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This Week In High School Sports: 3/19/21
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
March 26, 2021
This week's edition highlights a new all-time leading basketball scorer in the city of Battle Creek and celebrates this year's Women In Sports Leadership Award honoree, St. Ignace girls basketball coach Dorene Ingalls.
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
March 19: Upper Peninsula Swimming & Diving Finals, Marysville hoops record - Listen
March 12: Record-setting wrestling pin, basketball buzzer beater - Listen
March 5: Basketball and hockey seeding, Elk Rapids high-scoring hoops family - Listen
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
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First Pitch
October 13, 2011
In journalism world, be it at a newspaper, TV station, magazine or whatever, a reporter pitches a story. The goal: Convince the boss this is something you’ll want to see.
If you’re reading this post, chances are you’re a fan of high school sports or involved in some way. Consider this our “first pitch” to be your home for news and information on the best Michigan has to offer – and in the least, where you start your online day.
We’ve got big plans.
The first 12 years of my career were as Prep Sports Editor at the Lansing State Journal, and my favorite stories to tell have been of your successes – on the field or off, conquering small hills or mighty mountains, often expected but sometimes out of the blue.
Great stories are overflowing in high school athletics. But often, there are not enough opportunities to tell them. We hope to do so here.
“First Pitch” won’t be the name of our full version. We haven’t decided on a title yet; in fact, we’d love to hear what you’d like to name it.
But here’s what you’ll find:
- Information useful whether you’re an athlete, coach, administrator, or fan.
- Stories you’ll want to know whether they take place in your hometown or another you’ve never visited.
- Features highlighting, among many things, the best performances around the state and explaining why the MHSAA does some of the things we do.
- Additional coverage, often behind the scenes, from the MHSAA state finals.
- Our takes – with links – of the best stories written and produced by Michigan’s media corp.
- Schedules and scores for all of your varsity teams.
- MHSAA tournament information for all 28 sports we sponsor.
- And eventually, a lot more.
Over the next few months, you’ll get a taste with “First Pitch.” If you like something we’re doing, let us know. If you’d like to see something else, I’d love to hear about it.
Michigan is the 10th-largest state. There are more than 58,000 square miles of land, and by vehicle it’s 625 miles from Calumet High School near the tip of the Keweenaw Peninsula to Bedford High on the southeastern border with Ohio. Nearly 10 million people live here.
We aim to make the state a little smaller.
My contact information is at the right of this screen, and my e-mail address is [email protected]. I look forward to hearing from you – and telling the entire state about the great things you’re doing.