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

Prep Zone Returns for Football Playoffs

October 29, 2013

Live broadcasts of MHSAA football playoff games return Friday with the first edition of Prep Zone from Fox Sports Detroit. 

MHSAA Prep Zone on FOXSportsDetroit.com will stream live video of four games during each of the first four weeks of the postseason.This week's games kick off at 7 p.m. EDT:

  • Gogebic (Bessemer/Wakefield-Marinesco) at Crystal Falls Forest Park
  • Southfield at Birmingham Seaholm
  • Eaton Rapids at Charlotte
  • Taylor Truman at Allen Park 

On MHSAA.TV check out last week's broadcasts of four sports including a pair of football games that decided league titles:

  • East Lansing vs. Lansing Sexton volleyball 
  • Davison vs. Goodrich volleyball
  • AuGres-Sims vs. Rogers City volleyball
  • Hillman vs. Atlanta volleyball
  • Petoskey vs. Traverse City West volleyball
  • East Lansing vs. Grand Ledge volleyball
  • Mio vs. Rogers City volleyball
  • Calumet vs. Gladstone football
  • Oscoda vs. AuGres-Sims football
  • St. Ignace vs. Cheboygan football
  • Kalkaska vs. Elk Rapids football
  • Hale vs. Hillman football
  • Atlanta vs. Rogers City football
  • Berrien Springs vs. Plainwell football
  • East Lansing vs. Okemos football
  • Montrose vs. Lake Fenton football
  • East Kentwood vs. Rockford football
  • Mio vs. Lincoln Alcona football
  • Sparta vs. Comstock Park football
  • Boyne City vs. Grayling football
  • Rockford vs. Holland West Ottawa girls swimming and diving
  • East Lansing vs. Linden boys soccer

MHSAA Perspective: Our John Johnson talks about how the expectations of parents turned sweet possibilities into a sour season for their kids - Crushed by Parental Expectations