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: 9/8/17
September 8, 2017
This latest edition of "This Week In High School Sports" features Watervliet football quarterback Zach Pickens, who passed for five touchdowns and ran for four more last week against Buchanan; passes out Game Balls to Lincoln Alcona boys soccer goalie Connor McCoy and Alexis Carras from the girls golf team at Midland Dow and closes with a commentary on a recent National Federation resolution designating fall Friday night as “High School Football Night” in America.
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 1: Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart girls cross country, correcting a report on the health of Michigan high school football - Listen
August 25: 2016-17 head injury report, return of official Steve Johnson - Listen