Michigan High School Sports News

Every Wednesday through the winter sports season, The Ann Arbor News will look at the week that was in non-basketball high school sports in the Wintry Mix : If the four Pioneer swimmers who set the Cereal Bowl Relays 200-yard medley relay record want to brag about their new record, they'll know who to go to.

Fruitport jumped out to a 25-19 first-quarter lead. After being on pace for an NBA-type score, neither team scored a point in the second quarter.

BRIGHTON - The Brighton hockey team got things back on track on Tuesday, winning their KLAA Central opener by downing Novi 4-2.

Cameron Morse on his way to a layup during the game against Southwestern at Flint Carman-Ainsworth on February 12, 2013.

Marine City's record-setting kicker Olivia Viney will be featured in Sports Illustrated's Faces in the Crowd.

Novi's boys swim and dive team kicked their season off Dec. 7 at the Fenton Relays, where they finished second of 13 teams with 396 points, just two points behind Ann Arbor Skyline, who was sixth in Division II last season.

The high school sports rumor mill is bubbling again, and the topic is high school football conferences-how much and how soon they will be changing.

GRAND RAPIDS The MLive/Grand Rapids Slam Dunk is back, and it will be with you throughout the girls and boys high school basketball season.

Shooting the ball has not been a strong suit for the Fowlerville girls basketball team thus far in a young season, and it hurt the Gladiators Monday night in a 54-23 loss to South Lyon East.

Sophomore Jeff Zita of Holland posted two top-three performances to lead Hope during the Wheaton Invitational this weekend.

Resume: History-making performer became Western's first female swimmer to claim a state championship, taking the 500 freestyle crown in an area-record 4:59.42.

Grand Blanc's Grant Fisher runs during the Division 1 boys race at the MHSAA Cross Country Championships on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2013, at Michigan International Speedway.

Division 2 first-team all-state goalkeeper Elijah Michaels has been starting in goal since his sophomore year when his team made the state semifinals.

The combination of two high school hockey players going hard after the puck and the fact it was a rivalry game helped make for a quality photo.

The 5-foot-11 setter and three-year captain set many individual records and was a big reason the Bucs have been among the best teams in the state.

The 6-foot-1, co-captain led the Patriots with more than 500 kills on the season, 1.9 blocks per game and a dominant serve.

Sometimes the best recognition doesn't come in the form of numbers on a scoresheet.

Spring Lake's swimming and diving team checked one of its preseason goals off its to-do list by winning Saturday's Ludington Invitational.

With their bodies rested and their hearts set on victory, the Grand Valley State University swim and dive teams let out their final pre-race breaths, shaky with anticipation.

It's too cold to work out. It gets dark too early. My body doesn't function in the cold weather.