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

Big Plays Come Your Way on MHSAA.TV

October 1, 2013

Check out a game-changing interception return from one of Michigan's biggest football rivalry matchups in this week's MHSAA.TV highlights package, plus broadcasts of 18 volleyball teams and two ranked boys soccer powers facing off in a league title-deciding tilt. 

Below is the list of events brought to us last week by the School Broadcast Program. And below that list are the week's highlights, including that interception return by Portage Central's Jacob Allan that might've been the key play in his team's win over Portage Northern. 

  • Oscoda vs. Lincoln Alcona boys soccer 
  • East Lansing vs. Okemos boys soccer
  • Whittemore-Prescott vs. Oscoda boys soccer
  • Ellsworth vs. Wolverine volleyball
  • West Branch Ogemaw Heights vs. Petoskey volleyball
  • Charlevoix vs. Boyne City volleyball
  • East Lansing vs. Lansing Everett volleyball
  • Calumet vs. Lake Linden-Hubbell volleyball
  • AuGres-Sims vs. Mio volleyball
  • Johannesburg-Lewiston vs. Indian River Inland Lakes volleyball
  • Hillman vs. Oscoda volleyball
  • Lakeview vs. Remus Chippewa Hills volleyball
  • Portage Central vs. Portage Northern football
  • Whittemore-Prescott vs. Lincoln Alcona football
  • Johannesburg-Lewiston vs. Central Lake football
  • Petoskey vs. Cheboygan football
  • Mio vs. Hillman football
  • Rudyard vs. Indian River Indian Lakes football
  • Stephenson vs. Newberry football
  • Mancelona vs. Onaway football
  • Hale vs. Rogers City football
  • East Lansing vs. Holt football
  • Belding vs. Comstock Park football
  • Hartford vs. Watervliet football
  • Posen vs. Bellaire football

MHSAA Perspective: This week, our John Johnson explains the history behind some of Michigan's many high school football trophy game prizes - Trophy Games