This Week In High School Sports: 10/27/21

By Jon Ross
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties

October 27, 2021

This edition reviews last weekend's Upper Peninsula Cross Country Finals, awards Game Balls to high achievers in football and soccer, presents a "you make the call" scenario in volleyball and concludes with an update on postseason play for that latter pair of fall sports.

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The 5-minute program each week includes feature stories from around the state from the MHSAA’s Second Half 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. 20: Lower Peninsula Girls Golf & Boys Tennis Finals review Listen
Oct. 13: Middle school/junior high cross country Regionals, football playoff selection Listen
Oct. 6: Upper Peninsula girls tennis champions, football broadcast update Listen
Sept. 29: Girls swimming & diving "Meet of Champions," Schoolcraft's star kicker  Listen
Sept. 22:
Spartan Invitational "elite" races, John U. Bacon's "Let Them Lead"  Listen
Sept. 15:
Volleyball powers face off, Tiger Teusink's tennis legacy Listen
Sept. 8:
Fall sports rules changes, Adrian Lenawee Christian inspiration – Listen
Sept. 1: 
Boys soccer seeding process, Beaver Island athletics – Listen
Aug. 25:
 Return of Fall sports, “enhanced strength-of-schedule” football playoff format – Listen

This Week in High School Sports: 8/31/22

By Jon Ross
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties

August 31, 2022

This week's edition discusses how Michigan Power Ratings are used to seed soccer, awards Game Balls to standouts in football, tennis and cross country; explains a game clock rule change in football and tells the Title IX story of graduated Fenton swimming standout Gracie Olsen.

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 part of the Office of Postsecondary Financial Planning located within the Michigan Department of Treasury.

Listen to this week's show by Clicking Here.

Past editions

Aug. 24: Redesigned MHSAA.com, key dates and how to watch football in 2022 - Listen