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

Postseason Comes to MHSAA.TV

February 11, 2014

Team and Individual Wrestling Districts and a pair of competitive cheer league meets were among events broadcast last week and uploaded to MHSAA.TV by our partners in the School Broadcast Program.

A total of four hockey, 17 girls and 14 boys basketball broadcasts also are among recent additions. Here's a look at all listings from last week, followed by this week's MHSAA Perspective and MHSAA.TV highlight clips. 

Competitive Cheer

  • Great Northern Conference at Escanaba
  • O-K Blue at Comstock Park

Wrestling

  • Team District: Marquette vs. Escanaba
  • Team District: Mio vs. Whittemore-Prescott
  • Individual District at Remus Chippewa Hills

Hockey

  • Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood vs. Detroit Catholic Central
  • Rockford vs. Grand Rapids Kenowa Hills
  • Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood vs. Upper Canada College (ON)
  • Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood vs. Brighton

Girls Basketball

  • Calumet vs. Lake Linden-Hubbell
  • Hemlock vs. Shepherd
  • East Lansing vs. Lansing Eastern
  • AuGres-Sims vs. Rogers City
  • Plainwell vs. Berrien Springs
  • Davison vs. Flushing
  • Calumet vs. Eagle River Northland Pines (WI)
  • Cheboygan vs. Petoskey
  • Lincoln Alcona vs. Mio
  • Onaway vs. Inland River Indian Lakes
  • Posen vs. Hale
  • Calumet vs. Escanaba
  • Plainwell vs. Vicksburg
  • Hemlock vs. Freeland
  • Comstock Park vs. Sparta
  • Cheboygan vs. Rudyard
  • Rogers City vs. Hillman

Boys Basketball

  • Comstock Park vs. East Grand Rapids
  • Johannesburg-Lewiston vs. Pellston
  • Cheboygan vs. Petoskey
  • Comstock Park vs. Fruitport 
  • Posen vs. Lincoln Alcona
  • East Kentwood vs. Grandville
  • Hillman vs. Hale
  • Hemlock vs. Shepherd
  • East Lansing vs. Lansing Eastern
  • East Kentwood vs. Holland West Ottawa
  • Rockford vs. East Kentwood
  • Cheboygan vs. Newberry
  • Calumet vs. Iron River West Iron County
  • Plainwell vs. Vicksburg

MHSAA Perspective: In this week's edition, John Johnson explains how situations involving the use of ineligible students quickly can become complicated - How Does This Happen?