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
Performance of the Week: Kingsley's Jenna Middleton
September 25, 2026
Jenna Middleton ♦ Kingsley
Senior ♦ Volleyball
Kingsley’s record-setting outside hitter became the 35th player in MHSAA girls volleyball history to reach 2,000 kills during the rally scoring era, doing so during her team’s win over Negaunee on Sept 12, and then set the school record for kills three days later during a win over Grayling. She’s up to 2,057 career kills after adding 23 more to her total Tuesday against Harbor Springs.
The returning all-stater also was her team’s leading hitter as the Stags won last season’s Division 3 championship, and she’s helped Kingsley to a 27-3-1 record and No. 5 ranking this week in Division 2. She does not intend to continue playing volleyball after high school, but plans to attend Northern Michigan University and study English and potentially creative writing or journalism.
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Past 2026-27 honorees
Sept. 18: Caden Livermore, Grandville cross country - Read
(Photos courtesy of the Kingsley volleyball program.)