Today in the MHSAA: 1/11/19

January 11, 2019

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Thursday was dominated by major matchups in the pool in Lower Peninsula Divisions 1 and 3, plus a milestone coaching victory on the wrestling mat.

1. Boys Swimming & Diving: LPD3 No. 2 East Grand Rapids – last season’s MHSAA Finals runner-up – edged current No. 1 and reigning champion Holland Christian 105-80 – Holland Sentinel

2. Boys Swimming & Diving: In another matchup of two of the state’s best, LPD1 No. 5 Ann Arbor Pioneer downed No. 7 Saline 110-76 – We Love Ann Arbor

3. Wrestling: Division 1 No. 10 Macomb Dakota downed New Baltimore Anchor Bay in a matchup of Macomb Area Conference Red powers, after Anchor Bay coach Jim Morisette earned his 700th win earlier in the night against Clinton Township Chippewa Valley – Macomb Daily

4. Girls Basketball: Manchester improved to 6-1 by handing Hanover-Horton its first defeat, 53-37 – Jackson Citizen Patriot

5. Boys Swimming & Diving: Grand Haven ended a long losing streak to Rockford with a 74-point win in a matchup of LPD1 honorable mentions – Grand Haven Tribune

6. Hockey: Division 3 No. 8 Alpena downed Division 2 No. 15 Grand Rapids Christian 5-2 to highlight first-day action at the North/South Showcase in Traverse City – WPBN

7. Boys Basketball: Montague handed Muskegon Western Michigan Christian its first defeat, 47-42 – Local Sports Journal

8. Skiing: Harbor Springs’ girls opened the season with a sweep of both events at the Lake Michigan Conference race – Petoskey News-Review

9. Girls Basketball: Comstock downed Olivet 66-42 with Daisy Ansel scoring 37 points – JoeInsider.com

10. Girls Basketball: Iron River West Iron County followed up Tuesday’s big win over Negaunee with a 49-48 nail-biter over Menominee – The Upbeat

Today in the MHSAA: 9/26/24

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

September 26, 2024

1. GIRLS GOLF Freeland – No. 4 in Lower Peninsula Division 3 – capped a Tri-Valley Conference championship run with another jamboree win – Saginaw News

2. BOYS TENNIS LPD2 No. 10 Traverse City Central claimed the Big North Conference Tournament title – Traverse City Record-Eagle

3. BOYS TENNIS LPD2 top-ranked Midland Dow finished a perfect dual match run through the Saginaw Valley League with a sweep of Davison – Midland Daily News

4. BOYS SOCCER Division 2 No. 6 Holland earned a 3-0 league win over No. 15 Zeeland East – FOX 17

5. GIRLS GOLF Petoskey edged Cadillac by two strokes to win the Vikings’ invitational – Cadillac News

6. CROSS COUNTRY The LPD1 top-ranked Romeo girls and Utica boys won the latest Macomb Area Conference Red jamborees – Macomb Daily

7. VOLLEYBALL Coldwater came back from a 2-1 deficit to defeat Parma Western in five during its annual Purple Week matchup – Coldwater Daily Reporter

8. VOLLEYBALL Allen Park Cabrini ended a six-match losing streak to Riverview Gabriel Richard with a sweep – Southgate News-Herald

9. BOYS SOCCER Farmington downed rival North Farmington 3-1 – Oakland Press

10. VOLLEYBALL A late second-set rally helped Orchard Lake St. Mary’s to a sweep of Macomb Lutheran North – Oakland Press