Today in the MHSAA: 1/27/20
January 28, 2020
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Rankings are sure to be shuffling in girls basketball and boys swimming & diving after some significant matchups and perhaps unexpected finishes during another busy January weekend.
1. Girls Basketball: Brighton handed Division 1 top-ranked Hartland its first loss, 41-33 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
2. Boys Swimming & Diving: No. 4 Holland West Ottawa defeated No. 1 Detroit Catholic Central in a matchup of top teams in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – Holland Sentinel
3. Wrestling: Division 3 No. 2 Richmond defeated Holly and Division 1 No. 9 Clarkston to win its Beast from the East duals – Macomb Daily
4. Boys Swimming & Diving: LPD2 No. 8 Midland Dow earned wins over LPD1 No. 8 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central and LPD2 honorable mention Battle Creek Lakeview; Lakeview also defeated FHC – Midland Daily News
5. Wrestling: Escanaba finished first and Marquette second at the Upper Peninsula Championships – Marquette Mining Journal
6. Boys Swimming & Diving: LPD3 No. 9 Trenton won the Downriver Classic with six individual victories – Southgate News-Herald
7. Competitive Cheer: Sturgis scored a season-high 724.57 to win the Delton Kellogg Invitational – Sturgis Journal
8. Wrestling: Ada Forest Hills Eastern edged Constantine to win the 26th Shawn Cockrell Memorial Invitational at Quincy – Coldwater Daily Reporter
9. Boys Basketball: Grand Blanc earned an 80-73 win over Kalamazoo Central in a matchup of statewide Division 1 powers – NBC 25
10. Competitive Cheer: Wyandotte Roosevelt won the Division 1 and overall championships at its invitational – Southgate News-Herald
Today in the MHSAA: 5/22/24
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
May 22, 2024
1. SOFTBALL Division 1 No. 10 Brownstown Woodhaven edged No. 6 Allen Park 10-9, ending the Jaguars' 14-year reign as a Downriver League champions with its first outright league title in this sport – Southgate News-Herald
2. TRACK & FIELD Kingsley swept championships at the 62nd Northwest Conference championship meet and in the Stags’ last season in the league; the Kingsley girls are ranked No. 6 in Lower Peninsula Division 3 – Traverse City Record-Eagle
3. SOFTBALL Zeeland West clinched the Ottawa-Kent Conference Green title with a 3-2 walk-off win over Division 1 honorable mention Muskegon Reeths-Puffer – Holland Sentinel
4. TRACK & FIELD The Midland Dow girls and Midland High boys claimed Saginaw Valley League championship meet wins – Midland Daily News
5. BASEBALL Division 2 No. 6 Saginaw Swan Valley clinched a share of the Tri-Valley Conference Red title with a 10-inning win over No. 8 Frankenmuth, and will attempt to reign outright today – Saginaw News
6. BASEBALL Division 2 top-ranked Flint Powers Catholic swept Midland Dow on a record-setting day to claim its first SVL championship in this sport – WJRT
7. SOFTBALL Marysville downed Utica 8-6 to clinch the Macomb Area Conference White title – Macomb Daily
8. TRACK & FIELD Brownstown Woodhaven continued girls and boys championship streaks in the Downriver League; the Woodhaven girls are No. 6 in LPD1 – Southgate News-Herald
9. TRACK & FIELD The Saugatuck girls and LPD4 No. 2 Kalamazoo Hackett Catholic Prep boys won Southwestern Athletic Conference championship meets – Holland Sentinel
10. SOFTBALL/BASEBALL The Division 2 No. 7 Goodrich softball team and Flushing baseball team won overall Flint Metro League championships – WJRT Softball | Baseball
Also of note …
BASEBALL Muskegon Oakridge swept Montague to finish as outright champion in the West Michigan Conference – Local Sports Journal
TRACK & FIELD The Monroe Jefferson and Erie Mason girls and Ottawa Lake Whiteford and Milan boys won league meets – Monroe News
GIRLS SOCCER Saugatuck and Holland Black River played to a 1-1 draw to share the SAC Lakeshore championship – Holland Sentinel
SOFTBALL Division 3 No. 5 Evart earned a share of the Highland Conference title with a sweep of Roscommon – Cadillac News