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At left is L.L. Forsythe; at right, seated second from left, is L.L. Forsythe with members of the Representative Council in 1939.

Flashback 100: The Other Mr. Forsythe in Michigan School Sports

Posted: 12/13/2024

At left, commemorations from the Michigan governor's office and legislature pay tribute to the MHSAA's 100th anniversary. At middle, "Athletics in Michigan High Schools - The First Hundred Years" is opened to the chapter introducing the early days of the MHSAA.

Century of School Sports: On This Day, December 13, We Will Celebrate

Posted: 12/10/2024

Team photo of Farmington Hills Harrison from 1989 Class B football championship.

Flashback 100: Coleman's Legendary Heroics Carry Harrison Through Repeat

Posted: 12/6/2024

The MHSAA Representative Council takes a group photo during its Spring Meeting in May.

Century of School Sports: MHSAA Work Guided by Representative Council

Posted: 12/3/2024

PHOTOS At top left, John Harbaugh in 1979, with brother Jim’s photo at bottom left. At right, John Harbaugh is No. 22 in the 1979 Pioneer football team photo.

Flashback 100: Harbaugh Brothers' Football Roots Planted in Part at Pioneer

Posted: 11/29/2024

Clockwise from top left: (1) Jalen Mayfield (74) exits the Ford Field tunnel with Grand Rapids Catholic Central in 2017. (2) Muskegon's Anthony Bradford (75) makes a block during the 2018 Division 3 Final. (3) Orchard Lake St. Mary's Allen Robinson eludes an East Grand Rapids defender in 2009. (4) Detroit Cass Tech's Jourdan Lewis (32) makes a tackle in 2016. (5) Detroit Martin Luther King's Ahmad Gardner catches a touchdown pass against Muskegon in 2018. (6) Lansing Catholic's Cooper Rush throws a pass dur

Century of School Sports: Finals Provide Future Pros Early Ford Field Glory

Posted: 11/26/2024

The top of this graphic shows the exterior of the Superior Dome. The bottom of the graphic shows the interior football field.

Flashback 100: 8-Player Football Finals Right at Home at Superior Dome

Posted: 11/22/2024

Clockwise from top left: (1) Former Ypsilanti Community and current Wayne Memorial boys basketball coach Steve Brooks (far right) celebrates with a trophy-winning team. (2) Brighton girls lacrosse coach Ashton Peters raises the Division 1 championship trophy in the spring. (3) Pontiac Notre Dame Prep volleyball coach Betty Wroubel applauds during pre-match introductions. (4) Trenton baseball coach Todd Szalka (middle) huddles on the mound during last season's Division 2 Semifinals. (5) Past Calumet athletic

Century of School Sports: Connection at Heart of Coaches Advancement Program

Posted: 11/19/2024

At left, Leland's Alisha Glass celebrates with her teammates during the 2006 MHSAA Finals; at right, Glass speaks during an MHSAA Women In Sports Leadership Conference.

Flashback 100: Leland Career Helps Set Stage for Glass' International Stardom

Posted: 11/15/2024

A group of Southwestern Athletic Conference runners huddle up before their races at the 2022 Lower Peninsula Boys Cross Country Finals at Michigan International Speedway, including Bloomingdale’s Jaden Barnes and Joe Stocchiero, Bridgman’s Andrew Mabry and John Sanderson, Centreville’s Logan Weis, Coloma’s Boden Genovese, Constantine’s Ethan Glick, Parchment’s William Winter, Schoolcraft’s Dante Pilot and Watervliet’s Daniel Mandujano.

Century of School Sports: Good Sports Are Winners Then, Now & Always

Posted: 11/12/2024

1981 Escanaba Football Class A championship team.

Flashback 100: Future Baseball Pro Led Escanaba's Legendary Football Title Run

Posted: 11/8/2024

Clockwise from top left: The former MHSAA office on Trowbridge Road. (2) Work is underway on the new MHSAA building on Ramblewood Drive. (3) The MHSAA office on Ramblewood before recent updates that included a switch from green to gray on the exterior. (4) Now-retired assistant director Nate Hampton, far right, and others walk the upstairs hallway of the recently-built Ramblewood building.

Century of School Sports: MHSAA's Home Sweet Home

Posted: 11/5/2024

Top row, from left: Fox Sports broadcasters Joe Davis, John Smoltz and Derek Jeter. Bottom row from left, Davis as a student at Potterville, Smoltz pitching for Lansing Waverly and Jeter playing infield for Kalamazoo Central.

Flashback 100: Michigan High School Baseball Trio Provide World Series Voices

Posted: 11/1/2024

Students and adults participate at MHSAA Sportsmanship Summits through the years: At top left, a student speaks at a podium, and at top right a student reads to others from her phone. Bottom left, a student cheers while surrounded by others, adjacent to students on stage speaking on a topic. At bottom right, Tom Osborne speaks to media.

Century of School Sports: MHSAA Summits Draw Thousands to Promote Sportsmanship

Posted: 10/29/2024

Flashback 100: Before Leading Free World, Ford Starred for Champion GR South

Posted: 10/25/2024

(Clockwise from top left) The 1998 Lower Peninsula Class D Final begins at Michigan International Speedway. (2) Caro’s Yami Albrecht (542) holds onto the lead ahead of Bridgman’s Brian Njuguna during the 2016 LP Division 3 Final. (3) Eventual runner-up Leah Kiilunen of Calumet (9) leads a pack at the 2012 UP Division 1 race in Munising. (4) Runners begin the 1949 LP Class B Final at Washtenaw Country Club.

