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: 10/13/26
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
October 13, 2026
1. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Fennville swept South Haven to create a shared title between the two in the Southwestern Athletic Conference Black – Fennville’s first league title in the sport since 2001 – Holland Sentinel
2. BOYS SOCCER Division 2 No. 13 Hudsonville Unity Christian clinched the Ottawa-Kent Conference Black championship with a 1-0 win over No. 5 Holland – Holland Sentinel
3. BOYS SOCCER Division 2 No. 4 Fruitport claimed the O-K Silver Tournament championship with a 3-0 win over Division 3 No. 4 Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian – MuskegonSports.com
4. BOYS SOCCER Division 1 No. 9 Traverse City West earned coach Matt Griesinger his 200th win with a shutout of Sault Ste. Marie – Traverse City Record-Eagle
5. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Midland Dow defeated Division 2 No. 4 Frankenmuth, Division 3 No. 1 Saginaw Valley Lutheran and Bay City Central – Midland Daily News
6. BOYS SOCCER Division 4 No. 2 Muskegon Western Michigan Christian edged Grand Haven 2-1 – Local Sports Journal
7. BOYS SOCCER Goodrich downed Genesee Christian 4-0 on its Senior Night – WJRT
8. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Farwell held on to get past Shepherd in five sets – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun
9. BOYS SOCCER Adrian finished its regular season with a 2-1 win over Brooklyn Columbia Central – Adrian Daily Telegram