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: 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