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They don’t make the headlines, their names are not in the box scores and they don’t make the all-star teams. But perhaps the most important individuals in high school sports are the contest officials.

Mattawan’s Allie Havers experienced high school sports in part as a stepping stone to a scholarship and eventual national championship at the University of Nebraska. Hackett Catholic Prep’s Hope Baldwin earned two national awards and several scholarships for...

This week’s show features Ewen-Trout Creek basketball center Jake Witt, passes out Game Balls to Xavier Staubs and Grant Warner of Corunna in boys swimming, talks about a new basketball rule in the "Be The Referee" segment and closes with an announcement about the...

This week’s show previews the upcoming Women In Sports Leadership conference, passes out Game Balls to Lexi Niepoth of Bellaire in girls basketball and Derek Maas of Holland West Ottawa in boys swimming, talks about safety in ice hockey in the "Be The Referee" seg...

This week’s show features the upcoming Battle of The Fans, passes out Game Balls to Alpena’s Chris DeRocher and Benton Harbor’s Carlos Johnson, talks about basketball shot clocks in the "Be The Referee" segment and closes with a commentary on a video d...

This week’s show previews the Public Address Announcers Clinic to be hosted by the MHSAA next month, passes out Game Balls to former Stockbridge football standouts Mason Gee-Montgomery and Kolby Canfield and closes with a look at some of the most memorable high sc...

This week’s show features Centreville's girls basketball program, passes out Game Balls to the wrestling team at Coleman and New Haven boys basketball standout Romeo Weems, talks about mentoring in the "Be The Referee" segment and closes with a shout out to a pair...

This week’s show features Muskegon quarterback La'Darius Jefferson, passes out Game Balls to Cadillac's boys bowling team and Livonia Stevenson hockey player Jake Beaune, talks about diving on the floor for a loose basketball in the "Be The Referee" ...

This week’s show features last week's 11-Player Football Final win by Ottawa Lake Whiteford, passes out Game Balls to Grand Rapids Catholic Central's Nolan Fugate and Edwardsburg's Nick Bradley, talks about wrestling weight monitoring in the "Be The Referee" segme...

This week’s show features last week's 8-Player Football Final win by Central Lake, passes out Game Balls to East Grand Rapids' girls swimming & diving team and Novi's girls volleyball team, talks about ejections in the "Be The Referee" segment and finishes wit...

This week’s show features Stacey Starr of Muskegon Reeths-Puffer’s 1992 MHSAA Class A champion football team, passes out Game Balls to Taylor Fleming of Rogers City volleyball and Austin Persson of Iron River West Iron County football, talks about pass inter...

This week’s show features Olivia Theis of Lansing Catholic’s girls cross country team, passes out Game Balls to the three first-time winners at last weekend’s Boys Soccer Finals, talks about rules prohibiting hurdling in football in the ...

This week’s show features Anika Dy of Traverse City West’s girls golf team, passes out Game Balls to the girls volleyball team at Coldwater and longtime wrestling official James McCloughan, talks about a nationwide survey of amateur sports official...

This week’s show features Marcus Ford of Pinckney’s football team, passes out Game Balls to Austin Plotkin of Brimley and the Macomb Lutheran North girls golf team, talks about helmets coming off in football in the "Be The Referee" segment and...

This week’s show features retired Menominee football coach Ken Hofer and Farmington Hills Harrison football coach John Harrington, passes out Game Balls to Justin Nicholas of Grayling and Riley Schlaud of North Branch and talks about goal line rules in f...

This week’s show features the Sturgis High School girls golf team, passes out Game Balls to Nolan Fugate of Grand Rapids Catholic Central and Rudyard’s Sydnie Zeeryp, talks about no fees for first-time officials in the "Be The Referee" se...

This week’s show features Minh Le of Portage Central’s boys soccer team, passes out Game Balls to the girls tennis teams at Neagunee and Ishpeming Westwood, as well as Hunter Nowak and Austin Edington at Morrice; talks about the recruitment of athletic ...

This week’s show features Conner McCoy of Lincoln Alcona’s boys soccer team,  passes out Game Balls to Ileah Doctor of East Grand Rapids and Bloomfield Hills’ Mikaela Schulz, talks about misunderstood football kicking rules in the "...

This week’s show features Maddy Chinn of Pontiac Notre Dame Prep’s girls volleyball team, passes out Game Balls to Zack Shane of Fruitport, and Logan Carroll of Escanaba, talks about preparation for officials in the "Be The Referee" segment and clo...

This week’s show features an act of great sportsmanship by St. Johns' Taryn Chapko toward Jillian Lange of Goodrich in a recent nighttime girls cross country meet, passes out Game Balls to Brighton’s Celia Cullen, and Trevor Johns and Bryson Jensen from Mani...