 No. 3 Freeland won its first Saginaw County championship, with five individual weight-class winners – Bay City Times

3. WRESTLING Division 3 No. 3 Algonac built on three straight runner-up finishes with its first Macomb County Invitational championship – Macomb Daily

4. BOYS BASKETBALL Trey McKenney became Orchard Lake St. Mary’s all-time leading scorer during a 67-52 win over Toledo Whitmer at the Motor City Roundball Classic – Oakland Press

5. COMPETITIVE CHEER Temperance Bedford in Division 1 at Allen Park in Division 2 were champions at the Allen Park Invitational – Southgate News-Herald

6. BOYS BASKETBALL Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice defeated reigning Division 2 champion Warren Lincoln 69-57 at the Motor City Roundball Classic – Oakland Press

7. HOCKEY Division 2 top-ranked Livonia Stevenson defeated Hancock and Houghton to win Houghton’s John MacInnes Hockey Classic for the first time since 1977 – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette

8. GIRLS BASKETBALL Negaunee defeated Ewen-Trout Creek 47-30 and then Ludington 50-41 to win its Irontown Holiday Bash – Marquette Mining Journal

9. HOCKEY Division 1 top-ranked Detroit Catholic Central increased its winning streak to 33 with a 5-2 victory over Division 3 No. 2 Orchard Lake St. Mary’s – Oakland Press

10. HOCKEY No. 2 Hartland downed No. 5 Clarkston 4-2 in a matchup of Division 1 contenders – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

Also of note …

BOYS BASKETBALL Mcrecco Mcfadden became the first Burton Bentley player to score 1,000 career points – WJRT

GIRLS BASKETBALL Averie Zinn joined her older sister Ryleigh by reaching 1,000 career points – WJRT

BOYS BASKETBALL Peyton Ruel went over 1,000 career points although Muskegon Oakridge fell to Whitehall 63-51 – Muskegon Chronicle

Today in the MHSAA: 12/5/24

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

December 5, 2024

1. WRESTLING Tyler Vanderpool’s final-match pin gave Monroe Jefferson a 42-38 win over Brownstown Woodhaven – Monroe News

2. HOCKEY Bay City downed Division 2 No. 8 Midland 3-2 in a Saginaw Valley League opener – Midland Daily News

3. GIRLS BASKETBALL Portland edged Frankenmuth 57-56 in a matchup of Division 2 powers – Saginaw News

4. BOYS BASKETBALL Bay City Western downed All Saints 58-47, but All Saints’ Arnell Somlar scored his 1,000th point in just his 50th varsity game – Bay City Times

5. HOCKEY Midland Dow opened Saginaw Valley League play with a 6-3 win over Saginaw Heritage – Midland Daily News

6. GIRLS BASKETBALL Dearborn Divine Child came back from a halftime deficit to get past Northville 50-39 – Dearborn Press & Guide

7. HOCKEY Division 1 No. 4 Brighton scored twice late to get past Livonia Red 5-3 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

8. BOYS BASKETBALL Warren Fitzgerald opened its season with a 48-37 win over Warren Cousino – Macomb Daily

9. BOYS BASKETBALL Ubly followed Brayden Franzel to a 62-57 win over Bad Axe – Huron Daily Tribune

10. GIRLS BASKETBALL Manistee pulled away for a 46-39 season-opening win over Mason Country Central – Ludington Daily News