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: 2/18/26

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

February 18, 2026

1. BOYS BASKETBALL Gladwin locked up its first league title since 1993 with a 49-46 win over Beaverton in the Jack Pine Conference championship game – Midland Daily News

2. GIRLS BASKETBALL Blissfield clinched a fourth-straight Lenawee County Athletic Association title with a 49-45 win over Adrian Madison – Adrian Daily Telegram

3. BOYS BASKETBALL Birch Run set a program record with 19 wins and claimed the Mid-Michigan Athletic Conference title outright for the first time with a 62-37 win over Montrose – WNEM

4. BOYS BASKETBALL Fruitport set a program record for wins in clinching a share of the Ottawa-Kent Conference Silver title with a 76-58 victory over Wyoming Godwin Heights – MuskegonSports.com

5. BOYS BASKETBALL Elk Rapids ran its Northern Shores Conference title streak to three with a 76-46 clincher over Boyne City – Traverse City Record-Eagle

6. GIRLS BASKETBALL Brooklyn Columbia Central clinched the Cascades Conference West championship with a 65-41 win over Hanover-Horton – Jackson Citizen Patriot

7. GIRLS BASKETBALL Tecumseh wrapped up a third-straight Southeastern Conference White title with a big win over Ypsilanti Lincoln – Adrian Daily Telegram

8. BOYS BASKETBALL Jackson, Chelsea and Ypsilanti Lincoln finished as champions together in the Southeastern Conference White – Jackson Citizen Patriot

9. BOYS BASKETBALL Grand Rapids Christian clinched a share of the Ottawa-Kent Conference White title with a 51-43 win over Grand Rapids Catholic Central – Grand Rapids Press

10. BOYS BASKETBALL McBain clinched a share of the Highland Conference title with a 79-54 win over LeRoy Pine River – Cadillac News

Also of note …

BOYS BASKETBALL Maple City Glen Lake finished its Northwest Conference title march with an 86-73 win over Benzie Central – MI Sports Now

BOYS BASKETBALL Jackson Dzwik became the all-time leading scorer in the city of Battle Creek, now at 1,526 points after scoring 41 against Jackson Christian – Battle Creek Enquirer

BOYS BASKETBALL Dayne Ivey reached 1,000 career points in Pinconning’s 60-45 win over Shepherd – Bay City Times