This should make a lot of players, coaches, and parents somewhat happy, at least for the time being.
According to the Lansing State Journal, a schedule is now in place for the Michigan High School Athletic Association should activity be allowed to resume Dec. 9 following a three week pause designed to slow the spread of COVID-19.
The altered schedule approved by the MHSAA’s representative council features weekday football games and winter sports competition starting in January.
Okay, here’s the exciting part. In football, the 11 player regionals and 8 player semifinals would take place Tuesday, Dec. 15 or Wednesday, Dec. 16. The 11 player semifinals and 8 player finals will be Dec. 21-22 and 11 player state finals would be Dec. 28-29.
Ford Field will host the 11 player state finals and the 8 player finals will be held at Midland Community Stadium.
Switching gears to volleyball, quarterfinals will take place on Dec.15 and the state semifinals and finals would take place Dec.17-19 at Kellogg Arena in Battle Creek.