This Week In High School Sports: 9/1/21

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

September 1, 2021

This week’s edition discusses this fall’s boys soccer season and its District seeding process, awards Game Balls to high achievers from last week, explains the differences between high school and college football pass interference, and concludes with highlights from a Second Half feature on Beaver Island athletics.

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

Aug. 25: Return of Fall sports, “enhanced strength-of-schedule” football playoff format – Listen

This Week in High School Sports: 10/13/17

October 13, 2017

This week’s show features the Sturgis High School girls golf team, passes out Game Balls to Nolan Fugate of Grand Rapids Catholic Central and Rudyard’s Sydnie Zeeryp, talks about no fees for first-time officials in the "Be The Referee" segment and closes with a dual commentary on Homecomings and another sign of the apocalypse in youth sports.

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
October 6: Portage Central soccer's Minh Le, college basketball’s shoe scandal - Listen
September 29: Lincoln Alcona soccer keeper Conner McCoy, sportsmanship on the soccer field and cross country course - Listen
September 22: Pontiac Notre Dame Prep's Maddy Chinn, the business that is youth sports - Listen 
September 15: Helpful directions in cross country, why sportsmanship resonates - Listen
September 8: Watervliet quarterback Zach Pickens, "High School Football Night" in America - Listen
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