Today in the MHSAA: 1/7/19
January 7, 2019
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Each weekday of the school year, we break down the top headlines courtesy of Michigan’s sports media.
The first weekend of 2019 saw statewide powers meet in gymnastics, wrestling, swimming & diving, hockey and basketball, with the following 10 just a sample of headlining action from across the state.
1. Gymnastics: Reigning MHSAA team champion Farmington United edged host Rockford to win the Rams’ annual Flip Flop Invitational – Coldwater Daily Reporter
2. Wrestling: Reigning Division 1 champ and top-ranked Detroit Catholic Central took first, and 2018 Division 1 runner-up and current No. 2 Brighton was second at the 55th Annual Catholic Central Wrestling Invitational – Oakland Press
3. Boys Swimming & Diving: Saline, No. 7 in Lower Peninsula Division 1, edged LPD2 top-ranked Dexter to win the Battle Creek Lakeview Spartan Invitational – Chelsea Sun Times News
4. Hockey: Division 3 No. 5 Calumet scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period to get past Division 1 No. 5 Brighton 2-1 – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette
5. Hockey: Division 2 No. 4 Livonia Stevenson improved to 10-1-1 with a 5-1 win over Division 1 No. 3 Salem – Observer & Eccentric
6. Girls Basketball: Greenville’s Adele Kemp broke her school’s career scoring record with 35 more points in a 48-41 win over Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern – Grand Rapids Press
7. Wrestling: Division 2 No. 6 Gaylord improved to 14-0 with wins over Croswell-Lexington, formerly Division 1-ranked Grand Ledge and Hudsonville, Division 3 No. 10 Lake Odessa Lakewood and Portland at Grand Ledge’s invitational – Gaylord Herald Times
8. Wrestling: Division 4 No. 2 New Lothrop took first among 26 teams at its Hall of Fame Tournament – Owosso Argus-Press
9. Hockey: Division 3 No. 12 Midland Dow defeated No. 14 Sault Ste. Marie and then No. 8 Alpena to go 2-0 at the Sault Lions Cup Invitational – Midland Daily News
10. Boys Basketball: Detroit Martin Luther King edged Kalamazoo Central 45-43 in a thriller at the Muskegon Basketball Showcase – FOX 17
Today in the MHSAA: 2/18/26
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
February 18, 2026
1. BOYS BASKETBALL Gladwin locked up its first league title since 1993 with a 49-46 win over Beaverton in the Jack Pine Conference championship game – Midland Daily News
2. GIRLS BASKETBALL Blissfield clinched a fourth-straight Lenawee County Athletic Association title with a 49-45 win over Adrian Madison – Adrian Daily Telegram
3. BOYS BASKETBALL Birch Run set a program record with 19 wins and claimed the Mid-Michigan Athletic Conference title outright for the first time with a 62-37 win over Montrose – WNEM
4. BOYS BASKETBALL Fruitport set a program record for wins in clinching a share of the Ottawa-Kent Conference Silver title with a 76-58 victory over Wyoming Godwin Heights – MuskegonSports.com
5. BOYS BASKETBALL Elk Rapids ran its Northern Shores Conference title streak to three with a 76-46 clincher over Boyne City – Traverse City Record-Eagle
6. GIRLS BASKETBALL Brooklyn Columbia Central clinched the Cascades Conference West championship with a 65-41 win over Hanover-Horton – Jackson Citizen Patriot
7. GIRLS BASKETBALL Tecumseh wrapped up a third-straight Southeastern Conference White title with a big win over Ypsilanti Lincoln – Adrian Daily Telegram
8. BOYS BASKETBALL Jackson, Chelsea and Ypsilanti Lincoln finished as champions together in the Southeastern Conference White – Jackson Citizen Patriot
9. BOYS BASKETBALL Grand Rapids Christian clinched a share of the Ottawa-Kent Conference White title with a 51-43 win over Grand Rapids Catholic Central – Grand Rapids Press
10. BOYS BASKETBALL McBain clinched a share of the Highland Conference title with a 79-54 win over LeRoy Pine River – Cadillac News
Also of note …
BOYS BASKETBALL Maple City Glen Lake finished its Northwest Conference title march with an 86-73 win over Benzie Central – MI Sports Now
BOYS BASKETBALL Jackson Dzwik became the all-time leading scorer in the city of Battle Creek, now at 1,526 points after scoring 41 against Jackson Christian – Battle Creek Enquirer
BOYS BASKETBALL Dayne Ivey reached 1,000 career points in Pinconning’s 60-45 win over Shepherd – Bay City Times