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: 8/22/25
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
August 22, 2025
1. VOLLEYBALL Fowler downed Onekama in five sets in a matchup of Division 4 contenders – Manistee News-Advocate
2. BOYS TENNIS Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood was first and Ann Arbor Greenhills and Holland Christian tied for second at the Sturgis Great 8 – Sturgis Journal
3. GIRLS GOLF Montague won its West Michigan Conference jamboree as Cadence Fox tied the program’s low-round record of 75 – CatchMark SportsNet
4. BOYS SOCCCER Gaylord defeated Petoskey for the first time since 2019, 5-4 – Petoskey News-Review
5. VOLLEYBALL New Boston Huron avenged a pool play loss to Flat Rock to clinch the Erie Mason Invitational title – Monroe News
6. BOYS SOCCER Troy Athens downed Troy High 1-0 – Oakland Press
7. BOYS SOCCER Muskegon Mona Shores and Western Michigan Christian played to a 2-2 draw at the Heroes Cup – Local Sports Journal
8. VOLLEYBALL Mancelona opened its season with victories over Grand Traverse Academy and Traverse City Bulldogs homeschoolers – Traverse City Record-Eagle
9. BOYS SOCCER Cadillac earned its first win of the season, downing Sault Ste. Marie – Cadillac News
10. VOLLEYBALL Manistee downed Muskegon Orchard View and Mason County Central in its season openers – Ludington Daily News