Today in the MHSAA: 8/21/17

August 21, 2017

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Each weekday of the school year, we break down the top headlines courtesy of Michigan’s sports media.

Today’s Top 10

1. Officials: A year after being diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer, MHSAA official Steve Johnson has beaten it and returned to the field to work a football scrimmage last week – ABC12

2. Volleyball: Reigning Class A champion Novi cleared a loaded Lakeshore Classic field undefeated, downing host Grand Haven in the championship match – Grand Haven Tribune

3. Volleyball: Kalamazoo Central opened with a championship at the Carrie Adams Memorial Invitational at Battle Creek St. Philip, downing among others Battle Creek Harper Creek, Portland St. Patrick, Coldwater and then Buchanan (which had advanced by beating Leland) in the championship match – Kalamazoo Gazette

4. Volleyball: After failing to do so last season for the first time in at least five, Calumet won the Kingsford Invitational now under new coach Matt Laho – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette

5. Boys Soccer: Tecumseh came back from a halftime deficit to down Adrian Lenawee Christian and win the Bronson Mansfield Cougar Cup championship – Adrian Daily Telegram

6. Boys Soccer: For the 14th time in 16 season, Niles won the VandenBerg Invitational, downing Cassopolis 3-0 in the championship game – Niles Daily Star

7. Volleyball: Saginaw Swan Valley went 5-0-1 to win the Carrollton Invitational, downing Saginaw Heritage, Elkton-Pigeon-Bay Port Laker and Saginaw Valley Lutheran in bracket play – Saginaw News

8. Volleyball: Two-time reigning Class C champion Bronson opened quickly as well with five wins to claim its invitational, downing North Adams-Jerome 3-0 in the championship match – Sturgis Journal

9. Volleyball: Adrian Madison went 5-0 to win the Addison Invitational, sweeping all five opponents – Adrian Daily Telegram

10. Cross Country: Lake City swept the Northern Michigan Christian Invitational races in McBain, the girls finishing first by three points and the boys by 11 – Cadillac News

Also of note ...

Girls Golf: From last week, Brighton downed Saline by two strokes to win the Traverse City Central Ben Lober Invitational; reigning Lower Peninsula Division 2 champ Midland Dow finished fourth – Midland Daily News

Today in the MHSAA: 9/1/26

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

September 1, 2026

1. BOYS SOCCER Division 3 No. 9 Frankenmuth handed No. 13 Freeland its first loss, 3-0 – Saginaw News

2. GIRLS GOLF Alpena carded a 383 to win the Traverse City West Titan Invitational – Traverse City Record-Eagle

3. GIRLS GOLF Caledonia finished first as a team and Muskegon Reeths-Puffer placed the top two individuals at the second Ottawa-Kent Conference Green jamboree – Local Sports Journal

4. BOYS SOCCER Maple City Glen Lake downed Traverse City St. Francis 5-2 – MI Sports Now

5. BOYS SOCCER German exchange student Livius Guellmeister debuted with four goals in Milan’s 9-1 win over Carleton Airport – Monroe News

6. GIRLS TENNIS Ishpeming Westwood swept Gladstone – Upper Michigan’s Source

7. BOYS SOCCER Southgate Anderson earned its first Downriver League win this season, 5-2 over Taylor – Southgate News-Herald

8. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Flint Powers Catholic swept Birch Run – WNEM

9. BOYS SOCCER Midland Dow opened league play with a 6-1 win over Mount Pleasant – Midland Daily News