Today in the MHSAA: 10/14/26

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

October 14, 2026

1. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Division 1 No. 5 South Lyon East swept honorable mention Milford to claim the Lakes Valley Conference Valley championship – Oakland Press

2. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Division 1 No. 3 Clarkston defeated Lake Orion in four sets to clinch the Oakland Activities Association Red title – Oakland Press 

3. CROSS COUNTRY The Lake City girls – No. 9 in Lower Peninsula Division 3 – and Roscommon boys in the Highland Conference and Remus Chippewa Hills girls and Reed City boys in the Central State Activities Association Red all finished league title runs – Cadillac News

4. CROSS COUNTRY – The Freeland girls and LPD2 No. 7 Alma boys clinched Tri-Valley Conference Red titles – Saginaw News

5. CROSS COUNTRY Ithaca finished a sweep of TVC Blue titles; Ithaca’s girls are No. 10 in LPD3 – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

6. CROSS COUNTRY Traverse City St. Francis swept team and individual championships at the Kingsley Invitational; the St. Francis girls are No. 2 in LPD3 – Traverse City Record-Eagle

7. BOYS SOCCER Warren Mott opened Division 1 District play with a shutout of Roseville – Macomb Daily

8. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Traverse City Central remains undefeated in the Big North Conference after a sweep of Traverse City West – Up North Live

9. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Reed City handed CSAA Red leader Big Rapids its first league defeat – Big Rapids Pioneer

10. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Division 3 honorable mention Calumet swept Negaunee – Upper Michigan’s Source

Today in the MHSAA: 4/18/18

April 18, 2018

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Each weekday of the school year, we break down the top headlines courtesy of Michigan’s sports media.

1. Girls Soccer: After opening this season 0-2, No. 4 Saline has won the first three games of league play including Tuesday’s over Ann Arbor Pioneer, 3-0 – Saline Post

2. Boys Lacrosse: Lake Orion continued its league dominance with a 15-10 win over Troy – Oakland Press

3. Girls Soccer: Lake Orion remained undefeated in league play on the soccer field as well with a 3-0 win over Royal Oak – Oakland Press

4. Baseball: Chelsea will name its field after former longtime coach and athletic director Wayne Welton – Ann Arbor News

5. Volleyball: Traverse City Central has hired former Benzie Central coach Jen Wright to take over the program; Wright most recently has been coaching the Trojans’ junior varsity – Traverse City Record-Eagle

6. Football: Junior varsity coach Jesse Fenstermaker has been promoted to take over Rogers City’s program as varsity leader – Alpena News

7. Football: Hillman promoted defensive coordinator Cody Allen to head coach as it heads into 8-player football for the first time this fall – Alpena News

8. Officials: Longtime sportswriter Al Wright gives his perspective on why it's gotten tougher to recruit officials for high school athletics – Midwest Sports Network

9. MHSAA: As part of its Black History Month features in February, State Champs! Network included a tribute to MHSAA assistant director Nate Hampton, who coordinates football, girls and boys basketball and girls and boys track & field – State Champs!