Highlight Reel: East Lansing's Faymous Tyra

August 29, 2012

East Lansing's Faymous Tyra helped the Trojans light up the Haslett scoreboard quickly in Friday's season opener by taking the first kickoff of 2012 back to the Vikings' 2-yard line.

See that clip here -- and help us show everyone your favorite highlights from any sport.

Have a highlight or two we all should see? Email the mp4 file to Geoff Kimmerly at [email protected], along with a brief explanation of who is on the clip, when it took place, where and the final score of the contest. We'll produce them and post them on our Second Half "Videos" page. Or point us to a video clip already posted on YouTube, and we'll give a home here as well.

Here's Tyra's kickoff return, which is already making him a little "faymous" around the Greater Lansing area.

Be the Referee: Tourney Selection

By Brent Rice
MHSAA Assistant Director

November 18, 2021

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 – Tourney Selection - Listen

Today we are going to talk about how officials are selected for the MHSAA Football Playoffs. Just as the best teams advance in the tournament week after week, the best officiating crews advance in the tournament in much the same way.

For a crew to be eligible for assignment, many requirements have to be met prior to the season – submission of their season schedule, making sure that the crew has completed the annual rules meeting, as well as a football rules test. Much weight is given to ratings – each crew is rated by schools following each game as well as observation reports where officiating experts go out and either watch crews work live or on video in making sure that the best crews advance throughout the tournament.

Previous editions

Nov. 4: Receiver Carried Out of End Zone Listen
Oct. 28: Volleyball Back-Row Block Listen
Oct. 21: Soccer Disallowed Goal Listen
Sept 30: Field Goal Falls Short Listen
Sept. 23: Volleyball Obstruction Listen
Sept. 16: Catch or No Catch  Listen
Sept. 9: Intentional Grounding – Listen 
Sept. 2: Pass Interference – Listen 
Aug. 26: Protocols and Mechanics 
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