Soccer Playoffs Come to MHSAA TV

October 19, 2020

By John Johnson
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties

District Semifinal and Final games in the 2020 MHSAA Lower Peninsula Boys Soccer Tournament highlights another full week of activity on the NFHS Network and MHSAA.tv.

Play runs Monday through Saturday this week.  Here’s the schedule:


Boys Soccer District Semifinals

Monday – Oct. 19
Warren De La Salle Collegiate vs. Sterling Heights – 4:30 PM
East Lansing vs. Grand Blanc – 5 PM
Ithaca vs. Bad Axe – 5:30 PM
Niles vs. St. Joseph – 5:30 PM
St. Clair Shores Lake Shore vs. Warren Woods Tower – 6 PM
Fenton vs. Okemos – 7 PM
Paw Paw vs. Three Rivers – 7:15 PM
 
Tuesday – Oct. 20
Hazel Park vs. Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood – 4 PM
Freeland vs. Alma – 4:30 PM
Detroit Catholic Central vs. Brighton – 5 PM
Hudsonville Unity Christian vs. Fennville – 5 PM
Mattawan vs. Kalamazoo Loy Norrix – 5 PM
Melvindale vs. Dearborn Divine Child – 5 PM
Sterling Heights Stevenson vs. Troy Athens – 5 PM
Livonia Clarenceville vs. Center Line – 5:30 PM
Midland vs. Traverse City Central – 6 PM
East Grand Rapids vs. Wyoming Godwin Heights – 6 PM
Adrian Lenawee Christian vs. Ann Arbor Greenhills – 6:30 PM
Hemlock vs. Shepherd – 7 PM
Northville vs. North Farmington – 7 PM
Portage Central vs. Portage Northern – 7 PM
Saline vs. Ann Arbor Pioneer – 7 PM
Troy vs. Utica – 7 PM
Watervliet vs. South Haven – 7 PM
Wyoming Lee vs. Grand Rapids South Christian – 7 PM
Allen Park vs. Detroit Cesar Chavez – 7:15 PM
Pontiac Notre Dame Prep vs. Clawson – 7:30 PM

Boys Soccer District Finals

 
Wednesday – Oct. 21
At Fenton – 6 PM
 
Thursday – Oct. 22
At Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood – 4 PM
At Warren DeLaSalle Collegiate – 4:30 PM
At Brownstown Woodhaven – 5 PM
At East Grand Rapids – 6 PM
At Grand Rapids South Christian – 6 PM
At St. Clair Shores Lake Shore – 6 PM
At Vicksburg – 6 PM
At Waterford Mott – 6 PM
At Pontiac Notre Dame Prep – 6:30 PM
At Dearborn Divine Child – 7 PM
At Novi – 7 PM
At Saline – 7 PM
 
Saturday – Oct. 24
At Clare – 11 AM
At Portage Northern – 6 PM
 
In the coming week, more than 550 events at all levels in a variety of sports will be available on the NFHS Network/MHSAA.tv. Monthly subscriptions are $10.99. Click for a complete list of upcoming games, and for a complete list of on-demand games

Fans also can type their school name into the search field on the MHSAA.tv page to search for events. Varsity games being streamed also have links from the MHSAA Website’s Score Center, and from the schedules on individual school pages. Clicking on the green TV set icon listed next to an event will take you directly to a game. You can also watch on Roku enabled devices.

Here is a list of football and girls volleyball varsity events taking place over the coming week on the NFHS Network/MHSAA.tv (Home team generally listed first):

