Today in the MHSAA: 2/6/17

February 6, 2017

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Wrestling teams across the state finished regular-season competition over the weekend with District meets lined up for this week. We picked out a few that especially stuck out along with the usual highlights from other sports across both peninsulas.

Each weekday during the school year, we’ll gather and post media links covering the most significant and intriguing high school events from all over the state. 

Girls Basketball

Jordan Walker scored a school-record 39 points to lead Muskegon Mona Shores past Muskegon 72-47 – Muskegon Chronicle

Boys Basketball

Bay City All Saints clinched its second league title in program history with a 46-25 win over Saginaw Arts & Sciences Academy – Bay City Times

Ypsilanti Community clinched a share of the Southeastern Conference White with an overtime win over Dexter – Ann Arbor News

Howell beat Pinckney 59-51 to clinch a share of its first league title since 1996 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

Hockey

Grosse Pointe South, No. 3 in Division 2, downed Division 1 top-ranked Brighton 4-0 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

Division 3 No. 5 Calumet edged Division 2 No. 10 Romeo 4-3 at the MIHL Showcase on Saturday – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette

Skiing

Charlevoix’s girls and boys teams combined to win the Benzie Central Invitational – Petoskey News-Review

Boys Swimming & Diving

Birmingham Brother Rice, No. 1 in Lower Peninsula Division 1, claimed the Oakland County championship meet, finishing nearly 50 points ahead of runner-up and No. 4 Novi – Oakland Press

LPD2 No. 4 Warren DeLaSalle claimed the Macomb County meet championship for the fifth straight season, finishing 70 points ahead of second-place Macomb Dakota – Macomb Daily

Wrestling

Division 4 No. 3 Springport won its eighth straight Big Eight Conference championship, finishing ahead of Reading – Jackson Citizen Patriot

Ishpeming Westwood won its first Mid-Peninsula Conference tournament title in 13 years – Iron Mountain Daily News

Division 2 No. 4 Niles won its fourth straight Southern Michigan Athletic Conference championship finishing 14.5 points ahead of Stevensville Lakeshore – Niles Daily Star

Today in the MHSAA: 1/5/26

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

January 5, 2026

1. BOYS WRESTLING Top-ranked Detroit Catholic Central edged No. 4 Brighton by a point to win its invitational, which featured four of the top six ranked teams in Division 1 – Detroit Catholic Central athletics

2. BOYS BASKETBALL Stevie Hall scored his 1,000th career point and the game winner in Detroit Cass Tech’s 54-52 win over Cleveland Central Catholic at the Detroit Public School League Holiday Classic – Detroit Free Press

3. GIRLS WRESTLING LeRoy Pine River clinched the Montague Invitational with Kaylee Gibson’s win over No. 2-ranked Lowell in the day’s final match – Cadillac News

4. BOYS WRESTLING Division 2 No. 7 Freeland repeated as Saginaw County champion – Saginaw News

5. BOYS BASKETBALL Michael Lindquist became the second Greenville boys basketball player to reach 1,000 points, doing so during a 71-56 win over Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central – Grand Rapids Press

6. GIRLS WRESTLING Bay City John Glenn won the championship at the Reed City Invitational by 30 points – Bay City Times

7. GIRLS BOWLING Rockford defeated reigning Division 4 champion Ravenna to clinch the Fruitport Invitational title – Rockford Athletics

8. ICE HOCKEY Division 3 No. 4 Houghton defeated Division 1 No. 7 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central 5-1 and No. 5 Brighton 6-1 during a downstate trip – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette

9. GIRLS BASKETBALL Saginaw Heritage handed DeWitt its first loss, 60-55 in double overtime – Saginaw News

10. BOYS SWIMMING & DIVING Spring Lake – ranked No. 8 in Lower Peninsula Division 3 – set 34 personal records in winning its home invitational – Local Sports Journal

Also of note …

MHSAA Longtime Catholic High School League director Vic Michaels, a member of the MHSAA Representative Council for more than two decades, died at age 71 – Oakland Press

MEDIA The Detroit and statewide media communities are mourning the death of the Detroit News’ longtime prep sports reporter Dave Goricki – Detroit News

FOOTBALL Lansing Eastern hired Dan Boggan – the winningest coach in Lansing Sexton history – to take over the program – Lansing State Journal