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: 6/5/26

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

June 5, 2026

1. GIRLS SOCCER Division 4 No. 10 Schoolcraft earned its first Regional title with a 1-0 win over No. 6 Plymouth Christian Academy in Division 4 – Kalamazoo Gazette

2. GIRLS SOCCER No. 10 Traverse City St. Francis claimed its first Regional title with a 2-1 shootout win over Fremont in Division 3 – Traverse City Record-Eagle

3. GIRLS SOCCER Top-ranked Goodrich clinched its first Regional title with a 2-1 win over No. 11 Almont in Division 3 – Mid-Michigan Now

4. GIRLS SOCCER No. 10 Rockford and No. 7 Grand Rapids West Catholic claimed first Regional championships in Divisions 1 and 3, respectively – Grand Rapids Press

5. GIRLS SOCCER No. 8 Troy handed No. 3 Rochester Adams its only defeat, 1-0 in a Division 1 Regional Final – Oakland Press

6. GIRLS SOCCER No. 9 Harbor Springs downed Ovid-Elsie 1-0 in Division 4 to clinch a first Regional title since 2003 – Petoskey News-Review

7. GIRLS SOCCER No. 8 Royal Oak Shrine Catholic edged No. 2 Clarkston Everest Collegiate 1-0 in Division 4 – Oakland Press

8. GIRLS SOCCER No. 7 Hartland shut out No. 6 Northville 2-0 to win a Division 1 Regional championship – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

9. GIRLS SOCCER Ann Arbor Skyline scored the game’s lone goal in a Division 1 Regional Final against No. 12 Salem – Ann Arbor News

10. GIRLS SOCCER No. 10 New Boston Huron advanced in Division 2 with a 1-0 victory over Mason – Monroe News