This Week In High School Sports: 1/18/22

By Jon Ross
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties

January 18, 2022

This week's edition highlights a strong start for the Midland Dow girls basketball team, awards Game Balls to high achievers in wrestling, basketball and hockey; and celebrates retiring coaches who are among the winningest in Michigan's girls basketball and baseball history. MI Student Aid

The 5-minute program each week includes feature stories from around the state from the MHSAA’s Second Half or network affiliates, along with "Be The Referee," a 60-second look at the fine art of officiating.

"This Week in High School Sports" is powered by MI Student Aid, a part of the Office of Postsecondary Financial Planning located within the Michigan Department of Treasury.

Listen to this week's show by Clicking Here.

Previous editions

Jan. 11: Battle of the Fans X "Challenge Round," officiating on the islands Listen
Jan. 4: Onsted boys basketball, Oxford Strong Listen
Dec. 15:
Winter championship calendar, KLAA/MIHL Memorial Showcase Listen
Dec. 8:
2021 Bush Award honorees, remembering Tom Rashid Listen
Dec. 1: 11-Player Football Finals review Listen
Nov. 23: Volleyball, LP Girls Swimming & Diving, 8-Player Football Finals review Listen
Nov. 16:
Lower Peninsula Cross Country continued, weekend preview Listen
Nov. 9: Lower Peninsula Cross Country, Boys Soccer Finals review Listen
Nov. 2: Title IX at 50 celebration, Fall championship broadcasts Listen
Oct. 27: Upper Peninsula Cross Country Finals review, soccer/volleyball playoff update Listen
Oct. 20: Lower Peninsula Girls Golf & Boys Tennis Finals review Listen
Oct. 13: Middle school/junior high cross country Regionals, football playoff selection Listen
Oct. 6: Upper Peninsula girls tennis champions, football broadcast update Listen
Sept. 29: Girls swimming & diving "Meet of Champions," Schoolcraft's star kicker  Listen
Sept. 22:
Spartan Invitational "elite" races, John U. Bacon's "Let Them Lead"  Listen
Sept. 15:
Volleyball powers face off, Tiger Teusink's tennis legacy Listen
Sept. 8:
Fall sports rules changes, Adrian Lenawee Christian inspiration – Listen
Sept. 1: 
Boys soccer seeding process, Beaver Island athletics – Listen
Aug. 25:
 Return of Fall sports, “enhanced strength-of-schedule” football playoff format – Listen

Today in the MHSAA: 3/10/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

March 10, 2025

1. GIRLS BASKETBALL Gladstone avenged a pair of regular-season losses by downing Negaunee 50-47 in a Division 2 District Final – Marquette Mining Journal

2. GIRLS BASKETBALL Midland Dow clinched its seventh-straight District title with a 58-49 win over Midland High in Division 1 – Midland Daily News

3. GIRLS BASKETBALL South Lyon won a Division 1 District matchup of league champs 55-47 over Northville – Social House News

4. GIRLS BASKETBALL Blissfield clinched a Division 3 District title with a 57-42 win over Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central – Monroe News

5. GIRLS BASKETBALL Harbor Beach downed Cass City 44-39 in Division 3 – Huron Daily Tribune

6. GIRLS BASKETBALL Goodrich wrapped up a third-straight Division 2 District title with a 68-52 win over Flint Powers Catholic – WJRT

7. GIRLS BASKETBALL Chelsea finished a Division 2 District run with a 52-35 win over Parma Western – Chelsea Sun Times News

8. GIRLS BASKETBALL Hartland avenged a pair of losses to Howell with a Division 1 District Final win, 43-33 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

9. GIRLS BASKETBALL Kalamazoo Christian earned a third-straight District title with a 53-38 win over Hackett Catholic Prep in Division 3 – Kalamazoo Gazette

10. BOYS SWIMMING & DIVING Erie Mason/Ida – No. 8 in Lower Peninsula Division 3 – swam to a Southern Michigan Independent Swimming League championship – Monroe News