Hockey Penalties Toughened for 2014-15

December 4, 2014

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Seasons are underway for teams participating in 12 winter sports for which the Michigan High School Athletic Association sponsors postseason tournaments, with stronger penalties for excessive contact in ice hockey highlighting rules changes taking effect with the beginning of competition.

Eight sports including ice hockey began play during the final two weeks of November, with the remaining four sports beginning competition over the next 10 days – Lower Peninsula Boys Swimming and Diving on Dec. 6, Boys Basketball on December 8 and Boys and Girls Skiing on Dec. 13. Upper Peninsula Girls and Boys Bowling teams began competition on Nov. 29, and Lower Peninsula teams may begin Dec. 6.

Changes to ice hockey penalties resulting from opponents being forced into the boards continue a focus on improving safety by establishing different levels of severity based on the flagrance and violence of the offending act. 

Any excessive contact – including checking, cross-checking, elbowing, charging or tripping – that causes an opponent to be thrown violently into the boards will receive a 5-minute major penalty; previously this boarding infraction resulted only in a 2-minute minor penalty unless the contact was flagrant. If the flagrant or violent check causes a player to crash headfirst into the boards, a 5-minute major will be assessed as well as either a 10-minute misconduct or game disqualification depending on the severity of the offending check. Players disqualified from ice hockey games are not allowed to play in the next two games as well. 

A 5-minute major penalty also will be assessed to any player who pushes, charges, cross-checks or body-checks an opponent from behind in open ice. Previously, this excessive contact came with a 2-minute minor penalty and 10-minute misconduct. 

A handful of notable rules changes also go into effect for girls and boys basketball:

  • Intentional fouls were redefined to include excessive contact with any opposing player – not just the shooter – while the ball is live or until an airborne shooter returns to the floor. All excessive contact committed by any player will be ruled intentional.

  • Also, additions to the definition of personal foul were added to eliminate excessive contact on ball handlers outside of the lane area. The following additions constitute a foul when committed against the ball handler/dribbler: placing two hands (fronts or backs of hands) on the player, placing an extended arm bar (forearm away from the body) on the player, placing and keeping a hand on the player, and contacting the player more than once with the same hand or alternating hands.

  • The rule for players releasing to the lane on a free throw attempt was changed to its previous version; a player occupying a marked lane space again may enter the lane on the release of the ball by the free throw shooter. Players behind the free throw line extended and 3-point arc behind the free throw line must wait until the free throw attempt touches the ring or backboard or has ended (touches the floor) before entering the lane. This was the rule prior to the 1994-95 season.

  • Players may wear arm sleeves, knee sleeves, lower leg sleeves and tights, but all sleeves and tights must be black, white, beige or the predominant color of the team’s uniform. All team members wearing sleeves or tights must wear the same color. Knee braces do not count as part of this uniform regulation.

  • A significant change for wrestling affects team tournaments stretching multiple days, including the MHSAA Finals, for which weigh-ins are conducted each day. An athlete must weigh in at the same weight both days in order to continue competing after the first day of the tournament. Previously, an athlete could compete at whatever weight he or she weighed in at on the first day and then the new weight, if different, on the second day. Beginning this season, that wrestler may not compete the subsequent days of the team event if he or she weighs in at a different weight after the first day. 

    The 2014-15 Winter campaign culminates with postseason tournaments beginning with the Upper Peninsula Girls and Boys Swimming & Diving Finals on Feb. 21, and wraps up with the Boys Basketball Finals on March 28. Here is a complete list of winter tournament dates: 

    Boys Basketball
    Districts – March 9, 11 & 13
    Regionals – March 16 & 18
    Quarterfinals – March 24
    Semifinals – March 26-27
    Finals – March 28 

    Girls Basketball
    Districts – March 2, 4 & 6
    Regionals – March 10 & 12
    Quarterfinals – March 17
    Semifinals – March 19-20
    Finals – March 21

    Bowling
    Team Regionals – Feb. 27
    Singles Regionals – Feb. 28
    Team Finals – March 6
    Singles Finals – March 7 

    Girls Competitive Cheer
    Districts – Feb. 20-21
    Regionals – Feb. 28
    Finals: March 6-7 

