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. 
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.
"This Week in High School Sports" is powered by MI Student Aid, a part of the Office of Postsecondary Financial Planning located within the Michigan Department of Treasury.
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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: 12/16/25
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
December 16, 2025
1. BOYS BASKETBALL Iron Mountain hung on for a 72-66 overtime win over Ishpeming, with Brayden Kassin scoring 48 points – Upper Michigan’s Source
2. GIRLS BASKETBALL Midland used a big third quarter to pull away from Hartland 53-47 – Midland Daily News
3. GIRLS BASKETALL Saginaw Nouvel Catholic Central earned first-year coach Ashton Cooper his first win, 51-33 over Coleman – Saginaw News
4. BOYS BASKETBALL Unionville-Sebewaing won its first matchup with Bay City All Saints in a decade, 53-49 – Bay City Times
5. ICE HOCKEY Romeo held on for a 3-2 win over Rochester Hills Stoney Creek – Macomb Daily
6. GIRLS BASKETBALL Concord found its shooting touch during the second half of a 49-36 win over Hanover-Horton – Jackson Citizen Patriot
7. GIRLS BASKETBALL Troy improved to 3-0 with a 36-27 win over Birmingham Seaholm – Oakland Press
8. ICE HOCKEY Downriver Unified avenged a November 7-5 loss to Riverview/Cabrini with a 7-5 win – Southgate News-Herald
9. BOYS BASKETBALL Bear Lake improved to 5-1 with a 49-28 victory over Leland – MI Sports Now
10. GIRLS BASKETBALL Negaunee downed Calumet 54-34 – My UP Now