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.
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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: 9/5/25
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
September 5, 2025
1. VOLLEYBALL Division 3 No. 8 Traverse City St. Francis defeated top-ranked Roscommon 2-1, and also took a four-set loss against Midland Dow – Traverse City Record-Eagle
2. BOYS SOCCER Division 3 No. 4 Frankenmuth came back from a two-goal halftime deficit to defeat Freeland 4-2 – Saginaw News
3. BOYS SOCCER Division 4 No. 7 Royal Oak Shrine Catholic improved to 8-1 with a shutout of No. 10 Clarkston Everest Collegiate – Oakland Press
4. GIRLS GOLF Grand Blanc – No. 6 in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – and Midland Dow’s Sophia Lee continued to dominate the Saginaw Valley League – Midland Daily News
5. VOLLEYBALL Division 3 No. 6 Kingsley downed Charlevoix in a matchup of teams off to strong starts – MI Sports Now
6. BOYS SOCCER Division 1 No. 13 Grand Haven and Hudsonville played to a scoreless draw – Grand Haven Tribune
7. VOLLEYBALL Division 3 No. 9 Hanover-Horton improved to 5-1-1 with a sweep of Michigan Center – Jackson Citizen Patriot
8. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVIING Allen Park earned victories over Riverview and Dundee – Southgate News-Herald
9. BOYS TENNIS Cadillac swept Alpena in the Big North Conference – Cadillac News
10. BOYS TENNIS Midland downed Bay City Western 6-2 – Midland Daily News