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: 11/11/22
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
November 11, 2022
1. VOLLEYBALL No. 3 Athens swept honorable mention St. Joseph Our Lady of the Lakes in Division 4 to clinch its first Regional title in this sport – Coldwater Daily Reporter
2. VOLLEYBALL Berkley also won its first Regional title in this sport by defeating Grosse Pointe South in four sets in Division 1 – Oakland Press
3. VOLLEYBALL Honorable mention Grand Rapids West Catholic swept Fruitport in Division 2 to clinch its first Regional title in volleyball – Grand Rapids Press
4. VOLLEYBALL Mt. Morris defeated honorable mention Frankenmuth in four sets to also claim its first volleyball Regional title – Mid-Michigan Now
5. VOLLEYBALL No. 2 North Branch won a rematch of last season’s Division 2 Final, defeating No. 3 Pontiac Notre Dame Prep in four sets for a Regional championship – Oakland Press
6. VOLLEYBALL Division 3 No. 8 Cass City swept New Lothrop to earn its first Regional title since 1977 – Huron Daily Tribune
7. VOLLEYBALL Top-ranked Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central swept No. 7 Plymouth Christian Academy to clinch a Division 3 Regional title – Monroe News
8. VOLLEYBALL No. 3 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern advanced in Division 1 with a four-set win over No. 7 Hudsonville – FOX 17
9. VOLLEYBALL No. 4 Kalamazoo Christian defeated No. 5 Watervliet in four sets to clinch a Division 3 Regional title – WWMT
10. VOLLEYBALL Top-ranked Bloomfield Hills Marian swept No. 10 Macomb Dakota in Division 1 to advance to next week – Oakland Press