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: 10/8/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

October 8, 2025

1. GIRLS GOLF No. 2 Rochester Adams and Romeo’s Tula Puzzuoli claimed Lower Peninsula Division 1 Regional championships – Oakland Press

2. GIRLS GOLF No. 3 Goodrich ran its Regional title streak to three with another LPD3 championship – Flint Journal

3. CROSS COUNTRY Brighton’s LPD1 No. 2-ranked girls finished a perfect run through the Kensington Lakes Activities Association West with wins over Hartland and Howell – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

4. VOLLEYBALL Division 3 No. 4 Kingsley clinched a share of the Northern Shores Conference title with a sweep of Cheboygan – Traverse City Record-Eagle

5. GIRLS GOLF Top-ranked Northville was first and No. 8 Brighton second at their LPD1 Regional – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

6. CROSS COUNTRY Battle Creek Lakeview swept All-City championships – Battle Creek Enquirer

7. VOLLEYBALL Division 1 No. 6 South Lyon East followed freshman Lexi Coleman to a sweep over honorable mention South Lyon – Oakland Press

8. BOYS SOCCER Brady McBride surpassed 100 career goals with four in Flat Rock’s 4-3 win over Canton Prep – Monroe News

9. CROSS COUNTRY The Frankenmuth girls and LPD2 No. 3 Alma boys won Tri-Valley Conference Red meets – Saginaw News

10. VOLLEYBALL Division 1 honorable mention Brighton swept Hartland on Senior Night – Livingston Daily Press & Argus