This Week in High School Sports: 1/8/16

January 11, 2016

This edition of "This Week In High School Sports" features the upcoming Women In Sports Leadership Conference, passes out Sparrow Health Game Balls and finishes with a commentary on how a one-time high school marching band member came to respect the school’s football players.   

This Week In High School Sports will lead each show with feature stories from around the state from the MHSAA’s Second Half or from network affiliated stories and interviews. "Be The Referee," a 60-second look at the fine art of officiating, highlights the middle of the show and is followed by a closing "Perspective." 

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Past editions
Dec. 25: Battle of the Fans V, taking a we over me attitude into 2016  - Listen
Dec. 18: MHSAA concussion reporting findings, record book submissions - Listen
Dec. 11: Constantine boys basketball, School Broadcast Program at Ford Field - Listen
Dec. 4: Highlights of 41st MHSAA Football Finals, River Rouge football - Listen
Nov. 27: Bronson volleyball, why we give thanks - Listen
Nov. 20:  Canton/Saline Football Regional Final, old football records - Listen
Nov. 13: Lower Peninsula Cross Country Finals, why Districts are called Districts - Listen
Nov. 6: Powers North Central football, random act of sportsmanship - 
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Oct. 30: Benton Harbor's football turnaround, Football Playoff memories - Listen
Oct. 23: Selection Sunday Primer, live online playoff games on FoxSportsDetroit.com and MHSAA.TV - Listen
Oct. 16: Leland volleyball and boys soccer thrive, basketball coach-official communication - Listen
Oct. 9: Kensington Lakes Activities Association football, local impacts of the MHSAA Football Playoffs - Listen
Oct. 2: High school teams giving back, parents' expectations for childen to go pro - Listen
Sept. 25: Otsego’s girls cross country team, MHSAA School Broadcast Program - Listen
Sept. 18: Constantine quarterback Matt Hasbrouck, day-to-day life for referees - Listen
Sept. 11: Mount Morris volleyball's Tabit twins, the truth about specialization - Listen
Sept. 4: Engadine/Brimley football, Good-bye to "a few good coaches" - Listen
Aug. 28: Ithaca football, MHSAA Health & Safety initiatives - Listen

This Week in High School Sports: 3/5/19

March 5, 2019

This week's show features Bronson's girls and boys Division 4 championship bowling teams, hands out Game Balls to MHSAA competitive cheer champions Rochester Hills Stoney Creek, Gibraltar Carlson, Richmond and Pewamo-Westphalia, explains the importance of getting the right angle in officiating and tells the story of a longtime reporter journeying to the MHSAA Individual Wrestling Finals for the first time. 

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

February 26: Lowell wrestling, basis for MHSAA's broadcast regulations - Listen
February 19: Traverse City Bay Reps hockey's Jake Stevenson, MHSAA Basketball Finals rematches - Listen
February 12:
Midland Dow basketball's Molly Davis, small-town support for the Mio Thunderbolt - Listen
February 5:
Alpena basketball's Chris DeRocher, sportsmanship shown on the court - Listen
January 29: 
Flint Kearsley bowler Imari Blond, Lansing Sexton's 1959 boys basketball run - Listen
January 22:
Warren Woods-Tower wrestling, poor sportsmanship faced by officials - Listen
January 15: East Kentwood boys basketball, reflections from visiting a small-town gym - Listen
January 8:
Niles Brandywine wrestling inspiration, parental sportsmanship - Listen
January 1: Unionville-Sebewaing three-sport star Rylee Zimmer, instructions for educational athletics - Listen
December 25:
St. Ignace student official Jackson Ingalls, values of high school sports - Listen
December 18:
Eastern Thumb Area co-op hockey, consequences of football playoff expansion - Listen
December 11:
Battle of the Fans VIII, MHSAA.tv's growing list of broadcasts - Listen
December 4:
New officials in southeastern Michigan, what college coaches are looking for in recruits - Listen
November 27:
Defensive performances from 11-Player Football Finals, experiences at Ford Field - Listen
November 20: 
8-player football champions Morrice and Rapid River, power of giving thanks - Listen
November 13: Port Huron Northern football, broadcasting one of the busiest championship weekends of the MHSAA school year - Listen
November 6:
Three-time cross country champs, MIS as LP XC Finals home - Listen
October 30:
Calumet football, changes to the MHSAA Transfer Rule - Listen
October 23: Jackson High football, "Football Week in Michigan" - Listen
October 16:
Selection Sunday football primer, past playoff expansion - Listen
October 9:
Pickford football, teams that finished undefeated/untied/unscored upon on the gridiron - Listen
October 2: 
Grand Rapids official Dolly Konwinski, "You’ve Got To Be Kidding Me" on a federal court case made by the parents of a kid who didn’t make the cut - Listen
September 25: Bronson volleyball's Kiera Lasky, the real blue-chip participants in high school sports - Listen
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