Today in the MHSAA: 1/21/20

January 21, 2020

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Major matchups at basketball events honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s memory made for a highlight-filled weekend and Monday across Michigan, and girls basketball, wrestling, competitive cheer, hockey and boys swimming & diving also contributed headliners as teams braved the mid-January weather.

1. Boys Basketball: Division 3 Flint Beecher downed Division 1 Orchard Lake St. Mary’s 70-61 in a matchup of MHSAA championship contenders – State Champs Sports Network

2. Girls Basketball: Howell handed Brighton its first loss, 43-41, with Maeve St. John connecting on two last-minute free throws – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

3. Wrestling: Division 4 No. 7 Hart defeated No. 6 Leroy Pine River 40-20 in the championship match of the Fallen Bucks Memorial Tournament – Cadillac News

4. Boys Basketball: Grand Rapids Christian remained undefeated with a 66-64 win over Wyoming, which also was unbeaten entering the contest – WOOD TV

5. Girls Basketball: Reeya Patel’s basket with 2.5 seconds to play pushed Ann Arbor Huron past previously-undefeated Temperance Bedford 53-51 – State Champs Sports Network

6. Boys Swimming & Diving: Midland Dow – No. 8 in Lower Peninsula Division 2 – locked up its 18th-straight Tri-Cities championship, nearly doubling up the field – Midland Daily News

7. Boys Basketball: Detroit Martin Luther King got past Detroit Douglass 55-46 in a matchup of two more Finals hopefuls – Detroit Free Press

8. Boys Basketball: Emoni Bates led Ypsilanti Lincoln on a 13-2 run to close a 75-68 win over Detroit Edison – Detroit News

9. Hockey: Division 3 No. 10 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central avenged a late December loss to rival Forest Hills Northern/Eastern, winning this time 3-1 – FOX 17

10. Cheer: Stevensville Lakeshore won the Division 2 and overall championships at the Coloma Invitational – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

Also of note …

Girls Basketball: Although Niles fell to St. Joseph 59-54, Alycia Patterson went over 1,000 career points – Niles Daily Star

Boys Basketball: Reese Hazelton scored his 1,000th career point on a game-winner to lead Maple City Glen Lake past Saginaw Heritage 51-49 – Traverse City Record-Eagle

Girls Basketball: Elise Besonen also went over 1,000 career points in leading Ewen-Trout Creek past Ontonagon – The Upbeat

Today in the MHSAA: 4/17/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

April 17, 2025

1. SOFTBALL Division 1 honorable mention Brownstown Woodhaven rallied to get past No. 9 Allen Park 6-3 – Southgate News-Herald

2. BOYS GOLF Zach Spencer set a Howell record with a 9-hole 32 to lead his team past Novi by five strokes – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

3. BOYS GOLF Traverse City West – No. 3 in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – carded a 281 to win the Cadillac Invitational by 23 strokes – Traverse City Record-Eagle

4. BASEBALL Division 1 No. 5 Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice and Detroit U-D Jesuit split, with Rice’s Blake Ilitch throwing a no-hitter – Oakland Press

5. SOFTBALL Pinconning upset Division 3 No. 10 Standish-Sterling with a 10-9 walk-off win – Bay City Times

6. BASEBALL Division 3 No. 14 Kalamazoo Christian edged Division 4 No. 5 Kalamazoo Hackett Catholic Prep 3-2 – Kalamazoo Gazette

7. GIRLS SOCCER Division 3 No. 3 Grosse Ile has yet to give up a goal this spring, this time defeating Riverview 4-0 – Southgate News-Herald

8. GIRLS SOCCER Macomb Dakota edged New Baltimore Anchor Bay 1-0 – Macomb Daily

9. TRACK & FIELD Sterling Heights followed sprinter Amir Thrasher-Mosby to a win over Warren Woods-Tower – Macomb Daily

10. GIRLS SOCCER Midland Dow moved to 5-0 with a 2-1 win over Mount Pleasant – Midland Daily News