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: 4/9/26
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
April 9, 2026
1. BASEBALL Division 1 No. 9 Bay City Western swept Division 4 No. 2 Beal City – Bay City Times
2. SOFTBALL Sophomore Phoebe Maximiuk starred in Romeo’s 7-2 win over Division 1 honorable mention Lake Orion – Macomb Daily
3. SOFTBALL Utica earned a memorable 10-5 victory over Macomb Dakota – Macomb Daily
4. BOYS LACROSSE Traverse City West extended a one-goal halftime lead for a 12-10 win over Traverse City Central
5. TRACK & FIELD The Ida boys got big contributions from swim standouts in a 73-64 win over Petersburg Summerfield – Monroe News
6. BASEBALL Division 1 No. 14 Midland Dow improved to 6-0 with a sweep of Frankenmuth – Midland Daily News
7. BOYS VOLLEYBALL Midland Dow, Midland High and Bay City Western played their first matches in program history – Saginaw News
8. TRACK & FIELD Cadillac swept girls and boys quad meets against Big Rapids, Kingsley and Indian River Inland Lakes – Cadillac News
9. BASEBALL Division 2 No. 8 Williamston’s hitters found their strides in a sweep of DeWitt – WLNS
10. BASEBALL Division 1 No. 2 Hartland’s Michael Bernardi threw five no-hit innings in a 7-2 win over Salem – Livington Daily Press & Argus