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: 6/5/26

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

June 5, 2026

1. GIRLS SOCCER Division 4 No. 10 Schoolcraft earned its first Regional title with a 1-0 win over No. 6 Plymouth Christian Academy in Division 4 – Kalamazoo Gazette

2. GIRLS SOCCER No. 10 Traverse City St. Francis claimed its first Regional title with a 2-1 shootout win over Fremont in Division 3 – Traverse City Record-Eagle

3. GIRLS SOCCER Top-ranked Goodrich clinched its first Regional title with a 2-1 win over No. 11 Almont in Division 3 – Mid-Michigan Now

4. GIRLS SOCCER No. 10 Rockford and No. 7 Grand Rapids West Catholic claimed first Regional championships in Divisions 1 and 3, respectively – Grand Rapids Press

5. GIRLS SOCCER No. 8 Troy handed No. 3 Rochester Adams its only defeat, 1-0 in a Division 1 Regional Final – Oakland Press

6. GIRLS SOCCER No. 9 Harbor Springs downed Ovid-Elsie 1-0 in Division 4 to clinch a first Regional title since 2003 – Petoskey News-Review

7. GIRLS SOCCER No. 8 Royal Oak Shrine Catholic edged No. 2 Clarkston Everest Collegiate 1-0 in Division 4 – Oakland Press

8. GIRLS SOCCER No. 7 Hartland shut out No. 6 Northville 2-0 to win a Division 1 Regional championship – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

9. GIRLS SOCCER Ann Arbor Skyline scored the game’s lone goal in a Division 1 Regional Final against No. 12 Salem – Ann Arbor News

10. GIRLS SOCCER No. 10 New Boston Huron advanced in Division 2 with a 1-0 victory over Mason – Monroe News