Football


Thursday - Oct. 22 
Negaunee vs. Ishpeming Westwood  - 7 PM
 
Friday - Oct. 23 
Hartland vs. Brighton  - 6:45 PM
Kingston vs. Whittemore-Prescott  - 6:55 PM
Bay City John Glenn vs. Freeland  - 7 PM
Bloomfield Hills  vs. Auburn Hills Avondale  - 7 PM
Brethren vs. Onekama  - 7 PM
Cadillac vs. Gaylord  - 7 PM
Calumet vs. Marquette - 7 PM
Caro vs. Burton Bendle  - 7 PM
Cedar Springs  vs. Grand Rapids Kenowa Hills  - 7 PM
Chesaning  vs. New Lothrop  - 7 PM
Clare  vs. Gaylord  - 7 PM
Dearborn Divine Child  vs. Detroit Central - 7 PM
DeWitt  vs. Stevensville Lakeshore  - 7 PM
Durand vs. Montrose  - 7 PM
East Grand Rapids  vs. Byron Center  - 7 PM
Erie-Mason  vs. Pittsford  - 7 PM
Fenton  vs. Ortonville Brandon  - 7 PM
Flint Powers Catholic  vs. Flint Carman-Ainsworth  - 7 PM
Fowlerville  vs. Pinckney  - 7 PM
Frankenmuth  vs. Bridgeport  - 7 PM
Freeland  vs. Remus Chippewa Hills  - 7 PM
Gladstone  vs. Escanaba  - 7 PM
Grand Blanc  vs. Saline  - 7 PM
Grand Rapids South Christian  vs. Grand Rapids Catholic Central  - 7 PM
Grass Lake  vs. Addison  - 7 PM
Grosse Pointe North  vs. Grosse Pointe South  - 7 PM
Harbor Beach vs. Unionville Sebewaing  - 7 PM
Hopkins  vs. Wyoming Kelloggsville  - 7 PM
Houghton  vs. Hancock  - 7 PM
Ithaca  vs. Standish-Sterling - 7 PM
Kinde North Huron  vs. Mayville  - 7 PM
Kingsford  vs. Menominee  - 7 PM
Kingsley vs. Benzie Central  - 7 PM
Livonia Clarenceville  vs. Whitmore Lake  - 7 PM
Madison Heights Lamphere  vs. Hazel Park  - 7 PM
Manistee  vs. McBain  - 7 PM
Maple City Glen Lake  vs. Charlevoix  - 7 PM
Midland  vs. Midland Dow  - 7 PM
Munising  vs. Lake Linden-Hubbell  - 7 PM
Niles  vs. Dowagiac Union  - 7 PM
Northville  vs. Howell  - 7 PM
Novi  vs. Salem  - 7 PM
Pontiac Notre Dame Prep  vs. TBA - 7 PM
Portage Central  vs. Richland Gull Lake  - 7 PM
Reed City  vs. Grant  - 7 PM
Rockford  vs. Grandville  - 7 PM
Saginaw Heritage  vs. Mount Pleasant  - 7 PM
Saginaw Swan Valley  vs. Birch Run  - 7 PM
South Lyon East  vs. South Lyon  - 7 PM
St Johns  vs. Alpena  - 7 PM
Sturgis  vs. Plainwell  - 7 PM
Summit Academy North  vs. TBA - 7 PM
Troy  vs. Troy Athens - 7 PM
Vermontville Maple Valley  vs. Belleville  - 7 PM
Vicksburg  vs. Otsego  - 7 PM
Walled Lake Northern  vs. Romeo  - 7 PM
Walled Lake Western  vs. Walled Lake Central  - 7 PM
Warren Woods-Tower  vs. Detroit U-D Jesuit  - 7 PM
Wayland Union  vs. Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills  - 7 PM
West Bloomfield  vs. Lake Orion  - 7 PM
Norway  vs. Niagara, WI  - 8 PM
 
Saturday – Oct. 24 
Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood  vs. Redford Union  - 3 PM
Traverse City St. Francis  vs. Jackson Lumen Christi - 3 PM
 

