Flashback: Traverse City Does It All
June 30, 2016
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
A fine performance by the Traverse City High football team in all facets of the game led to the 1988 Class A title win over Detroit Catholic Central – this week's "80's Finals Flashback" on MHSAA.tv.
Great game-winning shots, monumental comebacks and late-game touchdown drives will be featured for nine weeks this summer as part of the Flashbacks series. See the link below for last week's installment, and click to watch this week's on MHSAA.tv.
This week's game: Traverse City 24, Detroit Catholic Central 14 – 1988 Class A Football Final - In Class A, Traverse City notched a 24-14 win over Detroit Catholic Central. The Trojans took the opening kick and drove 80 yards on 20 plays en route to their first touchdown of the day. A 46-yard field goal by Josh Wuerfel, breaking the championship game record of 42 yards by Jeff Fisher of Ann Arbor Pioneer in 1984, gave TC a 10-0 lead at halftime. The Shamrocks cut the lead to 10-7 late in the third quarter on a 3-yard run by Dave Owens. However, a pair of fourth quarter interceptions by Trojan linebacker Andy Baillie set up Traverse City TDs. Mike Nadlicki paced the winners with 85 yards on 27 carries and two touchdowns.
Previous Flashbacks
June 28: Saginaw Buena Vista 33, Flint Beecher 32 – 1986 Class B Boys Basketball Final - Watch
Today in the MHSAA: 10/20/23
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
October 20, 2023
1. BOYS SOCCER No. 6 Grosse Ile clinched its 15th-straight District title with a 3-1 win over No. 10 Milan in Division 3 – Southgate News-Herald
2. VOLLEYBALL Division 2 No. 3 Marysville came back from a two-set deficit to clinch the Macomb Area Conference Red title with a five-set win over Macomb L’Anse Creuse North – Macomb Daily
3. BOYS SOCCER No. 10 Rochester Adams got past No. 11 Utica Eisenhower 2-0 in a Division 1 District Final – Oakland Press
4. BOYS SOCCER Top-ranked Holland Christian defeated No. 10 Holland High 3-0 to claim a Division 2 District title – FOX 17
5. CROSS COUNTRY Ann Arbor Pioneer – whose girls are ranked No. 2 in Lower Peninsula Division 1 and whose boys are No. 3 – clinched the Southeastern Conference Red titles, while the Chelsea girls and LPD2 top-ranked Pinckney boys claimed championships in the SEC White – Ann Arbor News
6. BOYS SOCCER No. 4 Kalamazoo Hackett Catholic Prep defeated No. 11 Kalamazoo Christian 2-1 in a Division 4 District Final – WWMT
7. VOLLEYBALL Reed City earned a share of the Central State Activities Association title with a four-set win over White Cloud – Big Rapids Pioneer
8. VOLLEYBALL Division 3 honorable mention Morley Stanwood earned the other share in the CSAA with a four-set win over Central Montcalm – Big Rapids Pioneer
9. CROSS COUNTRY The Brownstown Woodhaven girls and Allen Park boys won Downriver League championship races – Southgate News-Herald
10. CROSS COUNTRY The LPD1 No. 4 Holland West Ottawa girls and No. 2 Grand Haven boys won Ottawa-Kent Conference Red championship meets – Holland Sentinel