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Serving Up District Volleyball Results
November 3, 2014
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
The MHSAA volleyball tournament begins today with 169 District matches over four classes.
Stay up to the moment on every result and future matchup on MHSAA.com.
Be sure to click on MHSAA Score Center throughout tonight and this week for scores as we receive them, and see brackets updated real-time with next game information for every class. (See the "view class" menu in the upper right-hand corner of the brackets page to switch between classes, and click the rectangles within the "bracket navigation" box to switch among District tournaments.)
The volleyball season will conclude Nov. 22 at Battle Creek's Kellogg Arena. All four Finals will be covered on Second Half, with a preview of all 16 semifinalists published Nov. 19.
PHOTO: Saginaw Valley Lutheran finished runner-up at the Tri-Valley Conference all-division tournament Saturday, to North Branch. (Click to see more from HighSchoolSportsScene.com.)
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Be the Referee: Volleyball Obstruction
By
Brent Rice
MHSAA Assistant Director
September 23, 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 – Volleyball Obstruction - Listen
Ever wonder why in volleyball some balls hit into obstructions remain in play, while others are replayed, and some end the rally?
If a ball hits an obstruction over a playable area during a rally, and then is played by the same team, it has the same status as any other hit. However, that isn’t the case in all other instances.
If the ball hitting the wall or an object attached flush to the wall doesn’t actually interfere with a player’s legitimate effort to play the ball, the ball is dead and a loss of rally and point shall be awarded. If it does interfere with the playing of the ball, a replay is declared if the wall is less than six feet from the boundary.
If the ball hits a suspended backboard over the playable area, a replay will be declared as long as the referee believes the ball would have remained in play. Serves that hit any obstruction are a loss of rally and point.
Previous editions
Sept. 16: Catch or No Catch - Listen
Sept. 9: Intentional Grounding – Listen
Sept. 2: Pass Interference – Listen
Aug. 26: Protocols and Mechanics – Listen