Performance of the Week: Elk Rapids' Jake Garrow
November 13, 2026
Jake Garrow ♦ Elk Rapids
Senior ♦ Soccer
Elk Rapids defeated Williamston 1-0 in Saturday’s Division 3 championship match, clinching its first MHSAA Finals title on the pitch since 1998, and doing so with its 15th-straight shutout to end the season. Garrow has started the last four seasons as part of the varsity defense and been a catalyst during a shutout streak – which remains active and will enter next fall as the third-longest in MHSAA boys soccer history.
Garrow, an all-state second-team selection as a junior, also contributed three goals and four assists to the Elks’ 24-1-3 run this fall. He is planning to return to basketball court this winter after playing as a freshman but stepping away for the last two seasons, and he also plays golf in the spring and was part of Elk Rapids’ 13th-place finisher in Lower Peninsula Division 3 in June. Garrow next will attend Michigan State University and study finance.
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Past 2026-27 honorees
Nov. 6: Gabrielle Haudan, Ann Arbor Pioneer field hockey - Read
Oct. 30: Mason Crosby, South Lyon East tennis - Read
Oct. 23: Addilyn Duflo, Bath golf - Read
Oct. 16: Levi Lengemann, Imlay City tennis - Read
Oct. 9: Olivia Buford, Sterling Heights Stevenson swimming - Read
Oct. 2: Sophia McCollum, Muskegon Reeths-Puffer golf - Read
Sept. 25: Jenna Middleton, Kingsley volleyball - Read
Sept. 18: Caden Livermore, Grandville cross country - Read
Be the Referee: Soccer Advantage
By
Paige Winne
MHSAA Director of Brand Management
October 13, 2026
Be The Referee is a series of short messages designed to help educate people on the rules of different sports, to help them better understand the art of officiating, and to recruit officials.
Below is this week's segment – Soccer Advantage - Listen
We’re on the soccer field today, where Team A has possession. A player from Team A is carelessly tackled by a Team B player in the middle of the field. The referee applies advantage because the fouled player quickly gets up and retains possession. However, a Team B defender intercepts the ball and kicks it out of bounds. What’s the call?
- Is it a throw-in for Team A since Team B kicked it out?
- Is it a free kick for Team A at the point of the foul?
- Or is it a free kick for Team A and a caution to Team B for kicking the ball away?
If you said a free kick for Team A at the point of the foul, you are correct. Advantage allows officials to keep play moving when the fouled team benefits from continuing. Here, that advantage never materialized, so the referee goes back to the original foul.
Previous 2026-27 editions
Oct. 6: Defensive Holding - Listen
Sept. 29: Minimum Number of Volleyball Players - Listen
Sept 22: Soccer Changes - Listen
Sept: 15: Dead Ball Penalty - Listen
Sept. 8: Libero Ejected - Listen
Sept. 1: Soccer Foul After Shot on Goal - Listen
Aug. 25: Fumble Out of Bounds - Listen