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: 5/2/22
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
May 2, 2022
1. TRACK & FIELD Hartland’s Riley Hough and Holland West Ottawa’s Arianne Olson were the 1-mile champions at the Barnyard Invitational distance showcase – Athletic.net
2. SOFTBALL Division 1 No. 2 Allen Park and Division 3 No. 6 Almont were champions of the Michigan Stars Tournament – MI Stars Tourney
3. TRACK & FIELD East Kentwood swept the Charlie Janke Invitational titles, with Zeeland East second in both meets; East Kentwood’s boys team is No. 1 in Lower Peninsula Division 1, and the girls are ranked No. 2 – Jackson Citizen Patriot Girls | Boys
4. TRACK & FIELD The Sault Ste. Marie girls and Marquette boys won the Manistique Kiwanis Invitational championships – Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
5. BASEBALL Bay City Central clinched the Alma Invitational title with a 10-7 win over Alpena – Bay City Times
6. BASEBALL Division 2 No. 7 Essexville Garber picked up a suspended game with No. 14 Bay City John Glenn and went on to a 5-3 win – Bay City Times
7. TRACK & FIELD Monroe Jefferson swept its invitational’s championships – Monroe News
8. SOFTBALL Division 4 No. 5 Mendon won all three games big to claim its invitational title – Sturgis Journal
9. TRACK & FIELD The Gibraltar Carlson girls and New Boston Huron boys won Carlson’s Marauder Invitational – Southgate News-Herald Girls | Boys
10. SOFTBALL Pentwater won the Brethren Invitational with a pair of big scores – Local Sports Journal