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: 5/12/23
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
May 12, 2023
1. TRACK & FIELD The Farmington girls and West Bloomfield boys won Oakland Activities Association Blue championship meet titles – Oakland Press
2. GIRLS TENNIS Midland Dow ran its Saginaw Valley League championship streak to 25 seasons – Midland Daily News
3. GIRLS SOCCER Unranked Auburn Hills Oakland Christian clinched the Michigan Independent Athletic Conference title with a 2-1 win over Division 4 No. 2 Plymouth Christian Academy – Oakland Press
4. SOFTBALL Division 1 No. 10 (tied) Hartland clinched an outright Kensington Lakes Activities Association West championship with a sweep of honorable mention Novi – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
5. BOYS LACROSSE Grand Ledge finished a perfect run through Capital Area Activities Conference play with an 11-5 Cup championship win over Haslett/Williamston – Lansing State Journal
6. GIRLS TENNIS Traverse City Central finished its Big North Conference championship run with a league tournament victory – Traverse City Record-Eagle
7. SOFTBALL Livonia Stevenson swept Dearborn to finish an outright KLAA East title run – Hometown Life
8. BOYS GOLF Port Huron Northern clinched the Macomb Area Conference White title with a seven-stroke win over Utica – Port Huron Times Herald
9. GIRLS TENNIS Brooklyn Columbia Central won the Southern Michigan Interscholastic Tennis League Tournament championship – Coldwater Daily Reporter
10. SOFTBALL Traverse City Central swept Division 3 top-ranked Evart 1-0 and 7-0 – Big Rapids Pioneer