THE MARCH IS AT THE STARTING LINE - MHSAA Winter post-season tournaments get underway this week with District activity in Team Dual Wrestling on Thursday and Friday (Feb. 8-9) and Individual Wrestling Districts on Saturday (Feb. 11). Over the next seven weeks, 37 team champions will be crowned in 10 tournaments. Here are a few reminders
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Call tournament sites in advance to let them know you're coming - even if you have an MHSAA Tournament Media Pass.
- Credential privileges are for working personnel only. Please don't use your MHSAA Tournament Media Pass as a ticket to gain entrance to a game you're not covering. Also, please don't request credentials for parents of participantants, coaches and former coaches.
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Broadcasters need to plan early for coverage by submitting applications online through the MHSAA Website.
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Broadcasters are also reminded that the credential limits for audio for MHSAA Tournament is 2.
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Three of the BIG FOUR events that everyone needs to apply for media access for take place during the winter: Individual Wrestling (March 1-3 at The Palace); Girls Basketball (March 15-17 at the Breslin Center); and Boys Basketball (March 22-24 at the Breslin Center). We will be posting credential application forms once each tournament reaches the Regional round of play.
We'll offer other reminders about coverage for specific events as they approach.
THE SECOND HALF BEGINS - Last week we launched a new feature on the MHSAA family of websites called the Second Half, a fan-based website which will feature original content and links to other favorites, schedules and scores, and much more highlighting all the good things happening in high school sports in our state.
MHSAA PERSPECTIVE - This weekly audio commentary can be heard on over 40 radio stations across the state.
You can get to this week's edition of Perspective by clicking below:
- Feb. 6 - Fresh Air & More Kudos - Listen - Download
You can listen to or download a fresh edition MHSAA Perspective each Monday from the
Home Page of the MHSAA Website, or visit the
MHSAA Perspective page to recent and archived editions of the program.
CHECK OUT JACK ROBERTS' BLOG-- MHSAA Executive Director John E. "Jack" Roberts will post blog entries on our website every Tuesday and Friday with his thoughts about high school sports.
Here are Jack's most recent entries:
- Feb. 3 - Shared Leadership - "Too much is happening on so many different fronts for the chief executive-oriented model to do anything other than slow progress and frustrate people . . .”
- Jan. 31 - Planning & Doing - "While not a typical business plan or a classic “strategic plan,” the “MAP” has become increasingly useful to point the way for the MHSAA both in terms of program and finance.”
You can Jack's blog follow through the home page of the MHSAA Website, or go directly to the current archives page by
clicking here.
HEAD TO THE MEDIA INFORMATION PAGE - The number of calls we get weekly from media members looking for information could be saved by just clicking on the
Media Information page of the MHSAA Website. It is the jumping-off point for everything from credentials to tournament information specifically for the media. You can also make a quick jump to key information by going to the black box at the bottom of many pages of the MHSAA Website
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John Johnson, MHSAA Communications Director
john@mhsaa.com
Geoff Kimmerly, MHSAA Media & Content Coordinator
geoff@mhsaa.com