Girls Volleyball


Tuesday - Oct. 20 
Dearborn Heights Robichaud  vs. Melvindale  - 4 PM
Durand vs. Montrose  - 4:30 PM
Marcellus  vs. TBA - 5 PM
Southfield Christian  vs. Brighton Charyl Stockwell - 5:30 PM
DeWitt  vs. Williamston  - 6 PM
East Lansing  vs. Lansing Waverly  - 6 PM
Kinde North Huron  vs. Carsonville-Port Sanilac  - 6 PM
Mayville  vs. Dryden  - 6 PM
Merrill  vs. Ashley  - 6 PM
Munising  vs. Rapid River  - 6 PM
Norway  vs. Carney-Nadeau  - 6 PM
Peck   vs. Genesee  - 6 PM
Vermontville Maple Valley  vs. Lansing Christian  - 6 PM
Chesaning  vs. New Lothrop  - 6:15 PM
Grand Rapids South Christian vs Ada Forest Hills Eastern - 6:15 PM
Mt Morris  vs. Byron Area - 6:15 PM
New Lothrop  vs. Chesaning  - 6:15 PM
Otisville LakeVille vs. Ovid-Elsie  - 6:15 PM
St Johns  vs. Haslett  - 6:20 PM
Blanchard Montabella  vs. Vestaburg  - 6:30 PM
Frankfort  vs. Suttons Bay  - 6:30 PM
Highland Milford  vs. TBA - 6:30 PM
Howell  vs. Salem  - 6:30 PM
Negaunee  vs. Hancock  - 6:30 PM
Northville  vs. Hartland  - 6:30 PM
St. Clair Shores Lake Shore  vs. St. Clair  - 6:30 PM
Watervliet  vs. Lawton  - 6:30 PM
Whitmore Lake  vs. Novi Christian Academy - 6:30 PM
Garden City  vs. Dearborn Heights Annapolis  - 7 PM
Gladstone  vs. Marquette   - 7 PM
Hemlock  vs. St. Louis  - 7 PM
Hopkins  vs. Comstock Park  - 7 PM
Kingsley vs. Buckley  - 7 PM
Macomb Lutheran North  vs. Yale  - 7 PM
Plymouth Christian Academy vs. Rochester Hills Lutheran Northwest  - 7 PM
Saginaw Heritage  vs. Grand Blanc  - 7 PM
St. Charles  vs. Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart - 7 PM
Kingsford  vs. Escanaba  - 7:15 PM
Cass City  vs. Caro  - 7:30 PM
 
Wednesday - Oct. 21 
Grandville  vs. Caledonia  - 5 PM
Holly  vs. Flushing  - 5:15 PM
Dollar Bay  vs. Ontonagon - 5:20 PM
Bloomfield Hills Marian  vs. TBA - 6 PM
Pentwater  vs. Baldwin - 6 PM
St. Clair  Shores Lake Shore  vs. Clinton Twp. Clintondale  - 6 PM
Warren Regina vs.  TBA - 6 PM
Corunna  vs. Clio  - 6:15 PM
Fenton  vs. Flint Kearsley  - 6:15 PM
Pewamo-Westphalia  vs. Laingsburg  - 6:30 PM
Stevensville Lakeshore  vs. TBA - 6:30 PM
West Bloomfield  vs. Walled Lake Northern  - 6:30 PM
Traverse City West  vs. Cadillac  - 6:45 PM
Bridgeport  vs. Bay City John Glenn - 7 PM
Frankenmuth  vs. Freeland  - 7 PM
Grandville  vs. Grand Haven  - 7 PM
Linden  vs. Swartz Creek  - 7 PM
Morley Stanwood  vs. Hesperia   - 7 PM
Saginaw Swan Valley  vs. Essexville Garber  - 7 PM
Harrison  vs. Clare  - 7:30 PM
 
