Why be an Official? (Grand Rapids Press)
January 25, 2012
The Grand Rapids Press' Jane Bos tells the story of some of the most valuable, yet often-criticized people who help make our games go -- the officials enforcing the rules.
Consider this interesting point: On a Tuesday or Friday, the O-K Conference must come up with 150 officials to work its basketball games. And it, like most if not all leagues, always is looking for more.
She also explains how another former Press sportswriter, Howie Beardsley, got into the reffing game.
Check it out:
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Today in the MHSAA: 10/6/25
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
October 6, 2025
1. CROSS COUNTRY Highly-ranked Lower Peninsula teams dominated at the prestigious Portage Invitational, with the LPD1 top-ranked Ann Arbor Pioneer girls and No. 2 boys, LPD2 No. 1 Otsego girls, LPD2 No. 2 East Grand Rapids boys, LPD3 No. 1 Lansing Catholic girls, LPD3 No. 1 Jackson Lumen Christi boys, LPD4 No. 1 Whitmore Lake girls and LPD4 No. 1 Maple City Glen Lake boys among champions – Athletic.net | Traverse City Record-Eagle
2. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING Utica Eisenhower claimed its first Macomb County championship since 2018 – Macomb Daily
3. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING LPD2 top-ranked Farmington Hills Mercy dominated in claimed a third-straight Oakland County championship – Oakland Press
4. CROSS COUNTRY The LPD1 No. 15 Rochester girls and No. 8 Milford boys were champions at the Oakland County meet – Oakland Press
5. VOLLEYBALL Division 1 No. 10 Grand Haven finished 3-1 at the Jenison Invitational with Bria Hogeboom reaching 1,000 career assists – Grand Haven Tribune
6. GIRLS GOLF LPD3 No. 2 Grand Rapids Catholic Central carded a 677 to win the Katke Classic by 66 strokes – Ludington Daily News
7. CROSS COUNTRY The Hartland girls and LPD2 top-ranked Flint Powers Catholic boys won Greater Flint Championship titles – Flint Journal
8. VOLLEYBALL Division 4 No. 8 Crystal Falls Forest Park earned a repeat title at the Escanaba Invitational – Iron Mountain Daily News
9. VOLLEYBALL Division 3 honorable mention Manton finished 6-0 and downed Lake City to win the latter’s invitational – Cadillac News
10. CROSS COUNTRY Elkton-Pigeon-Bay Port Laker swept girls and boys titles at the North Park Invitational – Huron Daily Tribune