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: 2/27/26

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

February 27, 2026

1. GIRLS BASKETBALL Mio’s Mia McGregor set the MHSAA single-season scoring record during a win over Alcona – Bay City Times

2. GIRLS BASKETBALL St. Charles defeated Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart 50-40 to claim the overall Mid-State Activities Conference title – Saginaw News

3. GIRLS BASKETBALL Gaylord St. Mary finished its second-straight outright championship run in the Ski Valley Conference with a 51-30 win over Indian River Inland Lakes – Traverse City Record-Eagle

4. GIRLS BASKETBALL Cassopolis defeated Marcellus 51-28 to clinch a shared Southwest 10 Conference title with Centreville – Niles Daily Star

5. ICE HOCKEY Midland Dow clinched a Division 2 Regional title with a 7-3 win over Traverse City Central – Midland Daily News

6. GIRLS BASKETBALL Mariah Turner broke Port Huron’s single-season scoring record during a 63-39 win over Croswell-Lexington – Port Huron Times Herald

7. GIRLS BASKETBALL Saline tied its regular-season record for wins moving to 19-3 with a 52-31 victory over Brighton – Saline Post

8. GIRLS BASKETBALL Bay City Western reached 500 program wins with a 54-31 victory over Flushing – Bay City Times

9. GIRLS BASKETBALL Negaunee finished a regular-season sweep of Gladstone, 41-36 – My UP Now

10. GIRLS BASKETBALL Ava Johnson scored five of the most memorable points this season during Dundee’s win over Britton Deerfield – Monroe News