Battle of the Fans VI: Vote Now

February 11, 2017

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

The best Michigan high school student cheering sections have shown us their best over the last four weeks.

Now it's your turn to tell us which of those final five has earned the title Battle of the Fans VI champion.

Vote today through 4 p.m. Thursday on your favorite of these five (enrollments in parentheses) – Boyne City (396), Charlotte (815), Frankenmuth (533), Petoskey (954) and Traverse City West (1,552) – by liking, sharing and re-tweeting on the MHSAA’s FacebookTwitter and Instagram sites

But before you do, take a few minutes to watch all five videos and read the stories behind the sections by clicking the links below. 

The contest is sponsored by the MHSAA Student Advisory Council, which will have the final vote on the champion. SAC members will use all resources available to make their decision – including giving significant weight to the public social media vote. Votes will be valued proportionate to the size of the school receiving them (for example, one vote for Class C Boyne City will mean more than one vote for much larger Class A Traverse City West). 

The champion will be announced Friday on Second Half. Video of all five finalists will be shown on the main scoreboard during the Girls and Boys Basketball Finals in March at Michigan State's Breslin Student Events Center. All five finalists will be invited to Breslin on March 24 for the Class B Boys Basketball Semifinals, and the winner will be presented with a championship banner at center court.  

And now, the finalists, in alphabetical order:



Boyne City

Read all about it: 5 Ways Boyne City's Ramblers Get Rowdy


Charlotte

Read all about it: 5 Ways Charlotte's Fight Club Soars


Frankenmuth

Read all about it: 5 Ways Frankenmuth is Flying High


Petoskey

Read all about it: 5 Ways the Blue Crew Has Us 'Believin'


Traverse City West

Read all about it: 5 Ways West's Creatures Continue to Crush

SAC Members Team Up with Bally Sport Detroit to Celebrate Title IX at 50

By Jon Ross
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties

September 16, 2022

On Aug. 9, three members of the MHSAA Student Advisory Council participated in the filming of a video for Bally Sports Detroit that celebrates the 50th anniversary of Title IX and the opportunities it created for high school student-athletes.

Detroit Renaissance junior Christian Sanders, Clarkston senior Keira Tolmie and Dearborn Advanced Tech Academy junior DaNia Womack appear in the video produced at Bally Sports Detroit’s studio. Natalie Kerwin is the narrator. The video will appear during “Football Fridays” presented by Southeast Michigan Ford Dealers on Bally Sports Detroit and during livestreams of high school games on the NFHS Network.

Tolmie also documented the day of filming in the following Tik Tok video.

@mhsaasports Go #Behindthescenes with a few of our Student Advisory Council members as they film a commercial @ballysportsdet celebrating Title IX. #TitleIX #SAC #ballysports #checkitout #MHSAA ♬ Like a Girl - Lizzo