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: 9/10/26

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

September 10, 2026

1. FIELD HOCKEY Saline downed Dexter 2-0, avenging last season’s MHSAA Semifinal defeat – Saline Post

2. CROSS COUNTRY Fife Lake Forest Area hosted its first meet, won by the Bellaire girls and Kalkasa boys – Traverse City Record-Eagle

3. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Natalie Jordan reached 1,500 career assists in St. Joseph’s sweep of Mattawan – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

4. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Gladwin came back after losing the first set to defeat Beaverton in five in their Cedar Cup match – Midland Daily News

5. BOYS SOCCER Maple City Glen Lake delivered Suttons Bay’s first loss this fall, 3-1 – MI Sports Now

6. CROSS COUNTRY DeWitt swept the Large School races, with the Chesaning girls and Fowler boys winning Small School titles at the Marauder Invitational – Saginaw News | Athletic.net

7. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Essexville Garber lost the first set but won the next three to defeat Bay City John Glenn in the Cross-River Rivalry – Bay City Times

8. CROSS COUNTRY The Ithaca girls and Alma boys won at the John Bruder Classic at Shepherd – Cadillac News | Athletic.net

9. CROSS COUNTRY Mason County Central swept team titles at its Leanna Wolf Geers Invitational – Ludington Daily News | Athletic.net

10. BOYS SOCCER Two goals over less than a minute sent Lincoln Park past Wyandotte Roosevelt 2-1 – Southgate News-Herald