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: 4/7/25
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
April 7, 2025
1. TRACK & FIELD Hillsdale Academy’s Grayson Rorick was among standouts at the Jack Beilfuss Early Season Invitational – Hillsdale Daily News
2. GIRLS SOCCER Hartland shut out Okemos 2-0 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
3. GIRLS SOCCER Lakeview downed McBain Northern Michigan Christian 5-1 to win the latter’s Comet Cup – Cadillac News
4. BASEBALL Division 1 No. 2 Bay City Western swept Division 4 No. 3 Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart and Walled Lake Northern in a Saturday doubleheader – Bay City Times
5. GIRLS LACROSSE Rochester scored first, but Stoney Creek scored the next six goals on the way to a 16-6 victory – Oakland Press
6. GIRLS SOCCER Harrison Township L’Anse Creuse scored both goals during the first half of a 2-0 win over Richmond – Macomb Daily
7. GIRLS SOCCER Brooke Grant had three goals and an assist in Jackson Northwest’s 8-1 win over Napoleon – Jackson Citizen Patriot
8. BASEBALL Division 3 No. 5 Traverse City St. Francis opened with a sweep of Kingsley, 9-3 and 7-3 – Traverse City Record-Eagle
9. BASEBALL Freeland also opened with a sweep, downing Alpena 7-1 and 4-0 – Saginaw News
10. GIRLS SOCCER Dearborn Heights Crestwood downed Detroit Western 7-3 – Dearborn Press & Guide