This Week In High School Sports: 2/28/20

February 28, 2020

This week’s show features Battle of the Fans IX champion Buchanan, presents Game Balls to Menominee basketball's Emma Anderson and recently-retired Grand Ledge baseball coach Pat O'Keefe, clarifies the high school wrestling takedown rule and looks back at the eight MHSAA Basketball Finals decided by buzzer beaters.

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

Feb. 21: Carson City-Crystal wrestler Jamison Ward, District basketball seeding - Listen
Feb. 14: Farmington United gymnast Elena Vargo, Kansas City multi-sport star Patrick Mahomes - Listen
Feb. 7: 
Trenton swimmer Michael Wolsek, need for women in leadership positions in athletics - Listen
Jan. 31: Utica Ford bowling's Kensington Holland, winter lessons on civility - Listen
Jan. 24 White Pigeon multi-sport standout Claycee West, 2020 Youth Football Forum - Listen
Jan. 17: Promoting and protecting youth football, amateurism in educational athletics - Listen
Jan. 10: 
Livonia Stevenson hockey's Seth Lause, multi-media and social media impacts - Listen
Dec. 27: Mona Shores "Sailor Nation" life-saving success Listen
Dec. 20: Battle of the Fans IX, details on purchasing Finals broadcasts - Listen
Dec. 13: Port Huron United hockey, what matters most in high school sports - Listen
Dec. 6: 
Highlights from 2019 11-Player Football Finals, instant replay in review - Listen
Nov. 29: Highlights from 2019 8-Player Football, Girls Volleyball and Girls Swimming & Diving Finals - Listen
Nov. 22: Ida volleyball record-setter Taylor Wegener, new Football Finals video review - Listen 
Nov. 15: Reading lineman Nick Affholter, coaches as leaders in sportsmanship - Listen 
Nov. 8:
Lower Peninsula Cross Country and Boys Soccer Finals highlights - Listen
Nov. 1: Muskegon Orchard View football, bolstered MHSAA broadcast schedule - Listen
Oct. 25: Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian girls golf, MHSAA Football Playoff selection - Listen 
Oct. 18:
Mendon volleyball's title drive, recognition for longtime announcer Erik O. Furseth - Listen 
Oct. 11:
Negaunee cross country's Emily Paupore, MHSAA mental health awareness efforts - Listen
Oct. 4: South Lyon soccer's Josh Mason, improving youth football - Listen
Sept: 27:
Utica Eisenhower golfer Ariel Chang, adult fan behavior - Listen
Sept: 20: Pinckney football inspiration, decisions made at the local level - Listen
Sept. 13:
Muskegon's offensive line, soccer substitution rule change - Listen
Sept. 6: Jenison girls golf's inspiration, new football practice contact restrictions - Listen
Aug. 30:
 St. Johns quarterback-now-coach Andy Schmitt, benefits of a multi-sport experience - Listen

This Week in High School Sports: 3/19/25

By Jon Ross
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties

March 19, 2025

This final edition of the 2024-25 school year reviews the MHSAA Boys Basketball and Lower Peninsula Boys Swimming & Diving Finals and awards Game Balls to high achievers from last week's Girls Basketball Regionals.

MI Student AidThe 5-minute program each week includes feature stories from MHSAA.com or network affiliates, along with "Be the Referee," a 60-second look at the fine art of officiating.

"This Week in High School Sports" is powered by MI Student Aid, a division within the Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement, and Potential (MiLEAP).

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Previous 2024-25 Editions

March 12: 1925 MHSAA boys basketball champions, 100 years of buzzer beaters - Listen
March 5:
MHSAA Skiing, Wrestling, Competitive Cheer Finals review - Listen
Feb. 19:
Antonio Gates selected to NFL Hall of Fame, Scholar-Athlete Award details - Listen
Feb. 12:
MHSAA officials in Super Bowls, Ice Hockey Tournament primer - Listen
Feb. 5:
MHSAA Tournament broadcasts, growth of girls sports in Michigan - Listen
Jan. 29:
2024-25 Scholar-Athlete Award finalists, 1958 Hall of Fame matchup - Listen
Jan. 22:
Salem legend Dena Head, MHSAA's Sam Davis selected to Wrestling Hall of Fame - Listen
Jan. 15:
MHSAA.com history, officials recruitment news - Listen
Jan. 8:
MHSAA Basketball Tournament schedule, 2023-24 attendance report - Listen
Dec. 18:
Ice Hockey season underway, Representative Council presidential succession - Listen
Dec. 11:
2024-25 MHSAA Winter Tournament schedule, inaugural girls wrestling team title - Listen
Dec. 4:
11-Player Football Finals review - Listen
Nov. 27:
8-Player Football Finals review, 1975 Football Finals recollection - Listen
Nov. 20:
8-Player Football Finals history, Southwest 10 Conference Legacy officials - Listen
Nov. 13:
"Flashback 100" series, flashback to Escanaba's football championship - Listen
Nov. 6:
Boys Soccer Finals, Lower Peninsula Cross Country Finals review - Listen
Oct. 30:
2024 Football Playoffs, Lower Peninsula Boys Tennis Finals review - Listen
Oct. 23:
Lower Peninsula Girls Golf Finals, Upper Peninsula Cross Country Finals reviews - Listen
Oct. 16:
MHSAA Football Playoffs primer, MHSAA/Farm Bureau Scholar-Athlete Awards - Listen
Oct. 9:
National High School Hall of Fame, Upper Peninsula Girls Tennis Finals - Listen
Oct. 2:
MHSAA record book, 2024 Boys Soccer Tournament schedule - Listen
Sept. 25:
NFHS Network streaming, DeWitt's high-scoring football matchup - Listen
Sept. 18:
Cheboygan broadcaster Mike Grisdale, Michigan's national participation ranking - Listen
Sept. 11:
MHSAA baseball stars in MLB, 2024 Boys Soccer Tournament - Listen
Sept. 5:
Highlighting MHSAA record setters, 50th Football Playoffs - Listen
Aug. 28:
MHSAA Summer Olympians, "Century of School Sports" celebration - Listen