Champions Will Reign at Palace

March 6, 2015

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

By Friday's end, 112 wrestlers will be preparing to compete for 56 MHSAA individual championships Saturday afternoon at The Palace of Auburn Hills.

Make sure to follow all of the Individual Finals results so far plus the consolation rounds at 8:30 a.m. and Finals starting at 4:45 p.m. on MHSAA.com, and watch the live broadcast on MHSAA.tv.

And come back to Second Half on Sunday for highlights and champions' comments from all 56 Finals matches, plus more photos from HighSchoolSportsScene.com like the one captured by Alan Holben above.

Also, if you missed the pre-match video at the start of Thursday's opening round, it will play on The Palace's videoboard again before the championship matches ... or you can check it out below.

Moment: DCC's Toth Never Gives Up

April 1, 2020

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Evan Toth and Detroit Catholic Central seemed all but finished heading into the final period of the final bout of the Division 1 Team Wrestling Final against Davison on Feb. 23, 2013.

And then, in a little more than an instant, Toth changed his and his team’s fortunes.

Trailing 9-2 in the 125-pound finale – and with DCC down 26-23 – Toth took down his opponent and then worked 40 seconds for the pin that pulled the Shamrocks past the Cardinals 29-26.

“I’ve been in that situation before,” Toth said after. “I knew we needed more than three points, and I was looking for something big the whole match. I knew what I had to do. You have to wrestle the whole six minutes. (Winning the championship) is the highest high you can have.”

Click for Second Half’s coverage of the match – Shamrocks Make it 10 with D1 Repeat – and watch the winning fall below with coverage from the NFHS Network.