    Girls Gymnastics
    Regionals – March 7
    Team Finals – March 13
    Individual Finals – March 14 

    Ice Hockey
    Pre-Regionals – March 2-6
    Regional Finals – March 7
    Quarterfinals – March 10-11
    Semifinals – March 12-13
    Finals – March 14 

    Skiing
    Regionals – Feb. 9-13
    Finals – Feb. 23 

    Swimming & Diving
    U.P. Girls & Boys Finals – Feb. 21
    L.P. Boys Diving Regionals – March 5
    L.P. Boys Finals – March 13-14 

    Wrestling
    Team Districts – Feb. 11-12
    Individual Districts – Feb. 14
    Team Regionals – Feb. 18
    Individual Regionals – Feb. 21
    Team Quarterfinals – Feb. 27
    Team Semifinals & Finals – Feb. 28
    Individual Finals – March 5-7

    Longtime Official, Assigner, Association Leader Czech Named 36th Norris Honoree

    By Geoff Kimmerly
    MHSAA.com senior editor

    April 10, 2026

    While a game official’s most recognizable work is done on the field of play, much must be accomplished behind the scenes as well to produce that finished product – and Oak Park’s Robert Czech long has been revered while serving as a game official in four sports, an assigner of officials to work high school and middle school events, and a supporter of his colleagues as co-creator and continuing mentor for one of the state’s largest officials associations.

    To celebrate his vast contributions to officiating in Metro Detroit and statewide, Czech will be honored with the 36th Vern L. Norris Leadership in Officiating Award during the MHSAA’s Officials Awards & Alumni Banquet on April 25 in East Lansing.

    The Norris Award is presented annually to a veteran official who has been active in a local officials association, has mentored other officials, and has been involved in officials’ education. It is named for Vern L. Norris, who served as executive director of the MHSAA from 1978-86 and was well-respected by officials on the state and national levels. Czech will be honored at Michigan State University’s Kellogg Center along with high school game officials with 20, 30, 40, 45, 50 and 55 years of service.

    Bob Czech headshotCzech is in his 44th year as an MHSAA-registered official for football, basketball, softball and baseball, and he previously was registered for two years to officiate volleyball as well. He also has assigned officials for more than 35 years, currently doing so for selected sports in the Oakland Activities Association, Lakes Valley Conference, Kensington Lakes Activities Association and Michigan Independent Athletic Conference, and he is a longtime leader with Metro Detroit Athletic Officials (MDAO), an association which counts 650 officials among its membership.

    His first games as an official came on the football field in the Detroit Police Athletic League, and from there he followed mentors including past Norris winners Robert Williams and Hugh Jewell into an avocation that has become a life’s work.

    “When you’re younger, you can catch a little heat from coaches and players and parents, (and) it’s easy to get down on yourself a little bit – but you just have to stick with it,” said Czech, a retired Detroit police officer. “All the older guys will tell you, hey, it will go away, you’ll be fine and you’ll learn from it, you’ll grow and you’ll feel a lot better. And one good thing about this type of business, or this avocation, you’re running into people from all different walks of life – cops, teachers, insurance people, lawyers, doctors, dentists – there’s all kinds of people who work in this kind of avocation. So you get to see a whole side of life, and that’s good, (with) great relationships and many, many friendships.”

    Several of those relationships and friendships also were cultivated with local athletic directors, who approached Czech decades ago requesting help with the time-consuming task of finding officials for their contests. Before assigners, schools contacted individual officials, and individual officials made their own schedules. Czech was among assigning pioneers, and currently places officials on thousands of games every season in the four sports he also officiates.

    He also has continued to work on the field at an elite level. He has received 297 MHSAA Tournament assignments over the years, including football, girls and boys basketball playoff games this school year. He’s officiated a combined eight Finals in football and baseball, most recently wearing the white hat for the 2022 11-Player Division 1 Football Final between Belleville and Caledonia.

    “Bob Czech personifies leadership in officiating, not only on the field but in the ever-important areas of support, education and recruiting of the next generation of officials,” MHSAA Executive Director Mark Uyl said. “Integrity, fairness, professionalism and commitment are among Bob's qualities referenced by his colleagues, and they also will tell you he is always available to them and always doing his utmost to make sure students receive the best experience.”

