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: 1/10/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

January 10, 2025

1. GIRLS BASKETBALL Tecumseh downed Chelsea in a matchup of undefeated teams in the Southeastern Conference White – Ann Arbor News

2. BOYS BASKETBALL Trey McKenney scored 37 points but Orchard Lake St. Mary’s fell to IMG Academy 67-62 – Oakland Press

3. Halen McLaughlin became Sanford Meridian’s all-time leading scorer during a win over Pinconning – Midland Daily News

4. GIRLS BASKETBALL Sophia Bussell reached 1,000 career points in a 63-42 win over Ann Arbor Pioneer – Monroe News

5. GIRLS BASKETBALL Harbor Springs won big over Elk Rapids and as Olivia Flynn pulled within 23 points of 2,000 for her career – Up North Live

6. GIRLS BASKETBALL Riverview handed New Boston Huron its first defeat, 51-41 – Southgate News-Herald

7. BOYS BASKETBALL Evart handed LeRoy Pine River its first loss, 71-55 – Big Rapids Pioneer

8. BOYS BASKETBALL Lansing Waverly delivered Okemos’ first loss, 48-45 – Lansing State Journal

9. GIRLS BASKETBALL Grass Lake also delivered Michigan Center’s first defeat, 56-46 – Jackson Citizen Patriot

10. BOYS BASKETBALL Berrien Springs moved into first place alone in the Lakeland Conference with a 69-51 win over Benton Harbor – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium