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: 9/19/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

September 19, 2025

1. BOYS SOCCER Division 1 No. 4 Okemos finished an outright title run in the Capital Area Activities Conference Blue with a 3-2 win over Grand Ledge – WILX

2. BOYS SOCCER Traverse City Central ended a 20-game losing streak against Division 1 No. 10 West with a 1-0 victory – Up North Live

3. VOLLEYBALL Division 3 No. 4 Kingsley defeated honorable mention Manton, Lake City and Reed City all in two sets – Traverse City Record-Eagle

4. VOLLEYBALL Marysville defeated Fraser in four sets in a matchup of Macomb Area Conference White leaders – Macomb Daily

5. CROSS COUNTRY Frankenmuth swept girls and boys races at its invitational; Frankenmuth’s girls are ranked No. 14 in Lower Peninsula Division 2 – Saginaw News

6. VOLLEYBALL Fruitport remains undefeated in the Ottawa-Kent Conference Silver after a five-set win over Hopkins – MuskegonSports.com

7. BOYS TENNIS LPD2 top-ranked Birmingham Seaholm downed Rochester Hills Stoney Creek 6-2 – Oakland Press

8. VOLLEYBALL Kingsford remains undefeated after sweeping Marquette – Upper Michigan’s Source

9. BOYS TENNIS Gibraltar Carlson handed Trenton its first Downriver League loss, 6-2 – Southgate News-Herald

10. BOYS SOCCER Division 1 No. 5 Hartland improved to 15-0-1 with a 4-2 win over Brighton – Livingston Daily Press & Argus