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: 1/22/26

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

January 22, 2026

1. ICE HOCKEY Division 1 top-ranked Howell extended its winning streak to 16 with a 7-5 win over No. 3 Hartland – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

2. GIRLS BASKETBALL Addi Dzwik went over 1,000 career points (grades 9-12) in Battle Creek St. Philip’s 60-37 win over Parchment – Battle Creek Enquirer

3. BOYS BASKETBALL Detroit Martin Luther King came back to defeat Cass Tech 60-53 – Detroit Free Press

4. GIRLS BASKETBALL Gaylord St. Mary stands alone atop the Ski Valley Conference after a 58-35 win over Indian River Inland Lakes – Traverse City Record-Eagle

5. WRESTLING Romeo swept Macomb Dakota and Warren Woods-Tower to take over first place alone in the Macomb Area Conference Red – Macomb Daily

6. COMPETITIVE CHEER Carleton Airport set itself up to repeat in the Huron League with a win at the latest jamboree – Monroe News

7. GIRLS BASKETBALL Roscommon improved to 9-1 with a 77-41 win over Manton – MI Sports Now

8. WRESTLING St. Joseph defeated rival Stevensville Lakeshore 42-29 – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

9. SKIING Maple City Glen Lake swept girls and boys meets against Onekama and Caledonia – Benzie Record Patriot

10. BOYS BASKETBALL Felch North Dickinson ran its winning streak to nine with a 45-38 win over Norway – My UP Now