Boys volleyball, girls field hockey joining MHSAA's listing of sports

The Michigan High School Athletic Association is adding to its listing of sponsored sports.

The organization announced Thursday that boys volleyball and girls field hockey will become sports it sponsors a postseason tournament in starting in the 2025-26 school year. The sport additions were approved by the MHSAA's representative council during its spring meeting.

Boys volleyball and field hockey are the first new sports added to the MHSAA's list of tournament offerings since boys and girls lacrosse in 2004-05.

Boys volleyball will be played in the spring, while girls field hockey will take place in the fall. The 2024-25 school year will be a developmental period as the MHSAA works with the governing organizations for both sports.

Other things approved at the meeting included seeding the entire districts for boys and girls basketball and boys and girls soccer using the Michigan Power Ratings data starting next school year.. The MPR data has only been used the seed the top two teams in each district for basketball and soccer.

Starting in the 2025-26 school year the MHSAA winter calendar will end a week earlier. The adjusted calendar will feature the boys basketball finals taking place in the second weekend in March. The girls basketball and boys swim and dive state finals will permanently place in the third weekend of March and cap the winter sports season.

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