Today in the MHSAA: 2/4/19

February 4, 2019

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

This weekend saw the first Michigan girls wrestling state champions awarded, a rematch of last season’s Division 2 Hockey Final and two top-ranked bowling teams face off – and that's just a sampling of the headliners.

1. Wrestling: The Michigan Wrestling Association awarded 15 championships at its first Girls Wrestling Finals – Adrian Daily Telegram | MLive

2. Gymnastics – Reigning MHSAA champion Farmington United finished more than three points ahead of the field at the Canton Invitational, generally considered the most competitive event of the regular season – Coldwater Daily Reporter

3. Hockey: No. 2-ranked Trenton downed No. 1 Hartland in a rematch of last season’s Division 2 Final, this time at the Michigan Interscholastic Hockey League Showcase – Southgate News-Herald

4. Girls Basketball: Midland Dow upset reigning Class A champion Saginaw Heritage 52-48, handing the Hawks their first defeat this winter – Midland Daily News

5. Bowling: Sturgis downed Three Rivers 29-1 in a matchup of the top-ranked boys teams in Divisions 2 and 3, respectively – Sturgis Journal

6. Wrestling: Division 1 No. 2 Brighton, No. 5 Hartland and No. 4 Westland John Glenn took the top three places, respectively, at the Kensington Lakes Activities Association tournament – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

7. Boys Basketball: Benton Harbor’s Carlos Johnson and Ypsilanti Lincoln’s Emoni Bates both scored 35 points in the Tigers’ 86-83 win at Grand Rapids Union – FOX 17

8. Wrestling: Division 4 No. 9 Bronson claimed the Big 8 Conference championship outright, its first league title in the sport – Coldwater Daily Reporter

9. Boys Swimming & Diving: LPD1 No. 4 Detroit Catholic Central repeated as Oakland County meet champion – Oakland Press

10. Wrestling: Brownstown Woodhaven clinched the outright Downriver League championship after sharing the title the last two seasons – Southgate News-Herald

Also of note …

Boys Swimming & Diving: Warren DeLaSalle, No. 8 in Lower Peninsula Division 2, edged Macomb Dakota to claim the Macomb County meet championship – Macomb Daily

Wrestling: Division 4 No. 2 New Lothrop, Division 2 No. 3 Goodrich and Holly won Flint-area league tournaments titles – Flint Journal

Wrestling: Parma Western clinched the Interstate 8 Athletic Conference championship – Coldwater Daily Reporter

Wrestling: Edwardsburg, Division 2 No. 7 Niles, White Pigeon and Schoolcraft earned league tournament titles in the southwestern Lower Peninsula – JoeInsider.com

Wrestling: Iron Mountain won the Mid-Peninsula Conference tournament title – Iron Mountain Daily News

Boys Basketball: St. Clair Shores Lake Shore downed Utica to clinch the outright Macomb Area Conference Blue title – Macomb Daily

Wrestling: Division 3 No. 4 Remus Chippewa Hills had five individual champs and Division 4 No. 8 Leroy Pine River won a team title in more league tournament action – Big Rapids News

Girls Basketball: From Thursday, Cierra Molina became the fifth player to score 1,000 career points for Rudyard, reaching the milestone against Brimley – Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

Today in the MHSAA: 9/4/24

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

September 4, 2024

1. BOYS SOCCER Grayling improved to 5-0 and has yet to give up a goal after defeating Kingsley 6-0 – Traverse City Record-Eagle

2. BOYS SOCCER Bay City John Glenn moved to 8-0-1 with their eighth shutout, this one over Essexville Garber – Bay City Times

3. CROSS COUNTRY The Onsted girls and Brooklyn Columbia Central boys won Keunner Invitational titles in Addison – Jackson Citizen Patriot | Athletic.net

4. BOYS SOCCER Nolan McHenry scored all four goals in Walled Lake Northern’s 4-1 win over Walled Lake Western – Oakland Press

5. CROSS COUNTRY Pairs from host Erie Mason and Flat Rock won Connolly Relays championships – Monroe News

6. VOLLEYBALL Division 2 No. 10 Frankenmuth edged Birch Run 3-2 – WNEM

7. VOLLEYBALL Marquette improved to 4-0 with a 3-1 victory over Menominee – Upper Michigan Source

8. BOYS TENNIS Traverse City Central, tied for No. 10 in Lower Peninsula Division 2, earned a 7-1 win over rival Traverse City West – Traverse City Record-Eagle

9. BOYS SOCCER Traverse City West opened league play with a 6-0 win over Alpena – MI Sports Now

10. BOYS SOCCER Elk Rapids earned a league victory 1-0 over Harbor Springs – Up North Live

Also of note …

BASEBALL Dan Cimini, most recently the coach of Northville’s Division 1 championship team this spring, is taking over at Warren De La Salle Collegiate – Macomb Daily