To accommodate an increasing number of member schools moving to 8-player football, while continuing to provide a championship opportunity for schools with the smallest enrollments, the Representative Council of the Michigan High School Athletic Association approved the addition of a second division to the 8-Player Football Playoffs among multiple actions taken during its annual Winter Meeting on March 24 in East Lansing.

[Read the rest of this article...]

MHSAA, Representative Council, 8-player football

Classifications for Michigan High School Athletic Association elections and postseason tournaments in traditionally classified sports (A, B, C, D) for the 2017-18 school year have been announced, with enrollment breaks for postseason tournaments set up by divisions posted to each sport’s page on the MHSAA Website.

[Read the rest of this article...]

Statewide audiences can watch and listen to the Semifinals and Finals of the MHSAA Boys Basketball Tournament, presented by Sparrow Health, radio stations, the internet and cable television this weekend.

[Read the rest of this article...]

MHSAA.tv, Fox Sports Detroit, MHSAAnetwork.com, foxsportsdetroit.com

March Magic Hoopfest will return to Jenison Field House for this weekend’s Michigan High School Athletic Association Boys Basketball Finals, marking the eighth championship weekend the event has run concurrent with the games being played at Michigan State University’s Breslin Center.

[Read the rest of this article...]

The Quarterfinal of the MHSAA Boys Basketball Tournament, presented by Sparrow Health, will have live streaming video on the MHSAA.tv website on Tuesday (March 21).

[Read the rest of this article...]

MHSAA.tv, School Broadcast Program, NFHS Network, Negaunee, Flint Beecher, Benton Harbor, Saginaw, Powers North Central, Hillman, Grand Rapids Christian, Clarkston, Beaverton, Spring Lake, Manton, Williamston, Lake Fenton, Kalamazoo Central, Basketball Quarterfinal, Semifinal, Southfield Christian, Fowler, Lansing Christian, Tri-unity Christian, Buckley, West Bloomfield, Troy, Romulus, U-D Jesuit, Osborn, New Haven, River Rouge, Ludington, Monroe

The Semifinals and Finals of the MHSAA Girls Basketball Tournament, presented by Sparrow Health, will be available to audiences on television, radio and internet platforms.

[Read the rest of this article...]

MHSAA.tv, FOX Sports Detroit, MHSAAnetwork.com, Girls Basketball, Detroit Country Day, Pittsford, Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart, Ypsilanti Arbor Prep, Marshall, Maple City Glen Lake, Pewamo-Westphalia, Flushing, East Kentwood, Southfield A&T, Freeland, Detroit Edison PSA, Flint Hamady, Engadine, FOX Sports GO, Warren Cousing, WVFN, Saginaw Michigan Lutheran seminary, Sparrow Health

Longtime Auburn Hills Avondale athletic administrator Chuck Nurek dedicated much of his career to the training and educating of athletic directors and coaches that continues to impact schools and communities all over Michigan. In recognition of his work for educational athletics, Nurek has been named the 2017 recipient of the Michigan High School Athletic Association’s Charles E. Forsythe Award.

[Read the rest of this article...]

For the first time, all of the Quarterfinal games in the MHSAA Basketball Tournaments will have live streaming video on the MHSAA.tv website, beginning with Tuesday’s (March 14) in the Girls Tournament.

[Read the rest of this article...]

MHSAA.tv, School Broadcast Program, Girls Basketball, Detroit Country Day, Warren Cousino, Ypsilanti Arbor Prep, Marshall, Waterford Our Lady, Grand Rapids Catholic Central, Cadillac, Macomb Dakota, Maple City Glen Lake, Pewamo-Westphalia, Williamston, Quarterfinals, Farmington Hills Mercy, Flushing, Kalamazoo Central, East Kentwood, Ann Arbor Huron, Southfield A&T, Detroit Mumford, Freeland, Blissfield, Detroit Edison PSA, Flint Hamady, Hemlock, Schoolcraft, St Ignace, Engadine, Crystal Falls Forest park, Saginaw Michigan

 A valued voice both for female athletes and educational athletics as a whole, Ann Arbor Huron administrator Dottie Davis has worked nearly 40 years to create opportunities for high school students to excel. To recognize her vast contributions, Davis will receive the Michigan High School Athletic Association’s 30th Women In Sports Leadership Award during the Michigan Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association conference March 19 in Traverse City.

[Read the rest of this article...]

Pontiac High School has been withdrawn from the Michigan High School Athletic Association Class A Boys Basketball Tournament as a result of using an ineligible player during Monday’s District win over Oxford, played at Lake Orion High School.

[Read the rest of this article...]