    Czech graduated from Detroit Benedictine High School in 1974. He earned a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from University of Detroit Mercy in 1978 and a master’s in political science from Wayne State University in 1983. He has served as a director of the annual Prep Kickoff Classic football series and been active with the Fraternal Order of Police, Friendship Circle of West Bloomfield, Macomb-Oakland Regional Center and March of Dimes. He also has contributed to the Miracle League of Southfield, Forgotten Harvest and City of Oak Park.

    Czech received a lifetime achievement award from the Oakland County Athletic Directors Association (OCADA) in 2016 and was inducted into the Catholic High School League (CHSL) Hall of Fame in 2008.

    He and his wife Patricia have three adult daughters.

    Previous recipients of the Norris Award

    1992 – Ted Wilson, East Detroit
    1993 – Fred Briggs, Burton
    1994 – Joe Brodie, Flat Rock
    1995 – Jim Massar, Flint
    1996 – Jim Lamoreaux, St. Ignace
    1997 – Ken Myllyla, Escanaba
    1998 – Blake Hagman, Kalamazoo
    1999 – Richard Kalahar, Jackson
    2000 – Barb Beckett, Traverse City; Karl Newingham, Bay City
    2001 – Herb Lipschultz, Kalamazoo
    2002 – Robert Scholie, Hancock
    2003 – Ron Nagy, Hazel Park
    2004 – Carl Van Heck, Grand Rapids 
    2005 – Bruce Moss, Alma
    2006 – Jeanne Skinner, Grand Rapids
    2007 – Terry Wakeley, Grayling
    2008 – Will Lynch, Honor
    2009 – James Danhoff, Richland
    2010 – John Juday Sr., Petoskey
    2011 – Robert Williams, Redford
    2012 – Lyle Berry, Rockford
    2013 – Tom Minter, Okemos
    2014 – Hugh R. Jewell, West Bloomfield
    2015 – Sam Davis, Lansing 
    2016 – Linda Hoover, Marshall
    2017 – Michael Gentry, Shelby Township
    2018 – Jill Baker-Cooley, Big Rapids
    2019 – David Buck, St. Joseph
    2020 – Hugh Matson, Saginaw
    2021 – Lewis Clingman, Grand Rapids
    2022 – Pat Hayes, Birmingham
    2023 – Chuck D. Walters, Jackson
    2024 – Candace Cox, Quincy
    2025 – Debby Karabees-Betts, Livonia

    High school game officials with 20, 30, 40, 45, 50 and 55 years of service also will be honored at the Officials Awards & Alumni Banquet on April 25. A total of 17 officials with 55 years of service will be honored, as will 32 with 50 years of service, 28 officials with 45 years and 56 officials with 40 years of service. A 30-year award will be presented to 99 officials, and 153 officials with 20 years of experience will be honored.

    Also being honored during the Awards & Alumni Banquet is Legacy Program official Owen Rottier, a senior at Grand Ledge High School. He intends to continue his studies toward becoming an emergency medical technician at Lansing Community College after completing multiple courses during his junior and senior years of high school. He already has earned his certified nurse aide (CNA) and patient care technician (PCT) licenses. Rottier has competed in cross country and track & field throughout his high school career and served as team captain of both, and officiated both sports as part of the Legacy Program.

    MICHIGAN HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
    20, 30, 40, 45, 50 & 55-YEAR OFFICIALS

    The officials on this list are receiving their 20, 30, 40, 45, 50 and 55-year service awards.