Century of School Sports: Cross Country Finals Among MHSAA's Longest-Running

Posted: 10/23/2024

At left, Meg Mallon holds up the trophy after winning the 1983 Michigan Amateur Championship while celebrating at Edgewood Country Club. At right, Mallon shows her award during induction into the Mercy Athletic Hall of Fame.

Flashback 100: Mercy Links Legend Becomes World Golf Hall of Famer

Posted: 10/18/2024

PHOTOS Clockwise from top left: Farmington Hills Mercy's Sarah Basford directs the offense during a 1982 Class A Semifinal against Lansing Everett. (2) Lansing Sexton's cheerleaders await their football team's entrance at Ford Field. (3) Farmington Hills Harrison football coach John Herrington sends a play in with quarterback Drew Stanton. (4) Reese volleyball players dance together during a break in the 2021 Division 3 Final. (5) The 1982 Livonia Stevenson boys soccer team takes a team photo used in the MH

Century of School Sports: State's Storytellers Share Fall Memories

Posted: 10/15/2024

At top, Ryan Fisher (15) takes a photo with his Grand Blanc soccer teammates as a sophomore. At bottom, Fisher competes in multiple Cross Country and Track & Field Finals during his high school career.

Flashback 100: Fisher Races to Finals Stardom on Way to U.S. Olympic First

Posted: 10/11/2024

A display on the second floor of the MHSAA office outlines the four core values of educational athletics: safety, scholarship, sportsmanship and scope.

Century of School Sports: Guided by 4 S's of Educational Athletics

Posted: 10/8/2024

At left, Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood's Alexi Lalas takes a photo in his soccer uniform; at right, Lalas plays for Cranbrook during his high school hockey career.

Flashback 100: Lalas Leaves High School Legacies on Ice & Pitch

Posted: 10/4/2024

Clockwise from top left: Bob Wood, Lofton Greene (in suit) with his 1965 team, Diane Laffey, Charles E. Forsythe, Jim Johnson, Brad Van Pelt, Richie Jordan (shooting the basketball), Ken Beardslee, and Jack Roberts, surrounding Tyrone Wheatley (Robichaud) during a race.

Century of School Sports: Michigan Sends 10 to National Hall of Fame

Posted: 10/1/2024

At left, Abby Tamer plays field hockey for Dexter, and at right she takes the field for Dexter's girls soccer team.

Flashback 100: Tamer's History-Making Run Starts in Dexter, Continues to Paris

Posted: 9/27/2024

Clockwise from top left: (1) The lead-in to Track & Field Finals records listed in “Athletics in Michigan High Schools – The First Hundred Years” shows a few of the elite performances from our earliest meets. (2) Leland volleyball star Alisha Glass celebrates with her teammates; she still holds four MHSAA records in that sport. (3) Every day this school year, the MHSAA is posting a record on its Instagram and X social media channels, and the great majority took place on that specific day. (4) Brimley’s John

Century of School Sports: MHSAA Record Books Filled with 1000s of Achievements

Posted: 9/25/2024

At left, Todd Martin, and at right Martin (back row, center) stands among 1986 WMTA District Qualifier champions.

Flashback 100: Todd Martin’s Road to Greatness Starts at East Lansing

Posted: 9/20/2024

This is a stack, on a desk, of the most recent MHSAA Handbooks.

Century of School Sports: Why Does the MHSAA Have These Rules?

Posted: 9/18/2024

James Earl Jones is pictured alone and with his basketball teammates at Brethren Dickson.

Flashback 100: James Earl Jones, Dickson High Hoops to Hollywood Legend

Posted: 9/13/2024

Clockwise from top left: (1) Officials patch (2) commemorative medal (3) officials Finals patch (4) District medal (5) Regional medal (6) Final medal.

Century of School Sports: Special Medals, Patches to Commemorate Special Year

Posted: 9/10/2024

Ann Arbor Pioneer's girls swimming & diving team is celebrating its 2002 Lower Peninsula Division 1 title..

Flashback 100: Ann Arbor Pioneer's Unstoppable Streak Stretches 9 Seasons

Posted: 9/6/2024

Clockwise from top left: (1) Oxford’s Carl Reaves (5) breaks a tackle during Oxford’s 20-13 overtime win over Grand Rapids Kenowa Hills in Class BB in 1992. (2) A Crystal Falls Forest Park ball carrier is wrapped up by a New Lothrop tackler during New Lothrop’s 34-13 win in Division 8 in 2006. (3) Muskegon and Detroit Martin Luther King players collide during the Crusaders’ 41-25 victory in Division 3 in 2018. (4) Schoolcraft’s Paul Garrison (75) applies the pressure during his team’s 42-7 win over Frankfor

Century of School Sports: Fall to Finish with 50th Football Championships

Posted: 9/4/2024

Byron Glaspie of the Detroit St. Martin dePorres breaks free for a big gain. The Eagles would win 14-6 over Whittemore-Prescott. (1996 Class CC Football Finals)

Detroit dePorres Rushes to 1995 Class CC Football Championship

Posted: 8/30/2024

This graphic shows Michigan high school athletes competing in boys basketball during the 1960s, girls volleyball during the 1970s, football during the 1990s and golf during the 2020s.

Century of School Sports: Let the Celebration Begin

Posted: 8/28/2024