Coming up on 2H
November 1, 2012
The second championship weekend of the MHSAA fall season means plenty of coverage posting all Saturday from the Lower Peninsula Cross Country and Boys Soccer Finals.
- Come back all day for reports, photos and results from all eight cross country races at Michigan International Speedway.
- We'll also have game coverage of all four Soccer Finals being played at East Kentwood and Troy Athens.
- Also, check back Friday night for features on Cedar Springs runner Connor Mora, who broke 15 minutes last week, and Battle Creek St. Philip Miss Volleyball candidate Amanda McKinzie.
Be the Referee: Fumble Out of Bounds
By
Paige Winne
MHSAA Marketing & Social Media Coordinator
August 25, 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 – Fumble Out of Bounds - Listen
We are on the football field today, where the offense has the ball on their own 20-yard line. It’s 3rd-and 10. They run a draw play, with the running back gaining nine yards before fumbling at the 29 yard-line.
The fumbled ball goes forward to the 35-yard line before another offensive player recovers. Where should the ball be marked?
Because the ball was recovered in-bounds, it’s first down for the offense at the point of recovery, the 35-yard line.
If the ball had rolled out of bounds at the 35-yard line, before anyone could recover it, it would have been brought back to the spot of the fumble – the 29-yard line – making it 4th-and-1 for the offense.
(Photo by Larry Arreguin/Team Arreguin Photos.)