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: 2/26/26
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
February 26, 2026
1. ICE HOCKEY Top-ranked Howell downed No. 3 Hartland 6-3 to clinch a Division 1 regional title – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
2. ICE HOCKEY Jackson United defeated Capital City 3-2 in Division 1 to claim its first Regional title since 2015 – WLNS
3. BOYS BASKETBALL Oxford pulled off the week’s biggest upset so far with a 45-43 win over Grand Blanc in a Division 1 District Semifinal – Flint Journal
4. ICE HOCKEY Dearborn Divine Child claimed a Division 3 Regional title with a 4-2 win over No. 7 Riverview Gabriel Richard – Southgate News-Herald
5. BOYS BASKETBALL Muskegon’s James Martin scored his 1,000th career point during a 67-31 Division 1 District Semifinal win over Greenville – Local Sports Journal
6. BOYS BASKETBALL Tyler Nall reached 1,000 career points in Napoleon’s 55-37 win over Hanover-Horton in Division 3 – Jackson Citizen Patriot
7. ICE HOCKEY No. 6 Rochester rode an impressive second-period spurt to a 4-2 Division 2 Regional Final win over No. 10 St. Clair Shores Unified – Oakland Press
8. BOYS BASKETBALL Kalamazoo Phoenix advanced in Division 3 with a 91-85 double-overtime win over Hackett Catholic Prep – Kalamazoo Gazette
9. ICE HOCKEY Traverse Bay Reps claimed a Division 3 Regional title with a 3-1 win over Petoskey – Up North Live
10. BOYS BASKETBALL Baraga avenged a pair of regular-season losses to L’Anse with a 46-44 win in Division 4 – Upper Michigan’s Source