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Greater Berrien County Invitational Results

First-year head coach Josh Hill coaching 165-pounder Linken Birkhead early in the tournament, as Birkhead battled his way to a fourth-place finish. Photo by Travis Long | Team TBM. St. Joseph High School hosted their Greater Berrien County Invitational, bringing together some of the top wrestling talent from across Southwest Michigan. The tournament delivered high-level competition throughout the day, featuring physical matchups, clutch performances, and nonstop action across

Travis Long

3 days ago2 min read

Balanced Scoring Lifts Hackett Past Schoolcraft, 69–63

POTG Leland Berg shoots a wide open three on friday night Photo by Chris Carpenter | Team TBM Hackett came out hot, opening the game on a 7–0 run fueled by strong shooting from beyond the arc. Schoolcraft answered back, battling through the first quarter and into an up-and-down second. It looked like Schoolcraft might take control, but Leland Berg delivered in the clutch—knocking down a three and following it with a fadeaway two in the final 10 seconds to tie the game at 36–3

Chris Carpenter

3 days ago2 min read

Paw Paw had the Hot hand against Vicksburg

Aaron Beery talks to his team during a timeout friday night. photo by Brady Triemstra | Team TBM Paw Paw and Vicksburg squared off in a Wolverine Conference matchup. Paw Paw came out firing, jumping to a quick nine-point lead. After opening the game on an 11–2 run, the Red Wolves were held scoreless for the next two and a half minutes. Despite the brief lull, Ryan Holmes led Paw Paw in the first quarter with nine points, as the team shot an efficient 50 percent from beyond th

Brady Triemstra

5 days ago1 min read

TBM WINTER SPORT RANKINGS UPDATED 1/29/2026

Louis Smith of D2 #2 Three Rivers wrestling at the 2025 MHSAA Individual state finals Photo by Travis Long | Team TBM. TBM Wrestling Rankings D1 Detroit CC Hartland Brighton Clarkston Oxford Grand Ledge Rockford Davison Bedford Westland John Glen D2 Lowell Three Rivers Algonac Linden New Boston Huron Eaton Rapids Freeland Mason Portland Fowlerville D3 Dundee Yale Lakewood Whitehall Ogemaw Heights Hart Lakeville Montrose Kent city Bronson D4 Hudson St Louis Clint

The TBM Team

6 days ago1 min read

Overtime Heartbreak: Hillsdale Academy Shocks Mendon

Hillsdale Academy's Head Coach Dustin Scharer coaching his squad Tuesday night. Photo by Chris Carpenter | Team TBM Small-town Mendon delivered a big-time atmosphere Tuesday night as the undefeated Hornets hosted Hillsdale Academy in a matchup that lived up to every ounce of hype and then some. Mendon entered the night 13–0, riding momentum and eyeing history with a chance to break the program’s wins-in-a-row record set by the 2013–14 squad. From the opening tip, it looked

Travis Long

6 days ago2 min read

It’s official.. MHSAA approves NIL. A new era for high school athletes. What do you think this means for the future of high school sports in Michigan?

215 Days till kickoff

5 years ago the MHSAA resumed the 2020 playoffs in January 2021 due to rising COVID-19 cases that November.

2020 was definitely one of the more unique seasons, 6-Game Regular season with everyone making the playoffs!

2020 State Champions
Division 1-West Bloomfield
Division 2-Mona Shores
Division 3-DeWitt
Division 4-Country Day
Division 5-Grand Rapids Catholic Central
Division 6-Montague
Division 7-New Lothrop
Division 8-Centreville

This was also the first state finals the page has ever covered, in the picture it’s 18 year old me in the stands ready to watch New Lothrop vs TC St. Francis.

I turn 24 tomorrow. Into my 6 season covering high school sports across Michigan.

- Sal

37 days until Team State Finals. Here are the latest TBM Wrestling Rankings updates.

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TBM Wrestling Week 7 Rankings are live. See where everyone stands as the postseason picture continues to take shape. Who win step upon the stage at wings stadium?

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MY GOODNESS!!!! Jackson Kohler of Yale with dunk of the year?!

Video submitted: @tylerdebbs

Latest TBM Wrestling Rankings are live. See where everyone stands heading into Week 6, with just 52 days until the first day of Team State Finals.

