Did you see that? (11/12-11/18)
November 19, 2012
The final MHSAA girls tournaments of the fall, Volleyball and Lower Peninsula Swimming and Diving, came to an end Saturday. Three of seven champions were crowned for the first time, and Second Half had coverage of them all.
Volleyball
Two new, two returning: Macomb Dakota in Class A and Lake Odessa Lakewood in Class B finished Saturday with their first MHSAA championships. Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central won its second title in three seasons, and Battle Creek St. Philip won its eighth straight in Class D. (Class A) (Class B) (Class C) (Class D)
Swimming and Diving
Champions' wake: The Lower Peninsula Division 2 and 3 Finals saw repeat champions in Holland and Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood, respectively. But Holland West Ottawa won its first team title in any girls sport at the Division 1 Final. (Division 1) (Division 2) (Division 3)
Girls Golf
Aya on Fiya: The Michigan Interscholastic Golf Coaches Association named Muskegon Catholic Central senior Aya Johnson this season's Miss Golf. Johnson, who will play next season at the University of Wisconsin, defeated Lansing Catholic's Jacqueline Setas in a tie-breaker to claim the Lower Peninsula Division 4 championship at Michigan State's Forest Akers West. (Muskegon Chronicle)
Be the Referee: Ski Gates
By
Paige Winne
MHSAA Marketing & Social Media Coordinator
January 27, 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 – Ski Gates - Listen
Let’s talk about the Hike Rule today. No, that’s not when the center snaps the ball to the quarterback. The Hike Rule is used in skiing when an athlete misses a gate or pole.
If a skier misses a gate – the fastest way to fix this fault is by hiking up to loop the missed pole in either direction. You don’t necessarily have to go back to your original line and correct your path – you can hike the shortest route possible to allow you to correctly pass through the gate.
In flushes and hairpins – if you miss gate 2 but make gate 3 – you only need to hike back to gate 2 and pass it correctly and then go on to gate 4. You do not need to pass gate 3 a second time.
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