Today in the MHSAA: 9/2/16

September 2, 2016

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Labor Day weekend meant Thursday again belonged to varsity football in most communities. We’ll cover those results in our weekly “Drive for Detroit” – but please read on to check out a few reports we’ve been saving, including a Michigan Olympian discussing her high school experience.

Leland’s Alisha Glass just finished setting the U.S. women’s volleyball team at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, and she’s the product in part of high school volleyball and the daughter of a high school coach – Traverse City Record-Eagle

David Ginsburg, a frequent speaker at the MHSAA/Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan “Reaching Higher” events and former college assistant coach, talks about the “real” benefits of high school sports – Traverse City Record-Eagle

Steve Johnson has officiated 13 MHSAA championship games, and now he’s being cheered by officials and many others statewide as he fights cancer – ABC-12

Today in the MHSAA: 9/10/26

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

September 10, 2026

1. FIELD HOCKEY Saline downed Dexter 2-0, avenging last season’s MHSAA Semifinal defeat – Saline Post

2. CROSS COUNTRY Fife Lake Forest Area hosted its first meet, won by the Bellaire girls and Kalkasa boys – Traverse City Record-Eagle

3. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Natalie Jordan reached 1,500 career assists in St. Joseph’s sweep of Mattawan – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

4. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Gladwin came back after losing the first set to defeat Beaverton in five in their Cedar Cup match – Midland Daily News

5. BOYS SOCCER Maple City Glen Lake delivered Suttons Bay’s first loss this fall, 3-1 – MI Sports Now

6. CROSS COUNTRY DeWitt swept the Large School races, with the Chesaning girls and Fowler boys winning Small School titles at the Marauder Invitational – Saginaw News | Athletic.net

7. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Essexville Garber lost the first set but won the next three to defeat Bay City John Glenn in the Cross-River Rivalry – Bay City Times

8. CROSS COUNTRY The Ithaca girls and Alma boys won at the John Bruder Classic at Shepherd – Cadillac News | Athletic.net

9. CROSS COUNTRY Mason County Central swept team titles at its Leanna Wolf Geers Invitational – Ludington Daily News | Athletic.net

10. BOYS SOCCER Two goals over less than a minute sent Lincoln Park past Wyandotte Roosevelt 2-1 – Southgate News-Herald