Thursday - Oct. 22 
Dearborn Heights Robichaud  vs. Ypsilanti Arbor Prep  - 5 PM
Multi-team Event @ Whitmore Lake - 5 PM
Ortonville Brandon  vs. Goodrich  - 5:15 PM
Grand Rapids Christian  vs. Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central  - 6 PM
Kinde North Huron  vs. Caseville  - 6 PM
Mason  vs. Eaton Rapids  - 6 PM
Munising  vs. Stephenson  - 6 PM
Peck   vs. Kingston  - 6 PM
Romulus Summit Academy North  vs. Clarkston Everest Collegiate - 6 PM
Sturgis  vs. Plainwell  - 6 PM
Vermontville Maple Valley  vs. Owosso  - 6 PM
Vicksburg  vs. Otsego  - 6 PM
Montrose  vs. Mt Morris  - 6:15 PM
St Johns  vs. Williamston  - 6:20 PM
Chesaning  vs. Otisville LakeVille - 6:30 PM
Dearborn Divine Child  vs. Livonia Churchill  - 6:30 PM
Erie-Mason  vs. Monroe Jefferson  - 6:30 PM
Grosse Pointe North  vs. Grosse Pointe South  - 6:30 PM
Mancelona  vs. Elk Rapids  - 6:30 PM
New Lothrop  vs. Byron Area  - 6:30 PM
Novi  vs. Howell  - 6:30 PM
Oakland Christian  vs. Southfield Christian  - 6:30 PM
Ovid-Elsie vs. Durand - 6:30 PM
Harbor Beach   vs. Memphis  - 6:45 PM
East Lansing  vs. Potterville  - 7 PM
Garden City  vs. Riverview Gabriel Richard - 7 PM
Hopkins  vs. Belding - 7 PM
Kalamazoo Christian  vs. Grand Rapids Covenant Christian  - 7 PM
Marquette   vs. Kingsford  - 7 PM
Pontiac Notre Dame Prep vs. Rochester Adams  - 7 PM
Saginaw Heritage  vs. Mount Pleasant  - 7 PM
Houghton  vs. Hancock  - 7:15 PM
Brethren  vs. Onekama  - 7:30 PM
Dryden  vs. Genesee  - 7:30 PM
Unionville Sebewaing  vs. Bad Axe  - 7:30 PM
 
Saturday – Oct. 24 
White Lake Lakeland  vs. TBA - 8:30 AM
East Kentwood  vs. Caledonia  - 9 AM
Fremont  vs. Cedar Springs  - 9 AM
Midland  vs. TBA - 9 AM
Millington  vs. TBA - 9 AM
Niles  vs. TBA - 9 AM
Part 1 | Multi-team Event @ Pentwater - 9 AM
Rockford  vs. Holland West Ottawa  - 9 AM
Saline  vs. TBA - 9 AM
Part 1 | Multi-team Event @ Calumet  - 10 AM
Pontiac Notre Dame Prep vs. Bloomfield Hills Marian  - 10 AM
Williamston  vs. TBA - 10 AM
Grand Rapids Christian  vs. Traverse City West  - 11 AM
East Kentwood  vs. Grand Haven  - 11:30 AM
Rockford  vs. Jenison  - 11:30 AM
Freeland  vs. TBA - 12 PM
Part 2 | Multi-team Event @ Calumet  - 1 PM
East Kentwood  vs. Grandville  - 2 PM
Part 2 | Multi-team Event @ Pentwater - 2 PM
Rockford  vs. Hudsonville  - 2 PM
 
Monday - Oct. 26 
Freeland  vs. TBA - 5 PM
Kingsley vs. TBA  - 5 PM
Troy  vs. Hartland  - 5 PM
Troy Athens  vs. Grosse Pointe South  - 5 PM
Flint Kearsley  vs. Holly  - 5:15 PM
Flushing  vs. Swartz Creek  - 5:15 PM
Linden  vs. Fenton  - 5:15 PM
Mason  vs. Haslett  - 6 PM
Corunna  vs. Brandon  - 6:15 PM
Otisville LakeVille vs. Millington  - 6:15 PM
Dollar Bay  vs. Chassell  - 6:20 PM
Clare  vs. Grayling  - 7:30 PM
 
