This Week In High School Sports: 1/12/22
By
Jon Ross
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties
January 12, 2022
This week's edition previews the Battle of the Fans X "Challenge Round," awards Game Balls to high achievers in basketball, gymnastics and skiing, and highlights how MHSAA officials provide coverage for competitions at Michigan's island schools – Beaver Island and Mackinac Island.
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.
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Previous editions
Jan. 4: Onsted boys basketball, Oxford Strong – Listen
Dec. 15: Winter championship calendar, KLAA/MIHL Memorial Showcase – Listen
Dec. 8: 2021 Bush Award honorees, remembering Tom Rashid – Listen
Dec. 1: 11-Player Football Finals review – Listen
Nov. 23: Volleyball, LP Girls Swimming & Diving, 8-Player Football Finals review – Listen
Nov. 16: Lower Peninsula Cross Country continued, weekend preview – Listen
Nov. 9: Lower Peninsula Cross Country, Boys Soccer Finals review – Listen
Nov. 2: Title IX at 50 celebration, Fall championship broadcasts – Listen
Oct. 27: Upper Peninsula Cross Country Finals review, soccer/volleyball playoff update – Listen
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: 3/5/21
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
March 5, 2021
This week's edition explains how teams will be seeded for the opening rounds of the MHSAA's hockey and basketball tournaments, and features a high-scoring Elk Rapids basketball family.
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.
Listen to this week's show by Clicking Here.
Past editions
Feb. 26: Skiing Finals review, newly-scheduled start of Spring sports - Listen
Feb. 19: 1,000-point basketball scorers, Skiing Finals preview - Listen
Feb. 12: Scholar-Athlete Awards, Winter contact sports return - Listen
Jan. 29: 11-Player Football Finals in review - Listen
Jan. 22: 8-Player Football, Girls Volleyball, Girls Swimming & Diving Finals in review - Listen
Jan. 15: Game-winning kicks, playing for mom - Listen
Jan. 8: Fall sports return, sacrificing for sportsmanship - Listen
Nov. 13: Cross Country champions, Soccer Finals in review, official selection - Listen
Nov. 6: University Liggett's William Cooksey, boys tennis four-time individual champions - Listen
Oct. 30: Upper Peninsula Cross Country Finals in review - 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