    20-YEAR OFFICIALS

    Adrian - Cary F. Carrico
    Adrian - Casey R. Opsal
    Alanson - Dennis C. Hewitt
    Albion - Raymond D. Courter
    Allegan - Scott T. Jones
    Ann Arbor - Richard J. Gilbert
    Argyle - Jamie Davison
    Auburn Hills - Deborah S. Archer
    Augusta - Haig D. Black
    Battle Creek - Shikoko H. Cantrell
    Bay City - Robert J. Spyhalski
    Bay City - Ryan M. Schalk
    Bellevue - Paul I. Temple
    Belmont - Brian Patterson
    Beulah - Roark V. Pargeon
    Bloomfield Hills - Kenneth J. Paszkiewicz
    Brighton - Shawn P. Waterman
    Brownstown - Stephen M. McInchak
    Burr Oak - Randy Walls
    Burton - Ken W. Carver
    Cadillac - James A. Dawson
    Caledonia - Amber J. Traves-Sterkenburg
    Canton - Michael J. Burke
    Canton - Mark A. Collins
    Capac - Brent J. Boers
    Caro - Brian V. Newcomb
    Cassopolis - Brian A. Kuemin
    Cedar Springs - Randy J. Thiel
    Cement City - Thomas E. Cameron
    Channing - Cory M. Roell
    Chesterfield - Thomas V. Michno
    Clarkston - Yalda P. Peera
    Clinton Township - Christopher E. Dalida
    Clinton Township - Elizabeth A. Gulick
    Coldwater - Scott Heckman
    Coloma - Anthony Bertuca
    Commerce Township - David R. Eberline
    Detroit - Ozzie S. Ashley
    DeWitt - Chris B. McNeilly
    Dowagiac - Anthony J. Saviano
    Durand - Christopher P. Goodrich
    Eastpointe - Matthew W. Cowan
    Erie - Joshua Sweigert
    Farmington Hills - Tia M. Stanley
    Fennville - Bruce R. Klosner
    Flushing - Linda M. Bishop
    Fowlerville - Cynthia L. Champagne
    Frankenmuth - Brent A. Shoemate
    Frankfort - William C. Henning
    Fraser - Shemek P. Pryszczewski
    Freeland - Michael R. Williams
    Fremont - Brian Peets
    Gladwin - Patrick A. Peters
    Grand Blanc - Richard E. Brochu
    Grand Haven - James R. Corgan
    Grand Ledge - DeLee M. Dankenbring
    Grand Rapids - Otto N. Brannum
    Grand Rapids - Diana G. Dildine
    Grand Rapids - Luke C. Griemsman
    Grand Rapids - Daniel R. Heitzman
    Grand Rapids - Steven D. Lee
    Grand Rapids - Terry C. Seely
    Grand Rapids - Kevin R. Weber
    Grand Rapids - David W. Running
    Grandville - George M. Dillard
    Grass Lake - Terry J. Sullivan
    Grass Lake - Bill T. Walker
    Grosse Ile - Denise Smith
    Grosse Pointe Woods - Russell Hapanowicz
    Hancock - Steve Aho
    Harbor Beach - Brian M. Fuller
    Hart - Kayla J. Dennert
    Hawks - Glenn Budnick
    Hermansville - Kevin J. Bellefeuil
    Hesperia - Douglas W. Baird
    Holland - Anne M. Huizinga
    Holland - Jame Phonechanthasone
    Hopkins - Chad O. Burch
    Hudsonville - Joseph J. Amante
    Hudsonville - Kurt L. Berens
    Hudsonville - David A. Bott
    Imlay City - Allen L. Hibbler
    Ionia - Robert S. Sykes
    Iron Mountain - Dean A. Lefebvre
    Jackson - Craig Dreyer
    Jackson - Jeffery D. Oliver
    Jackson - Matthew L. Tuttle
    Jenison - Steven J. Meyer
    Jerome - Chris Zombor
    Kalamazoo - Terry L. Fields
    Kalamazoo - Robert H. Flach
    Kalamazoo - Dennis Keith
    Kalamazoo - Alex D. Vigh
    Kalamazoo - Jerome C. Jones
    Kentwood - Rodney S. Suggs
    Kingsford - Lisa J. Harry
    Lakeview - Tim G. Rasmussen
    Livonia - Aaron J. Rumberger
    Livonia - Sean R. Williams
    Macomb - Steven A. Livingston
    Madison Heights - Tom A. Turczyn
    Maple City - Amede A. DeCruydt
    Mason - Johanna Andersen
    Menominee - Robert J. Villas
    Midland - Greg S. Pattinson
    Monroe - Christopher T. Westover
    Muskegon - Ben Hylland
    Muskegon - Scott A. Sikkenga
    Muskegon - Donald Snider
    Muskegon - Cameron Carr
    Onaway - Kymberli A. Wregglesworth
    Otisville - Mark D. McDowell
    Otsego - Kevin L. Ordway
    Parma - Steven T. Walker
    Petoskey - Shaun Lamp
    Portage - Jeremy Lassiter
    Prescott - Anton W. Gersten
    Quincy - Michael A. Siegel
    Redford - Omar I. Sanders
    Rochester Hills - Matt Lewis
    Rochester Hills - Derrick A. Roman
    Saginaw - Mark A. Kinnett
    Sandusky - Nathan E. Rose
    South Lyon - John P. Evans
    Spring Lake - Paul Richards
    St Clair Shores - Michael Billiu
    St Joseph - Bruce L. Bittenbender
    St Joseph - Kevin P. Boyle
    St. Clair Shores - Anthony P. Djurasaj
    Sterling Heights - Nicole L. Toth
    Sturgis - Brady L. Driver
    Swartz Creek - Michael A. McLaughlin
    Tecumseh - Brece M. Clark
    Tecumseh - John D. Craig
    Traverse City - Matthew J. Ameel
    Trenton - Steve T. Seward
    Troy - Joseph H. Amann
    Troy - Paul W. Boehms
    Utica - Tom Szynski
    Walled Lake - John R. Lyons
    Warren - James N. Leshan
    Waterford - Richard D. Crouse
    Waterford - Deno G. Pappas
    Waterford - Robert Trumble
    Westland - Jack D. Profitt
    Westland - Roger A. Schmittling
    White Lake - Michael B. Andrews
    Whitehall - Ace J. Covey
    Williamston - Giles J. Brereton
    Ypsilanti - William M. Nuttall
    Ypsilanti - Demetrius L. Owens
    Ypsilanti - Steven A. Vinson
    Ypsilanti - Ron C. Blevins

