Today in the MHSAA: 2/2/16

February 2, 2016

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Statewide sports action Monday was light, so we’ll focus on a series of stories published today that should pull at your heart strings and put life’s little obstacles in proper perspective.

Good Reads

Mason’s Brendan Brown is fighting for his life, against a form of cancer that has led to the amputation of a leg and soon will mean the removal of parts of his lungs. The Bulldogs junior is fighting, and also continuing a high school bowling career that is inspiring opponents and those in his community – Jackson Citizen-Patriot

Also at Mason, Storm Miller might be the strongest athlete at his high school and finished third in a national weight-lifting competition last summer. He’s relying on strength now to fight a rare form of cancer that also initially was found in a leg – Lansing State Journal

Molly Holmes hasn't joined her siblings on the Leroy Pine River wrestling team yet – wait until next year – but she plays junior varsity basketball and is one of 13 kids in a family that loves sports – a family that adopted her after five foster placements and a fight to survive no child should experience – Cadillac News

Today in the MHSAA: 1/27/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

January 27, 2025

1. COMPETITIVE CHEER Division 2 No. 2 Allen Park posted the top overall score at the Wyandotte Invitational – Southgate News-Herald

2. WRESTLING Stevensville Lakeshore took back the Greater Berrien County Invitational title, winning for the fifth time in six years – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

3. BOYS SWIMMING & DIVING Erie Mason/Ida – No. 9 in Lower Peninsula Division 3 – repeated as winner at the Monroe County Championships – Monroe News

4. BOYS BASKETBALL Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice edged Orchard Lake St. Mary’s 66-64 in a league matchup of Division 1 statewide contenders – Oakland Press

5. WRESTLING Division 2 No. 6 Cadillac finished first among 42 teams at the Northern Michigan Wrestling Championships – Cadillac News

6. BOYS SWIMMING & DIVING LPD3 No. 7 Riverview repeated as Downriver Classic champion – Southgate News-Herald

7. COMPETITIVE CHEER Gladstone had the overall high score at the Upper Peninsula Cheer Classic – Upper Michigan’s Source

8. WRESTLING The Lenawee County All-Star Meet crowned 20 champions – Adrian Daily Telegram

9. BOYS BASKETBALL Derek Sanders became Brooklyn Columbia Central’s all-time leading scorer during a win over Addison – Jackson Citizen Patriot

10. HOCKEY Division 1 No. 3 Howell downed Division 2 No. 2 Livonia Stevenson 3-2 on a buzzer-beating goal – Livingston Daily Press & Argus