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: 5/15/26

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

May 15, 2026

1. GIRLS SOCCER Division 1 No. 10 Hartland handed No. 3 Northville its first loss, 3-0, to win the overall Kensington Lakes Activities Association championship – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

2. GIRLS TENNIS Top-ranked Birmingham Seaholm dominated its Lower Peninsula Division 2 Regional, with No. 6 Groves runner-up – Oakland Press

3. GIRLS SOCCER Division 2 No. 5 DeWitt downed Mason 5-2 in the Capital Area Activities Conference Gold Cup finale – Lansing State Journal

4. GIRLS TENNIS No. 2 Utica Eisenhower claimed a fourth-straight LPD1 Regional title – Macomb Daily

5. GIRLS TENNIS No. 3 Traverse City St. Francis claimed an LPD4 Regional title, winning seven flights – Traverse City Record-Eagle

6. BOYS GOLF Macomb L’Anse Creuse North carded a 321 to claim the Macomb Area Conference Blue championship – Macomb Daily

7. GIRLS TENNIS No. 10 Lansing Catholic in LPD4 and Haslett is LPD3 also won Regional championships – Lansing State Journal

8. BOYS LACROSSE Royal Oak Shrine Catholic earned its first Regional win in this sport, downing Harrison Township L’Anse Creuse 6-5 in Division 2 – Oakland Press

9. BOYS GOLF LPD3 No. 6 Grosse Ile repeated as champion of its Marauder Invitational – Southgate News-Herald

10. SOFTBALL Division 1 top-ranked Hudsonville moved ahead for good in the sixth inning during a 4-3 win over No. 6 Grand Haven – Local Sports Journal