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Don't Miss These Buzzer Beaters

December 17, 2014

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

The first full week of girls and boys basketball this season netted 27 games broadcast on MHSAA.tv – and a series of last-second heroics only hoops can provide. 

Check out those buzzer beaters below, and go to MHSAA.tv to watch any of the games listed, in full. 

Girls Basketball

  • Escanaba vs. Sault Ste. Marie
  • Lincoln Alcona vs. Alpena
  • Comstock Park vs. East Grand Rapids
  • Posen vs. Whittemore-Prescott
  • Calumet vs. Iron River West Iron County
  • Midland vs. Mount Pleasant
  • Mackinaw City vs. Boyne Falls
  • Rogers City vs. Posen
  • Hillman vs. Atlanta
  • Watervliet vs. Bangor
  • Haslett vs. Mason


Boys Basketball

  • Rogers City vs. Hale
  • Mackinaw City vs. Pellston
  • East Kentwood vs. Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern
  • Escanaba vs. Negaunee
  • Plainwell vs. Portage Northern
  • Posen vs. Rogers City
  • Mancelona vs. Lake City
  • Chesaning vs. Montrose
  • Haslett vs. Mason
  • Watervliet vs. Bangor
  • Mount Pleasant vs. Midland
  • Gibraltar Carlson vs. Riverview
  • Escanaba vs. Kingsford
  • Hemlock vs. Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary
  • Clare vs. Gladwin
  • Coloma vs. Dowagiac


A referee signals a made shot during last season's MHSAA Boys Basketball Finals weekend.

Be the Referee: Basketball Replay

By Paige Winne
MHSAA Marketing & Social Media Coordinator

March 11, 2026

Be The Referee is a series of short messages designed to help educate people on the rules of different sports, to help them better understand the art of officiating, and to recruit officials.

Below is this week's segment – Basketball Replay - Listen

When watching a college or NBA game, the last two minutes of the game can seem like they take forever, especially in recent years where more and more judgment calls made by officials are subject to instant replay.

At the high school level, video is not used to make a ruling or confirm or overturn a call made during the course of the contest. The only time video review is used in basketball at the high school level is at the MHSAA Semifinal and Final games.

In these games, video review can be used only to determine if a shot was released in time at the end of the fourth quarter or overtime or if that shot was a 2-point or 3-point field goal attempt.

The MHSAA believes that this very limited use of replay in these games at the very end of the tournament series in boys and girls basketball is the right call.

Previous 2025-26 editions

March 3: Over the Back - Listen
Feb. 24: Wrestling Out-of-Bounds - Listen
Feb. 17: Backwards Skiing - Listen
Feb. 10: Faking Being Fouled - Listen
Feb. 3: Bowling Pins - Listen
Jan. 27: Ski Gates - Listen
Jan. 20: Cheer Judges - Listen
Jan. 13: Basketball Over the Back - Listen
Jan. 6: Bowling Ball Bounces Out of Gutter - Listen
Dec. 9: Puck on Goal Netting - Listen
Dec. 2: Goaltending vs. Basket Interference - Listen
Nov. 25: Football Finals Instant Replay - Listen
Nov. 18: Volleyball Libero Uniforms - Listen
Nov. 11: Illegal Substitution/Participation - Listen
Nov. 4: Losing a Shoe - Listen
Oct. 28: Unusual Soccer Goals - Listen
Oct. 21: Field Hockey Penalty Stroke - Listen
Oct. 14: Tennis Double Hit - Listen
Oct. 7: Safety in Football - Listen
Sept. 30: Field Hockey Substitution - Listen
Sept 23: Multiple Contacts in Volleyball - Listen
Sept. 16: Soccer Penalty Kick - Listen
Sept. 9: Forward Fumble - Listen
Sept. 2: Field Hockey Basics - Listen
Aug. 26: Golf Ball Bounces Out - Listen

PHOTO Bath and Laingsburg players get in position to collect the rebound off a missed shot during their District Final on Friday. (Photo by John Johnson/MHSAA.)