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: 12/10/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

December 10, 2025

1. GIRLS BASKETBALL Gabby Piepho reached 1,000 career points less than a minute into Howell’s season-opening win over Grand Blanc – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

2. GIRLS BASKETBALL Tecumseh drained a school-record 11 3-pointers in a 71-44 win over Coldwater – Adrian Daily Telegram

3. ICE HOCKEY Division 3 No. 8 Escanaba finished on top in a high-scoring matchup with Hancock, 6-5 – Upper Michigan’s Source

4. GIRLS BASKETBALL Frankenmuth edged Portland 48-46 in a rematch of a Regional Final from last season – Saginaw News

5. BOYS BASKETBALL Vicksburg downed Schoolcraft 66-56 in a father vs. son coaching matchup – Kalamazoo Gazette

6. BOYS BASKETBALL Traverse City Christian downed Manton 65-58 in something of a family reunion game for TC Christian coach Rene LaFreniere – Traverse City Record-Eagle

7. GIRLS BASKETBALL Macomb Dakota came back from a double-digit deficit to defeat Fraser 54-42 – Macomb Daily

8. BOYS BASKETBALL Marquette edged Negaunee 56-52 – My UP Now

9. BOYS BASKETBALL East Lansing downed Lansing Sexton 73-58 – Lansing State Journal

10. ICE HOCKEY Traverse Bay Reps scored four goals during the third period of a win over Charlevoix – MI Sports Now