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: 5/14/25
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
May 14, 2025
1. SOFTBALL Division 2 No. 8 Frankenmuth clinched a share of the Tri-Valley Conference Red title with a sweep of Freeland – Saginaw News
2. BASEBALL Petoskey clinched a share of the Big North Conference championship with a sweep over Traverse City West – Petoskey News-Review
3. GIRLS SOCCER Walled Lake Northern earned a third-straight Lakes Valley Conference Tournament title with a shootout win over Walled Lake Western – Oakland Press
4. BASEBALL Division 4 No. 17 Muskegon Catholic Central earned coach Steve Schuitema his 400th career victory during a sweep of Wyoming Tri-unity Christian – Local Sports Journal
5. GIRLS SOCCER Division 4 No. 7 Plymouth Christian Academy handed Allen Park Inter-City Baptist its first loss, 2-0 – Southgate News-Herald
6. GIRLS SOCCER Grand Ledge advanced to the Capital Area Activities Conference Gold Cup championship match with a 2-1 win over Division 2 No. 11 Mason – Lansing State Journal
7. GIRLS SOCCER Division 2 No. 9 DeWitt advanced on the other side of the CAAC Gold Cup bracket with a 4-0 win over East Lansing – WILX
8. BASEBALL Division 2 No. 16 Stevensville Lakeshore and St. Joseph split, Lakeshore winning the opener and the Bears the second game – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium
9. BASEBALL Fraser moved into first place alone in the Macomb Area Conference Blue with a 2-1 win over St. Clair Shores Lakeview – Macomb Daily
10. SOFTBALL Kianna Vork added to her school career home run record during Hamilton’s sweep of Zeeland East – Holland Sentinel