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: 1/26/26

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

January 26, 2026

1. BOYS BASKETBALL Keyshawn Summerville became Lansing Sexton’s all-time leading scorer during his team’s 61-56 win over Portland – Lansing State Journal

2. GIRLS BASKETBALL Victoria Hauffe reached 1,000 career points in Hemlock’s win over Carrollton – Saginaw News

3. BOYS SWIMMING & DIVING Monroe and Erie Mason/Ida – the latter ranked No. 9 in Lower Peninsula Division 3 – tied for the Monroe County championship – Monroe News

4. ICE HOCKEY Painesdale Jeffers came back three times to get past Division 2 No. 2 Grandville 4-3 – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette

5. BOYS WRESTLING Division 3 No. 4 Whitehall edged Fruitport by four points to win its 19th Greater Muskegon Athletic Association championship over the last 20 seasons – Muskegon Chronicle

6. ICE HOCKEY Division 1 No. 3 Hartland scored the go-ahead goal with 23.5 seconds left in a 3-1 win over No. 7 Brighton – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

7. BOYS WRESTLING Gaylord claimed the Northern Michigan Championships title – Traverse City Record-Eagle

8. ICE HOCKEY Division 3 No. 5 Marquette downed No. 8 Escanaba 5-2 – Upper Michigan’s Source

9. COMPETITIVE CHEER Hillsdale won the Napoleon Invitational by nearly 42 points – Hillsdale Daily News

10. ICE HOCKEY Division 3 No. 6 Riverview Gabriel Richard ended Detroit Country Day’s four-game winning streak with a 3-0 victory – Southgate News-Herald