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: 1/5/23
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
January 5, 2023
1. HOCKEY Bay City’s Western/Central co-op downed Division 3 No. 10 Chelsea 6-4 – Bay City Times
2. GIRLS BASKETBALL Flushing came back from a 14-point fourth-quarter deficit to defeat Flint Powers Catholic 46-43 – Flint Journal
3. HOCKEY Jake Pietila scored half of Division 1 No. 5 Hartland’s goals in its 6-1 win over Northville – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
4. WRESTLING Division 4 No. 4 Bronson defeated Reading and Sand Creek during its inaugural Billy Balowski Memorial Tournament – Sturgis Journal
5. HOCKEY Dearborn Divine Child edged Wyandotte Roosevelt 9-8 in overtime – Southgate News-Herald
6. GIRLS BASKETBALL Midland Bullock Creek outlasted Midland High in overtime 55-50 – Midland Daily News
7. BOYS BASKETBALL Holly tied things up during the final seconds of regulation and surged through overtime for a 67-54 win over White Lake Lakeland – Oakland Press
8. GIRLS BASKETBALL Fruitport held on for a 40-38 win over North Muskegon – MuskegonSports.com
9. BOYS BASKETBALL Hesperia edged Walkerville 49-47 – Local Sports Journal
10. BOYS BASKETBALL Bad Axe held on to down Ubly 46-42 – Huron Daily Tribune