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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...

This week's show features Traverse City Bay Reps hockey standout Jake Stevenson and closes with a look back at MHSAA Basketball Finals rematches.

This week's show features Midland Dow basketball standout Molly Davis and takes a look back at Mio legend Jay Smith and his community's support of a record-setting career.

This week's show features Alpena basketball record-setting scorer Chris DeRocher and highlights sportsmanship recently shown on the court.

This week's show features Flint Kearsley bowler Imari Blond and closes with a look back 50 years later at Lansing Sexton's 1959 boys hoops championship run.

This week's show features Warren Woods-Tower's wrestling team and discusses the nature of poor sportsmanship faced by officials.

This week's show features East Kentwood's boys basketball team and closes with a commentary on the wonderful experience of visiting a small-town gym.

If you are the mother or father of a high school athlete here in Michigan, this message is primarily for you.

This week's show features an inspiring wrestling story from Niles Brandywine and closes with a commentary on parental sportsmanship.

This week's show features Unionville-Sebewaing three-sport standout Rylee Zimmer, explains a misconception about sliding in basketball and closes with a reflection on "reading the instructions" to know how educational athletics at their best should operate.

This week's show features St. Ignace High School student — and college basketball official — Jackson Ingalls, explains rules that regulate stalling in wrestling and finishes with a commentary on how the values of high school sports shined thro...

This week's show features the Eastern Thumb Area Legion co-op hockey program and finishes with a commentary on the unsatisfying results of football playoff expansion.

This week's show introduces the MHSAA's Battle of the Fans VIII and closes with exciting news about the large increase of broadcasts available on MHSAA.tv.

What are sports really about today? And are today's parents missing the point? Time, money, effort and energy. All for what? Trophies, medals, first place, a college scholarship or that top-five draft pick and that multi-million dollar contract that come with it. Fortun...

This week's show features new officials filling a need in Michigan's southeastern region and closes with thoughts from a pair of notable college coaches on what they're seeking when recruiting the high school ranks.