    30-YEAR OFFICIALS

    Acme - Randall S. Smith
    Allendale - Brian G. Haraburda
    Alpena - Shawn T. Ballor
    Ann Arbor - Thomas W. Richards
    Bark River - Joseph L. Richer
    Bay City - Frank W. Sniecinski
    Big Rapids - Timothy J. Leyder
    Big Rapids - Gregg S. Sanders
    Big Rapids - David A. Scott
    Birch Run - Stanley M. Krajkowski
    Bowling Green, Ohio - Jim Evans
    Boyne Falls - David M. Kruskie
    Brimley - Steven C. Wilson
    Bronson - Jayne A. Sabaitis
    Brown City - Christine J. Lee
    Byron Center - Curt A. Stuck
    Canton - Andrew B. Calvetti
    Chesterfield - Gregory Blick
    Clarkston - Craig H. Zinser
    Davison - Bryan K. Illig
    Dearborn Heights - William J. Stewart
    Detroit - Thomas B. Harris
    East Tawas - David C. Thunberg
    Essexville - James W. Niswander
    Fishers, Ind. - Martin K. Spees
    Flint - Ronald S. Thomas
    Fowlerville - James K. Jonas
    Fremont - David C. Steele
    Galesburg - Steve C. Pearce
    Garden City - Robert E. Phillips
    Gaylord - James F. Vanderveer
    Grand Blanc - James J. Blakley Jr.
    Grand Blanc - Greg D. Hamilton
    Grand Haven - Frank E. Roder
    Grand Rapids - Wallace L. Campbell
    Grandville - John P. Kievit
    Greenville - Paul R. Richardson
    Hillman - David M. Wcisel Sr.
    Holland - Douglas J. Smith
    Houghton Lake - Louise C. Hofer
    Hudsonville - Daniel N. Hendrickson
    Hudsonville - David L. Weick
    Inkster - Ed J. Mingo
    Jackson - Chris R. Dauterman
    Jackson - Willie N. Godfrey Jr.
    Jackson - Troy D. Miller
    Kawkawlin - James J. Metz
    Kentwood - Rebecca L. Cajka
    Lathrup Village - Crathman G. Stephens
    Lexington - William E. Cayce
    Livonia - Paul J. Mardeusz
    Marquette - George D. Pond Jr.
    Marshall - Rodney S. Dawson
    Midland - Richard E. Campbell Jr.
    Mount Pleasant - Douglas A. Downhour
    Muskegon - Ollie L. Sandifer Jr.
    Muskegon - Johnnie F. Tanner Sr.
    New Baltimore - Rodriquez A. Lackey
    Novi - Charles H. Edwards
    Novi - Lonnie C. Erickson
    Otsego - Brian W. Bonnell
    Owosso - Robert J. Pumford
    Peck - Jeff Kosal
    Perry - Jake T. Baumgartner
    Pinckney - James E. Chapman
    Plymouth - Brent D. Albrecht
    Quinnesec - Jerry W. Sanders
    Redford - Arnold R. Rambus
    Romulus - James D. Hinojosa
    Romulus - Michael J. Jackson
    Roseville - Steven M. Garbarino
    Saginaw - Joe F. Schimpf
    Saginaw - Monte A. Steward
    Saginaw - Roger L. Swanson
    Saginaw - Henry Velasquez
    Shelby Township - Shana L. Poll
    South Lyon - Patrick G. Bracco
