Today in the MHSAA: 5/6/24

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

May 6, 2024

1. TRACK & FIELD Rockford was first and East Kentwood second at both Traverse City Central Ken Bell Invitational meets; East Kentwood is ranked No. 1 in Lower Peninsula Division 1 and Rockford No. 2 for girls, and Rockford is No. 1 and East Kentwood No. 2 for boys – Traverse City Record-Eagle | Athletic.net

2. SOFTBALL Division 1 honorable mention Muskegon Reeths-Puffer defeated Division 4 No. 2 Holton, Muskegon Mona Shores and then Division 3 No. 6 Ravenna to win the Greater Muskegon Athletic Association championship – Muskegon Chronicle

3. BASEBALL Reeths-Puffer defeated Mona Shores, Division 4 No. 5 Muskegon Catholic Central and Division 3 No. 5 North Muskegon to win a GMAA title – Local Sports Journal

4. GIRLS SOCCER Division 2 No. 2 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central edged Division 1 No. 3 Portage Central 1-0 – FOX 17

5. GIRLS SOCCER Bay City Western defeated Saginaw Nouvel, Capac and Division 3 No. 6 Frankenmuth to win the Frankenmuth Invitational – Bay City Times

6. SOFTBALL Division 2 honorable mention Three Rivers defeated No. 5 Escanaba and Negaunee to win the Candy Swetkis Memorial Tournament – Upper Michigan Source

7. GIRLS TENNIS Muskegon Reeths-Puffer finished five points ahead of Mona Shores to win its first Greater Muskegon Athletic Association championship – Muskegon Chronicle

8. TRACK & FIELD The Mona Shores girls and LPD2 No. 8 Whitehall boys won the GMAA titles in this sport – Local Sports Journal | Muskegon Chronicle

9. TRACK & FIELD The LPD2 No. 10 Gladwin girls and Saginaw Swan Valley boys won at the Sanford Meridian Nite Trax Invitational – Saginaw News | Athletic.net

10. SOFTBALL Division 3 honorable mention Sanford Meridian defeated Midland Bullock Creek and Division 2 No. 7 Essexville Garber and fell to Standish-Sterling on the way to winning its own invitational – Midland Daily News

Today in the MHSAA: 1/13/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

January 13, 2025

1. BOYS SWIMMING & DIVING Holland Christian – No. 1 in Lower Peninsula Division 3 – was first and No. 2 East Grand Rapids second at the annual D3 Invitational – Holland Sentinel

2. WRESTLING Division 1 No. 6 Temperance Bedford defeated Middleville Thornapple Kellogg, Stevensville Lakeshore, No. 7 Rockford, Holt and Division 2 No. 6 Greenville to win the Rockford Duals – Monroe News

3. BOWLING The Eisenhower/Utica girls and New Baltimore Anchor Bay boys won Macomb County championships – Macomb Daily Girls | Boys

4. BOYS BASKETBALL East Lansing edged Orchard Lake St. Mary’s 69-68 in a matchup of top teams in Division 1 at the GottaGetIt Hoops Classic at East Kentwood – WLNS

5. BOYS BASKETBALL Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice impressively downed Muskegon 66-50 in East Kentwood – Muskegon Chronicle

6. BOYS BASKETBALL Peyton Ruel became the all-time leading scorer for Muskegon Oakridge during a 66-45 win over Muskegon Western Michigan Christian – Local Sports Journal

7. WRESTLING Kingsford won its Ray Mariucci Tournament for the first time since 1993 – Escanaba Daily Press

8. GIRLS BASKETBALL Alison Rockburn went over 1,000 career points in Belding’s win over Comstock Park – Greenville Daily News

9. BOWLING Frankenmuth’s Liam Liddle rolled a 300 in his team’s win over Essexville Garber – Saginaw News

10. GIRLS BASKETBALL Anna Wypych set a Rockford record with 38 points in a win over East Kentwood – Grand Rapids Press

Also of note …

VOLLEYBALL Farmington Hills Mercy’s Campbell Flynn was named Gatorade National Player of the Year – Oakland Press

FOOTBALL Dearborn is mourning the death of Divine Child legend Bill McCartney, who actually led the boys basketball team to the Class B title in 1973, and later the Colorado football program to a national title – Southgate News-Herald