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: 12/15/22

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

December 15, 2022

1. WRESTLING Top-ranked Detroit Catholic Central defeated short-handed but No. 2-ranked Davison 58-19 in a rematch of the last two Division 1 Finals – MLIVE-Detroit

2. HOCKEY Division 3 No. 5 Riverview Gabriel Richard downed Division 2 No. 2 Trenton 5-1 – Southgate News-Herald

3. GIRLS BASKETBALL Lake Fenton remained undefeated in handing Grosse Pointe North its first loss, 51-33 – Flint Journal

4. WRESTLNG White Pigeon edged Quincy on the eighth tiebreaker after the teams finished their 14 matches even at 39-39 – Coldwater Daily Reporter

5. HOCKEY Cadillac scored with 1.7 seconds to play to push past Petoskey 3-2 – Cadillac News

6. BOYS BASKETBALL Springport scored the game’s final basket to edge Michigan Center 59-58 – Jackson Citizen Patriot

7. HOCKEY East Grand Rapids ran its winning streak to four with a 3-1 win over Grand Rapids Christian – FOX 17

8. GIRLS BASKETBALL Utica Ford improved to 4-1 with a 61-43 win over Macomb Dakota – Macomb Daily

9. GIRLS BASKETBALL Goodrich remains undefeated after a 67-31 win over Fenton – Mid-Michigan Now

10. BOYS BASKETBALL Flint Hamady won its second game in two days, 78-45 over Flint Southwestern – WJRT