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: 8/20/26

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

August 20, 2026

1. GIRLS GOLF Brighton won its sixth Lober McManus Classic title over the last seven seasons – Traverse City Record-Eagle

2. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Host East Grand Rapids and Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central were victorious during the Rally on Reeds – WZZM

3. GIRLS VOLLEBALL Division 1 No. 5 Grand Haven finished 5-0 at Livonia Stevenson, including with a win over honorable mention Brighton – Grand Haven Tribune

4. BOYS TENNIS Edwardsburg claimed the Niles Viking Invitational championship – Niles Daily Star

5. BOYS SOCCER Birmingham Seaholm again claimed the Ketih Bernacki Memorial Cup with a 2-0 shutout of Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice – Oakland Press

6. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL West Iron County opened with a victory over Escanaba – Upper Michigan’s Source

7. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Manton opened with a sweep of Mason County Central and Kalkaska – Cadillac News

8. BOYS SOCCER New Boston Huron rolled to a 5-1 opening-day victory over Gibraltar Carlson – Southgate News-Herald

9. BOYS SOCCER Kalkaska opened with a shutout of Reed City – Big Rapids Pioneer

10. BOYS SOCCER Temperance Bedford and Monroe opened with a 1-1 draw – Monroe News