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: 8/31/23

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

August 31, 2023

1. GIRLS GOLF Lowell shot a 340 to win the 11-team Whitehall Invitational – Ludington Daily News

2. BOYS SOCCER Division 4 No. 9 Lansing Christian edged No. 6 Hillsdale Academy 4-3 – Hillsdale Daily News

3. BOYS SOCCER Division 2 No. 15 Bay City John Glenn took a big step in league play with a 3-1 win over Freeland – Saginaw News

4. CROSS COUNTRY Leslie swept girls and boys championships at the Concord Invitational – Jackson Citizen Patriot | Athletic.net

5. CROSS COUNTRY The Hanover-Horton girls and Hillsdale Academy boys were champs at the Hillsdale Invitational – Hillsdale Daily News | Athletic.net

6. BOYS SOCCER Division 2 No. 12 Flint Kearsley scored the game-winner with less than a minute to play in downing Goodrich 4-3 – WJRT

7. GIRLS GOLF Remus Chippewa Hills extended its lead in the Central State Activities Association with a second league meet win – Big Rapids Pioneer

8. BOYS SOCCER Division 1 No. 7 Portage Central edged St. Joseph in a league opener 1-0 – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

9. BOYS SOCCER Isaac Rudd scored three goals in Spring Lake’s 5-0 win over Coopersville – Grand Haven Tribune

10. VOLLEYBALL Traverse City Central swept Petoskey in a conference match – Up North Live