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
Champions Crowned on MHSAA.TV
November 6, 2013
Postseason competition in four MHSAA sports, including 13 first-round football playoff games, are among offerings now available at MHSAA.TV.
In addition to those football openers are all four Lower Peninsula Boys Soccer Finals, multiple camera views from every race of the Lower Peninsula Cross Country Finals, plus highlight shows from Upper Peninsula Cross Country and Girls Tennis and Lower Peninsula Boys Tennis and Girls Golf Finals.
Here's a look at some of what you'll see at MHSAA.TV:
- Eaton Rapids vs. Charlotte football
- Bessemer vs. Crystal Falls Forest Park football
- Southfield vs. Birmingham Seaholm football
- Hartford vs. Watervliet football
- Fremont vs. Comstock Park football
- Wayland vs. Plainwell football
- Hillman vs. St. Ignace football
- Montrose vs. Reese football
- Mason vs. Tecumseh football
- Taylor Truman vs. Allen Park football
- McBain vs. Lincoln Alcona football
- Atlanta vs. Johannesburg-Lewiston football
- Ogemaw Heights vs. Cheboygan football
- Bellaire vs. Grand Rapids Covenant Christian boys soccer (MHSAA Semifinal)
- Spring Lake vs. Sturgis boys soccer (MHSAA Semifinal)
- Cedar Springs vs. Ada Forest Hills Eastern volleyball
- Calumet vs. Hancock volleyball
- AuGres-Sims vs. Oscoda volleyball
- St. Ignace vs. Charlevoix volleyball
- Lakeview vs. Big Rapids volleyball
- Posen vs. Onaway volleyball
- Posen vs. Rogers City volleyball
- AuGres-Sims vs. Rogers City volleyball
- Mio vs. Rogers City volleyball
Prep Zone: MHSAA Prep Zone on FOXSportsDetroit.com will again Friday stream live video of four playoff games.This week's games kick off at 7 p.m. EDT:
- Battle Creek Lakeview (10-0) at Portage Central (10-0)
- Saline (9-1) at Temperance Bedford (10-0)
- Oak Park (7-4) vs. Detroit U-D Jesuit (7-4) at Ferndale High School
- Pewamo-Westphalia (9-1) at Carson City-Crystal (10-0)
MHSAA Perspective: John Johnson talks about the MHSAA Scholar-Athlete Award, which honors its 25th class in 2013-14 - Scholar-Athlete Turns 25