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. 

MI Student AidThe 5-minute program each week includes feature stories from MHSAA.com or network affiliates, along with "Be the Referee," a 60-second look at the fine art of officiating.

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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: 2/26/26

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

February 26, 2026

1. ICE HOCKEY Top-ranked Howell downed No. 3 Hartland 6-3 to clinch a Division 1 regional title – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

2. ICE HOCKEY Jackson United defeated Capital City 3-2 in Division 1 to claim its first Regional title since 2015 – WLNS

3. BOYS BASKETBALL Oxford pulled off the week’s biggest upset so far with a 45-43 win over Grand Blanc in a Division 1 District Semifinal – Flint Journal

4. ICE HOCKEY Dearborn Divine Child claimed a Division 3 Regional title with a 4-2 win over No. 7 Riverview Gabriel Richard – Southgate News-Herald

5. BOYS BASKETBALL Muskegon’s James Martin scored his 1,000th career point during a 67-31 Division 1 District Semifinal win over Greenville – Local Sports Journal

6. BOYS BASKETBALL Tyler Nall reached 1,000 career points in Napoleon’s 55-37 win over Hanover-Horton in Division 3 – Jackson Citizen Patriot

7. ICE HOCKEY No. 6 Rochester rode an impressive second-period spurt to a 4-2 Division 2 Regional Final win over No. 10 St. Clair Shores Unified – Oakland Press

8. BOYS BASKETBALL Kalamazoo Phoenix advanced in Division 3 with a 91-85 double-overtime win over Hackett Catholic Prep – Kalamazoo Gazette

9. ICE HOCKEY Traverse Bay Reps claimed a Division 3 Regional title with a 3-1 win over Petoskey – Up North Live

10. BOYS BASKETBALL Baraga avenged a pair of regular-season losses to L’Anse with a 46-44 win in Division 4 – Upper Michigan’s Source