Today in the MHSAA: 5/21/26
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
May 21, 2026
1. SOFTBALL Division 3 No. 2 Brooklyn Columbia Central won its first league title since 2012, downing No. 4 Grass Lake 6-5 in the Cascades Conference – Jackson Citizen Patriot
2. SOFTBALL Division 1 No. 4 Northville shut out No. 9 Salem 6-0 to clinch the overall Kensington Lakes Activities Association championship – Hometown Life
3. BASEBALL Division 3 No. 8 Grass Lake clinched a sixth-straight Cascades Conference title with a 3-2 eight-inning win over No. 2 Brooklyn Columbia Central – Jackson Citizen Patriot
4. BASEBALL Division 1 No. 5 Bay City Western finished an overall Saginaw Valley League title run with a 9-1 win over Division 2 No. 20 Flint Powers Catholic – Bay City Times
5. TRACK & FIELD The Indian River Inland Lakes girls and Mancelona boys finished Ski Valley Conference title runs – Traverse City Record-Eagle
6. BOYS GOLF Freeland clinched the Tri-Valley Conference Red title with a final jamboree victory – Saginaw News
7. SOFTBALL Division 2 No. 7 Saginaw Swan Valley and No. 6 Frankenmuth split a doubleheader to share the Tri-Valley Conference Red championship – Saginaw News
8. TRACK & FIELD Macomb Dakota’s girls – ranked No. 5 in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – Romeo’s boys and both Macomb Lutheran North teams won county championships – Macomb Daily
9. BASEBALL Division 2 No. 9 Saginaw Swan Valley clinched a share of the Tri-Valley Conference Red title with a 4-1 win over Frankenmuth – Saginaw News
10. TRACK & FIELD Bay City Western’s girls and boys teams continued their county championship dominance – Bay City Times
Also of note …
SOFTBALL Division 1 No. 7 Walled Lake Northern swept No. 3 Saline 2-1 and 4-2 – Oakland Press
BASEBALL Division 3 No. 1 Traverse City St. Francis defeated and tied Division 4 No. 2 Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart – Up North Live
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