Viewpoints

Officials prefer to stay out of the spotlight, but the avocation is at the center of important discussion again as something seemingly inevitable has taken place in the southeastern Lower Peninsula – recently scheduled football games had to be moved because of a l...

This week's show features Hanover-Horton cross country runner Judy Rector and concludes with a "Perspective" on the growing shortage of high school game officials.

This week's show features the Alpena boys soccer team and coach Tim Storch and finishes with an "MHSAA Perspective" about placing too much importance on one percent of participants.

Local radio coverage of high school sports can still be found in a lot of places these days – and for a couple of stations, they’re celebrating 77 years of service to school sports in 2018-19. WTCM-AM in Traverse City and WJMS-AM in Ironwood are literally a...

This week's show features a pair of Michigan radio stations both in their 77th year of broadcasting high school games, presents a "You Make the Call" in the "Be The Referee" segment and concludes with an "MHSAA Perspective" on the importance of radio broadcasts to ...

This week's show features Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central football standout Tate Hallock and concludes with an "MHSAA Perspective" on keeping the same proper perspective of school sports even as the world changes around us.

As we at the MHSAA work toward promoting the benefits of a multi-sport experience at the high school level, we – with our Multi-Sport Task Force – realize these messages will be most valuable when they reach parents of children at the youth levels.

"This Week in High School Sports" returns with a feature on new Lansing Everett football coach Mike Smith and an "MHSAA Perspective" about the transition of executive directors at the Association and how little critics really know about the organization and how it ...

MHSAA Student Advisory Council members were asked their opinions on several of the current issues facing the MHSAA Junior High/Middle School Committee and MHSAA Task Force on Multi-Sport Participation.

Promoting multi-sport participation, and doing so before students reach high school, is a documented MHSAA priority. We believe it’s good for students, schools and society. By encouraging participation but not specialization, balanced multi-sport participation pr...

One of the responsibilities that parents take most seriously is protecting their children from injury, whether it is buckling seat belts in a car or wearing a helmet while riding a bike.

Many parents are trying to live the dream through their sons and daughters – the dream of landing a college athletic scholarship by specializing in a sport year-round. Unfortunately, most of these dreams are never realized.

This week’s show features the championship defensive effort shown by the Saginaw Heritage girls basketball team, passes out a Game Ball to 2018 Charles E. Forsythe Award winner Gary Ellis, discusses how officials are chosen for tournament assignments in the "Be Th...

This week’s show features the Farmington United girls gymnastics team, passes out Game Balls to Brighton ice hockey goalie Harrison Fleming and Holland Christian swimmer Skyler Cook-Weeks, discusses officials receiving support from local school administration in t...

This week’s show features a pair of courageous journeys traveled by Division 4 bowling champions, passes out Game Balls to recently-crowned MHSAA four-time wrestling individual title winners Brandon Whitman of Dundee and Jarrett Trombley of Lake Fenton, discusses ...

This week’s show features "The Herd" at Buchanan – the winner of this year’s Battle of the Fans – passes out Game Balls to the winning teams at the MHSAA Skiing Finals, discusses diving on the floor for a loose basketball...

This week’s show features Eaton Rapids wrestler Austin O’Hearon, passes out Game Balls to winning swimming relay teams from Houghton and Gladstone at the U.P. Finals last week, discusses the block-charge call in basketball in the "Be The Referee" s...

This week’s show features Muskegon Oakridge girls basketball standout Sophia Wiard, passes out Game Balls to Jacob Iacono and Devin Schmitz of Dollar Bay for their play last week against Ewen-Trout Creek, talks about the Dog Days of February in the Be The Referee ...

This week’s show features 2018 Women In Sports Leadership Award winner Meg Seng, passes out Game Balls to a handful of basketball players who reached milestone scoring marks last week, talks about the national rules making process in "Be the Referee" and clos...

This week’s show features Dundee wrestler Brandon Whitman, passes out Game Balls to Zach Goodline of Coloma in boys basketball and Taylor Long of Waldron in girls basketball, talks about basketball intentional fouls in the "Be The Referee"segme...