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Did you lose this medal?

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

August 19, 2013

It’s not quite a needle in a haystack. But it could turn into a great story.

This 1984 MHSAA Regional medal, pictured above, was found recently in Massachusetts with a metal detector. The finder, coincidentally a former collegiate track and field coach, hopes to return the medal to its rightful owner.

Doing so might not be as difficult as it sounds, but we’ll need help from our friends in the track and field community.

Here’s what we know:

  • The medal was received for finishing fourth in the 800 meters at a Class B Regional in 1984.
  • The Regional had to be in the Lower Peninsula, because Class A and Class B were and continue to be combined in the Upper Peninsula.
  • There were 10 Class B Regionals during the 1984 season, hosted by Sturgis, Parma Jackson County Western, Chelsea, Warren Fitzgerald, Linden, Corunna, Ovid-Elsie, Fremont, Greenville and Gaylord.
  • So that means the medal could have only 20 possible owners. 

Unfortunately, we do not have Regional results from the 1980s on file in our office. That’s where our helpers come in.

If you have results, or any idea who won this medal, please contact me at [email protected]. If we can connect medal with owner, we’ll tell much more of this story – including that of the coach who found it and made the call to start its return trip home.   

This Week in High School Sports

This Week In High School Sports: 12/7/21

By Jon Ross
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties

December 7, 2021

With this edition, we recognize the 2021 Allen W. Bush Award honorees, award Game Balls to standouts in bowling, basketball and hockey; discuss game-play protocols for this winter, and conclude with a tribute to one of the most instrumental policy shapers in Michigan school sports history, recently-deceased MHSAA Associate Director Tom Rashid. MI Student Aid

The 5-minute program each week includes feature stories from around the state from the MHSAA’s Second Half or network affiliates, along with "Be The Referee," a 60-second look at the fine art of officiating.

"This Week in High School Sports" is powered by MI Student Aid, a part of the Office of Postsecondary Financial Planning located within the Michigan Department of Treasury.

Listen to this week's show by Clicking Here.

Previous editions

Dec. 1: 11-Player Football Finals review – Listen
Nov. 23: Volleyball, LP Girls Swimming & Diving, 8-Player Football Finals review – Listen
Nov. 16: Lower Peninsula Cross Country continued, weekend preview – Listen
Nov. 9: Lower Peninsula Cross Country, Boys Soccer Finals review – Listen
Nov. 2: Title IX at 50 celebration, Fall championship broadcasts – Listen
Oct. 27: Upper Peninsula Cross Country Finals review, soccer/volleyball playoff update – Listen
Oct. 20: Lower Peninsula Girls Golf & Boys Tennis Finals review – Listen
Oct. 13: Middle school/junior high cross country Regionals, football playoff selection – Listen
Oct. 6: Upper Peninsula girls tennis champions, football broadcast update – Listen
Sept. 29: Girls swimming & diving "Meet of Champions," Schoolcraft's star kicker – Listen
Sept. 22: Spartan Invitational "elite" races, John U. Bacon's "Let Them Lead" – Listen
Sept. 15: Volleyball powers face off, Tiger Teusink's tennis legacy – Listen
Sept. 8: Fall sports rules changes, Adrian Lenawee Christian inspiration – Listen
Sept. 1: Boys soccer seeding process, Beaver Island athletics – Listen
Aug. 25: Return of Fall sports, “enhanced strength-of-schedule” football playoff format – Listen