Today in the MHSAA: 1/8/24

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

January 8, 2024

1. WRESTLING Birch Run claimed its seventh-straight Saginaw County championship – Saginaw News

2. COMPETITIVE CHEER Brownstown Woodhaven, Division 2 No. 2 Allen Park and Division 3 No. 2 Grosse Ile won championships at the Allen Park Invitational – Southgate News-Herald

3. HOCKEY Division 3 No. 7 Hancock downed Division 1 No. 3 Brighton 5-1 on Friday and Capital City 3-2 on Saturday – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette

4. WRESTLING MaryAlice Lynch became one of the first few to reach 100 career wins, doing so during her team’s Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central Tournament – Monroe News

5. WRESTLING Division 4 No. 4 Benzie Central finished nearly 100 points ahead of the field in winning the Escanaba Invitational – Traverse City Record-Eagle

6. HOCKEY Division 2 No. 2 Trenton downed No. 6 Allen Park 4-2 – Southgate News-Herald

7. BOYS BASKETBALL Luke Gelow went over 1,000 career points in Gaylord’s 62-59 loss to Petoskey – Petoskey News-Review

8. BOYS SWIMMING & DIVING Spring Lake – No. 10 in Lower Peninsula Division 3 – was first and Holt second as the former won its invitational – Grand Haven Tribune

9. HOCKEY Division 3 No. 10 Jackson Lumen Christi edged No. 8 Grand Rapids Catholic Central 3-2 – Jackson Citizen Patriot

10. BOYS BASKETBALL Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills’ Craig Hureskin scored 51 points in his team’s 92-59 win over Wayland – Grand Rapids Press

Today in the MHSAA: 9/8/23

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

September 8, 2023

1. BOYS SOCCER Brighton edged Division 1 No. 2 Northville 2-1, handing the Mustangs their first defeat – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

2. BOYS SOCCER Liam Smith became Muskegon Reeths-Puffer’s all-time leading scorer with his four goals in a win over Muskegon – MuskegonSports.com

3. GIRLS GOLF Brooklyn Columbia Central – No. 3 in Lower Peninsula Division 4 – shot a 358 to win the Jackson Invitational by 57 strokes – Jackson Citizen Patriot

4. BOYS SOCCER Division 3 No. 6 Elk Rapids handed Grayling its first defeat of the season, 6-1 – Traverse City Record-Eagle

5. BOYS SOCCER Bay City John Glenn handed Saginaw Swan Valley its first loss, 2-1 – Bay City Times

6. BOYS SOCCER Division 2 No. 12 Zeeland West broke a recent losing streak against neighbor Zeeland East, winning 1-0 – Holland Sentinel

7. BOYS SOCCER Carleton Airport equaled last season’s win total with its seventh this fall, 6-1 over Blissfield – Monroe News

8. BOYS SOCCER Division 1 No. 11 Portage Central shut out league opponent Stevensville Lakeshore 3-0 – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

9. VOLLEYBALL Muskegon Mona Shores moved to 13-3 with a sweep of Reeths-Puffer – Local Sports Journal

10. VOLLEYBALL Ludington swept a quad including Big Rapids, Whitehall and Fremont – Ludington Daily News