Merry Christmas Everyone! 🎄 Grateful for all the support we receive! the greatest gift is being able to run this page and support the incredible teams and athletes here in the mitten!

Thank you and Happy holidays - Sal, Travis, Brady, Chris, Nathan

Official GameAbove Sports Bowl preview. Game will be broadcasted on ESPN+
TBM will be on site with @btprodz covering all the action from kickoff to final whistle. 38 High Schools across the state of Michigan will have a former student represented in the Bowl Game. Can’t wait to see what this matchup has in store.

New wrestling rankings are live. A few new faces crack the Top 10, with Eaton Rapids and Kent City joining their respective divisions. Big movement this week, including @algonacwrestling jumping from #5 to #3 in D2

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Week 2 wrestling rankings are live! See the full breakdown and movement across all divisions at the link in our bio!

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TBM WRESTLING RANKINGS | Divisions 1–4 Updated 12/4/25 All four No. 1 teams — Detroit Catholic Central (D1), Lowell (D2), Dundee (D3) and Hudson (D4) enter the season as defending state champions. Lowell has won 12 straight, Hudson 4 straight, Dundee 8 straight, and DCC 3 straight.. The question now: Who, if anyone, can knock off these giants and end the dynasty?

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The dust has settled. The trophies are raised. Now the final judgment drops. Here is our definitive Top 25 of the 2025 football season!

Heck of a year! 🔥

Final 8-Player Ranking of the year.

Had to repost 8-Player separately. Huge mistake with OP.

Final Top 10 Divisional Rankings of the year.

Won’t be the last football post of the year. Stay tuned for more this month!

It’s been 16 years!! Detroit Catholic Central has finally climbed the mountain again, and they did it by taking down one of the state’s powerhouses. the Shamrocks outlasted Detroit Cass Tech to claim the division 1 state championship! 42-19 Final

Here we go. The two biggest brands in Michigan High School Sports are ready to go Ford Field.

Shamrocks. Technicians.

Who you got???

Congratulations to Grand Rapids West Catholic, they win the 2025 Division 5 State Championship. The Falcons defeat Notre Dame Fighting Irish 42-14

Division 5 kicks off at 4pm.

The Irish defend their belt.

West Catholic wants the D5 Title back to GR.

Who you got?

DeWitt captures the D3!

The Panthers complete an undefeated 14-0 season, with one of the greatest offensive seasons we’ve ever seen from a high school football team. 727 points, that’s almost 52 points a game!

Panthers defeat the Oilers of Mt. Pleasant 54-20

Division 3 Underway.

Battle of undefeated teams!

DeWitt vs Mt. Pleasant

And for the first time since 2015, The Division 7 State Champion is heading back up to the Upper Peninsula!

Menominee completes a perfect 14-0 campaign, with a 34-6 routing of Schoolcraft!

YOOPER POWER

D7 starts the Sunday off for the last day of the 2025 football season.

Both schools have not won a football state championship in over 15+ Years

BACK TO BACK

Orchard Lake St. Mary’s defeats Dexter 51-14.

The Eaglets capture their 10th State Championship in Program History.

Congrats!!

Final Game of the Day. Orchard Lake St. Mary’s vs Dexter

For the D2 Crown, who you got?

THE 4-PEAT SUCCEEDS

Jackson Lumen Christi defeats Kingsley 28-14

Jackson Lumen Christi collects their 15th State Championship in program history. Congrats to the Titans!

Division 6 Kickoff under 20 minutes away!

Who you got?

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 40 YEARS THE FALCONS WILL TAKE HOME THE MITTEN TO DEARBORN DIVINE CHILD‼️

Marcelo Vitti might be him😮‍💨👀

14–0. State Champions. The Perfect Season.

The Harbor Beach Pirates have officially completed a storybook run, finishing undefeated and bringing home the Division 8 State Championship. In a hard-fought battle, Harbor Beach took down Hudson 31–20, sealing their place in school history and capping off one of the most impressive seasons we’ve seen. Congratulations to the Pirates on an incredible journey, an unforgettable postseason, and a well-earned state title. The perfect season lives on in Harbor Beach.

Kingsley Stags took the 240+ mi drive last night down to Detroit.

Check that police escort 👀😮‍💨

Kingsley vs Lumen Christi for the Division 6 Crown! Today at 4.

