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.
The 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
Playoffs Coming to MHSAA.tv, Fox
October 29, 2014
A big month of live streaming video from MHSAA Tournaments gets underway this week, with the return of the PrepZone on FoxSportsDetroit.com and MHSAA.tv broadcasts of Finals in two sports, plus its own Football Playoff coverage.
It’s the fourth season for the popular PrepZone on FoxSportsDetroit.com, which will provide free live coverage of four Football Playoff games each week for the first four weekends of the tournament.
Games to be covered Friday are:
- Division 2 – Warren DeLaSalle at Grosse Pointe North
- Division 4 – Grosse Ile at Chelsea
- Division 4 – Kalamazoo United (Hackett, Christian, Heritage Christian) at Eaton Rapids
- Division 6 – Hillsdale at Hanover-Horton
All games will take place Friday at 7 p.m., with short-term archives available on FoxSportsDetroit.com and long-term on-demand viewing on MHSAA.tv.
Boys Soccer coverage on MHSAA.tv begins Wednesday with three live Semifinal games, and wraps up on Saturday with live coverage from Finals sites at Brighton and East Kentwood. Here’s the full schedule (all coverage by subscription):
Semifinals – Wednesday
- Div. 1 – Saline v. Canton at Holt, 5 p.m.
- Div. 4 – Grand Rapids Covenant Christian v. Muskegon Western Michigan Christian at Cedar Springs, 6 p.m.
- Div. 2 – East Lansing v. Mason at Holt, 7 p.m.
- Finals – Saturday
- Noon – 2 Finals games (Sites and Divisions TBA after Semifinals)
- 3 p.m. – 2 Finals games (Sites and Divisions TBA after Semifinals)
Live streaming of the Lower Peninsula Cross Country Finals takes place Saturday at Michigan International Speedway. Planned coverage on MHSAA.tv includes a leader cam, split cams at one and two miles and a camera at the top of the MIS press center covering the finish of race. Commentary will come from a team of reporters around the course.
Here’s the complete schedule (all coverage by subscription unless noted):
- 9:55 a.m. – On Air – Morning Session
- 10 a.m. – Division 4 Boys
- 10:30 a.m. – Division 3 Boys
- 11 a.m. – Division 4 Girls
- 11:30 a.m. – Division 2 Girls
- 12:15 p.m. – Division 3 & 4 Awards (Free video stream)
- 1:25 p.m. – On Air – Afternoon Session
- 1:30 p.m. – Division 2 Boys
- 2 p.m. – Division 1 Boys
- 2:30 p.m. – Division 2 Girls
- 3 p.m. – Division 1 Girls
- 3:45 p.m. – Division 1 & 2 Awards (Free video stream)
MHSAA.tv also will cover two Football Playoff games live each Saturday the first three weeks of the tournament and 12 Semifinal games on Nov. 22. Here’s this week’s schedule (all coverage by subscription):
- Div. 2 – Lansing Everett at Flushing, 1 p.m.
- Div. 2 – Caledonia at Muskegon Mona Shores, 7 p.m.
Coverage of the Girls Volleyball Tournament begins next week, with two District Semifinal Matches each night for four straight nights. Here’s the complete schedule (all coverage by subscription):
Nov. 3 – Class C at Hanover-Horton
- Concord v. Jackson Lumen Christi, 5:30 p.m.
- Napoleon v. Vandercook Lake, 7 p.m.
Nov. 4 – Class C at Calumet
- Ironwood v. L’Anse, 6 p.m.
- Calumet v. Hancock, 7:30 p.m.
Nov. 5 – Class B at Frankenmuth
- Frankenmuth v. Otisville-Lakeville/North Branch winner, 6 p.m.
- Caro v. Flint Northwestern/Mt. Morris winner, 7:30 p.m.
Nov. 6 – Class A at Hudsonville
- Jenison v. Grandville/Holland West Ottawa winner, 5 p.m.
- Hudsonville/Holland winner v. Wyoming/Zeeland East winner, 7 p.m.
A Day Pass subscription to MHSAA.tv is $9.95. A Month Pass subscription is $14.95, enabling purchasers to watch all of this week’s action plus three weeks of coverage of the Girls Volleyball Tournament, weekly Football Playoff coverage and the Preliminaries and Finals of the Lower Peninsula Girls Swimming & Diving Tournament. All events become available for free on demand viewing three days after the date of the contest.
Radio: The MHSAA Internet Broadcast Network – MHSAANetwork.com – kicks off its Fall audio coverage with the Boys Soccer Finals on Saturday. During the month of November, the MHSAA Network will also provide live free audio of the 8-Player and 11-Player Football Finals and the Semifinals and Finals of the Girls Volleyball Tournament.
School Broadcast Program: A number of events broadcast last week are available on-demand on MHSAA.tv:
Soccer Regionals
- Bay City Western vs. East Lansing
- Madison Heights Lamphere vs. Ortonville-Brandon
- Kalamazoo Hackett vs. St. Joseph Lake Michigan Catholic
- Marysville vs. Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood
- Spring Lake vs. Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern
- Grand Rapids Covenant Christian vs. Kalamazoo Heritage Christian
- Grand Haven vs. Saline
- Elk Rapids vs. Grant
- Ludington vs. Tawas
- Okemos vs. Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central
- Spring Lake vs. East Lansing
Volleyball
- Montrose vs. Genesee
- Central Montcalm vs. Big Rapids
- Calumet vs. Houghton
- Posen vs. Mio
- Montrose vs. Saginaw Arts & Sciences
- Calumet vs. Lake Linden-Hubbell
Football
- Hillman vs. Hale
- Negaunee vs. Ishpeming Westwood
- Whittemore-Prescott vs. Reese
- Stanton Central Montcalm vs. Lakeview
- Rockford vs. Holland West Ottawa
- Pinconning vs. Midland Bullock Creek
- Comstock Park vs. Sparta
- Posen vs. Owendale-Gagetown
- Watervliet vs. Lawton
- Cedar Springs vs. Ada Forest Hills Eastern
MHSAA Highlights: This week's package includes clips from the Spring Lake/East Lansing soccer and the Midland Bullock Creek/Pinconning and Ishpeming Westwood/Negaunee football games.