This Week in High School Sports: 1/29/26
By
Jon Ross
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties
January 29, 2026
This week's edition previews the 27th MHSAA Women in Sports Leadership Conference, awards Game Balls to standouts in girls and boys basketball, and celebrates this year's WISL Award winner Anika McEvans from Detroit Public Schools Community District.
The 5-minute program each week includes feature stories from MHSAA.com or network affiliates, along with "Be the Referee," a 60-second look at the fine art of officiating.
"This Week in High School Sports" is powered by MI Student Aid, a division within the Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement, and Potential (MiLEAP).
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Previous 2025-26 editions
Jan. 22: Multi-sport participation, MHSAA/Farm Bureau Insurance Scholar-Athlete Awards - Listen
Jan. 15: Genesee's Averie Zinn & Mio's Mia McGregor, MHSAA Winter Finals schedule - Listen
Jan. 8: 2024-25 MHSAA Tournament attendance, tribute to Vic Michaels - Listen
Dec. 11: MHSAA 2024-25 participation's national ranking, 2026 Wrestling Tournament - Listen
Dec. 4: 11-Player Football Finals review - Listen
Nov. 26: Girls Volleyball, 8-Player Football, Lower Peninsula Girls Swimming & Diving Finals review - Listen
Nov. 20: NFHS Network championship schedule, Sportsmanship Summits - Listen
Nov. 13: Performance of the Week, Shelby football - Listen
Nov. 6: Lower Peninsula Cross Country Finals, Boys Soccer Finals review - Listen
Oct. 30: Mendon football's Owen Gorham, MHSAA Girls Volleyball Tournament primer - Listen
Oct. 23: Lower Peninsula Girls Golf Finals review, LP Boys Tennis Finals - Listen
Oct. 16: MHSAA Football Playoff selection, Field Hockey Finals week primer - Listen
Oct. 9: Upper Peninsula Girls Tennis Finals review, 2025 Sportsmanship Summits - Listen
Oct. 2: 2026 MHSAA/Farm Bureau Insurance Scholar-Athlete Awards, Boys Soccer Tournament - Listen
Sept. 25: Saline's record-approaching performance, SAC sportsmanship statement - Listen
Sept. 18: Athletic director training, "Block Party" volleyball report - Listen
Sept. 11: Football coaching legend Al Fracassa, MHSAA Student Advisory Council - Listen
Sept. 4: MHSAA participation rising, Harbor Springs soccer's Henry Juneau - Listen
Aug. 28: Field hockey's first season, changes to Football Playoffs, Tennis Finals - Listen
Today in the MHSAA: 12/4/25
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
December 4, 2025
1. BOYS BASKETBALL Adam Dugener reached 1,000 career points in North Muskegon’s season-opening win over Holton – Muskegon Chronicle
2. ICE HOCKEY Petoskey scored all three of its goals during the third period of a 3-2 win over Traverse Bay Reps – Up North Live
3. BOYS BASKETBALL Roseville had five players score in double figures in an 85-75 win over Warren De La Salle Collegiate – Macomb Daily
4. GIRLS WRESTLING Fowlerville defeated Howell 60-17 in the first-ever Livingston County girls wrestling dual – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
5. BOYS BASKETBALL Mason Dowdy scored 39 points in Mason’s season-opening 73-72 win over Grand Ledge – WLNS
6. BOYS BASKETBALL Sanford Meridian edged Gladwin 65-61 in a season opener – Midland Daily News
7. BOYS BASKETBALL Pellston earned new coach Jared Anderson his first win, 62-43 over Onaway – Petoskey News-Review
8. BOYS BASKETBALL Detroit Douglass opened with a 58-33 victory over Imlay City – Detroit News
9. BOYS BASKETBALL McBain opened with a 62-50 win over Houghton Lake – Cadillac News
10. BOYS BASKETBALL Elkton-Pigeon-Bay Port Laker made 16 of 19 free-throw attempts in a 53-34 win over Bay City All Saints – Bay City Times