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: 11/1/21

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

November 1, 2021

1. CROSS COUNTRY Petoskey swept Lower Peninsula Division 2 Regional titles, the school’s first Regional cross country sweep since 2003; the girls are ranked No. 3 and the boys are No. 13 – Petoskey News-Review

2. BOYS SOCCER No. 12 DeWitt scored the game winner with 18 minutes to play in its 2-1 Division 2 Regional win over No. 4 Fenton – Lansing State Journal

3. CROSS COUNTRY Hart swept LPD3 titles and Benzie Central was second in both power-packed races; Hart’s girls are No. 1 and the boys No. 3 – Benzie Record Patriot

4. CROSS COUNTRY Armada’s Khon siblings swept Division 2 Regional individual titles – Macomb Daily

5. BOYS SOCCER No. 4 Elk Rapids clinched a Division 3 Regional championship with a 1-0 win over Ogemaw Heights – Traverse City Record-Eagle

6. CROSS COUNTRY The top-ranked Ann Arbor Pioneer girls and Saline boys won LPD1 Regionals at Lake Erie Metropark – We Love Ann Arbor

7. BOYS SOCCER No. 5 Clarkston Everest Collegiate downed No. 10 Bad Axe 4-0 in a Division 4 Regional Final – Huron Daily Tribune

8. CROSS COUNTRY The Tecumseh girls and No. 3 Chelsea boys won LPD2 Regional titles at Lake Erie Metropark – Adrian Daily Telegram

9. CROSS COUNTRY The No. 15 Milford boys edged White Lake Lakeland, and the No. 15 Walled Lake Northern girls finished just ahead of Milford in LPD1 at Hess Hathaway Park – Oakland Press girls | boys

10. CROSS COUNTRY Frankfort’s girls will return to the Division 4 Finals after earning a Regional title – Benzie Record Patriot