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: 8/22/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

August 22, 2025

1. VOLLEYBALL Fowler downed Onekama in five sets in a matchup of Division 4 contenders – Manistee News-Advocate

2. BOYS TENNIS Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood was first and Ann Arbor Greenhills and Holland Christian tied for second at the Sturgis Great 8 – Sturgis Journal

3. GIRLS GOLF Montague won its West Michigan Conference jamboree as Cadence Fox tied the program’s low-round record of 75 – CatchMark SportsNet

4. BOYS SOCCCER Gaylord defeated Petoskey for the first time since 2019, 5-4 – Petoskey News-Review

5. VOLLEYBALL New Boston Huron avenged a pool play loss to Flat Rock to clinch the Erie Mason Invitational title – Monroe News

6. BOYS SOCCER Troy Athens downed Troy High 1-0 – Oakland Press

7. BOYS SOCCER Muskegon Mona Shores and Western Michigan Christian played to a 2-2 draw at the Heroes Cup – Local Sports Journal

8. VOLLEYBALL Mancelona opened its season with victories over Grand Traverse Academy and Traverse City Bulldogs homeschoolers – Traverse City Record-Eagle

9. BOYS SOCCER Cadillac earned its first win of the season, downing Sault Ste. Marie – Cadillac News

10. VOLLEYBALL Manistee downed Muskegon Orchard View and Mason County Central in its season openers – Ludington Daily News