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: 4/22/26

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

April 22, 2026

1. BOYS LACROSSE Detroit Catholic Central won a rematch of last season’s Division 1 Final, downing reigning champion Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice 14-4 – Oakland Press

2. SOFTBALL Division 1 top-ranked Saline and No. 10 Grand Blanc split, Saline winning 5-3 but suffering its first loss, 6-2, to the Bobcats – Ann Arbor News

3. BASEBALL Division 2 No. 3 Ada Forest Hills Eastern and Division 1 No. 8 Mattawan split a doubleheader, with the opening 6-5 FHE win featuring a pair of the state’s top pitching aces – Kalamazoo Gazette

4. GIRLS SOCCER Traverse City West delivered Petoskey’s first loss, 3-1 – MI Sports Now

5. BOYS LACROSSE Grand Ledge won a matchup of first-place teams in the Capital Area Activities Conference, downing Okemos 10-8 – WLNS

6. SOFTBALL Chloe Compau struck out a combined 29 hitters during Division 2 No. 5 Frankenmuth’s sweep of Bay City John Glenn – Saginaw News

7. TRACK & FIELD Romeo swept Fraser’s girls and boys in Macomb Area Conference Red competition – Macomb Daily

8. BASEBALL Division 3 No. 11 Saginaw Valley Lutheran swept Hemlock 4-1 and 3-2 – Saginaw News

9. TRACK & FIELD Flat Rock gave coach Sean Sturgeon his first girls track win, 70-57 over Monroe Jefferson – Monroe News

10. TRACK & FIELD Brighton swept Hartland in girls and boys meets – Livingston Daily Press & Argus