Today in the MHSAA: 4/11/16

April 11, 2016

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Forget for a minute the snow of the last two days; spring has arrived for high school sports, and a number of teams got started over the weekend.

Baseball

Port Huron Northern pitcher Brett Manis picked up a memorable early highlight with 17 strikeouts in no-hitting Yale on Friday – Port Huron Times Herald

Harrison Township L’Anse Creuse improved to 3-1 with a 6-4 comeback win over Macomb Dakota at the Spring Break Tournament – Macomb Daily

Girls Tennis

Midland Dow opened with an impressive pair of wins over Division 3 powers Detroit Country Day and Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood – Midland Daily News

Track & Field

Some top Upper Peninsula athletes got off to quick starts as Ironwood competed at the Simpson Invitational in Superior, Wisconsin – Ironwood Daily Globe

Good Reads

The Detroit-area Observer & Eccentric newspapers have been reporting over the last two weeks a number of stories on officials as the MHSAA works to recruit more into the avocation. Below are links to just some from the series.  

Wrestling official Zaim Cunmulaj - KLAA assignor Bob Czech - Football and Basketball official Donta Favors - MHSAA always recruiting

Today in the MHSAA: 2/9/26

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

February 9, 2026

1. WRESTLING Division 4 No. 2 St. Louis ran its conference championship streak to 12 with the Jack Pine Conference title – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

2. BOYS SWIMMING & DIVING Utica Eisenhower won its first Macomb County championship in recent memory – Macomb Daily

3. BOYS SWIMMING & DIVING Detroit Catholic Central – ranked No. 3 in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – repeated as Oakland County champion – Oakland Press

4. WRESTLING Division 1 No. 3 Brighton claimed the Kensington Lakes Activities Association Tournament with a win in the final match – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

5. GIRLS BASKETBALL Niles Brandywine locked up a third-straight league title with a 55-31 win over Berrien Springs – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

6. WRESTLING Division 4 No. 6 LeRoy Pine River finished an outright championship run in the Mid-Michigan/Highland Conference – Cadillac News

7. WRESTLING Southgate Anderson also completed an outright championship run, winning the Downriver League Tournament – Southgate News-Herald

8. WRESTLING Division 2 No. 13 Fruitport finished a repeat title run in the Ottawa-Kent Conference Silver – MuskegonSports.com

9. WRESTLING Leslie claimed its first championship in this sport as part of the Cascades Conference – Jackson Citizen Patriot

10. WRESTLING Division 2 No. 5 New Boston Huron, Temperance Bedford and Division 3 top-ranked Dundee also clinched league championships – Monroe News

Also of note …

BOYS BASKETBALL Grand Rapids Northview ended East Lansing’s 40-game winning streak, 63-46 – Grand Rapids Press

BOYS BASKETBALL Wilson Huckeby became Freeland’s all-time leading scorer during his team’s 65-60 win over Hudsonville Unity Christian – Saginaw News

BOYS BASKETBALL Jovaan Daniels reached 1,000 career points in Hudsonville’s 62-55 win over Rockford – Grand Rapids Press

BOYS BASKETBALL DayDay Williams became the third 1,000-point scorer in Fruitport history during a win over Comstock Park – MuskegonSports.com

BOYS BASKETBALL Logan Glazier reached 1,000 career points during Coleman’s loss to Vestaburg – Midland Daily News