Today in the MHSAA: 8/16/18
August 16, 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 Golf: Northville shot a 304 to edge Plymouth and win the opening invitational at Hudson Mills in Dexter – those teams finished fourth and fifth, respectively, at last season’s Lower Peninsula Division 1 Final – Observer & Eccentric
2. Girls Golf: Kalamazoo Hackett was first, St. Joseph second and Coldwater third at the Richland Gull Lake Invitational at Bedford Valley; Hackett was fifth in LP Division 4 last season, while St. Joseph was eighth in LPD2 and Coldwater was 14th – Coldwater Daily Reporter
3. Boys Tennis: Traverse City Central opened by winning its Summer Splash ahead of Holland West Ottawa, Traverse City West and Grandville; Central tied for 14th and Grandville tied for 19th at last season’s LPD1 Finals – Traverse City Record-Eagle
4. Boys Tennis: After falling to host Zeeland East, Grand Haven stormed back with wins over Grand Rapids Northview and Grand Rapids Catholic Central; Grand Haven was an LPD1 Finals qualifier last fall – Grand Haven Tribune
Also of note …
Cross Country: Novi is mourning the death of longtime coach Robert Smith, who led the Wildcats boys to two MHSAA titles and two Division 1 runner-up finishes over 36 years from 1981-2016 – Observer & Eccentric
Today in the MHSAA: 10/20/25
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
October 20, 2025
1. BOYS CROSS COUNTRY Sault Ste. Marie’s Gabe Litzner finished a career Finals championship sweep and Marquette, Painesdale Jeffers and Crystal Falls Forest Park won team titles at the Upper Peninsula Boys Cross Country Finals – MHSAA.com
2. GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY L’Anse claimed its first team championship and Marquette and Rudyard also won titles at the Upper Peninsula Girls Cross Country Finals – MHSAA.com
3. GIRLS GOLF Northville, Dexter, Grand Rapids Catholic Central and Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian won Lower Peninsula Finals – MHSAA.com
4. BOYS TENNIS Troy passed three-time reigning champion Bloomfield Hills to win the Lower Peninsula Division 1 championship – MHSAA.com
5. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING West Bloomfield’s Elizabeth Eichbrecht and Holland Christian’s Camryn Siegers won multiple individual races, and Zeeland won a pair of relays to highlight performances at the annual MISCA meet – MISCA
6. BOYS SOCCER No. 4 Romeo edged reigning Division 1 champion Rochester Adams 1-0 in a District Final – Macomb Daily
7. CROSS COUNTRY The Shepherd, Lower Peninsula Division 3 No. 10 Traverse City St. Francis and LPD4 No. 6 Grand Traverse Academy girls and Alpena, LPD3 No. 7 Central Montcalm and LPD4 No. 4 Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart boys won at the Northern Michigan Meet of Champions – Athletic.net
8. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Muskegon Mona Shores swept Fruitport to win a fourth-straight Greater Muskegon Athletic Association title – Local Sports Journal
9. CROSS COUNTRY The Frankenmuth girls and Saginaw Heritage boys won Saginaw County titles – Saginaw News
10. CROSS COUNTRY Utica Ford locked up the Macomb Area Conference White boys championship, while three teams shared the girls title – Macomb Daily