Today In The MHSAA: 4/21/21

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

April 21, 2021

Every day we play produces a story or a few, and Tuesday’s included a pair of coaching milestones and some regular-season matchups that may have been previews of postseason rematches in June.

1. Baseball: Bay City John Glenn coach Jeff Hartt reached 800 wins with his Division 2 No. 10-ranked team’s sweep of Birch Run – Bay City Times

2. Girls Soccer: Division 1 powers Brighton and Novi finished in a 1-1 draw as the Bulldogs scored with less than a minute to play – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

3. Baseball: Division 2 No. 11 Frankenmuth swept No. 7 Saginaw Swan Valley 5-0 and 9-5, with the first game featuring a pitching matchup of future college teammates – Saginaw News

4. Softball: Division 2 contenders Frankenmuth and Swan Valley split, the Eagles winning the first game 4-0 and the Vikings the second 8-2 – Saginaw News

5. Softball: Frankfort coach Michael Thompson reached 450 career wins with his team’s sweep of Buckley – Up North Live

6. Track & Field: The Salem boys and Northville girls were victorious in snowy duals pitting top teams – Observer & Eccentric

7. Boys Lacrosse: Portage Central scored seven straight goals to come back and defeat Battle Creek Pennfield 9-7 – WWMT

8. Softball: Muskegon Mona Shores shut out Reeths-Puffer 4-0, but Reeths-Puffer came back with an 11-4 win in the second game of the doubleheader – Local Sports Journal

9. Girls Soccer: Laila Sharlow scored four of Waterford Kettering’s goals in a 5-0 win over Walled Lake Western – Oakland Press

10. Boys Lacrosse: Six Troy Athens players scored as the Red Hawks downed rival Troy 16-9 – Oakland Press

Today in the MHSAA: 9/16/26

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

September 16, 2026

1. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Jenna Middleton became the 34th player in MHSAA history to reach 2,000 career kills during Division 2 No. 4 Kingsley’s sweep of Grayling – Traverse City Record-Eagle

2. BOYS SOCCER A last-minute goal resulted in a 1-1 draw between Division 1 top-ranked Troy and No. 10 Troy Athens – Oakland Press

3. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Maddy Kozuch reached 1,000 career digs in Division 3 No. 9 Morley Stanwood’s sweep of Grand Rapids Sacred Heart – Big Rapids News

4. GIRLS GOLF Frankenmuth – No. 4 in Lower Peninsula Division 3 – and Freeland senior Alexis Heinz were champions at the Saginaw County Invitational – Saginaw News

5. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Division 2 No. 8 Macomb Lutheran North continued its impressive stretch with a 3-1 win over honorable mention Richmond – Macomb Daily

6. CROSS COUNTRY The Freeland girls and LPD2 No. 7 Alma boys were first in the Tri-Valley Conference Red opener – Saginaw News

7. BOYS SOCCER Division 3 No. 4 Elk Rapids moved to 10-1-3 with a 3-0 win over Charlevoix – Up North Live

8. CROSS COUNTRY Lake City’s LPD3 No. 6-ranked girls and McBain’s boys won the first Highland Conference jamborees – Cadillac News

9. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Gladstone struck first but Ishpeming came back to win in five sets – Upper Michigan’s Source

10. BOYS SOCCER Birmingham Groves went on the road to defeat Royal Oak 4-0 – Oakland Press