Today in the MHSAA: 11/18/16
November 18, 2016
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Four volleyball teams secured matches on the final day of the season, and a champion football coach will be coming back from retirement to start a new era next fall.
Each weekday during the school year, we’ll gather and post media links covering the most significant and intriguing high school events from all over the state.
Volleyball
Class C: Reigning champion and No. 2-ranked Bronson swept honorable mention Calumet – Coldwater Daily Reporter
Class C: No. 6 Brown City will play in its first championship match after edging Adrian Madison in five sets – Port Huron Times Herald
Class B: Reigning runner-up and No. 3-ranked North Branch will play for the title again after coming back to beat No. 5 Buchanan 3-2 – Flint Journal
Class B: Top-ranked Lake Odessa Lakewood will play in the championship match for the third time in five seasons after downing No. 7 Cadillac 3-1 – Grand Rapids Press
Football
Former Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central coach Jack Giarmo, who led the Falcons to the Division 6 title in 2014, has been hired at Gibraltar Carlson – Monroe Evening News
Representative Council Appoints DeGroot, Selects Adams as Secretary-Treasurer
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
January 21, 2026
The Representative Council of the Michigan High School Athletic Association appointed a new member and filled an open officer position on Jan. 16.
The Council voted to appoint Hudsonville Unity Christian CEO Jerry DeGroot to represent private and parochial schools, completing the second year of the two-year term of recently-deceased Catholic High School League director Vic Michaels. DeGroot, who also serves as the high school’s principal, will serve through the Council’s 2026 Fall Meeting in December, when Michael’s term was set to expire. Member schools will vote to fill the private/parochial school representative position this fall during annual elections.
Camden-Frontier superintendent Chris Adams, reelected to a two-year Council term this past September, was appointed to fill the secretary-treasurer position also previously filled by Michaels. Fenton principal Mike Bakker was appointed to serve on the MHSAA Audit & Finance Committee for the remainder of the 2026 calendar year.
The Representative Council is the 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 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.