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This week’s show features Negaunee cross country star Emily Paupore and discusses the MHSAA's growing efforts in improving student-athlete mental health.

While we would hope that parents and other fans would embrace the concepts of education-based athletics by respecting the efforts of those men and women who officiate high school sports, that unfortunately is not occurring in some cases.

This week’s show features South Lyon soccer standout Josh Mason and closes with an update on how the MHSAA is working with many others to improve the youth football experience.

When the annual High School Athletics Participation Survey was released by the NFHS in August, many headlines across the country focused on the drop in the number of boys playing 11-player football. However, perhaps the most important number was overlooked.

This week’s show features Utica Eisenhower golfer Ariel Chang, awards Game Balls to Kingsley football's Owen Graves and the Bronson volleyball team, considers a football overtime scenario and closes with a few thoughts on the biggest challenge in high school sport...

Parents, you know how important it is for your student athlete to be well-rested, well-fueled and well-hydrated. Just like a car needs gas, their bodies needs food.

Recent articles have documented the rising costs of club sports, with one noting that about 62 percent of “travel ball” parents will go into debt to involve their kids in year-round sports.

This week’s show features the inspirational story of Larry Prout Jr. at Pinckney High School and concludes with an "MHSAA Perspective" explaining how most decisions in high school sports take place at the local level.

The issue of vaping has reached a crisis stage across the United States, and leaders in our nation’s schools must take immediate steps to stop the use of these electronic cigarette products by our nation’s youth – particularly the more than 12 million ...

This week's edition leads off with a feature on Muskegon football's offensive line and finishes by paying tribute to a sportswriter who was beloved by his community.

Welcome to another year of educational opportunities through high school sports and other activity programs in our nation’s schools. These programs provide many teachable moments not available in the classroom, and we look forward to making an impact on the more t...

This week's edition leads off with Jenison golf's remembrance of teammate Sydney Carfine and explains the ridiculousness of equating new football practice contact restrictions with Michigan athletes "falling behind" in the sport.

The first edition of 2019-20 leads off with a feature on former St. Johns quarterback-now-coach Andy Schmitt and concludes with a commentary on the benefits of a multi-sport experience and how more should take part in this opportunity.

Inappropriate adult behavior at high school athletic events in Michigan has reached epidemic proportion.

If you were to attend a high school basketball game in northeast Michigan, or watch the local sports highlights from the evening on TV, you might see a member of the Wozniak family running up and down the basketball court. You won’t see them dribbling the ball, o...

We communicate on smart phones, drive smart cars, make purchases using smart cards and even drink smart water. But, really, how smart are we?

This week's show highlights the buzzer-beating shot by Ypsilanti Lincoln in its Division 1 boys basketball championship game victory over Detroit U-D Jesuit and closes with an example of keeping proper perspective in educational athletics. 

This week's show highlights the incredible finish at the MHSAA Lower Peninsula Division 1 Boys Swimming & Diving Finals and closes with a look back at the 1986 Class B Boys Basketball Final won on a 70-foot buzzer beater.

This week's show features Bronson's girls and boys Division 4 championship bowling teams and tells the story of a longtime reporter journeying to the MHSAA Individual Wrestling Finals for the first time.

This week's show features Lowell's MHSAA record-breaking wrestling championship, hands out Game Balls to participants in last week's Kensington Lakes Activities Association Unified basketball tournament, and discusses the basis of MHSAA rules regulating television broad...