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: 12/17/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

December 17, 2025

1. GIRLS BASKETBALL Muskegon made a statewide wave with a 58-51 win over Rockford – Muskegon Chronicle

2. BOYS BASKETBALL Truman Brennan scored his 1,000th career point as Paw Paw defeated Edwardsburg 51-49 – Kalamazoo Gazette

3. BOYS SWIMMING & DIVING Trenton defeated Lower Peninsula Division 3 honorable mention Riverview 100-86, ending Riverview’s dual meet winning streak at 37 – Southgate News-Herald

4. GIRLS BASKETBALL Bay City All Saints earned the 600th win in program history, defeating Mayville 57-19 – Bay City Times

5. BOYS BASKERTBALL Menominee followed Darrent Butler to an 84-52 win over Crystal Falls Forest Park – Upper Michigan’s Source

6. BOYS BASKETBALL Battle Creek Pennfield defeated Marshall 62-46 in a matchup of last season’s Interstate 8 Athletic Conference co-champions – Battle Creek Enquirer

7. BOYS BASKETBALL Emmanuel Cooley’s buzzer-beater gave Grand Blanc a 48-45 win over Saginaw United – WNEM

8. COMPETITIVE CHEER Howard City Tri County won the Central State Activities Association Blue opener – Big Rapids Pioneer

9. GIRLS BASKETBALL Orchard Lake St. Mary’s handed Clarkston its first loss, 61-37 – Oakland Press

10. BOYS BASKETBALL Braylon Frantz scored 32 points in St. Clair’s 66-63 overtime win over Croswell-Lexington – Port Huron Times Herald