Today in the MHSAA: 1/22/18

January 22, 2018

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Each weekday of the school year, we break down the top headlines courtesy of Michigan’s sports media.

Today's Top 10 

1. Wrestling: Division 3 No. 1 Dundee, Division 1 No. 7 Oxford and Division 4 No. 1 Hudson took the top three spots, respectively, at the Hudson Super 16 – Adrian Daily Telegram

2. Boys Basketball: Reigning Class D runner-up Buckley and 2017 Class C semifinalist Manton played a classic, with Buckley winning 62-60, while doing so to raise money for a family struggling with a cancer fight and to honor a local coach who died after battling the disease – Traverse City Record-Eagle

3. Competitive Cheer: Division 4 No. 4 Sanford Meridian Early College edged No. 3 Farwell and No. 7 Houghton Lake to win the 10-team Harrison Invitational – Midland Daily News

4. Hockey: Top-ranked Livonia Stevenson hung on for a 4-2 win over No. 5 Trenton in a matchup of Division 2 contenders – Observer & Eccentric

5. Hockey: Division 3 No. 7 Detroit Country Day handed Birmingham United its first loss this season in the premier game of the Oakland Activities Association/Metro League Showdown – Southgate News Herald

6. Bowling: The unranked New Baltimore Anchor Bay girls and Division 1 No. 2 Macomb L’Anse Creuse North boys won Macomb County championships – Macomb Daily

7. Wrestling: Escanaba won the 17-team 51st U.P. Championships meet, finishing just ahead of Gladstone and Marquette – Marquette Mining Journal

8. Wrestling: Division 3 No. 4 Whitehall claimed its 12th straight Greater Muskegon Athletic Association title, with 11 wrestlers reaching tournament finals – Muskegon Chronicle

9. Boys Swimming & Diving: Lower Peninsula Division 2 honorable mention Battle Creek Lakeview claimed its 27th straight All-City championship – Battle Creek Enquirer

10. Girls Basketball: Battle Creek Central bravely took to the floor and was edged by Kalamazoo Loy Norrix 53-47 a day after the unexpected death of junior varsity coach Julionna Mahar – Battle Creek Enquirer

Also of note …

Football: Longtime Walled Lakes Western coach Mike Zdebski stepped down after leading the team to 160 wins and 17 playoff appearances, to take a coaching job in Arizona – Detroit Free Press

Boys Soccer: Longtime Warren DeLaSalle and Fraser coach Thaier Mukhtar is returning to take over the Pilots’ program – Macomb Daily

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By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

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2. GIRLS GOLF Northville – No. 3 in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – secured another Kensington Lakes Activities Association championship with a 302 at the postseason tournament – Hometown Life

1. VOLLEYBALL East Grand Rapids defeated Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills and Division 2 No. 8 Ada Forest Hills Eastern – FOX 17

3. VOLLEYBALL Bay City Western defeated rival Central for the first time in five years – Bay City Times

4. VOLLEYBALL Division 3 honorable mention Manton swept Lake City – MI Sports Now

5. VOLLEYBALL Division 4 top-ranked Clarkston Everest Collegiate moved to 16-0 with a sweep of Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood – Oakland Press

6. CROSS COUNTRY Ludington swept wins at the Kelder Poured Walls 2-Mile Races – Ludington Daily News | Athletic.net

7. VOLLEYBALL Remus Chippewa Hills avenged an early-season loss to Big Rapids with a 3-1 win – Big Rapids Pioneer

8. VOLLEYBALL Bear Lake came back after losing the first set to defeat Brethren in three – Manistee News Advocate

9. BOYS SOCCER Division 1 No. 11 Hudsonville shut out Grand Haven 4-0 – Grand Haven Tribune

10. BOYS SOCCER Gaylord edged Cadillac 3-2Petoskey News-Review