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: 9/6/24

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

September 6, 2024

1. BOYS SOCCER Division 3 No. 2 Macomb Lutheran North defeated Division 2 No. 2 Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood in a matchup of previously-undefeated teams – Macomb Daily

2. BOYS TENNIS Gunnar Kruse set Milan’s career singles wins record during his team’s shutout of Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central – Monroe News

4. VOLLEYBALL Division 2 No. 6 Plainwell defeated Portage Central and Marshall and lost to Division 1 honorable mention Byron Center at Portage Central’s Mini Invite – WWMT

4. BOYS SOCCER Bay City John Glenn moved into first place in the Tri-Valley Conference Red with a 1-0 win over Division 3 No. 11 Alma – Bay City Times

5. BOYS SOCCER Saline and Division 1 No. 14 Ann Arbor Huron played to a scoreless draw – Saline Post

6. BOYS SOCCER Division 1 No. 15 Troy Athens downed Birmingham Seaholm 2-1 to remain undefeated – Oakland Press

7. VOLLEYBALL Hamilton continued to impress with a sweep of Zeeland East – Holland Sentinel

8. BOYS TENNIS A major singles matchup highlighted St. Joseph’s 6-2 win over Stevensville Lakeshore; the Bears are ranked No. 7 in Lower Peninsula Division 3 – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

9. CROSS COUNTRY Ludington swept girls and boys championships at the Leanna Wolf Geers Invitational – Ludington Daily News | Athletic.net

10. GIRLS GOLF Big Rapids remained atop the Central State Activities Association standings with a two-stroke win in the latest league jamboree – Big Rapids Pioneer