This Week in High School Sports: 10/18/23
By
Jon Ross
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties
October 18, 2023
This week's edition previews the selection of qualifiers and drawing of brackets for the 2023 MHSAA Football Playoffs, presents Game Balls to high achievers in soccer, volleyball and football; and highlights Bear Lake football coach Sam Mullet, who recently became the first woman in MHSAA history to lead a varsity football team to victory.
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.
"This Week in High School Sports" is powered by MI Student Aid, a part of the Office of Postsecondary Financial Planning located within the Michigan Department of Treasury.
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Previous Editions
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
This Week in High School Sports: 9/25/18
September 25, 2018
This week's show features Kiera Lasky, a multi-sport athlete on Bronson’s three-time reigning Class C champion girls volleyball team, passes out game balls to Lansing Waverly soccer goalie Shad Cunningham and the girls golf team at St. Joseph High School, discusses a unique football kickoff rule in "Be The Referee" and finishes with an MHSAA "Perspective" about the real blue chip participants in high school sports.
The 5-minute program, powered by MI Student Aid, 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
September 18: Hanover-Horton runner Judy Rector, countering a growing shortage of high school game officials - Listen
September 11: Alpena soccer coach Tim Storch, balancing interests of all high school athletes - Listen
September 4: Radio stations celebrating 77 years of high school sports broadcasts, and radio's importance in educational athletics - Listen
August 28: Forest Hills Central football's Tate Hallock, keeping perspective amid changing times - Listen
August 21: Lansing Everett football coach Mike Smith, MHSAA executive director transition - Listen