Today in the MHSAA: 4/18/18

April 18, 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. Girls Soccer: After opening this season 0-2, No. 4 Saline has won the first three games of league play including Tuesday’s over Ann Arbor Pioneer, 3-0 – Saline Post

2. Boys Lacrosse: Lake Orion continued its league dominance with a 15-10 win over Troy – Oakland Press

3. Girls Soccer: Lake Orion remained undefeated in league play on the soccer field as well with a 3-0 win over Royal Oak – Oakland Press

4. Baseball: Chelsea will name its field after former longtime coach and athletic director Wayne Welton – Ann Arbor News

5. Volleyball: Traverse City Central has hired former Benzie Central coach Jen Wright to take over the program; Wright most recently has been coaching the Trojans’ junior varsity – Traverse City Record-Eagle

6. Football: Junior varsity coach Jesse Fenstermaker has been promoted to take over Rogers City’s program as varsity leader – Alpena News

7. Football: Hillman promoted defensive coordinator Cody Allen to head coach as it heads into 8-player football for the first time this fall – Alpena News

8. Officials: Longtime sportswriter Al Wright gives his perspective on why it's gotten tougher to recruit officials for high school athletics – Midwest Sports Network

9. MHSAA: As part of its Black History Month features in February, State Champs! Network included a tribute to MHSAA assistant director Nate Hampton, who coordinates football, girls and boys basketball and girls and boys track & field – State Champs!

Today In The MHSAA: 5/4/22

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

May 4, 2022

1. GIRLS SOCCER Division 1 No. 4 Rochester moved into first alone in the Oakland Activities Association Red with a 2-0 victory over No. 2 Troy Athens – Oakland Press

2. BOYS LACROSSE Division 2 No. 2 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central remained undefeated with a 12-5 win over No. 4 East Grand Rapids – FOX 17

3. TRACK & FIELD Tecumseh’s girls – No. 4 in Lower Peninsula Division 2 – swept No. 8 Chelsea and Ypsilanti, while on the boys side Chelsea won both matchups – Adrian Daily Telegram

4. BOYS LACROSSE Division 1 No. 2 Detroit Catholic Central earned a 13-6 win over Division 2 No. 7 Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood – Oakland Press

5. SOFTBALL Onekama also remains undefeated thanks to a sweep of Frankfort – Manistee News Advocate

6. BASEBALL Ogemaw Heights handed Cheboygan its first loss of the season, in a doubleheader split – Cheboygan Daily Tribune

7. GIRLS SOCCER Holland scored first, but Zeeland West finished with a 6-2 win – Holland Sentinel

8. GIRLS SOCCER Sophia Hekkema had four goals and an assist as Muskegon Reeths-Puffer downed Grand Rapids Union 5-2 – MuskegonSports.com

9. GIRLS SOCCER Cheboygan won big over Big Rapids Crossroads thanks in part to three goals from Kenzie Burt – Cheboygan Daily Tribune

10. GIRLS SOCCER Cadillac and Traverse City Central played to a 2-2 draw in the Big North Conference – Cadillac News