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!
Today in the MHSAA: 11/2/26
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
November 2, 2026
1. CROSS COUNTRY The Lake City and McBain girls – ranked Nos. 4 and 10, respectively, in Lower Peninsula Division 3 – and LPD4 No. 4 Mesick boys won Regional championships for the first time in their programs’ respective histories – Cadillac News
2. CROSS COUNTRY The Sanford Meridian girls also won a Regional title for the first time, in LPD3 – Midland Daily News
3. CROSS COUNTRY The Midland Dow girls won their first Regional title in at least a decade, in LPD1 – Midland Daily News
4. CROSS COUNTRY The No. 3 Traverse City West boys placed three among the top eight in winning their LPD1 Regional – Traverse City Record-Eagle
5. CROSS COUNTRY The No. 9 Rochester Adams girls and No. 11 Lake Orion boys also claimed LPD1 Regional championships – Oakland Press
6. CROSS COUNTRY The Macomb Lutheran North girls and No. 11 Holly boys earned LPD2 Regional titles – Macomb Daily
7. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING Grosse Ile claimed the Huron League championship meet title – Southgate News-Herald
8. CROSS COUNTRY The LPD2 No. 12 Shepherd boys, LPD3 No. 11 Ithaca girls and LPD4 No. 7 Breckenridge girls all were among Regional champions – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun
9. CROSS COUNTRY The LPD3 top-ranked Lansing Catholic girls, No. 3-ranked Cougars boys and No. 10 Pewamo-Westphalia boys all won Regional titles – Lansing State Journal
10. CROSS COUNTRY The Holland Christian girls and boys – both top-ranked in LPD2 – and Saugatuck LPD3 No. 7 girls and No. 5 boys swept Regional titles, and the top-ranked Holland Calvary boys won their LPD4 Regional as well – Holland Sentinel