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: 10/28/22
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
October 28, 2022
1. BOYS SOCCER No. 3 Rockford earned its first Regional championship in this sport, downing Portage Central 2-1 in Division 1 – Grand Rapids Press
2. BOYS SOCCER No. 2 Detroit Catholic Central edged No. 6 Clarkston 2-1 to clinch a Division 1 Regional title – Oakland Press
3. BOYS SOCCER Top-ranked Richland Gull Lake capped its Division 2 Regional title run with a 2-0 win over No. 9 DeWitt – Battle Creek Enquirer
4. BOYS SOCCER No. 9 Elk Rapids earned a third-straight Regional title with a 1-0 win over Alma in Division 3 – Up North Live
5. BOYS SOCCER No. 2 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern is advancing in Division 2 after a 2-1 win over No. 7 East Grand Rapids – FOX 17
6. BOYS SOCCER Ann Arbor Greenhills defeated No. 3 Lansing Christian 1-0 in Division 4, and No. 10 Salem got past No. 14 Saline 1-0 in Division 1 – Ann Arbor News
7. VOLLEYBALL Linden clinched its first overall Flint Metro League championship in volleyball with a 3-1 victory over Lake Fenton – WJRT
8. VOLLEYBALL Kinde North Huron claimed the North Central Thumb League Stars championship with a four-set win over Peck – Huron Daily Tribune
9. BOYS SOCCER No. 8 Rochester Adams edged New Baltimore Anchor Bay 3-2 in a Division 1 Regional Final – Macomb Daily
10. BOYS SOCCER No. 5 Holland Christian moved on in Division 3 with a 5-0 win over Paw Paw – Holland Sentinel