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: 2/12/26

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

February 12, 2026

1. COMPETITIVE CHEER Division 1 No. 1 Allen Park repeated as Downriver League champion, with No. 2-ranked Gibraltar Carlson second – Southgate News-Herald

2. BOYS WRESTLING No. 3 Yale claimed a Division 3 District title with wins over Imlay City and No. 12 Armada – Port Huron Times Herald

3. BOYS WRESTLING No. 14 Fowlerville avenged a regular-season loss to Williamston to clinch its fourth-straight Division 2 District title – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

4. BOYS WRESTLING Zeeland East repeated as a Division 2 District champion with wins over Hamilton and Holland – Holland Sentinel

5. BOYS WRESTLING No. 14 Romeo ran its Division 1 District title streak to six with wins over Utica and Utica Eisenhower – Macomb Daily

6. GIRLS BASKETBALL Tecumseh downed Chelsea 58-25 as Chloe Bullinger set the school record for career assists – Adrian Daily Telegram

7. ICE HOCKEY Ayden Cook reached 200 career points during Division 2 top-ranked Flint Powers Catholic’s 7-1 win over Chelsea – Flint Journal

8. GIRLS BASKETBALL Frankfort defeated Maple City Glen Lake 46-37, giving coach Tim Reznich 400 victories – Benzie Record Patriot

9. BOYS WRESTLING Shepherd defeated Alma and Remus Chippewa Hills in Division 3 to win its first District title since 2020 – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

10. BOYS WRESTLING Petoskey repeated as a Division 2 District champion with wins over Sault Ste. Marie and Escanaba – Petoskey News-Review

Also of note …

BOYS SOCCER Holland Christian coach Dave DeBoer stepped down with a 197-42-30 record and having led the team to the Division 3 championship in 2022 – Holland Sentinel