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: 1/24/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

January 24, 2025

1. BOYS BASKETBALL Grand Rapids Northview downed South Christian 57-55 on a Brady Swartz shot during the closing seconds and after Cam Ryans reached 1,000 career points – Grand Rapids Press

2. HOCKEY Calumet came back from an early deficit to down Hancock 2-1 in overtime – Upper Michigan’s Source

3. GIRLS BASKETBALL Reese Gohsman reached 1,000 career points in Millington’s 49-42 win over Caro – Saginaw News

4. GIRLS BASKETBALL Flint Powers Catholic’s Kendyl Smith went over 1,000 career points in her team’s big win over Bay City Central – WJRT

5. GIRLS BASKETBALL Mio won a matchup of leaders in the North Star League Little Dipper, 62-23 – Bay City Times

6. GIRLS BASKETBALL Grand Rapids Kenowa Hills held on to a share of first place in the River Cities Alliance with a 40-28 win over Lowell – Grand Rapids Press

7. BOYS BASKETBALL Clarkston won at Ferndale for the first time in five years, 67-58 – Oakland Press

8. BOYS BASKETBALL Port Huron followed Jaedyn Carswell to a 59-56 win over Warren Woods-Tower – Port Huron Times Herald

9. BOYS BASKETBALL Romeo took its first lead during the final seconds, emerging with a 41-40 victory over Utica Eisenhower – Macomb Daily

10. BOYS BASKETBALL Marion ended Baldwin’s seven-game winning streak with a 53-45 victory – MI Sports Now