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: 9/3/26

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

September 3, 2026

1. BOYS SOCCER Division 4 No. 2 Muskegon Western Michigan Christian shut out Division 2 No. 5 Hudsonville Unity Christian 3-0 – Local Sports Journal

2. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Division 1 No. 2 Bloomfield Hills Marian swept new Catholic High School League Central opponent Detroit Country Day, ranked No. 7 in Division 2 – Oakland Press

3. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Division 1 No. 9 Utica Eisenhower improved to 13-2 with a sweep of honorable mention Romeo – Macomb Daily

4. GIRLS GOLF Traverse City West won the Elk Rapids Invitational with a score of 374 – Traverse City Record-Eagle

5. CROSS COUNTRY The Pinconning boys won the Rifle River Invitational – Bay City Times

6. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Riverview Gabriel Richard opened league play with a 3-1 win over Clarkston Everest Collegiate – Southgate News-Herald

7. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Division 1 honorable mention Midland Dow swept Petoskey and Ogemaw Heights – Midland Daily News

8. BOYS SOCCER Shelby scored the lone goal on a late penalty kick to defeat Manistee – Manistee News Advocate

9. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Stevensville Lakeshore downed Sturgis 3-1 – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

10. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Fennville swept Saugatuck, winning the second set 28-26 – Holland Sentinel