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March 5, 2012
Check out our must-know scores and news from Feb. 27 - March 3.
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Wrestling
We are the Champions, part 2: A group of 56 champions emerged from 896 MHSAA Individual Finals qualifiers -- including St. Johns senior Taylor Massa, who became the 16th in MHSAA history to win four individual championships and the fifth to do so while never losing a high school match. We reported both on Massa separately and on the top stories from our 13 other weight classes. (Second Half)
Competitive Cheer
New winners emerge: Southgate Anderson in Division 1 and Richmond in Division 3 won their first MHSAA cheer championships at the Grand Rapids Delta Plex; Richmond was runner-up in Division 3 last season, while Anderson improved from seventh in Division 1. Gibraltar Carlson and Michigan Center continued their recent successes by claiming the titles in Divisions 2 and 4, respectively. (Second Half D1) (Second Half D2-3-4)
Bowling
From no one to No. 1: Eight championships -- four team and four individual -- were awarded over the weekend. And for the most part, favorites prevailed. But the best stories from bowling might have been the Flat Rock girls and Mason boys, who defied expectations in emerging from unranked at the end of the regular season to win their Team Finals. (Second Half Girls Team) (Second Half Boys Team) (Second Half Girls Singles) (Second Half Boys Singles)
Girls Basketball
Unexpected East Lansing: The Trojans are regulars in the later rounds of the MHSAA Tournament. But among Lansing-area teams, Waverly was the biggest contender this winter and ranked No. 2 in Class A at the end of the regular season. But the Trojans extended a six-year postseason winning streak and avenged an early-season loss to the Warriors by winning Friday's District Final, 57-53. (Lansing State Journal)
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8 Members Elected to MHSAA Representative Council
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
September 23, 2026
Elections were completed recently to fill positions on the Michigan High School Athletic Association’s legislative body, its Representative Council, with six members receiving re-election from their respective constituencies and two more members also selected to join the Council beginning with its Fall meeting this December.
Five Council members were re-elected to two-year terms after running unopposed: Petoskey athletic director Mike Bakker for a statewide at-large position, Brighton athletic director John Thompson to represent Class A and B schools in the southeastern section of the Lower Peninsula, Richland Gull Lake athletic director Karyn Furlong to represent Class A and B schools in the southwestern section of the Lower Peninsula, Cadillac athletic director Fred Bryant to represent Class A and B schools in the northern section of the Lower Peninsula and Bangor athletic director Fred Smith to represent junior high and middle schools.
Three Council members were elected to two-year terms by a majority vote. Calumet faculty member and past athletic director Sean Jacques was re-elected to represent Class C and D schools in the Upper Peninsula. Charlevoix athletic director Alex Tiseo – who previously served on the Council while on staff at Marquette High School – was elected to represent Class C and D schools in the northern section of the Lower Peninsula. Mike Evoy – who serves as director of the Catholic High School League and director of well-being for Catholic schools for the Archdiocese of Detroit – was elected to represent private and parochial schools.
The Representative Council is the 19-member legislative body of the MHSAA. All but five members are elected by member schools. Four members are appointed by the Council to facilitate representation of females and minorities, and the 19th position is occupied by the Superintendent of Public Instruction or designee. The Council meets three times annually. Five members of the Council convene monthly during the school year to form the MHSAA’s Executive Committee, which reviews appeals of Handbook regulations by member schools.
Additional elections took place to select representatives to the Upper Peninsula Athletic Committee. Lake Linden-Hubbell athletic director Jack Kumpula was re-elected to represent Class D schools, and West Iron County High School and Middle School principal Mike Berutti was re-elected to represent high school athletic coaches. Both of those elections were uncontested.
The MHSAA is a private, not-for-profit corporation of voluntary membership by more than 1,500 public and private senior high schools and junior high/middle schools which exists to develop common rules for athletic eligibility and competition. No government funds or tax dollars support the MHSAA, which was the first such association nationally to not accept membership dues or tournament entry fees from schools. Member schools which enforce these rules are permitted to participate in MHSAA tournaments, which attract more than 1.4 million spectators each year.