    Southgate - Byron J. Beattie
    St. Joseph - Robert C. Banasik
    Stanton - Douglas W. Mascho
    Stanton - Edmund F. Phillipson Jr.
    Sterling Heights - Robert L. Fort Jr.
    Sterling Heights - Bret Turner
    Sylvania, Ohio - John F. Blessing
    Tecumseh - Jamie D. Mossburg
    Trenton - David H. Mossoian
    Walker - Wayne R. Bentley
    Walker - Jess W. Hollenbeck II
    Warren - Stanley L. Wright
    Waterford - Michael D. Morgan
    Wayland - Thomas J. Hudson
    White Lake - Becky L. Lioi
    Woodhaven - Frank L. Vilardi
    Wyandotte - Allen C. Hall
    Wyandotte - Larry J. Martin
    Wyandotte - Robert J. Szczechowski
    Wyoming - Robert D. Dabakey
    Ypsilanti - Daniel L. Cobello
    Ypsilanti - Mary F. Gray

    40-YEAR OFFICIALS

    Ada - Brian J. Todey
    Alma - Chris A. Taylor
    Alvordton, Ohio - Max A. Smeltzer
    Arden - Christopher B. Haack
    Auburn - Philip G. Ouillette
    Bad Axe - Dale J. Grifka
    Bannister - Bryon P. Taylor
    Battle Creek - Carl P. Olson
    Brighton - Carolyn I. Richards
    Byron Center - Curt Johnson
    Cheboygan - Matt C. Redmond
    Chesterfield - Marty McCabe
    Coldwater - Randolph E. Spangler
    Fenton - Lisa M. McKenney
    Gobles - Steven L. Grybus
    Grand Ledge - Todd H. Compton
    Grand Rapids - Jeffrey P. Kirchhoff
    Grand Rapids - Stephen J. VanHammen
    Grawn - Thomas M. Hallead
    Grayling - Scott T. Gabriel
    Hessel - Joseph E. Baker
    Holt - Mark D. Coscarella
    Honor - Richard L. Zych
    Houghton - William J. O'Connor
    Iron Mountain - John E. Hogberg
    Iron Mountain - Lawrence J. Ross
    Kalamazoo - Charles E. Parker
    Kentwood - Susan J. Barthold
    Lapeer - Stephen R. Fox
    Lathrup Village - Dale K. Harris
    Manistique - Charles A. Richey
    Marshall - Brad Hall
    Menominee - Michael F. Andre
    Midland - Donald A. Rose Jr.
    Mio - Luke D. Houlton
    Munising - Dee Jay Paquette
    Myrtle Beach, S.C. - Scott D. Dobie
    Owosso - Eugene S. Davis
    Pentwater - William C. Bainton
    Pentwater - Brett A. Spalding
    Pewamo - Bruce G. Nurenberg
    Redford - Mark A. Sleboda
    Reed City - Sharon R. Lucey
    Romulus - Fred M. Waybrant
    Saginaw - Luis H. Paredes
    Sandusky - Brian P. Jones
    Sheridan - Michael T. Myers
    Southgate - David J. Weidenbach
    Sterling Heights - Armando Melchiorre
    Sumner - Rollie L. Carman
    Sylvania, Ohio - Daniel J. Miller
    Union Pier - Joseph J. Gonzales
    Warren - Charles "Tony" Pankowski
    Westland - Stephen L. Patterson
    Westland - Roger R. Provey Jr.
    Whitehall - Dominic E. Pulaski

