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: 9/24/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

September 24, 2025

1. BOYS SOCCER Division 2 No. 11 Mason downed Division 3 No. 7 Williamston 3-1 to clinch a third-straight Capital Area Activities Conference Red title – WLNS

2. GIRLS GOLF Montague – No. 2 in Lower Peninsula Division 4 – and Muskegon Reeths-Puffer’s Sophia McCollum were champions at the Greater Muskegon Athletic Association Tournament – Local Sports Journal

3. VOLLEYBALL Division 1 honorable mention Brighton broke a 17-match losing streak against honorable mention Northville with a sweep – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

4. VOLLEYBALL Division 2 No. 4 Holland Christian came back from two sets down to defeat Division 1 honorable mention Zeeland East in five – Holland Sentinel

5. VOLLEYBALL Calumet lost the first set but won the next three to hand Division 4 honorable mention Ishpeming only its second defeat – Upper Michigan’s Source

6. BOYS SOCCER Division 3 No. 3 Elk Rapids downed Division 2 honorable mention Traverse City St. Francis 3-1 – MI Sports Now

7. CROSS COUNTRY The Freeland and Saginaw Valley Lutheran girls and LPD2 No. 3 Alma and LPD3 No. 12 Ithaca boys won Tri-Valley Conference jamborees – Saginaw News

8. VOLLEYBALL Midland also came back from two sets down to get past Dow in five – Midland Daily News

9. CROSS COUNTRY The Petersburg Summerfield girls and Erie Mason boys finished first at the second Tri-County Conference jamboree – Monroe News

10. VOLLEYBALL LeRoy Pine River swept McBain Northern Michigan Christian, and Division 3 No. 10 McBain High swept Evart – Cadillac News