Today in the MHSAA: 9/28/26

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

September 28, 2026

1. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING Midland Dow – No. 4 in Lower Peninsula Division 2 – followed Amelia Mularz to another Tri-Cities Championship title – Saginaw News

2. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING Gibraltar Carlson repeated as Downriver Classic champion – Southgate News-Herald

3. BOYS TENNIS Muskegon Mona Shores swept all eight flights at the Greater Muskegon Athletic Association city tournament – Local Sports Journal

4. BOYS SOCCER Division 4 No. 4 Leland shut out No. 9 Harbor Springs 2-0 – Traverse City Record-Eagle

5. CROSS COUNTRY Munising swept championships at the Bay College Invitational; both are top-ranked in Upper Peninsula Division 2 – Escanaba Daily Press

6. CROSS COUNTRY The Mount Pleasant and LPD3 No. 7 (tie) Lake City girls and Midland Dow and LPD3 No. 14 Gladwin boys were team champions at the Cadillac Veterans Serving Veterans Invitational – Cadillac News

7. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Midland Dow finished 5-0 at the Chemic/Charger Challenge – Midland Daily News

8. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Deckerville went 4-0 to win the Harbor Beach Invitational – Huron Daily Tribune

9. CROSS COUNTRY The LPD1 No. 1 Ann Arbor Pioneer, Mason and LPD3 No. 7 (tie) Jackson Lumen Christi girls and LPD1 No. 5 Ann Arbor Skyline and LPD3 No. 1 Hanover-Horton boys were among team champions at the Jackson Invitational – Athletic.net

10. CROSS COUNTRY The LPD2 No. 10 Bloomfield Hills Marian, Charlevoix and Bear Lake girls and LPD2 No. 8 Petoskey, LPD3 No. 8 Charlevoix and Mesick boys won team titles at the Petoskey Kiwanis Invitational – Athletic.net

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