This Week in High School Sports: 12/4/24

By Jon Ross
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties

December 4, 2024

In this week's edition, we review this past weekend's 11-player football championship games and present Game Balls to high achievers in basketball and hockey as we close the fall season and turn our focus to winter sports. 

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Previous 2024-25 Editions

Nov. 27: 8-Player Football Finals review, 1975 Football Finals recollection - Listen
Nov. 20:
8-Player Football Finals history, Southwest 10 Conference Legacy officials - Listen
Nov. 13:
"Flashback 100" series, flashback to Escanaba's football championship - Listen
Nov. 6:
Boys Soccer Finals, Lower Peninsula Cross Country Finals review - Listen
Oct. 30:
2024 Football Playoffs, Lower Peninsula Boys Tennis Finals review - Listen
Oct. 23:
Lower Peninsula Girls Golf Finals, Upper Peninsula Cross Country Finals reviews - Listen
Oct. 16:
MHSAA Football Playoffs primer, MHSAA/Farm Bureau Scholar-Athlete Awards - Listen
Oct. 9:
National High School Hall of Fame, Upper Peninsula Girls Tennis Finals - Listen
Oct. 2:
MHSAA record book, 2024 Boys Soccer Tournament schedule - Listen
Sept. 25:
NFHS Network streaming, DeWitt's high-scoring football matchup - Listen
Sept. 18:
Cheboygan broadcaster Mike Grisdale, Michigan's national participation ranking - Listen
Sept. 11:
MHSAA baseball stars in MLB, 2024 Boys Soccer Tournament - Listen
Sept. 5:
Highlighting MHSAA record setters, 50th Football Playoffs - Listen
Aug. 28:
MHSAA Summer Olympians, "Century of School Sports" celebration - Listen

Today in the MHSAA: 11/13/26

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

November 13, 2026

1. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Division 2 No. 3 Parma Western swept Ionia to clinch its first Regional championship in this sport – Jackson Citizen Patriot

2. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Division 4 honorable mention Onekama swept Suttons Bay to claim its first Regional championship – Manistee News Advocate

3. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Allendale also claimed its first Regional title in this sport, defeating Grand Rapids West Catholic 3-1 in Division 2 – Grand Rapids Press

4. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Honorable mention Bath claimed its first Regional title, downing Leslie in Division 3 – WLNS

5. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL No. 2 Bloomfield Hills Marian prevailed in four sets over top-ranked Farmington Hills Mercy in Division 1 – Detroit News

6. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL No. 5 North Branch defeated No. 4 Frankenmuth in a Division 2 Regional Final – WNEM

7. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Honorable mention Calumet advanced in Division 3 with a Regional Final win over No. 6 Traverse City St. Francis – My UP Now

8. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Division 4 No. 5 Hancock swept No. 9 Crystal Falls Forest Park to clinch a Division 4 Regional title – Upper Michigan’s Source

9. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Division 2 No. 2 Detroit Country Day will play during championship week again thanks to a sweep of No. 6 Macomb Lutheran North – Oakland Press

10. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL No. 8 Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central swept No. 7 Clinton to clinch in Division 3 – Monroe News