Today in the MHSAA: 1/9/17

January 9, 2017

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Upsets reigned as two top-ranked hockey teams were toppled over the weekend, while a No. 1 wrestling team stood tall against one of the toughest fields we’ll see this regular season.

Each weekday during the school year, we’ll gather and post media links covering the most significant and intriguing high school events from all over the state. 

Girls Basketball

Lansing Waverly jumped back into the mix as a Class A contender with a 55-47 win over previously-undefeated DeWitt – Lansing State Journal

Dana Hoerman had 14 points, 15 rebounds and 11 blocked shots in Birmingham Seaholm’s 38-37 win over Troy – C&G News

Alma’s Kenzie Seeley went over 1,000 career points in a win over Standish Sterling – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

Hillman’s Vanessa Schook also broke 1,000 career points, crossing the milestone against Mio – Alpena News

Boys Basketball

Class A contender Muskegon downed Illinois’ Chicago Whitney Young (10-4) in the final game of the Muskegon Showcase – Muskegon Chronicle

Bowling

Ithaca’s girls handed first losses to St. Louis and Ovid-Elsie, trailing the Sharks 15-4 before coming back to win on a total-pin tie-breaker – Saginaw News

Hockey

Division 3 No. 5 Warren DeLaSalle dealt Division 2 top-ranked Birmingham Brother Rice a 4-1 defeat – Macomb Daily

Calumet, No. 10 in Division 3, upended Division 1 top-ranked Brighton 4-1 on Saturday after beating Division 2 No. 5 Novi 5-1 on Friday – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette

Boys Swimming & Diving

Birmingham Groves, No. 3 in Lower Peninsula Division 2, won a stacked Battle Creek Lakeview Spartan Invitational ahead of Division 2 top-ranked Dexter – Battle Creek Enquirer

LP Division 3 No. 7 Spring Lake finished 29 points better than runner-up Grand Rapids Northview to win its home invitational – Grand Haven Tribune

Wrestling

Division 1 top-ranked Detroit Catholic Central bested No. 2 Davison, No. 5 Macomb Dakota and Division 2 No. 3 Warren Woods-Tower among others to win its home invitational – Oakland Press

Division 1 No. 7 Brighton followed four individual champions to the Grand Haven Invitational team title – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

Grayling won the 44th Escanaba Elks Invitational, 17.5 points ahead of runner-up Ishpeming Westwood – Escanaba Daily Press

Tecumseh just edged Brownstown-Woodhaven to win its 42nd Dave Elliott Memorial Invitational – Adrian Daily Telegram

Today In The MHSAA: 5/25/22

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

May 25, 2022

1. SOFTBALL Kaitlyn Pallozzi threw a no-hitter as Division 1 No. 6 Farmington Hills Mercy defeated Riverview Gabriel Richard 7-0 in the Detroit Catholic League Bishop championship game – Detroit News

2. TRACK & FIELD/BOYS GOLF Hunter Jones set three school records in leading Benzie Central’s boys – No. 5 in Lower Peninsula Division 3 – to the Northwest Conference league meet title; the Kingsley girls also were meet champions, and LPD1 No. 2 Traverse City Central clinched the Big North Conference boys golf title – Traverse City Record-Eagle

3. SOFTBALL Division 3 No. 7 Schoolcraft swept Division 4 No. 10 Kalamazoo Christian to clinch the Southwestern Athletic Conference championship – WWMT

4. BASEBALL Division 1 top-ranked Orchard Lake St. Mary’s went ahead in the sixth inning on the way to defeating Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice 2-1 in the Catholic League Bishop final – Oakland Press

5. BASEBALL Division 4 No. 16 Muskegon Western Michigan Christian scored the winning run in the seventh inning to get past Ludington 6-5 and claim the Lakes 8 Conference title – MuskegonSports.com

6. BOYS GOLF LPD4 No. 14 Hudson repeated as Lenawee County Athletic Association champion with a win at the league tournament – Adrian Daily Telegram

7. BASEBALL Reed City defeated and tied Fremont to lock up the Central State Activities Association Gold title – Big Rapids Pioneer

8. BOYS GOLF LPD2 No. 3 Chelsea shot a 308 to win the Southeastern Conference White Tournament – Chelsea Sun Times News

9. SOFTBALL Division 2 No. 6 Frankenmuth secured a repeat Tri-Valley Conference 8 title with a sweep of Alma – Saginaw News

10. BASEBALL Coldwater swept Jackson Lumen Christi to secure the Interstate 8 Athletic Conference title – Coldwater Daily Reporter

Also of note …

BOYS GOLF Quincy finished second at the Big 8 Conference Tournament to earn a shared league title with Jonesville – Coldwater Daily Reporter

TRACK & FIELD The LPD3 No. 6 Onsted and Adrian Madison girls teams were among league champions crowned from the southeastern Lower Peninsula – Adrian Daily Telegram

BASEBALL Division 1 No. 18 Traverse City Central earned a share of the Big North Conference title with a sweep of Cadillac – MI Sports Now

TRACK & FIELD McBain’s girls clinched the Highland Conference title with a league meet win, with the boys championship still to be decided – Cadillac News

TRACK & FIELD The Midland Dow and Gladwin girls and LPD2 No. 7 Flint Powers Catholic and LPD3 top-ranked Clare boys earned league meet titles – Midland Daily News

TRACK & FIELD Saugatuck’s boys earned a Southwestern Athletic Conference league meet win – Holland Sentinel