Champions Will Reign at Palace

March 6, 2015

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

By Friday's end, 112 wrestlers will be preparing to compete for 56 MHSAA individual championships Saturday afternoon at The Palace of Auburn Hills.

Make sure to follow all of the Individual Finals results so far plus the consolation rounds at 8:30 a.m. and Finals starting at 4:45 p.m. on MHSAA.com, and watch the live broadcast on MHSAA.tv.

And come back to Second Half on Sunday for highlights and champions' comments from all 56 Finals matches, plus more photos from HighSchoolSportsScene.com like the one captured by Alan Holben above.

Also, if you missed the pre-match video at the start of Thursday's opening round, it will play on The Palace's videoboard again before the championship matches ... or you can check it out below.

Be the Referee: Wrestling Start Position

By Brent Rice
MHSAA Assistant Director

February 24, 2022

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 – Wrestling Start Position - Listen

Today we’re on the mat, ready for the next wrestling match.

We’ve got a wrestler ready to get into the offensive starting position. Which of these should he or she do?

► Place their head on or above the mid-line of the opponent’s back

► Place their arm loosely around the opponent’s body with the palm of the hand placed loosely over the defensive wrestler’s navel

► Not have their legs or feet in contact with the defensive wrestler.

If you said yes to all of these things – you are correct. The wrestler in the offensive position should do all three of those things.

Do that – and you are ready to wrestle.

Previous editions

Feb. 17: Hockey Delayed Offside - Listen
Feb. 10: Basketball Timeout - Listen
Feb. 3: Basketball Video Review - Listen
Jan. 27: Wrestling Inspections - Listen
Dec. 16: Ball Over Backboard - Listen
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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