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: 4/10/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

April 10, 2025

1. BASEBALL Division 1 No. 17 Hartland got past No. 3 Novi 4-3 on a walk-off walk – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

2. GIRLS SOCCER Harbor Springs avenged last season’s District Final loss to Elk Rapids with a 2-1 win – Petoskey News-Review

3. BASEBALL Sawyer Cooney threw a no-hitter as Bloomfield Hills got past Birmingham Groves 1-0 – Oakland Press

4. TRACK & FIELD Dexter’s boys defeated Ann Arbor Pioneer 71-66, while Pioneer’s girls won their matchup 86-51 – Chelsea Sun Times News

5. GIRLS SOCCER Davison edged Grand Blanc 3-2 – WNEM

6. GIRLS SOCCER Stevensville Lakeshore earned its first victory, 6-1 over Kalamazoo Central – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

7. SOFTBALL Utica Eisenhower held off a Sterling Heights Stevenson comeback attempt for a 9-7 win – Macomb Daily

8. BASEBALL Sanford Meridian opened its season with a sweep of Roscommon – Midland Daily News

9. BASEBALL St. Clair Shores Lakeview edged Roseville 7-6 – Macomb Daily

10. SOFTBALL Division 1 honorable mention Hartland swept Novi with a pair of big wins – Livingston Daily Press & Argus