Today in the MHSAA: 8/24/20

August 24, 2020

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Cross country statewide and volleyball, boys soccer and girls swimming & diving in northern Michigan were able to kick off competition over the weekend, bringing a fresh slate of storylines to the return of high school athletics in this state.

1. Cross Country: Bay City Western ran its first dual meets in 21 years, with the boys defeating Freeland and the Freeland girls winning by two in a matchup of possible Finals contenders – Bay City Times

2. Girls Golf: Rockford edged St. Joseph by 11 strokes to win the Sydney Carfine Invitational at The Meadows – Local Sports Journal

3. Boys Tennis: South Lyon freshman Cameron Crosby dominated No. 1 singles in highlighting the season-opening Pinckney quad – Livingston Daily

4. Volleyball: Grand Haven opened with a strong showing at Cadillac, defeating the host Vikings, Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern and Coopersville – Grand Haven Tribune

5. Boys Tennis: Big Rapids won back-to-back quads at Ludington and Wyoming – Big Rapids News

6. Volleyball: Petoskey edged Alpena 25-23, 25-19 to win the Sault Ste. Marie Invitational – Alpena News

7. Cross Country: Adrian Lenawee Christian swept championships at the Addison Early Bird Invitational – JTV

8. Girls Tennis: Ishpeming Westwood and Iron Mountain swept their tri-meets as the annual Kingsford Invitational was split into two round-robins to account for COVID-19 restrictions – Iron Mountain Daily News

9. Girls Golf: Parma Western shot a 380 to win its invitational by nine strokes – JTV

10. Boys Soccer: Traverse City Central outscored Manistee and Boyne City by a combined 11-0 during Saturday play – Traverse City Record-Eagle

Also of note …

Football: From last week, Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood and Muskegon Catholic Central are mourning the death of Cranbrook varsity coach Ben Jones, who died in a car crash; he formerly starred at MCC – Detroit News

Boys Basketball: Clinton Township Chippewa Valley coach Kevin Voss has retired after 38 years coaching basketball – 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