This Week in High School Sports: 10/16/24
By
Jon Ross
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties
October 16, 2024
In this week's edition, we detail the upcoming MHSAA Football Playoffs including selection of the field, present Game Balls to high achievers in football and cross country, and introduce the 36th MHSAA/Farm Bureau Insurance Scholar-Athlete Awards to be awarded this winter.
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.
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Previous 2024-25 Editions
Oct. 9: National High School Hall of Fame, Upper Peninsula Girls Tennis Finals - Listen
Oct. 2: MHSAA record book, 2024 Boys Soccer Tournament schedule - Listen
Sept. 25: NFHS Network streaming, DeWitt's high-scoring football matchup - Listen
Sept. 18: Cheboygan broadcaster Mike Grisdale, Michigan's national participation ranking - Listen
Sept. 11: MHSAA baseball stars in MLB, 2024 Boys Soccer Tournament - Listen
Sept. 5: Highlighting MHSAA record setters, 50th Football Playoffs - Listen
Aug. 28: MHSAA Summer Olympians, "Century of School Sports" celebration - Listen
This Week In High School Sports: 11/6/20
November 9, 2020
This edition features recently-crowned four-time tennis Finals champion William Cooksey, a senior at Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett; presents Game Balls to DeWitt's soccer Ethan Anderson and Traverse City Christian volleyball's Emma Mirabelli, presents a "You Make the Call" explaining the high school football rule for missed field goals and concludes with a review of past four-time MHSAA Finals individual champions in a variety of sports.
The 5-minute program leads off each week with feature stories from around the state from the MHSAA’s Second Half or network affiliates. "Be The Referee," a 60-second look at the fine art of officiating, comes in the middle of the show and is followed by a closing MHSAA "Perspective."
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Past editions
Oct. 30: Upper Peninsula Cross Country Finals, Football 1st Downs - Listen
Oct. 23: Lower Peninsula Girls Golf, Boys Tennis Finals in Review - Listen
Oct. 16: Byron Center volleyball, girls golf aces - Listen
Oct. 9: Grand Rapids Union football, first 2020-21 champions - Listen
Oct. 2: East Lansing football, late Port Huron sportswriter Jim Whymer - Listen
Sept. 25: Sturgis football, soccer official Alexus Little - Listen
Sept. 18: COVID-19 review, this year's broadcast opportunities - Listen