Today in the MHSAA: 8/29/19

August 29, 2019

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Teams across Michigan continued driving toward the holiday weekend in impressive fashion Wednesday, led by major performances on the golf and cross country courses and tennis court.

1. Girls Golf: Troy, No. 9 in Lower Peninsula Division 1, shot a 322 to win the Oakland County Division 2 Tournament championship by 16 strokes ahead of runner-up LPD3 No. 5 Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood – Oakland Press

2. Girls Tennis: Reigning Upper Peninsula Division 1 runner-up Marquette handed a first loss of the season to reigning UPD2 champion Ishpeming Westwood – Marquette Mining Journal

3. Cross Country: Hartland swept the Corunna Earlybird Invitational titles, both teams edging runner-up St. Johns by just a few points – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

4. Cross Country: Charlevoix topped a strong boys field to win the East Jordan Invitational – Petoskey News-Review

5. Cross Country: Pewamo-Westphalia’s girls edged Ithaca’s by two points to win the Yellowjackets’ home invitational – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

6. Volleyball: Onsted moved to 7-0 with wins over Napoleon, Division 3 honorable mention Manchester and host Adrian Madison at a quad – Adrian Daily Telegram

7. Volleyball: Division 3 No. 5 Muskegon Western Michigan Christian moved to 11-2 with wins over Zeeland East, Allendale and Montague – Local Sports Journal

8. Cross Country: Pewamo-Westphalia’s boys won the six-team Ithaca Invitational ahead of a host of Division 4 state contenders – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

9. Boys Tennis: Holland won Nos. 1 and 2 singles, but West Ottawa won the other six flights to earn a 6-2 team victory – Holland Sentinel

10. Volleyball: Freeland downed Gladwin, Bay City Western and Beaverton to move to 7-1 – Midland Daily News

Today in the MHSAA: 1/18/22

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

January 18, 2022

1. BOYS SWIMMING & DIVING Midland Dow won the Tri-Cities Swimming Championship for the 19th-straight season – Midland Daily News

2. GYMNASTICS Rockford was first and Lowell second at the Red Arrows’ Military Salute Invitational – Coldwater Daily Reporter

3. WRESTLING Battle Creek Lakeview won its all-city championship and then finished runner-up as Cedar Springs claimed the overall All-City Challenge title – Battle Creek Enquirer

4. WRESTLING Competitors from 25 schools made up the field at the Boyne City Girls Wrestling Invitational, with the Ramblers’ Lydia Krauss named Most Outstanding Wrestler – Traverse City Record-Eagle

5. BOWLING The Oxford boys and Lake Orion girls won Oakland County Tournament championships – Oakland Press

6. BOWLING Warren Woods-Tower’s Kayla Tafanelli and Macomb Dakota’s Connor Rogus won Macomb County Invitational championships – Macomb Daily Girls | Boys

7. BOYS BASKETBALL Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice, No. 1 in Division 1 MPR, downed No. 6 Orchard Lake St. Mary’s 45-43 on a buzzer beater – Observer & Eccentric

8. HOCKEY Division 1 top-ranked Detroit Catholic Central opened with two first-period goals on the way to a 3-1 win over Division 3 No. 2 Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood – Oakland Press

9. HOCKEY Division 2 No. 4 Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice scored with less than 10 seconds to play to get past Division 3 No. 6 Houghton 3-2 – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette

10. BOYS BASKETBALL Benzie Central, No. 15 in Division 3 MPR, won a matchup of undefeated teams 72-55 over Buckley – Up North Live

Also of note …

WRESTLING Longtime and recently-retired Lake Odessa Lakewood coach Bob Veitch will be inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in April – Lansing State Journal