Today in the MHSAA: 1/8/24

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

January 8, 2024

1. WRESTLING Birch Run claimed its seventh-straight Saginaw County championship – Saginaw News

2. COMPETITIVE CHEER Brownstown Woodhaven, Division 2 No. 2 Allen Park and Division 3 No. 2 Grosse Ile won championships at the Allen Park Invitational – Southgate News-Herald

3. HOCKEY Division 3 No. 7 Hancock downed Division 1 No. 3 Brighton 5-1 on Friday and Capital City 3-2 on Saturday – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette

4. WRESTLING MaryAlice Lynch became one of the first few to reach 100 career wins, doing so during her team’s Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central Tournament – Monroe News

5. WRESTLING Division 4 No. 4 Benzie Central finished nearly 100 points ahead of the field in winning the Escanaba Invitational – Traverse City Record-Eagle

6. HOCKEY Division 2 No. 2 Trenton downed No. 6 Allen Park 4-2 – Southgate News-Herald

7. BOYS BASKETBALL Luke Gelow went over 1,000 career points in Gaylord’s 62-59 loss to Petoskey – Petoskey News-Review

8. BOYS SWIMMING & DIVING Spring Lake – No. 10 in Lower Peninsula Division 3 – was first and Holt second as the former won its invitational – Grand Haven Tribune

9. HOCKEY Division 3 No. 10 Jackson Lumen Christi edged No. 8 Grand Rapids Catholic Central 3-2 – Jackson Citizen Patriot

10. BOYS BASKETBALL Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills’ Craig Hureskin scored 51 points in his team’s 92-59 win over Wayland – Grand Rapids Press

Today in the MHSAA: 4/30/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

April 30, 2025

1. SOFTBALL Kaitlyn Pallozzi struck out a combined 33 batters over 12 innings during Division 1 top-ranked Farmington Hills Mercy’s sweep of Orchard Lake St. Mary’s, her 22 in the first game the second-most in MHSAA history – Oakland Press

2. GIRLS SOCCER Brynn Bobby starred as Brighton downed Division 1 No. 14 Northville 4-3 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

3. TRACK & FIELD Temperance Bedford’s boys – No. 8 in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – are on the verge of a potential first Southeastern Conference Red title thanks to a 73-55 win over Ypsilanti Lincoln – Monroe News

4. BASEBALL Division 1 No. 11 Williamston and No. 7 Mason swept a key Capital Area Activities Conference Red doubleheader – Lansing State Journal

5. GIRLS SOCCER Traverse City West moved into first place alone in the Big North Conference with a 2-0 win over Petoskey – Petoskey News-Review

6. SOFTBALL Division 2 No. 7 Frankenmuth swept Essexville Garber, winning the second game in eight innings – Saginaw News

7. BASEBALL Fruitport and Grandville Calvin Christian split, the latter’s 5-3 win in the second game also the first loss for Fruitport this spring – MuskegonSports.com

8. SOFTBALL Paw Paw improved to 16-1 with a sweep of reigning Division 2 runner-up Vicksburg – Kalamazoo Gazette

9. BASEBALL Clare handed Midland Bullock Creek its first two losses in Jack Pine Conference play – Midland Daily News

10. SOFTBALL Sophia VanDenstorm pitched St. Clair Shores Lake Shore to a shutout of Harrison Township L’Anse Creuse – Macomb Daily