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: 12/15/22

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

December 15, 2022

1. WRESTLING Top-ranked Detroit Catholic Central defeated short-handed but No. 2-ranked Davison 58-19 in a rematch of the last two Division 1 Finals – MLIVE-Detroit

2. HOCKEY Division 3 No. 5 Riverview Gabriel Richard downed Division 2 No. 2 Trenton 5-1 – Southgate News-Herald

3. GIRLS BASKETBALL Lake Fenton remained undefeated in handing Grosse Pointe North its first loss, 51-33 – Flint Journal

4. WRESTLNG White Pigeon edged Quincy on the eighth tiebreaker after the teams finished their 14 matches even at 39-39 – Coldwater Daily Reporter

5. HOCKEY Cadillac scored with 1.7 seconds to play to push past Petoskey 3-2 – Cadillac News

6. BOYS BASKETBALL Springport scored the game’s final basket to edge Michigan Center 59-58 – Jackson Citizen Patriot

7. HOCKEY East Grand Rapids ran its winning streak to four with a 3-1 win over Grand Rapids Christian – FOX 17

8. GIRLS BASKETBALL Utica Ford improved to 4-1 with a 61-43 win over Macomb Dakota – Macomb Daily

9. GIRLS BASKETBALL Goodrich remains undefeated after a 67-31 win over Fenton – Mid-Michigan Now

10. BOYS BASKETBALL Flint Hamady won its second game in two days, 78-45 over Flint Southwestern – WJRT