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: 9/9/26

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

September 9, 2026

1. BOYS SOCCER Division 2 No. 3 Holland scored three goals during the second half in downing Holland Christian 4-1 – Holland Sentinel

2. BOYS SOCCER White Lake Lakeland came back to hand Walled Lake Western its first loss, 4-2 – Oakland Press

3. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Division 4 No. 2 Traverse City Christian remained undefeated with a sweep of Leland – Traverse City Record-Eagle

4. CROSS COUNTRY Romeo’s girls and boys swept wins at the Macomb Area Conference Red jamboree and Macomb Dakota had both individual first-place finishers – Macomb Daily

5. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Mount Pleasant defeated Beal City and Alma while hosting them for an outdoor match at Community Memorial Stadium – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

6. CROSS COUNTRY The Stevensville Lakeshore girls and Edwardsburg boys won Berrien Springs Shamrock Invitational titles – Niles Daily Star

7. BOYS SOCCER DeWitt defeated Mason 3-1 – WLNS

8. BOYS SOCCER Freeland came back from two goals down to defeat Bay City John Glenn 3-2 – WNEM

9. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Painesdale Jeffers swept Ishpeming Westwood and Negaunee swept Marquette – My UP Now

10. BOYS SOCCER Division 3 No. 3 Elk Rapids remained undefeated with a win over Kingsley – MI Sports Now