Today in the MHSAA: 1/5/16
January 5, 2016
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Winter sports return in force with a full slate of events statewide tonight, but here are a few headlines of note as we get rolling – plus two great reads from the wrestling world.
Boys Basketball
Ishpeming in recent seasons has scheduled its first basketball games later than other teams to offset the football team’s four straight runs to the MHSAA Finals at Ford Field – but the Hematites were one of the first to play in 2016 and came away with a 74-72 win over Gladstone to move to 2-0 – Marquette Mining Journal
Girls Bowling
From Sunday, two-time reigning Division 2 champion Flint Kearsley got past 2015 Division 1 finalist Jackson to win the Lila Jean Furnish Classic in Owosso, which included a number of the state’s top teams – Jackson Citizen-Patriot
Good Reads
When Clinton wrestler Nick Rolland was 3, his parents were told to say their good-byes after he was pulled from under a running lawn mower. But doctors were able to save his life, and then his leg, and this weekend he’ll wrestle for his 100th career win – Adrian Daily Telegram
Hastings wrestling coach Mike Goggins started out as an athlete for the Saxons, later coached at the middle school and now also is the high school athletic director – and owner of more than 400 varsity coaching wins after reaching that milestone during the Montrose Invitational on Dec. 29 – Grand Rapids Press
Today in the MHSAA: 10/23/24
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
October 23, 2024
1. BOYS TENNIS Holland Christian clinched its first Finals championship in this sport since 1965 – MHSAA.com
2. VOLLEYBALL Division 4 honorable mention Onaway clinched the Ski Valley Conference championship with a sweep of East Jordan – Cheboygan Daily Tribune
3. VOLLEYBALL Division 2 honorable mention Birch Run is the champion of the Mid-Michigan Activities Conference after a sweep of Mt. Morris – WJRT
4. VOLLEYBALL Division 3 honorable mention Hanover-Horton finished a perfect run through the Cascades Conference with a sweep of Brooklyn Columbia Central – Jackson Citizen Patriot
5. BOYS SOCCER No. 5 Rochester Adams advanced in its Division 1 Regional with a 2-1 overtime win over No. 3 Troy – Oakland Press
6. BOYS SOCCER No. 15 Fennville earned its first Regional Final berth with a shootout win over Wyoming Godwin Heights in Division 3 – Holland Sentinel
7. BOYS SOCCER No. 4 Lansing Christian advanced in Division 4 with a 2-1 win over No. 5 Clarkston Everest Collegiate – Lansing State Journal
8. BOYS SOCCER No. 3 Royal Oak Shrine Catholic downed No. 10 Jackson Christian 1-0 in Division 4 – Oakland Press
9. BOYS SOCCER No. 7 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern handed No. 8 Bay City John Glenn its first and only loss of the season, 3-1 in Division 2 – Bay City Times
10. BOYS SOCCER Top-ranked Portage Central advanced in Division 1 with a 3-0 win over No. 7 Traverse City West – Kalamazoo Gazette