Highlight Reel: Friday Football Finals

November 26, 2016

By John Johnson
MHSAA Communications Director
 

A pair of repeat champions took center stage Friday at the first day of the MHSAA 11-Player Football Finals, powered by the Michigan Army National Guard, at Ford Field in Detroit.

Division 8 

Muskegon Catholic Central 35, Ottawa Lake Whiteford 6

Due to technical difficulties, highlights of this game will be posted at a later date. 

Division 2

Detroit Martin Luther King 18, Walled Lake Western 0 

Finn Hits Thomas for King TD - Late in the first half, Dequan Finn hit Ambry Thomas with a 9-yard touchdown pass for Detroit Martin Luther King.

Tip Drill Turns Into King TD - A tipped ball turned into a pick-six for Detroit Martin Luther King, as Jesse Scarber came up with this second interception of the game returned this one 56 yards for a score. 

More Pick-Six Action By Morton - Detroit Martin Luther King returned a second interception for a score in the fourth quarter when Jay-Veyon Morton took this pick back for a TD.

Division 6

Jackson Lumen Christi 26, Maple City Glen Lake 14 

Lakers Back In The Game - Trailing in the second quarter, Maple City Glen Lake gets back into the Division 6 Final when QB Cade Peterson finds a streaking Nick Rice going down the sideline for 57 yards and a score.

Ring The Bell - Jackson Lumen Christi's Bo Bell came up big with 238 yards rushing. Here's his longest run of the day, a 46-yard jaunt in the third quarter which set up a 3-yard scoring run – his lone TD of the game.

Division 4 

Grand Rapids Catholic Central 10, Detroit Country Day 7

Yellowjackets Score On The Interception - Trailing in the second quarter, Detroit Country Day seized the lead when Roy McCree intercepted a pass and returned it 82 yards for a score. 

Finding Its Offense At The Right Time - Early in the fourth quarter, Grand Rapids Catholic Central gets its lone first down of the Division 4 title game on this 44-yard pitch-and-catch from Jack Bowen to Michael Brown.

The MHSAA Football Finals are sponsored by the Michigan National Guard. 

PHOTO: Detroit Martin Luther King players hoist the Division 2 championship trophy Friday at Ford Field.

Today in the MHSAA: 2/12/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

February 12, 2025

1. BOYS BASKETBALL Macari Moore became Ann Arbor Huron’s all-time leading scorer during a 79-54 win over Skyline that gave Huron the outright Southeastern Conference Red title – Ann Arbor News

2. GIRLS BASKETBALL Rockford clinched a share of a third-straight Ottawa-Kent Conference Red title with a 57-45 win over Hudsonville – Grand Rapids Press

3. BOYS SWIMMING & DIVING Trenton – No. 9 in Lower Peninsula Division 3 – finished the dual meet season undefeated in the Downriver League while handing Allen Park its only league loss, 103-83 – Southgate News-Herald

4. BOYS BASKETBALL Bay City John Glenn clinched a share of the Tri-Valley Conference Red title with a 66-55 win over second-place Freeland – Bay City Times

5. GIRLS BASKETBALL Clare Conzelmann scored her 1,000th career point in Frankenmuth’s 45-39 win over Goodrich – Saginaw News

6. BOYS BASKETBALL Trey McKenney paced Orchard Lake St. Mary’s in a 72-41 win over Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice in a Catholic High School League Bishop semifinal – Oakland Press

7. GIRLS BASKETBALL White Lake Lakeland moved into a tie in the Lakes Valley Conference with a 35-32 win over co-leader South Lyon – Oakland Press

8. BOYS BASKETBALL Hudsonville defeated O-K Red leader Rockford 75-69 – FOX 17

9. GIRLS BASKETBALL Midland maintained its lead in the Saginaw Valley League with a 62-46 win over Flint Powers Catholic – Midland Daily News

10. HOCKEY Division 3 top-ranked Orchard Lake St. Mary’s downed Division 1 No. 2 Hartland 4-2 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus