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
11-Player Finals to Return to Bally Sports Detroit, with Audio-Only on MHSAA Network
By
Jon Ross
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties
November 23, 2021
The Michigan High School Athletic Association 11-Player Football Finals will return this weekend to Bally Sports Detroit’s primary and PLUS channels, with streaming audio available at MHSAANetwork.com.
Following is a game-by-game TV schedule, including BSD channel and broadcasters:
FRIDAY (Nov. 26)
► Division 8 – 10 a.m. – Beal City (12-1) vs. Hudson (13-0) – BSD primary – Evan Stockton, analyst Rob Rubick, reporter Brooke Fletcher
► Division 2 – 1 p.m. – Traverse City Central (12-1) vs. Warren De La Salle Collegiate (12-0) – BSD PLUS – Stockton, Rubick and Fletcher
► Division 6 – 4:30 p.m. – Warren Michigan Collegiate (11-2) vs. Lansing Catholic (12-1) – BSD PLUS – Dan Dickerson, analyst Justin Cessante, reporter Dannie Rogers
► Division 4 – 7:30 p.m. – Hudsonville Unity Christian (13-0) vs. Chelsea (13-0) – BSD primary – Matt Shepard, analyst John Wangler, Rogers
SATURDAY (Nov. 27)
► Division 7 – 10 a.m. – Lawton (13-0) vs. Pewamo-Westphalia (13-0) – BSD primary – Matt Shepard, analyst Rob Rubick, reporter Brooke Fletcher
► Division 1 – 1 p.m. – Belleville (12-1) vs. Rochester Adams (13-0) – BSD primary – Shepard, Rubick and Fletcher
► Division 5 – 4:30 p.m. – Marine City (13-0) vs. Grand Rapids Catholic Central (13-0) – BSD PLUS – Dan Dickerson, analyst Justin Cessante, reporter Dannie Rogers
► Division 3 – 7:30 p.m. – DeWitt (12-1) vs. Detroit Martin Luther King (12-1) – BSD PLUS – Dickerson, Cessante and Rogers
All games will be available live on the Bally Sports app and streamed on the Bally Sports Detroit website. Viewing programming on the Bally Sports app may require authentication.
All eight championship games also will be available for listening from the MHSAA Network at MHSAANetwork.com. Joe Jason and Al Pscholka will provide play-by-play and analysis from the first two games both days, with Eric Vandefifer and Adam Schihl teaming up for the final two games both days.
Additionally, Bally Sports Detroit also will reair the Nov. 20 8-Player Football Finals on Thursday (Nov. 25) on the BSD primary channel. Adrian Lenawee Christian’s Division 1 win over Suttons Bay will reair at 7 p.m., followed by Powers North Central’s Division 2 win over Colon.