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: 5/28/26

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

May 28, 2026

1. BOYS GOLF Newberry and Lake Linden-Hubbell won their first Finals titles in this sport, and Marquette repeated – MHSAA.com

2. GIRLS GOLF Big Bay de Noc moved up to first after three straight runner-up finishes, with Bark River-Harris and Negaunee also claiming Finals championships – MHSAA.com

3. BOYS TENNIS Marquette and West Iron County extended Finals winning streaks – MHSAA.com

4. BOYS GOLF No. 6 Rochester Adams, Troy and Port Huron Northern all tied for first at their Lower Peninsula Division 1 Regional, with Adams winning on a tie-breaker – Oakland Press

5. SOFTBALL Division 1 No. 5 Traverse City Central clinched its first Big North Conference title in this sport with a win over Alpena – Traverse City Record-Eagle

6. SOFTBALL Mackinaw City swept Boyne Falls to clinch the Northern Lakes Conference championship – Cheboygan Daily Tribune

7. BOYS LACROSSE Romeo downed Birmingham United 15-7 in Division 1 to clinch the first Regional title in this sport for a Macomb Area Conference team – Macomb Daily

8. GIRLS SOCCER Flint Powers Catholic upset No. 8 Frankenmuth 1-0 in a Division 3 District Semifinal – WNEM

9. BOYS LACROSSE Brighton claimed a Division 1 Regional title with a 12-5 win over Walled Lake – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

10. GIRLS SOCCER Hart advanced in its Division 3 District with a 5-4 win over Montague, scoring the game-winner with 14 seconds to play – CatchMark SportsNet