Tuesday - Oct. 27 
Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian vs. Montague  - TBA
Dearborn Heights Robichaud  vs. Hamtramck  - 4 PM
Vicksburg vs. TBA - 4 PM
Burton Bendle  vs. Genesee  - 5 PM
Fremont  vs. Ludington  - 5 PM
Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian vs. Grant  - 5 PM
Multi-team Event @ New Lothrop - 5 PM
Multi-team Event @ Plainwell - 5 PM
Pontiac Notre Dame Prep vs. Holly  - 5 PM
Cass City  vs. Elkton-Pigeon-Bay Port Laker  - 6 PM
Eaton Rapids  vs. Portland  - 6 PM
Fowlerville  vs. Charlotte  - 6 PM
Multi-team Event @ Grand Rapids Christian - 6 PM
Munising  vs. Norway  - 6 PM
Vermontville Maple Valley vs. TBA - 6 PM
Williamston  vs. Lansing Catholic - 6 PM
Montrose  vs. Ovid-Elsie  - 6:15 PM
Mt Morris  vs. New Lothrop  - 6:15 PM
Stockbridge   vs. Grass Lake  - 6:15 PM
Warren Woods-Tower  vs. Clinton Twp. Chippewa Valley  - 6:15 PM
St Johns  vs. Portland  - 6:20 PM
Bloomfield Hills Roeper  vs. Novi Christian - 6:30 PM
Erie-Mason  vs. Sand Creek  - 6:30 PM
Grosse Pointe North  vs. Fraser  - 6:30 PM
Ishpeming  vs. Gwinn  - 6:30 PM
Livonia Clarenceville  vs. Southfield Christian  - 6:30 PM
Oakland Christian  vs. Lutheran  Westland - 6:30 PM
Romulus Summit Academy North  vs. Ypsilanti Arbor Prep  - 6:30 PM
Sterling Heights Parkway Christian School vs. Huron Valley Lutheran  - 6:30 PM
Gladstone  vs. Negaunee  - 6:45 PM
Harbor Beach vs. Marlette  - 6:45 PM
Chesaning  vs. Durand - 7 PM
Garden City  vs. Dearborn Heights Crestwood  - 7 PM
Grand Rapids South Christian  vs. Lansing Catholic  - 7 PM
Hopkins  vs. Allegan  - 7 PM
Marquette   vs. Escanaba  - 7 PM
St Charles  vs. Blanchard Montabella  - 7 PM
Kingsford  vs. Crystal Falls Forest Park  - 7:15 PM
Bad Axe  vs. Caro &

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

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

April 8, 2025

With the start of spring sports, the MHSAA’s “Century of School Sports” celebration has begun its final lap.

Every week we’ve told at least a few stories from these last 100 years – and today, we present our third and final installment of favorite sports memories from statewide media, our historian and MHSAA staff.

Below are their most unforgettable moments from spring.

Homer Sets Standard with 56-Game Baseball Winning Streak

Ron Pesch, MHSAA historian

Recognizing the contrasting challenges that face teams in various eras to set or break records, it was great fun to track Homer's successful attempt to match, then exceed Grand Haven's 43-year-old record, then chase a national record for consecutive baseball victories.

There's something about the small-town excitement knitted into such a chase. Grand Haven set the mark back before an MHSAA-sponsored state tournament commenced in 1971. Inherently built into such an accomplishment is an evolving roster that spans multiple seasons, when a single season featured only 20 to 30 or so games. (Only one Buccaneer player was part of all the Buccaneers' 56-straight victories.)

Because of the postseason, Homer's annual slate featured more games, but came with the additional challenge of squaring off against more talented teams as the playoffs progressed. Homer's record-setting win came during a homefield doubleheader against Reading during the 2005 regular season – ironically against the school which gave the Trojans their last loss in the 2003 Regional Semifinal. Victorious in both games that day against Reading, Homer extended the run through 75-consecutive contests – a national record, since topped – that ended in June with a 7-6 loss to Saginaw Nouvel in the MHSAA Division 3 Final.

The Lansing State Journal sports section details Grand Ledge's comeback to defeat Homer at the Diamond Classic in Lansing.Truly an Unforgettable Classic

Tim Staudt, WILX (Lansing), in 54th year of broadcasting

The one memory from the spring season that immediately jumps to mind is the 2006 Diamond Classic final between Homer and Grand Ledge. Grand Ledge would come back to win the game 7-6 with players from the Lansing Lugnuts in the dugout watching to see how the game was going to end.

This was one more remarkable Grand Ledge baseball achievement under coach Pat O’Keefe. It would be Homer’s only loss of the 2006 season, as they went 38-1 and won the Division 4 championship, a year after winning a then-national record 75 straight games.

