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: 1/20/26
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
January 20, 2026
1. GIRLS BASKETBALL Mia McGregor went over 2,000 career points in Mio’s big win over Posen – Bay City Times
2. BOYS SWIMMING & DIVING Grand Blanc – an honorable mention in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – won the Genesee County Meet for the 34th time, with Baylor Perkins breaking two meet records – Flint Journal
3. BOYS SWIMMING & DIVING LPD2 No. 10 Midland Dow won its 23rd-straight Tri-Cities Championship, with Ransom Kurzer part of four event wins – Bay City Times
4. COMPETITIVE CHEER Lake Fenton set team total score records on successive days in winning its Blue Devil Battle and then the Montrose Mystery Invite – Flint Journal
5. BOYS BOWLING Walled Lake Central defeated West Bloomfield to claim the Oakland County title – Oakland Press
6. GIRLS BASKETBALL Lizzie Wolthuis reached 1,000 career points in Grand Rapids South Christian’s big win over Grand Rapids Union – Grand Rapids Press
7. SKIING The Mattawan girls and Clare boys took first at the Cadillac Invitational – Cadillac News
8. ICE HOCKEY Division 3 No. 6 Marquette scored first, but Division 1 No. 7 Brighton scored the next four goals on the way to a 6-2 win – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
9. GIRLS BASKETBALL Harbor Springs won a matchup of league leaders, defeating Indian River Inland Lakes – Traverse City Record-Eagle
10. SWIMMING & DIVING Marquette swept the girls and boys team championships at its Splash N Dash meets – Iron Mountain Daily News | SwimCloud