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: 4/25/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

April 25, 2025

1. GIRLS TENNIS Birmingham Seaholm – No. 3 in Lower Peninsula Division 2 – topped LPD1 top-ranked Clarkston 5-3 – Oakland Press

2. BOYS GOLF LPD1 No. 4 Brighton won the Kensington Lakes Activities Association preseason tournament with an event-record 297 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

3. GIRLS SOCCER Waterford Mott moved into first in the Lakes Valley Conference with a 2-1 win over Walled Lake Northern – Oakland Press

4. BASEBALL Cash DePauw threw a no-hitter in Division 4 No. 17 Indian River Inland Lakes’ 3-0 win over Johannesburg-Lewiston, which came back to win the second game 10-8 – Cheboygan Daily Tribune

5. SOFTBALL Grand Haven’s Lorelei Chciuk continued her excellent start this spring for the Division 1 honorable mention Buccaneers with a no-hitter win over East Kentwood– Local Sports Journal

6. BASEBALL Ryan Zanger made big plays at the plate and on the mound in Dundee’s 7-6 win over Blissfield – Monroe News

7. BOYS LACROSSE Saginaw Heritage bounced back from its first loss with an 8-7 win over Bay City Western – Saginaw News

8. GIRLS SOCCER Petoskey avenged last year’s season-ending defeat with a 5-0 win over Gaylord – Petoskey News-Review

9. SOFTBALL New Baltimore Anchor Bay rallied in the fourth inning to get past Utica Ford 3-1 – Macomb Daily

10. GIRLS TENNIS Wyandotte Roosevelt won the last match to earn a 4-4 tie with Trenton – Southgate News-Herald