Stripes Worn Well (Muskegon Chronicle)
March 1, 2012
Tim Flahive has battled diabetes for all but a few years of his life. But he's also filled half of those years with high school sports as a longtime official based in the Muskegon area.
The Muskegon Chronicle's Mark Opfermann tells the story of Flahive's final basketball game last week -- and makes us appreciate even more the significant role our officials fill to no fanfare.
A powerful excerpt:
He left the court with no fanfare, took off his whistle and shed a few tears.
But Flahive's story isn’t just about sports and an official leaving the hobby he loves. It’s about courage, getting back up and pressing on.
So, I guess it’s a lot like sports after all. But it’s a whole lot more about life.
That’s because when Flahive took the court last week, he did it with half of his left foot missing.
Today in the MHSAA: 5/27/25
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
May 27, 2025
1. TRACK & FIELD The top-ranked Holland Christian girls and No. 1 Battle Creek Harper Creek boys won Michigan Interscholastic Track Coaches Association team titles in Division 2 – Holland Sentinel | Battle Creek Enquirer
2. TRACK & FIELD The top-ranked Remus Chippewa Hills girls and No. 3 Traverse City St. Francis boys won Division 3 MITCA team championships – Big Rapids Pioneer | Traverse City Record-Eagle
3. TRACK & FIELD The top-ranked Hillsdale Academy girls and No. 1 Riverview Gabriel Richard boys won MITCA titles in Division 4 – Hillsdale Daily News | Athletic.net
4. TRACK & FIELD East Kentwood swept Division 1 MITCA championships; both the girls and boys teams were ranked No. 1 entering the meet – Athletic.net
5. SOFTBALL Division 3 No. 6 Grass Lake claimed its fifth-straight Cascades Conference title with a sweep of honorable mention Brooklyn Columbia Central – Jackson Citizen Patriot
6. SOFTBALL Benzie Central swept Onekama to clinch its first Northwest Conference title in this sport since 1996 – Manistee News-Advocate
7. BASEBALL Division 3 No. 9 Grass Lake also claimed its fifth-straight Cascades Conference title on the baseball diamond with a sweep of Brooklyn Columbia Central – Jackson Citizen Patriot
8. SOFTBALL Bronson finished a fourth-straight Big 8 Conference title run with a sweep of Concord – Coldwater Daily Reporter
9. SOFTBALL Division 4 No. 6 Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart swept Vestaburg to clinch a fourth-straight Mid-State Activities Conference title – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun
10. SOFTBALL Division 3 No. 3 Evart earned a shared Highland Conference title with Division 4 No. 2 Beal City by sweeping LeRoy Pine River – Cadillac News
Also of note …
TRACK & FIELD The Rochester High girls and Rochester Adams boys won Oakland County championships – Oakland Press Girls | Boys