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: Unusual Soccer Goals
By
Paige Winne
MHSAA Director of Brand Management
October 28, 2025
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 – Unusual Soccer Goals - Listen
We’re talking some unusual ways to score soccer goals today.
It doesn’t happen often, but a team can score directly from a corner kick or the kickoff.
But what if it’s a goalie, down in their own end, who somehow throws the ball 80 yards or so and into the back of the other team’s net. Does that count?
It does not. A keeper cannot score for his own team by throwing the ball the length of the field and into his opponent’s goal.
If this were to happen, the defending team would receive a goal kick.
But if the keeper accidentally throws the ball into his own net, then it does count as a goal for the opponent.
You don’t always need your feet to score a goal in soccer.
Previous 2025-26 editions
Oct. 21: Field Hockey Penalty Stroke - Listen
Oct. 14: Tennis Double Hit - Listen
Oct. 7: Safety in Football - Listen
Sept. 30: Field Hockey Substitution - Listen
Sept 23: Multiple Contacts in Volleyball - Listen
Sept. 16: Soccer Penalty Kick - Listen
Sept. 9: Forward Fumble - Listen
Sept. 2: Field Hockey Basics - Listen
Aug. 26: Golf Ball Bounces Out - Listen