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: 4/17/25
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
April 17, 2025
1. SOFTBALL Division 1 honorable mention Brownstown Woodhaven rallied to get past No. 9 Allen Park 6-3 – Southgate News-Herald
2. BOYS GOLF Zach Spencer set a Howell record with a 9-hole 32 to lead his team past Novi by five strokes – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
3. BOYS GOLF Traverse City West – No. 3 in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – carded a 281 to win the Cadillac Invitational by 23 strokes – Traverse City Record-Eagle
4. BASEBALL Division 1 No. 5 Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice and Detroit U-D Jesuit split, with Rice’s Blake Ilitch throwing a no-hitter – Oakland Press
5. SOFTBALL Pinconning upset Division 3 No. 10 Standish-Sterling with a 10-9 walk-off win – Bay City Times
6. BASEBALL Division 3 No. 14 Kalamazoo Christian edged Division 4 No. 5 Kalamazoo Hackett Catholic Prep 3-2 – Kalamazoo Gazette
7. GIRLS SOCCER Division 3 No. 3 Grosse Ile has yet to give up a goal this spring, this time defeating Riverview 4-0 – Southgate News-Herald
8. GIRLS SOCCER Macomb Dakota edged New Baltimore Anchor Bay 1-0 – Macomb Daily
9. TRACK & FIELD Sterling Heights followed sprinter Amir Thrasher-Mosby to a win over Warren Woods-Tower – Macomb Daily
10. GIRLS SOCCER Midland Dow moved to 5-0 with a 2-1 win over Mount Pleasant – Midland Daily News