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: 5/5/26

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

May 5, 2026

1. BOYS GOLF Saginaw Heritage and Brennan Denay claimed Saginaw County championships – Saginaw News

2. SOFTBALL Division 3 No. 3 Brooklyn Columbia Central remains undefeated thanks to a 4-0 win over No. 7 Jackson Lumen Christi – WLNS

3. BASEBALL Division 1 No. 11 Okemos finished a perfect run through the Capital Area Activities Conference Blue with a pair of shutouts of Lansing Waverly – Lansing State Journal

4. BOYS GOLF Bryce Boss was the medalist in leading Charlevoix – No. 8 in Lower Peninsula Division 4 – to a Harbor Springs Invitational title – Petoskey News-Review

5. GIRLS SOCCER Division 3 No. 10 Frankenmuth is alone atop the Tri-Valley Conference Red thanks to a 2-0 win over No. 12 Freeland – Saginaw News

6. BASEBALL Milford downed White Lake Lakeland 7-5 to remain first in the Lakes Valley Conference – Oakland Press

7. GIRLS SOCCER Warren Cousino remains in the Macomb Area Conference Blue title mix thanks to a 3-0 win over Grosse Pointe North – Macomb Daily

8. TRACK & FIELD Midland earned girls and boys sweeps of Bay City Western and Saginaw United – Saginaw News

9. BASEBALL Livonia Churchill earned an important 1-0 win over neighbor Franklin – Hometown Life

10. SOFTBALL Riverview remains first in the Huron League after a 7-0 win over Flat Rock – Southgate News-Herald

Also of note …

GIRLS BASKETBALL Frankfort’s Tim Reznich has retired with a 406-162 record over 24 seasons and after leading the program to two Finals titles – Traverse City Record-Eagle