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: 12/4/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

December 4, 2025

1. BOYS BASKETBALL Adam Dugener reached 1,000 career points in North Muskegon’s season-opening win over Holton – Muskegon Chronicle

2. ICE HOCKEY Petoskey scored all three of its goals during the third period of a 3-2 win over Traverse Bay Reps – Up North Live

3. BOYS BASKETBALL Roseville had five players score in double figures in an 85-75 win over Warren De La Salle Collegiate – Macomb Daily

4. GIRLS WRESTLING Fowlerville defeated Howell 60-17 in the first-ever Livingston County girls wrestling dual – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

5. BOYS BASKETBALL Mason Dowdy scored 39 points in Mason’s season-opening 73-72 win over Grand Ledge – WLNS

6. BOYS BASKETBALL Sanford Meridian edged Gladwin 65-61 in a season opener – Midland Daily News

7. BOYS BASKETBALL Pellston earned new coach Jared Anderson his first win, 62-43 over Onaway – Petoskey News-Review

8. BOYS BASKETBALL Detroit Douglass opened with a 58-33 victory over Imlay City – Detroit News

9. BOYS BASKETBALL McBain opened with a 62-50 win over Houghton Lake – Cadillac News

10. BOYS BASKETBALL Elkton-Pigeon-Bay Port Laker made 16 of 19 free-throw attempts in a 53-34 win over Bay City All Saints – Bay City Times