Today in the MHSAA: 8/21/26
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
August 21, 2026
1. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Williamston and Lansing Catholic were victorious at the Cougars’ outdoor Volley Turf Takeover – WLNS
2. BOYS TENNIS Midland repeated as champion at Saginaw Heritage’s Jim Teal Invitational – Midland Daily News
3. CROSS COUNTRY The Davison girls and Caro boys won Mike Jackson Invitational championships at Croswell-Lexington – Saginaw News
4. GIRLS GOLF Traverse City St. Francis finished 20 strokes ahead of the field to win its home invitational – Traverse City Record-Eagle
5. BOYS SOCCER Brayden Fischer scored three goals in Edwardsburg’s 4-0 win over Stevensville Lakeshore – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium
6. BOYS SOCCER Troy Athens opened with a 3-0 victory over Northville – Oakland Press
7. BOYS SOCCER Traverse City Christian won its first game as a standalone boys soccer program, 3-1 over Manistee – Traverse City Record-Eagle
8. BOYS SOCCER Sterling Heights opened its season with a big win over St. Clair Shores Lake Shore – Macomb Daily
Today in the MHSAA: 1/5/16
January 5, 2016
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Winter sports return in force with a full slate of events statewide tonight, but here are a few headlines of note as we get rolling – plus two great reads from the wrestling world.
Boys Basketball
Ishpeming in recent seasons has scheduled its first basketball games later than other teams to offset the football team’s four straight runs to the MHSAA Finals at Ford Field – but the Hematites were one of the first to play in 2016 and came away with a 74-72 win over Gladstone to move to 2-0 – Marquette Mining Journal
Girls Bowling
From Sunday, two-time reigning Division 2 champion Flint Kearsley got past 2015 Division 1 finalist Jackson to win the Lila Jean Furnish Classic in Owosso, which included a number of the state’s top teams – Jackson Citizen-Patriot
Good Reads
When Clinton wrestler Nick Rolland was 3, his parents were told to say their good-byes after he was pulled from under a running lawn mower. But doctors were able to save his life, and then his leg, and this weekend he’ll wrestle for his 100th career win – Adrian Daily Telegram
Hastings wrestling coach Mike Goggins started out as an athlete for the Saxons, later coached at the middle school and now also is the high school athletic director – and owner of more than 400 varsity coaching wins after reaching that milestone during the Montrose Invitational on Dec. 29 – Grand Rapids Press