Today in the MHSAA: 8/20/18

August 20, 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. Boys Soccer: Salem defeated reigning Division 1 champion Detroit Catholic Central in a shootout to claim the Balconi Invitational title at Canton – Observer & Eccentric

2. Girls Golf: Reigning Lower Peninsula Division 2 champion Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern came back to win the Lober Classic at Grand Traverse Resort, ahead of first-day leader Muskegon Reeths-Puffer – Traverse City Record-Eagle

3. Boys Tennis: Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern finished 3-0 at Traverse City West on Friday, in the process earning coach Dave Sukup the 600th match win (boys and girls combined) of his career – Grand Rapids Press

4. Volleyball: Reigning Class C champion Bronson opened with a title at the 24-team Carrie Adams Tournament at Battle Creek St. Philip – Sturgis Journal

5. Boys Soccer: Midland Dow downed Grand Blanc, Haslett and Saginaw Swan Valley during an undefeated run at the Saginaw Heritage Invitational – Midland Daily News

6. Volleyball: Muskegon Western Michigan Christian went 7-1-1 over the first two days of the season, including a 4-0 run to win the Holton Invitational – Local Sports Journal

7. Girls Tennis: Last season’s runner-up Iron River West Iron County played reigning Upper Peninsula Division 2 champ Ishpeming Westwood to a shared title at the Kingsford Invitational – Iron Mountain Daily News

8. Cross Country: Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart swept the Division 3 races and Charlevoix swept Division 4 at the annual Ryan Shay Invitational – Athletic.net

9. Boys Tennis: Hudsonville, which tied for 11th in LPD1 last season, finished just ahead of Traverse City Central (which tied for 14th) to win Central’s invitational – Traverse City Record-Eagle

10. Boys Soccer: Ludington opened 3-0 with shutouts of Shelby and Fruitport and a 5-1 win over Muskegon Reeths-Puffer at the Fruitport Invitational – Local Sports Journal

Also of note …

Boys Tennis: Armada named its courts after coach Dave Fredette, who is entering his 53rd year after starting the boys program at the school – Macomb Daily

Today in the MHSAA: 12/16/24

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

December 16, 2024

1. GIRLS BASKETBALL Tecumseh got past reigning Division 2 champion Detroit Edison 70-65 in double overtime at the Best of Michigan event – Tecumseh Girls Bball (X)

2. WRESTLING Westland John Glenn ran its streak of Wayne County championships to three – Southgate News-Herald

3. BOYS BASKETBALL East Lansing downed reigning Division 2 champion Warren Lincoln 69-54 at the Moneyball Tip-Off Classic – WLNS

4. HOCKEY Division 1 No. 2 Hartland improved to 9-0 with a 4-2 win over Novi and 3-0 win over Division 2 No. 4 Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice in the Adam Mitchell KLAA/MIHL Showcase – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

5. GIRLS BASKETBALL AJ Rickli went over 1,000 career points in Paw Paw’s win over Plainwell – Kalamazoo Gazette

6. GIRLS BASKETBALL Avery Lay eclipsed 1,000 points in Chelsea’s 61-58 victory over Grand Blanc – Ann Arbor News

7. GIRLS BASKETBALL Hamilton’s Kaitlyn Geurink joined the 1,000-point club during her team’s 52-40 loss to Grand Rapids Kenowa Hills – Grand Rapids Press

8. HOCKEY Bay City Wolves shut out Rockford and Chippewa Valley United at the Bay City Showcase – Bay City Times

9. BOYS BASKETBALL Rockford, Byron Center, Hudsonville Unity Christian and Grand Haven won at The Invite at Calvin University – FOX 17

10. GIRLS BASKETBALL Aubree Calloway set a Bronson single-game scoring record with 40 points in a big win over Union City – Coldwater Daily Reporter