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: 3/3/26

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

March 3, 2026

1. GIRLS BASKETBALL Ida avenged a pair of regular-season losses to Dundee with a 43-39 win in a Division 2 District opener, and Milan’s Emily Bladen reached 1,000 career points in her team’s loss to Adrian – Monroe News

2. GIRLS BASKETBALL Muskegon Orchard View trailed Montague entering the fourth quarter but came back to win their Division 2 opener 53-44 – Local Sports Journal

3. GIRLS BASKETBALL Saginaw Nouvel Catholic Central opened Division 4 District play with a 40-37 overtime win over Bay City All Saints – Saginaw News

4. GIRLS BASKETBALL Vicksburg came back from a 10-point deficit to get past Paw Paw in Division 2, 52-49 – Kalamazoo Gazette

5. GIRLS BASKETBALL Allison Fork’s buzzer-beating 3-pointer sent Pinconning past Harrison 47-44 in Division 3 – Bay City Times

6. GIRLS BASKETBALL Cadillac opened its Division 2 District game against Newaygo scoring the first 20 points and held on for a 43-40 win – Cadillac News

7. GIRLS BASKETBALL Kinde North Huron avenged a pair of regular-season losses with a 31-29 Division 4 win over Carsonville-Port Sanilac – Huron Daily Tribune

8. GIRLS BASKETBALL Manistee pulled away during the second half for a 57-41 win over Benzie Central in Division 3 – Manistee News Advocate

9. GIRLS BASKETBALL Bay City Western extended its winning streak to seven with a victory over Bay City Central in Division 1 – Midland Daily News

10. GIRLS BASKETBALL Bridgeport advanced in Division 2 with a 55-45 win over Birch Run – WNEM