GVSU WBB Alum Kim Hansen Discusses 1973 State Championship Run

Article courtesy of the MHSAA It has been more than five decades, but Kim Hansen and Marcia (Visser) Beutel can still recall certain moments from a historic night in mid-December when their Hudsonville Unity Christian girls basketball team accomplished a tremendous feat. On Dec. 15, 1973, at East Kentwood High School, the teammates helped the Crusaders win the first MHSAA Girls Basketball Finals championship in Class B. Unity Christian defeated Saginaw MacArthur 49-45 before a crowd of 1,000. “i just remember the team, the bus ride out there, and I remember just how excited we were to be together and…