Today in the MHSAA: 12/18/19

December 18, 2019

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

The 2019 calendar year refuses to finish without making some significant early impacts on this basketball season, with Tuesday including a few that will be remembered.

1. Girls Basketball: Saginaw Swan Valley delivered Hemlock’s first regular-season season defeat in nearly two calendar years, 67-50 – Saginaw News

2. Boys Basketball: Grand Rapids Christian locked down Grand Rapids Catholic Central for a 60-54 win – FOX 17

3. Boys Basketball: Beaverton got past reigning league champ Sanford Meridian 40-38 in a matchup of the two best from the Jack Pine Conference in 2018-19 – Midland Daily News

4. Girls Basketball: Hartland slowed down Okemos for a 41-23 win – State Champs Sports Network

5. Boys Swimming & Diving: Holland West Ottawa had the top finisher in eight races on the way to a 112-72 win over Zeeland – Holland Sentinel

6. Girls Basketball: Carlee Crabtree scored her 1,000th career point as Coldwater earned its first win this season, 62-22 over Hastings – Coldwater Daily Reporter

7. Girls Basketball: Saline moved to 5-0 with a 71-24 win over Dearborn Henry Ford Academy as Ella Stemmer set a school record with eight 3-pointers – Saline Post

8. Boys Basketball: Tyson Acuff scored 44 points including the winning basket in Detroit Cass Tech’s 65-64 win over Henry Ford – Detroit News

9. Girls Basketball: Marquette held on for a low-scoring 35-32 win over Negaunee – The Upbeat

10. Girls Basketball: Morgan Case made a half-court shot at the buzzer to push Blissfield past Erie Mason 50-47 – Adrian Daily Telegram

Also of note …

State Champs Sports Network produced its MHSAA Finals shows for Volleyball, Girls Swimming & Diving and Football

Today in the MHSAA: 3/6/26

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

March 6, 2026

1. ICE HOCKEY Livonia Stevenson advanced to the Division 2 championship game with a 3-2 win over Caledonia, and Flint Powers Catholic shut out Detroit U-D Jesuit 3-0 in a Division 2 Semifinal – Detroit News | WJRT

2. BOYS BASKETBALL Cam Ryans drilled a buzzer-beating 3-pointer to send Grand Rapids Northview past East Kentwood 52-50 in Division 1 – Grand Rapids Press

3. BOYS BASKETBALL Harbor Beach won its first Regional title with a 64-62 double-overtime victory over International Academy of Flint – Huron Daily Tribune

4. BOYS BASKETBALL Colon downed Battle Creek St. Philip 49-40 in Division 4 to clinch the program’s first Regional title – Battle Creek Enquirer

5. BOYS BASKETBALL Concord won its first Regional title since 1990, downing Petersburg Summerfield 55-39 in Division 4 – Jackson Citizen Patriot

6. BOYS BASKETBALL Onsted clinched its first Regional title since 1983 with a 42-40 win over Ecorse in Division 3 – Adrian Daily Telegram

7. BOYS BASKETBALL Onekama handed Traverse City Christian its only loss, 46-40 in a Division 4 Regional Final – MI Sports Now

8. BOYS BASKETBALL Grand Rapids Catholic Central handed Grant its lone loss, 54-26 in Division 2 – Grand Rapids Press

9. BOYS BASKETBALL Chelsea upset Lansing Sexton 51-45 in a Division 2 Regional Final – Ann Arbor News

10. BOYS BASKETBALL Schoolcraft upset Niles Brandywine 62-50 to clinch a Division 3 Regional title – Kalamazoo Gazette

Also of note …

BOYS BASKETBALL Jordan Harrison scored his 1,000th career point as Ann Arbor Pioneer won its first Regional title since 2007 with a 63-48 win over Canton – Ann Arbor News