Career Crosses Paths with State’s 2 Winningest on Baseball Diamond

Brian Calloway, Lansing State Journal

In two media markets I have worked in in the state, I’ve had the privilege to cover two of the state’s most decorated baseball coaches in Blissfield’s Larry Tuttle and Grand Ledge’s Pat O’Keefe, who are both members of the Michigan Baseball Hall of Fame.

I worked in Adrian when Larry Tuttle joined the 1,000-win club in June of 2008. After moving to the Lansing market, I got to document the final portion of O’Keefe’s special career that he ended as the all-time wins leader before eventually being passed by Tuttle.

Legendary Softball Team Ends Legendary Run

Geoff Kimmerly, MHSAA Communications Director and formerly of Lansing State Journal

I stepped into the Lansing State Journal fulltime lineup in January 2000 amid the senior years of two of the greatest athletes in local and statewide high school sports history – Lansing Waverly’s Marcus Taylor, who led his team to the Class A basketball title that March, and Okemos’ Jessica Beech, who had pitched her softball team to the Division 1 championship in 1999 and remains the most accomplished three-sport athlete in mid-Michigan history.

Dating back to that title run, Beech had earned an MHSAA-record 57 straight pitching victories heading into a Division 1 Regional Semifinal on June 10, 2000, at Lansing Everett. Up next was undefeated Portage Northern. Beech struck out 11 hitters against the team Okemos coach Dan Stolz called “the best his team has faced the past two seasons.” But Northern prevailed 2-0, with sophomore Anna Ollgaard throwing a one-hitter, and went on to finish the season 41-0 and Division 1 champion for the first of three consecutive seasons. The Huskies’ 52-game winning streak started that spring remains the second-longest in MHSAA softball history.

Livonia Franklin's softball team takes a team photo after finishing its 1986 Class A title run. Lectka Becomes Unstoppable in Leaving Livonia Franklin Legacy

Brad Emons, Detroit Free Press (formerly of Observer & Eccentric newspapers)

After falling to Mount Clemens L’Anse Creuse North in the 1985 championship game, 5-0, Livonia Franklin redeemed itself by beating Waterford Kettering, 1-0, in the 1986 Class A Softball Final for its first state title as senior pitcher Tracy Lectka’s threw a no-hitter at Lansing’s Ranney Park.

Lectka tossed back-to-back shutouts, including a 2-0 Semifinal win over South Lyon in a two-day continuation game halted by darkness where Lectka pitched all 20 innings to secure the victory.

Glen Lake’s Superwoman Finishes with Another Historic Run

Mick McCabe, Detroit Free Press since 1970

Heading into the 1992 Class D track & field state championships at Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern, Maple City Glen Lake’s Marnie Peplinski had to balance the emotions of being confident without being overconfident.

She looked at the performances of the other girls in the Finals and compared them to her efforts. “I knew they were not going to make up two or three seconds in that one day unless they were Superwoman.”

Well, Superwoman did show up at the Finals that day, but she was wearing a Glen Lake uniform.

That day, her final day of being a Michigan high school athlete, Peplinski became the first girl in state history to win four state titles in consecutive years, helping Glen Lake to its second-straight team title. She set Finals records when she won the 100 hurdles (15.06 seconds) and 300 hurdles (44.80). She also won the long jump (17 feet, 5 inches) and was part of the winning 1,600 relay team (4:03.90). She also had won all of those events as a junior, and as a sophomore she won the 300 hurdles, the long jump and the 1,600 relay, which she was a part of as a freshman as well.

The day capped a brilliant high school career for Peplinski, who also earned first-team all-state honors in basketball and volleyball. She went on to compete in track & field and basketball at Central Michigan University.

Brother Rice Sets Standard in Boys Lacrosse

Perry Farrell, MHSAA.com and formerly of Detroit Free Press

Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice's run in lacrosse was a showcase of dominance as they started a stretch that saw them win 13 of the first 14 Division 1 championships starting in 2005.

Watch the 2017 Division 1 Final, which Brother Rice won over Detroit Catholic Central 8-7, on the NFHS Network, and see highlights below from that game from State Champs! Sports Network.  

