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: 2/18/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

February 18, 2025

1. BOWLING Bay City John Glenn’s girls and boys teams swept Bay County Championship victories; the John Glenn girls are ranked No. 3 in Division 2 – Bay City Times

2. GIRLS BASKETBALL Oscoda claimed its seventh-straight league title with a 51-27 win over Rogers City in the North Star League Big Dipper – Bay City Times

3. BOYS BASKETBALL Petersburg Summerfield clinched a share of the Tri-County Conference championship with a 67-32 win over Sand Creek – Monroe News

4. BOYS BASKETBALL Levi Stambaugh became Mason’s all-time leading scorer during the Bulldogs’ 72-36 win over Parma Western – Lansing State Journal

5. GIRLS BASKETBALL Essexville Garber’s Audrey Ball reached 1,000 career points during a 59-32 win over Birch Run – Bay City Times

6. GIRLS BASKETBALL Utica Eisenhower downed Armada 62-37 in a matchup of teams with a combined three losses – Macomb Daily

7. HOCKEY Regional play began Monday – with Ann Arbor Pioneer, Novi and Grandville victorious – and the Oakland Press previewed 11 brackets including area teams – Oakland Press

8. GIRLS BASKETBALL Sault Ste. Marie defeated Alpena 69-57 – Alpena News

9. BOYS BASKETBALL Norway followed Bryce Adams to a 75-53 win over Bark River-Harris – Upper Michigan’s Source

10. BOYS BASKETBALL Saginaw Swan Valley downed Carrollton 72-53 – WNEM