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.

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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: 8/27/26

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

August 27, 2026

1. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Division 2 No. 2 Kingsley downed Division 4 No. 9 Onekama, Manton and Division 3 honorable mention Traverse City St. Francis – Traverse City Record-Eagle

2. BOYS SOCCER Carson Welker had three goals and two assists in Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central’s 7-3 win over Carleton Airport – Monroe News

3. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary twice came back from one-set deficits to defeat Midland Bullock Creek in five – Midland Daily News

4. CROSS COUNTRY The Harbor Beach girls and Croswell-Lexington boys were victorious at the Cass City Invitational – Huron Daily Tribune

5. BOYS SOCCER Allen Park picked up an important Downriver League road win 3-1 at Trenton – Southgate News-Herald

6. BOYS 1TENNIS St. Joseph – No. 7 in Lower Peninsula Division 3 – earned an important 7-1 Southwestern Michigan Athletic Conference win over Battle Creek Lakeview – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

7. BOYS SOCCER Manistee scored the game’s lone goal on a penalty kick to get past Benzie Central – Manistee News Advocate

8. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Brooklyn Columbia Central came back to finish a sweep of Napoleon – Jackson Citizen Patriot

9. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Division 2 No. 6 Frankenmuth remained undefeated with a shutout of Goodrich – WNEM

10. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Fulton won its Mid-State Activities Conference opener, sweeping Coleman – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun