Highlight Reel: Class A Semifinals

March 20, 2015

By John Johnson
MHSAA communications director

DeWitt and Bloomfield Hills Marian advanced to Saturday's MHSAA Class A Final with Semifinal wins Friday at the Breslin Center.

Click below for highlights from both games and all four teams that took the floor. 

DeWitt 44, Saginaw Heritage 36

Eight Point Run - DeWitt broke its Class A Semifinal game with Saginaw Heritage open with an eight-point run to end the third quarter. Part of that run was this fast break basket by Maria Moss. 

Heritage Hanging In There - Saginaw Heritage pulls to within five with more than a minute to go in its Class A Semifinal against DeWitt when Jessi Bicknell scores on an old fashioned three-point play. 

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Bloomfield Hills Marian 57, Detroit Martin Luther King 37

McHenry Scores - Malaysia McHenry scores two of her 10 points for Detroit King on this play late in the first half.

Long Ball Basketball - Bloomfield Hills Marian uses the long ball for a fastbreak basket late in the third quarter. Jaeda Robinson scores on the play. 

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Be the Referee: Ball Over Backboard

By Brent Rice
MHSAA Assistant Director

December 16, 2021

Be The Referee is a series of short messages designed to help educate people on the rules of different sports, to help them better understand the art of officiating, and to recruit officials.

Below is this week's segment – Ball Over Backboard - Listen

A basketball player has the ball in the corner, ready to shoot a 3-pointer, when a lane opens up along the baseline. She starts to drive, only to have that lane closed off.

She puts up a shot that goes over the corner of the backboard and goes in. Two points, right?

Not so fast. Any time the ball passes over the backboard, it’s out of bounds. A shot, a pass, even a rebound that bounces up and over – the play should be whistled dead. The ball is considered out of bounds off the last player to have touched it.

So even though the shot comes from a player in bounds and goes in … wave it off. The ball can’t pass over the backboard. If it does, it’s now the other team’s possession.

Previous editions

Dec. 9: Winter Officials Mechanics - Listen
Nov. 26: Instant Replay - Listen
Nov. 11: Tourney Selection - Listen
Nov. 4: Receiver Carried Out of End Zone Listen
Oct. 28: Volleyball Back-Row Block Listen
Oct. 21: Soccer Disallowed Goal Listen
Sept 30: Field Goal Falls Short Listen
Sept. 23: Volleyball Obstruction Listen
Sept. 16: Catch or No Catch  Listen
Sept. 9: Intentional Grounding – Listen 
Sept. 2: Pass Interference – Listen 
Aug. 26: Protocols and Mechanics 
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