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. 

MI Student AidThe 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: 10/22/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

October 22, 2025

1. BOYS SOCCER No. 2 Detroit Country Day advanced in Division 3 with a 1-0 win over No. 4 Ann Arbor Greenhills in a Regional Semifinal – Hometown Life

2. BOYS SOCCER Fagan Roy scored three goals as No. 5 Clarkston moved past No. 8 Hartland 4-1 in Division 1 – Oakland Press

3. BOYS SOCCER No. 3 North Muskegon came back from an early deficit to defeat No. 5 Harbor Springs in Division 4 – Local Sports Journal

4. BOYS SOCCER No. 14 Fremont won a matchup of ranked Division 3 teams, 2-1 over No. 5 Elk Rapids – Up North Live

5. BOYS SOCCER No. 11 Detroit Catholic Central advanced in Division 1 with a 3-1 win over No. 6 Okemos – Oakland Press

6. BOYS SOCCER No. 2 Ann Arbor Huron will play for a first Regional title after defeating honorable mention Detroit U-D Jesuit 4-0 in Division 1 – Ann Arbor News

7. BOYS SOCCER Lansing Catholic upset No. 7 Alma 4-1 in Division 3 – Lansing State Journal

8. BOYS SOCCER Cedar Springs will play for a Division 2 Regional title thanks to a shootout win over No. 7 Fruitport – MuskegonSports.com

9. BOYS SOCCER Traverse City St. Francis advanced in Division 2 with a 2-1 win over honorable mention East Grand Rapids – Traverse City Record-Eagle

10. BOYS SOCCER No. 9 Melvindale edged honorable mention Dearborn Divine Child in Division 2, 2-1, and No. 4 Warren De La Salle Collegiate downed New Boston Huron 6-1 – Macomb Daily