🎥 @rachellemarie2882

S2 Semi-Final: DeWitt Defeats De La Salle 41-20

All that “private schools should be in a seperate division 🤓☝️” talk, just for a 67 reference🫩✌🏻

Your Championship Weekend Records for the 16 schools who’re 11-Player Finalists this Postseason!

THE STAGE IS SET!

The MHSAA’s 11-Player Football State Finals weekend is ready to go.

Who do you got?

Congratulations to the Shamrocks of Portland St. Patrick on winning their first State Championship since 1992!

The Shamrocks steamroll the Nordics of Felch North Dickinson 53-0👀

Postgame interview with Schoolcraft’s Senior WR @drew.enright 2 receiving touchdowns on the day in a HUGE team win! The Eagles win 43-14 and will play the winner of Pewamo Westphalia vs Menomonee.

Postgame interview by @whoistlf

Lumen Christi defeats Almont in Triple Overtime 25-19. What a Game!

Almont strikes back but also misses there XP!!

Overtime III here in Novi

19-19

LC scores on the first play of the 2nd Overtime period.

2pt Conversion is no good

Almont has the ball 19-13 LC Leads

BALL DON’T LIE

Almont forces it to Overtime II after an elite strip fumble.

THIS GAME

Did he cross the goal line?

Lumen Christi stops Almont on 4th down in OT. LC Takes over. 13-13

Congratulations to @martinclipperfootball on winning the 2025 MHSAA 8-Player Division 1 Championship. The Clippers roll the Montabella Mustangs 52-8 to win their 3rd State championship in the last 4 seasons!

Lumen Christi sneaks it in for the score!

XP is blocked

6-6 2:08 2nd Quarter

@lschapman_13 gets the scoring started in the D6 Finals!

Missed XP after a fall start.

6-0 Almont leads to begin the 2nd Qtr

Huge stop on 4th down for the Raiders again!!

0-0 1:36 1st

LC goes for it on 4th down makes it then the Raiders force a huge fumble on the first drive. Recovered by @gordon_stolecki

0-0 4:57 1st Qtr

WEEK 13 FAN VOTE‼️🔥👀

Will these picks survive today?

16 years ago today… Jason Fracassa, the QB who rewrote Michigan’s record books, stepped into the wildest high school football finish I’ve ever seen.

I was actually in attendance at this game. 7 years old, bundled up in the stands with Dad & Grandpa, watching a moment that I didn’t realize would shape my entire love for the game.

Down late, Fracassa tossed a pick in the Clarkston end zone. Game over… right? All Clarkston had to do was run the ball and bleed the clock. But football stays chaotic. Clarkston fumbles the football in their own territory with :38 left. Stevenson suddenly had life… with a short king under center. Fracassa drove the Titans down the field, then the infamous moment: a botched snap, knee & spike at the same time. Clarkston thought it was over but the referee announced the clock had stopped at 0.2 seconds. Then ‘The Play’.

Stevenson didn’t finish the story that year. They fell to undefeated Detroit Catholic Central in the finals, who also hasn’t lifted the trophy since. Clarkston, meanwhile, went on to build a dynasty with three titles.

For Stevenson, things dipped for a long time… until my senior year. When we won Stevenson’s first playoff game since this legendary showdown. A 5-4 Cinderella run that ended, ironically, on the exact same field this classic was played: Troy Athens.

This game didn’t just make legends on the field… it sparked the creation of @thed_zone and eventually helped bring me into the Michigan HS football coverage scene 11 years later.

One of the craziest finishes in Michigan HS Football history, that changed the trajectory of this sport in our state forever.

But, time does move on, but games like this never fade.

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The Big Madonski (TBM) was created with a simple mission: redefine what high school and college sports coverage can look like in Michigan. Born during the pandemic in 2020, TBM started as a small TikTok account run by Sal a kid from Sterling Heights who loved sports and wanted to build something different. What began as quick highlight clips and creative edits quickly grew into a full-scale sports media platform, now followed by nearly 19,000 people across the state. TBM stands out because it’s fueled by passion, community, and a genuine love for the athletes who make Michigan sports special. From high school football to basketball, wrestling, and everything in between, TBM captures the stories, moments, and memories that matter most to players, families, and fans. Today, TBM is more than just sports coverage. It’s a community-driven movement a team of photographers, videographers, and storytellers dedicated to elevating the next generation of Michigan athletes and giving every kid the spotlight they deserve.

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