This Week in High School Sports: 2/14/24

By Jon Ross
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties

February 14, 2024

This week's edition highlights the 114-year basketball rivalry between Saginaw High and Saginaw Arthur Hill that will conclude this season, presents Game Balls to standouts in basketball and bowling, and invites Class of 2026 candidates to join the MHSAA Student Advisory Council.

MI Student AidThe 5-minute program each week includes feature stories from MHSAA.com 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 division within the Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement, and Potential (MiLEAP).

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Previous Editions

Feb. 7: MHSAA/Farm Bureau Insurance Scholar-Athlete Awards, Charles E. Forsythe Award honoree - Listen
Jan. 31:
Girls sports participation, MHSAA Wrestling Tournament schedule - Listen
Jan. 24:
MHSAA Women in Sports Leadership Conference, Hillman basketball's Trenton Taratuta - Listen
Jan. 10:
Doug Towler's ice hockey coaching record, 2023-24 officials registration news - Listen
Jan. 3: 
MHSAA Girls & Boys Basketball Tournament schedules, Finals dates for all winter sports - Listen
Nov. 22: 
MHSAA Girls Volleyball, 8-Player Football and Lower Peninsula Girls Swimming & Diving Finals reviews - Listen
Nov. 15: Football record breakers, 2022-23 MHSAA postseason attendance - Listen
Nov. 8:
MHSAA Boys Soccer, Lower Peninsula Cross Country Finals reviews - Listen
Nov. 1:
MHSAA Girls Volleyball Tournament schedule, Football Playoffs first-round review - Listen
Oct. 26:
Lower Peninsula Girls Golf Finals, Boys Tennis Finals review - Listen
Oct. 18:
MHSAA Football Playoff selection, Bear Lake football coach Sam Mullet - Listen
Oct. 11:
Upper Peninsula soccer, MHSAA sports participation excels nationally - Listen
Oct. 4:
Jackson Lumen Christi's Herb Brogan, MHSAA Sportsmanship Summits - Listen
Sept. 24:
All-woman football officiating crew, Powers North Central's record winning streak ends - Listen
Sept. 21:
35th MHSAA/Farm Bureau Insurance Scholar-Athlete Awards, Grass Lake QB Brayden Lape - Listen
Sept. 14:
Athletic director education, MHSAA video library - Listen
Sept. 7:
Adjustments to 11-player football, boys soccer Finals schedules - Listen
Aug. 31:
New out-of-state opponents rules, football record book updates - Listen
Aug. 24:
MHSAA.com coverage ramps up, "Made in Michigan" tells us where they are now - Listen

Today in the MHSAA: 10/24/24

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

October 24, 2024

1. BOYS SOCCER No. 2 Flint Powers Catholic edged No. 3 Imlay City in a Division 3 Regional Semifinal – Port Huron Times Herald

2. BOYS SOCCER No. 5 Mason advanced in its Division 2 Regional with a shootout win over Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood – Oakland Press

3. BOYS SOCCER Top-ranked Pontiac Notre Dame Prep downed Frankenmuth 4-1 in Division 3 – WJRT

4. BOYS SOCCER No. 4 Allendale downed Coldwater 3-0 in a Division 2 Regional Semifinal – WTVB

5. VOLLEYBALL Division 1 honorable mention Traverse City Central finished a season sweep of rival West – Traverse City Record-Eagle

6. VOLLEYBALL Alpena came back from losing the first set to defeat Gaylord in four on Senior Night – Alpena News

7. VOLLEYBALL Hancock earned a road sweep at Lake Linden-Hubbell – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette

8. VOLLEYBALL Midland Bullock Creek and Beaverton earned Jack Pine Conference sweeps – Midland Daily News