Today in the MHSAA: 2/11/16
February 11, 2016
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
The first MHSAA postseason of 2016 kicked off Wednesday with wrestling Team Districts, and a couple of significant basketball upsets also topped the headlines from the night’s action.
Boys Basketball
Detroit Collegiate Prep upset reigning Class A champion Detroit Western International in the Detroit Public School League Quarterfinals, 64-63, on a basket with less than a second to play – Detroit Free Press
Bridgeport handed rival Frankenmuth the Eagles’ first loss this season, 55-52, after Frankenmuth won their first meeting in double overtime – Saginaw News
Alex Thomas scored 30 points including the 1,000th of his career in Morenci’s 92-56 win over Whitmore Lake – Adrian Daily Telegram
From Tuesday, reigning Class D champ Powers North Central extended its winning streak to 40 with a nail-biting 64-60 win over Menominee – Escanaba Daily Press
Girls Basketball
Katie Spalding grabbed a school-record 25 rebounds to go with 10 points in Quincy’s 49-40 win over Reading – Coldwater Daily Reporter
Ice Hockey
Midland Dow made it two wins over rival Midland this season, adding a 3-1 victory to its previous 5-4 win – Midland Daily News
Swimming & Diving
Also from Tuesday, Kalamazoo Loy Norrix’s Ryan Mullen broke the school’s diving record that had stood since 1978 with a score of 254.9 against Portage Northern – Kalamazoo Gazette
Wrestling
Greenville finished behind Cedar Springs in their league this season, but won the rematch 35-34 to earn an 11th straight District title – Grand Rapids Press
Allegan extended its District title streak to 13 straight with big wins over Plainwell and Hamilton – Grand Rapids Press
Remus Chippewa Hills won its 12th straight District championship, downing Big Rapids in the Final – Big Rapids News
Vandercook won its first wrestling team District title in 27 years, downing Hanover-Horton in the Final – Jackson Citizen-Patriot
Division 2 No. 3 St. Johns downed No. 2 DeWitt 35-27 in arguably the biggest matchup statewide to open the tournament – Lansing State Journal
The final matchup of rivals Niles and Stevensville Lakeshore this season went to Lakeshore by tie-breaker criteria – Niles Daily Star
Today in the MHSAA: 10/6/25
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
October 6, 2025
1. CROSS COUNTRY Highly-ranked Lower Peninsula teams dominated at the prestigious Portage Invitational, with the LPD1 top-ranked Ann Arbor Pioneer girls and No. 2 boys, LPD2 No. 1 Otsego girls, LPD2 No. 2 East Grand Rapids boys, LPD3 No. 1 Lansing Catholic girls, LPD3 No. 1 Jackson Lumen Christi boys, LPD4 No. 1 Whitmore Lake girls and LPD4 No. 1 Maple City Glen Lake boys among champions – Athletic.net | Traverse City Record-Eagle
2. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING Utica Eisenhower claimed its first Macomb County championship since 2018 – Macomb Daily
3. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING LPD2 top-ranked Farmington Hills Mercy dominated in claimed a third-straight Oakland County championship – Oakland Press
4. CROSS COUNTRY The LPD1 No. 15 Rochester girls and No. 8 Milford boys were champions at the Oakland County meet – Oakland Press
5. VOLLEYBALL Division 1 No. 10 Grand Haven finished 3-1 at the Jenison Invitational with Bria Hogeboom reaching 1,000 career assists – Grand Haven Tribune
6. GIRLS GOLF LPD3 No. 2 Grand Rapids Catholic Central carded a 677 to win the Katke Classic by 66 strokes – Ludington Daily News
7. CROSS COUNTRY The Hartland girls and LPD2 top-ranked Flint Powers Catholic boys won Greater Flint Championship titles – Flint Journal
8. VOLLEYBALL Division 4 No. 8 Crystal Falls Forest Park earned a repeat title at the Escanaba Invitational – Iron Mountain Daily News
9. VOLLEYBALL Division 3 honorable mention Manton finished 6-0 and downed Lake City to win the latter’s invitational – Cadillac News
10. CROSS COUNTRY Elkton-Pigeon-Bay Port Laker swept girls and boys titles at the North Park Invitational – Huron Daily Tribune