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: 9/3/26
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
September 3, 2026
1. BOYS SOCCER Division 4 No. 2 Muskegon Western Michigan Christian shut out Division 2 No. 5 Hudsonville Unity Christian 3-0 – Local Sports Journal
2. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Division 1 No. 2 Bloomfield Hills Marian swept new Catholic High School League Central opponent Detroit Country Day, ranked No. 7 in Division 2 – Oakland Press
3. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Division 1 No. 9 Utica Eisenhower improved to 13-2 with a sweep of honorable mention Romeo – Macomb Daily
4. GIRLS GOLF Traverse City West won the Elk Rapids Invitational with a score of 374 – Traverse City Record-Eagle
5. CROSS COUNTRY The Pinconning boys won the Rifle River Invitational – Bay City Times
6. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Riverview Gabriel Richard opened league play with a 3-1 win over Clarkston Everest Collegiate – Southgate News-Herald
7. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Division 1 honorable mention Midland Dow swept Petoskey and Ogemaw Heights – Midland Daily News
8. BOYS SOCCER Shelby scored the lone goal on a late penalty kick to defeat Manistee – Manistee News Advocate
9. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Stevensville Lakeshore downed Sturgis 3-1 – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium
10. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Fennville swept Saugatuck, winning the second set 28-26 – Holland Sentinel