    45-YEAR OFFICIALS

    Allen Park - James C. Bales
    Battle Creek - David L. Eubank
    Blissfield - Christopher L. Bates
    Byron Center - Rick S. Hazel
    Canton - Jeanne L. Martin
    Constantine - Marge Caid
    Deerfield - William P. Gomoluch
    Evart - Tom W. Adams
    Grand Blanc - Curtis L. Williams
    Grand Rapids - Thomas D. Shearer
    Grand Rapids - Jeffrey A. Wierzbicki
    Grosse Pointe Park - Kelvin W. Wise
    Ionia - Mike A. Fuller
    Iron Mountain - John N. Meyer
    Lansing - Michael R. Conlin
    Livonia - Brian R. Dinsmore
    Madison Heights - Wilford J. Laveirge
    Mayville - Clare L. Kreger
    Muskegon - Onesiphorus B. Burrel Sr.
    New Hudson - Dennis E. Evans
    Norton Shores - Randall S. Martinus
    Okemos - Michael J. Maisner
    Okemos - Lee Rodgers
    Plymouth - William R. Baumgart
    Rogers City - Roger M. Wenzel
    Sterling Heights - Philip J. Lieblang
    Wixom - Patrick L. Beagle
    Zeeland - Linda S. Schmidt

    50-YEAR OFFICIALS

    Baraga - James L. Holm
    Bowling Green, Ohio - Thomas L. Ford
    Cadillac - William J. Allen
    Caledonia - George B. Watterson
    Fairgrove - Jerry L. Lasceski
    Flat Rock - Robert J. Brodie
    Freeland - Kim D. Heisler
    Gaylord - Tom T. Johnson
    Gaylord - Kevin M. Leary
    Gladwin - Michael E. Steinkraus
    Grand Rapids - Patricia A. Treman
    Hancock - John D. Vaara
    Hermansville - Robert J. Maule
    Highland - Evan H. Lehto
    Holland - David W. Smits
    Jackson - Ardis Jill Conat
    Lansing - Karen L. Yanna
    Livonia - Laura J. Alves
    Mattawan - William L. Post
    McMillan - Cliff J. Fossitt
    Michigan Center - Daniel C. Bentschneider
    Northville - Edward K. Gabrys
    Norton Shores - Duane A. VandenHeuvel
    Oconto, Wis. - Peter C. Pericolosi
    Portage - Frank S. Gawkowski
    Posen - Kenneth Wozniak
    Saginaw - John C. Flukes
    Saginaw - John E. Oczepek
    Swartz Creek - David J. Sutton
    Three Rivers - Kim D. Losik
    Traverse City - Michael J. Muldowney
    Wyoming - Sandra K. Noto

    55-YEAR OFFICIALS

    Battle Creek - Richard L. Randle
    Caro - John H. Amend
    Clio - Anthony J. Leonardo
    Comstock Park - Riley S. Swinehart
    Delton - Gregory W. Nikitas
    Grand Rapids - James J. Aalderink
    Holt - John S. Malatinsky
    Jackson - Ozzie L. Hashley
    Macomb - Chet W. Boss
    Marcellus - Deborah L. Schug
    Mesick - Paul G. Williams
    Prudenville - Robert J. Studer
    Rochester Hills - William Upina
    Royal Oak - Mike Luttenberger
    Spring Lake - Joseph G. Popiel
    Tecumseh - Nancy A. Hebert
    Traverse City - Collette C. Hallberg

    PHOTO Official Bob Czech, top left, monitors the action during the 2022 11-Player Division 1 Football Final at Ford Field.