Today in the MHSAA: 8/30/18

August 30, 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. Cross Country: The Battle Creek Harper Creek girls won their first All-City title in 18 years; Battle Creek Lakeview won the boys championship – Battle Creek Enquirer

2. Girls Golf: Northville won its fifth tournament of August, this time shooting a 333 to claim the Saline Invitational championship – Observer & Eccentric

3. Cross Country: Charlevoix swept the girls and boys championship at the East Jordan Invitational, both scoring 38 points – Traverse City Record-Eagle

4. Girls Golf: Bloomfield Hills Marian shot a 331 to win the Oakland County Division 2 championship by 13 strokes – Oakland Press

5. Boys Soccer: Midland Dow edge Traverse City Central 1-0 to remain undefeated with seven shutouts this fall – Midland Daily News

6. Volleyball: Division 1 top-ranked Lake Orion swept Bloomfield Hills to finish 6-0 for the day and win the Romeo Invitational – Oakland Press

7. Girls Swimming & Diving: Reigning Lower Peninsula Division 2 champion East Grand Rapids earned an impressive 118-68 victory over Grand Haven – Grand Haven Tribune

8. Girls Golf: Coldwater emerged from a three-team tie thanks to its fifth scorer to win the second Interstate 8 Athletic Conference jamboree – Coldwater Daily Reporter

9. Boys Soccer: Petoskey continued its tough early run but with its first victory, 2-1 over Midland – Petoskey News Review

10. Boys Soccer: Hartland edged Northville 4-3 on a goal with seven minutes to play Livingston Daily Press & Argus

Today in the MHSAA: 1/5/26

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

January 5, 2026

1. BOYS WRESTLING Top-ranked Detroit Catholic Central edged No. 4 Brighton by a point to win its invitational, which featured four of the top six ranked teams in Division 1 – Detroit Catholic Central athletics

2. BOYS BASKETBALL Stevie Hall scored his 1,000th career point and the game winner in Detroit Cass Tech’s 54-52 win over Cleveland Central Catholic at the Detroit Public School League Holiday Classic – Detroit Free Press

3. GIRLS WRESTLING LeRoy Pine River clinched the Montague Invitational with Kaylee Gibson’s win over No. 2-ranked Lowell in the day’s final match – Cadillac News

4. BOYS WRESTLING Division 2 No. 7 Freeland repeated as Saginaw County champion – Saginaw News

5. BOYS BASKETBALL Michael Lindquist became the second Greenville boys basketball player to reach 1,000 points, doing so during a 71-56 win over Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central – Grand Rapids Press

6. GIRLS WRESTLING Bay City John Glenn won the championship at the Reed City Invitational by 30 points – Bay City Times

7. GIRLS BOWLING Rockford defeated reigning Division 4 champion Ravenna to clinch the Fruitport Invitational title – Rockford Athletics

8. ICE HOCKEY Division 3 No. 4 Houghton defeated Division 1 No. 7 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central 5-1 and No. 5 Brighton 6-1 during a downstate trip – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette

9. GIRLS BASKETBALL Saginaw Heritage handed DeWitt its first loss, 60-55 in double overtime – Saginaw News

10. BOYS SWIMMING & DIVING Spring Lake – ranked No. 8 in Lower Peninsula Division 3 – set 34 personal records in winning its home invitational – Local Sports Journal

Also of note …

MHSAA Longtime Catholic High School League director Vic Michaels, a member of the MHSAA Representative Council for more than two decades, died at age 71 – Oakland Press

MEDIA The Detroit and statewide media communities are mourning the death of the Detroit News’ longtime prep sports reporter Dave Goricki – Detroit News

FOOTBALL Lansing Eastern hired Dan Boggan – the winningest coach in Lansing Sexton history – to take over the program – Lansing State Journal