Today in the MHSAA: 1/8/17

January 8, 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 top-ranked Dundee scored 348 points to set a record at the Monroe County Sheriff’s Invitational, breaking its previous record by nearly 50; Division 2 No. 4 New Boston Huron finished runner-up – Monroe Evening News

2. Hockey: Orchard Lake St. Mary’s scored three unanswered goals to upend host Hancock 3-2; OLSM is No. 3 in Division 1, and Hancock is the top-ranked team in Division 3 – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette

3. Hockey: Brownstown Woodhaven downed Riverview Gabriel Richard 4-2 to win its New Year Tournament and give coach Bryan Sullivan his 400th career win – Southgate News Herald

4. Wrestling: Division 2 No. 3 Gaylord finished 5-0 to win the Grand Ledge Invitational, with a win by tie-breaker criteria over No. 5 Eaton Rapids – Gaylord Herald Times

5. Cheer: Reigning Division 3 runner-up Richmond kicked off this season by winning the Division 1 portion of its home invitational – Port Huron Times Herald

6. Girls Basketball: Lexi Niepoth set a Bellaire record with 27 rebounds to go with 24 points in a 54-21 win over Johannesburg-Lewiston – Traverse City Record-Eagle

7. Wrestling: Division 1 top-ranked Detroit Catholic Central won its annual invitational topping a field that included No. 7 Oxford – Oakland Press

8. Wrestling: Adrian improved to 15-1 this season with a championship at its dual invitational – Adrian Daily Telegram

9. Boys Swimming & Diving – LP Division 1 No. 5 Northville moved to 7-0 this winter with wins over honorable mentions South Lyon Unified and Canton, and Plymouth – Observer & Eccentric

10. Cheer: Adrian Madison won its invitational by nearly 30 points to top a field of 10 varsity teams – Adrian Daily Telegram

Also of note …

Girls Basketball: Kingsford and Iron Mountain filled the gym for the Flivvers’ 72-56 win, a show of support less than a week after two Kingsford classmates died in a car crash – Iron Mountain Daily News

Today in the MHSAA: 5/2/23

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

May 2, 2023

2. SOFTBALL Gracie Maloney got all 21 outs by strikeout in Division 1 top-ranked Macomb Dakota’s 9-1 two-hitter win over honorable mention Grosse Pointe North – Macomb Daily

2. BASEBALL Birmingham Seaholm’s Nick Shenefelt threw his second-straight no-hitter in the Division 1 No. 17 Maples’ 4-0 win over Bloomfield Hills – Oakland Press

3. BOYS GOLF Howell carded a 309 to win the 16-team Jim Sander Memorial – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

4. GIRLS SOCCER Division 2 No. 9 Linden moved to 9-0 with a 7-0 win over Fenton – WJRT

5. GIRLS SOCCER Montague defeated Whitehall for the first time in at least a decade – CatchMark SportsNet

6. GIRLS SOCCER Fremont scored the game’s lone goal during the second half to get past Ludington – MI Sports Now

7. GIRLS SOCCER Manistee improved to 7-1-1 with a 1-0 win over Hart – Manistee News Advocate

8. BASEBALL Division 4 No. 15 Ubly swept Brown City with two five-inning, one-hit shutouts – Huron Daily Tribune

9. GIRLS SOCCER Clinton remained perfect in Lenawee County Athletic Association play with an 8-1 win over Onsted – Adrian Daily Telegram

10. GIRLS TENNIS Petoskey went indoors to defeat Alpena 7-1 – Petoskey News-Review