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: 12/5/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

December 5, 2025

1. ICE HOCKEY Division 1 No 4 Clarkston scored with 4:41 to play to get past Birmingham Unified 3-2 – Oakland Press

2. ICE HOCKEY Warren De La Salle Collegiate bounced back from a Tuesday loss with a 4-3 win over Detroit U-D Jesuit – Macomb Daily

3. BOYS BASKETBALL Grayling downed rival Roscommon 53-44 – Traverse City Record-Eagle

4. BOYS BASKETBALL Niles earned coach Mark Haase his first win at the school, over Dowagiac – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

5. WRESTLING Frankfort defeated Traverse City Central and Fife Lake Forest Area – Benzie Record Patriot

6. BOYS BASKETBALL Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central edged Southgate Anderson 41-35 – Monroe News

7. BOYS BASKETBALL Dearborn Heights Star International edged Detroit Universal Academy 54-48 – Detroit News

8. BOYS BASKETBALL LeRoy Pine River broke away during the second half for a 58-30 win over McBain Northern Michigan Christian – Cadillac News

9. BOYS BASKETBALL Marquette defeated Gladstone, and Houghton downed L’Anse – My UP Now

10. BOYS BASKETBALL Breckenridge opened with a 46-38 victory over Fulton – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun