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

See Some Firsts on MHSAA.TV

October 7, 2013

Notable firsts this school year highlight this week's MHSAA.TV programming supplied by member schools covering both peninsulas and every corner of the state. 

Available for the first time this fall is a boys tennis match, between Rockford and Hudsonville. Also for the first time, viewers can watch an entire volleyball tournament, the Onaway Invitational, with matches for nine teams. And among our list of 13 football games is the broadcast of Lincoln Alcona clinching the first league title in program history. 

Below is this week's list of events, followed by our MHSAA Perspective and the MHSAA.TV highlights package. 

  • Davison vs. Flint Powers football
  • Johannesburg-Lewiston vs. Rudyard football
  • Alpena vs. Cheboygan football
  • Central Lake vs. Indian River Inland Lakes football
  • Mio vs. Rogers City football
  • Rockford vs. Hudsonville football
  • East Lansing vs. Lansing Everett football
  • Pellston vs. Onaway football
  • Mount Morris vs. Montrose volleyball
  • Traverse City West vs. Comstock Park football
  • Posen vs. Engadine football
  • Lincoln Alcona vs. Oscoda football
  • Portage Northern vs. Mattawan football
  • Oscoda vs. Standish-Sterling girls swimming and diving
  • Rockford vs. Hudsonville boys tennis
  • Tawas vs. Lincoln Alcona boys soccer
  • Cedar Springs vs. Sparta boys soccer
  • Montrose vs. Otisville-LakeVille boys soccer 
  • Rockford vs. Grandville boys soccer
  • Lakeview vs. Shepherd volleyball
  • Pellston vs. Onaway volleyball
  • Johannesburg-Lewiston vs. Central Lake volleyball
  • Lakeview vs. Reed City volleyball
  • East Lansing vs. Okemos volleyball
  • Lincoln Alcona vs. Posen volleyball
  • Hillman, Cedarville, Harbor Springs, Cheboygan, Gaylord St. Mary, Boyne City, Central Lake, Mancelona at Onaway Invitational volleyball

MHSAA Perspective: This week, our John Johnson tells the heart-warming story of Concord's volleyball team lending a hand to an opposing player from Union City - Big Picture