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

Records Fall, Titles Won on MHSAA.TV

October 14, 2013

A Genesee County record-breaking volleyball performance and a Lansing-area soccer championship game were just two of many highlights from last week's slate of events brought to MHSAA.TV by the School Broadcast Program. 

Montrose's Brooke Williams broke her school's career record of 996 kills and then recorded her 1,000th in the Rams 3-1 win over Flint Beecher, while East Lansing defeated Mason and then Holt for this season's Capital Area Activities Conference boys soccer title. See more on those below in this week's MHSAA.TV highlight reel, or watch any of these events in their entirety: 

  • Johannesburg-Lewiston vs. Onaway volleyball
  • Flint Beecher vs. Montrose bolleyball
  • Calumet vs. L'Anse volleyball
  • Davison vs. Saginaw Arthur Hill volleyball
  • Hale vs. Hillman volleyball
  • Newberry vs. Gwinn volleyball
  • Posen vs. Rogers City volleyball
  • Sault Ste. Marie vs. Cheboygan volleyball
  • Calumet vs. Iron River West Iron County volleyball
  • Posen vs. Hillman volleyball
  • Lakeview vs. Ithaca boys soccer
  • East Lansing vs. Mason boys soccer
  • Cedar Springs vs. Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern boys soccer
  • East Lansing vs. Holt boys soccer
  • Johannesburg-Lewiston vs. Onaway football
  • Oscoda vs. Hillman football
  • Boyne City vs. Charlevoix football
  • Pellson vs. Indian River Inland Lakes football
  • Pickford vs. St. Ignace football
  • Fife Lake Forest Area vs. Central Lake football
  • Paw Paw vs. Plainwell football
  • Cedar Springs vs. Grand Rapids West Catholic football

MHSAA Perspective: Sportsmanship long has been a focus of the MHSAA and will endure in school sports despite challenges that arise - Sportsmanship Shall Endure