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: 10/23/25
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
October 23, 2025
1. FIELD HOCKEY Olivia Rollins scored the game’s only goal in overtime as Ann Arbor Pioneer advanced with a 1-0 Semifinal win over Chelsea – Ann Arbor News
2. FIELD HOCKEY Dexter advanced to the inaugural MHSAA Final with a 4-0 win over Saline – Ann Arbor News
3. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Essexville Garber clinched its first league title since 1996, downing Saginaw Swan Valley in the Tri-Valley Conference Red – Bay City Times
4. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Division 2 honorable mention Flat Rock clinched a share of the Huron League championship with a four-set win over Division 3 No. 4 Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central – Southgate News-Herald
5. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Port Huron finished a perfect run through the Macomb Area Conference Blue with a sweep of Clinton Township Chippewa Valley – Macomb Daily
6. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Division 3 No. 3 Kingsley swept Elk Rapids, Frankfort and honorable mention McBain – Traverse City Record-Eagle
7. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Gladstone lost the first set but won the next three over Marquette – Upper Michigan’s Source
8. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Midland Bullock Creek swept Farwell, and Beaverton defeated Standish-Sterling in five sets – Midland Daily News