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: 9/9/25
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
September 9, 2025
1. FIELD HOCKEY Saline edged Ann Arbor Pioneer 1-0 in a rematch of a 2024 state championship game – Saline Post
2. GIRLS GOLF Northville – No. 1 in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – carded a 316 to win the Grand Blanc Invitational by 18 strokes – Flint Journal
3. BOYS SOCCER Division 3 top-ranked Detroit Country Day and No. 2 Pontiac Notre Dame Prep played to a scoreless draw – Hometown Life
4. GIRLS GOLF LPD1 No. 8 Byron Center carded a 342 to win the Mona Shores East vs. West Invitational – Big Rapids Pioneer
5. GIRLS GOLF Alpena won the Cheboygan Invitational with a 384, just ahead of Cadillac – Cadillac News
6. BOYS SOCCER Midland Dow downed rival Midland High 3-0 – WNEM
7. VOLLEYBALL Midland Calvary Baptist improved to 11-2-1 with a sweep of Sanford Meridian – Midland Daily News
8. BOYS SOCCER Division 3 No. 5 Elk Rapids downed Grayling 3-0 – Traverse City Record-Eagle
9. BOYS SOCCER Southgate Anderson downed Taylor 5-1 – Southgate News-Herald
10. BOYS SOCCER Bay City Western earned a big win over rival Central – Bay City Times