Today in the MHSAA: 8/24/26

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

August 24, 2026

1. CROSS COUNTY The Ann Arbor Pioneer and Traverse City St. Francis girls and Traverse City West and Hart boys won titles at the annual Pete Moss Invitational at Benzie Central – Benzie Record Patriot | Athletic.net

2. CROSS COUNTRY The Rockford girls and Holland Christian boys were victorious at the Portage Central Early Bird Invitational – Grand Haven Tribune | Athletic.net

3. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Kingsford won its annual invitational for the fourth-straight season – Upper Michigan’s Source

4. GIRLS VOLLEYALL Zeeland East swept Cadillac in the final to win the Vikings’ invitational – Cadillac News

5. CROSS COUNTRY The Midland Dow girls and Saginaw Heritage boys were victorious at the Bay City Western Night Light Invitational – Saginaw News

6. BOYS SOCCER Bay City Western shut out all three of its opponents to win the Bay County Championship – Bay City Times

7. CROSS COUNTRY Runners from Northville and Howell ran the fastest individual times at the annual Lamplighter Invitational in Livonia – Saline Post | Athletic.net

8. BOYS SOCCCER McBain Northern Michigan Christian shut out both of its opponents in winning its Comet Cup – Cadillac News

9. BOYS SOCCER Grand Haven shut out Spring Lake 3-0 – Grand Haven Tribune

10. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Jackson Lumen Christi, Holland West Ottawa and Allen Park all hosted outdoor matches – WLNS | Holland Sentinel | Southgate News-Herald

Today in the MHSAA: 4/17/19

April 17, 2019

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Big-time matchups in soccer, baseball and softball highlighted a busy day of spring sports action across the state Tuesday.

2. Girls Soccer: No. 6 Hartland scored a major win over No. 10 Brighton, 3-1, in a matchup of top teams in Division 1 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

2. Baseball: Two-time reigning Division 2 champion Stevensville Lakeshore claimed a pair of one-run wins over Division 1 No. 9 Portage Northern – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

3. Softball: South Lyon East handed Division 1 honorable mention Walled Lake Northern its first loss, but Northern came back to take the second game of the doubleheader – State Champs Sports Network

4. Softball: Traverse City West and Kalkaska each handed the other its first loss in a doubleheader split – Traverse City Record-Eagle

5. Baseball: Hudsonville won the first game and was leading the second against Division 1 No. 16 Rockford in a key Ottawa-Kent Conference Red matchup – FOX 17

6. Boys Lacrosse: Traverse City United came back from a halftime deficit to edge Petoskey 8-7 – MI Sports Now

7. Track & Field: Alpena’s boys defeated Traverse City Central 92-71, highlighted by Gabe Bullis breaking his school pole vault record by seven inches at 15-7 – Alpena News

8. Baseball: Division 2 No. 10 Detroit Country Day emerged from a matchup of sharp pitchers to down Birmingham Groves 3-1 – Observer & Eccentric

9. Softball: Division 2 honorable mention Chelsea improved to 7-0 in handing Dexter its first losses of the season – Chelsea Sun Times News

10. Baseball: Kingsley earned what could become a key Northwest Conference sweep over Frankfort – WPBN

Also of note …

Boys Basketball: Southfield Christian coach Josh Baker has stepped down to take a job at University of Alabama under Nate Oats, who formerly coached at Romulus before turning Buffalo into a mid-major power – MLive-Detroit

Wrestling: Hudson’s Jordan Hamdan was named Mr. Wrestler by the Michigan Wrestling Association – Adrian Daily Telegram