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: 8/21/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

August 21, 2025

1. GIRLS GOLF Brighton won the Lober Classic for the fourth time in five season, finishing 20 strokes ahead of the field – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

2. GIRLS TENNIS Ishpeming Westwood edged three-time reigning Upper Peninsula Division 1 champion Negaunee in a rematch of the top two teams from last season – Marquette Mining Journal

3. GIRLS GOLF Northville was first and Dexter second at the Dan Young Invitational – Chelsea Sun Times News

4. VOLLEYBALL Byron Center downed East Grand Rapids in a “Rally on Reeds Lake” outdoor match – WOOD TV

5. BOYS SOCCER New Boston Huron avenged a 2024 loss with a 2-1 win over Melvindale – Southgate News-Herald

6. GIRLS GOLF Grand Blanc and Midland Dow’s Sophia Lee were top finishers at the first Saginaw Valley League jamboree – Midland Daily News

7. VOLLEYBALL Parma Western earned two-set wins over Brooklyn Columbia Central and Pewamo-Westphalia – Jackson Citizen Patriot

8. VOLLEYBALL Carrollton swept St. Charles, St. Louis and Sanford Meridian on volleyball opening night – Saginaw News

9. BOYS TENNIS Ludington won its invitational, with Cadillac finishing second – Cadillac News