Beal City Provides Celebration to Remember

Greg Miller, formerly of 9&10 News (Cadillac)

The 2023 season for Beal City baseball was a special one that ended with a Division 4 championship celebration on the field at McLane Stadium in East Lansing. A year prior, the Aggies, who had been top-ranked nearly the entire season, fell short in the championship game, and they were back seeking redemption.

Cayden Smith's backflip was a memorable detail from Beal City's 2023 championship celebration.In a tightly-fought battle in the title game against Plymouth Christian Academy, Beal City answered after surrendering the game's first run in the fourth inning, tying the game in the bottom half of the frame. They then took the lead in the bottom of the sixth. 

Star pitcher Cayden Smith, after hitting his pitch limit with one out in the seventh, moved to shortstop and was able to catch the final out of the game, performing a celebratory backflip on the infield grass before being mobbed by his teammates in one of the coolest celebration moments I ever witnessed.

Watch the 2023 Division 4 Final on the NFHS Network.

Previous "Century of School Sports" Spotlights

April 2: Sharp Leadership Synonymous with MHSAA Success - Read
March 25:
Athletic Directors Indispensable to Mission of School Sports - Read
March 18:
2025 Finals Begin Next Half-Century of Girls Hoops Championships - Read
March 11:
Boys Basketball's Best 1st to Earn MHSAA Finals Titles - Read
March 5:
Everything We Do Begins with Participation - Read
Feb. 25:
Slogans & Logos Remain Unforgettable Parts of MHSAA History - Read
Feb. 19:
MHSAA Tickets Continue to Provide Fan-Friendly Value - Read
Feb. 11:
We Recognize Those Who Make Our Games Go - Read
Feb. 4:
WISL Conference Continues to Inspire Aspiring Leaders - Read
Jan. 28:
Michigan's National Impact Begins at NFHS' Start - Read
Jan. 21:
Awards Celebrate Well-Rounded Educational Experience - Read
Jan. 14:
Predecessors Laid Foundation for MHSAA's Formation - Read
Jan. 9:
MHSAA Blazes Trail Into Cyberspace - Read
Dec. 31: 
State's Storytellers Share Winter Memories - Read
Dec. 17: 
MHSAA Over Time - Read
Dec. 10:
On This Day, December 13, We Will Celebrate - Read
Dec. 3:
MHSAA Work Guided by Representative Council - Read
Nov. 26: 
Finals Provide Future Pros Early Ford Field Glory - Read
Nov. 19:
Connection at Heart of Coaches Advancement Program - Read
Nov. 12:
Good Sports are Winners Then, Now & Always - Read
Nov. 5:
MHSAA's Home Sweet Home - Read
Oct. 29:
MHSAA Summits Draw Thousands to Promote Sportsmanship - Read
Oct. 23:
Cross Country Finals Among MHSAA's Longest Running - Read
Oct. 15:
State's Storytellers Share Fall Memories - Read
Oct. 8:
Guided by 4 S's of Educational Athletics - Read
Oct. 1:
Michigan Sends 10 to National Hall of Fame - Read
Sept. 25: MHSAA Record Books Filled with 1000s of Achievements - Read
Sept. 18:
Why Does the MHSAA Have These Rules? - Read
Sept. 10: 
Special Medals, Patches to Commemorate Special Year - Read
Sept. 4:
Fall to Finish with 50th Football Championships - Read
Aug. 28:
Let the Celebration Begin - Read

PHOTOS (Top) From left: Homer's Josh Collmenter throws a pitch during the 2004 Finals, Maple City Glen Lake's Marnie Peplinski long jumps in 1992, the Brother Rice boys lacrosse team celebrates its 2019 championship, and the Portage Northern softball team takes a photo after finishing an undefeated 2000 season. (2) The Lansing State Journal sports section details Grand Ledge's comeback to defeat Homer at the Diamond Classic in Lansing. (3) Livonia Franklin's softball team takes a team photo after finishing its 1986 Class A title run. (4) Cayden Smith's backflip kicks off Beal City's 2023 championship celebration. (MHSAA file photos.)