Today in the MHSAA: 8/31/26
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
August 31, 2026
1. BOYS SOCCER Division 2 top-ranked Warren De La Salle Collegiate downed Division 1 No. 9 Detroit Catholic Central 3-0 to gain coach Thaier Mukhtar his 900th victory – Macomb Daily
2. CROSS COUNTRY The Marquette girls and Shepherd boys won Marquette’s Dale Phillips-Queen City Invitational championships – Marquette Mining Journal
3. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING Traverse City placed the winner in every event in taking first as a team at the Ludington Relays – Traverse City Record-Eagle
4. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Division 1 honorable mention Midland Dow defeated Sault Ste. Marie, Okemos, Freeland, Birch Run and Division 3 No. 2 Roscommon to win its Charger/Chemic Challenge co-hosted with Midland High – Midland Daily News
5. CROSS COUNTRY Grand Rapids South Christian’s Under the Lights Invitational awarded five girls and five boys varsity team champions – Athletic.net
6. BOYS SOCCER Division 3 No. 7 Frankenmuth defeated Goodrich, and Grand Blanc and Division 1 No. 10 Troy Athens tied at the Vehicle City Soccer Classic – WNEM
7. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Portage Northern defeated Vicksburg 3-2 in a match played outdoors in the latter’s stadium – WWMT
8. BOYS SOCCER Division 2 No. 7 Fruitport improved to 5-0-1 with a 1-0 win over Allendale – MuskegonSports.com
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