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: 8/19/21
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
August 19, 2021
1. GIRLS GOLF Montague shot a 338 to win the Muskegon Mona Shores Invitational at Stonegate – Local Sports Journal
2. GIRLS GOLF Brighton was the first-day leader at the Lober Classic at Crystal Mountain, shooting a 334 to pace the 23-team field – Traverse City Record-Eagle
3. BOYS SOCCER Spring Lake and East Grand Rapids tied 2-2 in a rematch of a 2020 Regional Final – Grand Haven Tribune
4. BOYS TENNIS Grand Rapids South Christian won its home tri ahead of Whitehall and North Muskegon – Local Sports Journal
5. BOYS TENNIS Ludington edged DeWitt by two points to win the Portland quad – Ludington Daily News
6. VOLLEYBALL Spring Lake opened with a sweep of Montague and Hesperia – Local Sports Journal
7. BOYS SOCCER Rochester Hills Stoney Creek opened with a 4-2 win over Grosse Pointe North – Oakland Press
8. GIRLS TENNIS West Iron County bounced back from an opening loss to earn a 6-2 win over Ishpeming – Iron Mountain Daily News