1st & Goal: 2021 Week 4 Preview

For the last 20 years, we would have entered Week 4 of football season discussing how many teams would have to win the rest of their games to guarantee making the playoffs. But the six-wins-and-in era is done (and never existed for 8-player), and there’s still plenty of time for every team to impact its destiny.

Performance of the Week: Notre Dame Prep’s Josie Bloom

The Sept. 8 match between host Pontiac Notre Dame Prep and Bloomfield Hills Marian featured two of the elite programs in Michigan – Marian is the reigning Division 1 champion and Notre Dame Prep made the Division 2 Semifinals last season, and both entered the evening undefeated.

Felix Leaving Hillsdale Having Blazed Path to Statewide Success, Respect

Every time Jordan Bollin would prepare his Dundee Vikings boys basketball team to play Hillsdale, he would rename all of his plays. That’s because Brad Felix, the longtime Hillsdale coach, knew them all. “He had his teams so prepared,” Bollin said.

‘Game Changers’ Making Major Strides to Revive Atherton Football

Terrieon Robertson had a choice to make this spring. The Burton Atherton senior could leave his school for an opportunity to play football elsewhere, or he could stay and risk the chance that Atherton’s low numbers would lead to a cancellation of his final season. After meeting with new Atherton coach Randy Young, that decision was easy.

Be the Referee: Catch or No Catch

Be The Referee is a series of short messages designed to help educate people on the rules of different sports, to help them better understand the art of officiating, and to recruit officials. Here is this week’s segment – Catch or No Catch – Listen

Unforgettable 5ive: 2021 Football Week 3

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This Week In High School Sports: 9/15/21

This week’s edition highlights a matchup of undefeated volleyball powers, awards Game Balls to high achievers in soccer and football, explains what is and isn’t a catch in football, and pays respects to a recently-deceased builder of Michigan high school tennis as we know it today.