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: 2/20/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

February 20, 2025

1. BASKETBALL Millington’s boys clinched the Big Thumb Conference White championship with a 67-58 win over Caro, and Reese Gohsman became the Cardinals girls all-time leading scorer during a loss to Cass City – Saginaw News

2. SKIING Maple City Glen Lake finished a girls and boys sweep of Lake Michigan Ski Conference team titles – Traverse City Record-Eagle

3. HOCKEY No. 6 Painesdale Jeffers downed No. 10 Calumet 4-1 in a Division 3 Regional Semifinal – Upper Michigan’s Source

4. HOCKEY No. 2 Houghton defeated Hancock 5-3 on the other side of that bracket – Upper Michigan’s Source

5. HOCKEY Aidan Herrera’s overtime goal took South Lyon Unified past Dearborn Divine Child 6-5 in Division 3 – Oakland Press

6. HOCKEY Drew Basha scored three goals to lead Romeo past Utica/Fraser 4-2 in Division 1 – Macomb Daily

7. GIRLS BASKETBALL Dexter upset Temperance Bedford 51-41 to earn an opportunity for a league title share – Ann Arbor News

8. BOYS BASKETBALL Elkton-Pigeon-Bay Port Laker downed Bad Axe 77-68, but Bad Axe’s Michael Janssen reached 1,000 career points – Huron Daily Tribune

9. HOCKEY Cheboygan came back from two goals down to defeat Gaylord 4-2 in Division 3 – Cheboygan Daily Tribune

10. HOCKEY L’Anse Creuse Unified advanced in Division 1 with a 5-2 win over New Baltimore Anchor Bay – Macomb Daily