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: 9/10/26

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

September 10, 2026

1. FIELD HOCKEY Saline downed Dexter 2-0, avenging last season’s MHSAA Semifinal defeat – Saline Post

2. CROSS COUNTRY Fife Lake Forest Area hosted its first meet, won by the Bellaire girls and Kalkasa boys – Traverse City Record-Eagle

3. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Natalie Jordan reached 1,500 career assists in St. Joseph’s sweep of Mattawan – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

4. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Gladwin came back after losing the first set to defeat Beaverton in five in their Cedar Cup match – Midland Daily News

5. BOYS SOCCER Maple City Glen Lake delivered Suttons Bay’s first loss this fall, 3-1 – MI Sports Now

6. CROSS COUNTRY DeWitt swept the Large School races, with the Chesaning girls and Fowler boys winning Small School titles at the Marauder Invitational – Saginaw News | Athletic.net

7. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Essexville Garber lost the first set but won the next three to defeat Bay City John Glenn in the Cross-River Rivalry – Bay City Times

8. CROSS COUNTRY The Ithaca girls and Alma boys won at the John Bruder Classic at Shepherd – Cadillac News | Athletic.net

9. CROSS COUNTRY Mason County Central swept team titles at its Leanna Wolf Geers Invitational – Ludington Daily News | Athletic.net

10. BOYS SOCCER Two goals over less than a minute sent Lincoln Park past Wyandotte Roosevelt 2-1 – Southgate News-Herald