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Don't Miss These Buzzer Beaters

December 17, 2014

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

The first full week of girls and boys basketball this season netted 27 games broadcast on MHSAA.tv – and a series of last-second heroics only hoops can provide. 

Check out those buzzer beaters below, and go to MHSAA.tv to watch any of the games listed, in full. 

Girls Basketball

  • Escanaba vs. Sault Ste. Marie
  • Lincoln Alcona vs. Alpena
  • Comstock Park vs. East Grand Rapids
  • Posen vs. Whittemore-Prescott
  • Calumet vs. Iron River West Iron County
  • Midland vs. Mount Pleasant
  • Mackinaw City vs. Boyne Falls
  • Rogers City vs. Posen
  • Hillman vs. Atlanta
  • Watervliet vs. Bangor
  • Haslett vs. Mason


Boys Basketball

  • Rogers City vs. Hale
  • Mackinaw City vs. Pellston
  • East Kentwood vs. Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern
  • Escanaba vs. Negaunee
  • Plainwell vs. Portage Northern
  • Posen vs. Rogers City
  • Mancelona vs. Lake City
  • Chesaning vs. Montrose
  • Haslett vs. Mason
  • Watervliet vs. Bangor
  • Mount Pleasant vs. Midland
  • Gibraltar Carlson vs. Riverview
  • Escanaba vs. Kingsford
  • Hemlock vs. Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary
  • Clare vs. Gladwin
  • Coloma vs. Dowagiac


Breslin Bound: Boys Report Week 6

January 15, 2013

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Undefeated teams quickly are becoming few as boys basketball season heads into mid-January. 

But this week's list of teams making noise includes a handful that remain perfect – although a few more will face their toughest challenges soon. 

Records and scores below are based on those submitted to the MHSAA.com Score Center.  

1. New Haven (6-0) – Coming off 21 wins last season, the Rockets had high expectations – and made great on a good start with a 101-98 double-overtime win over Mount Clemens on Friday; Mount Clemens hadn’t lost.

2. Detroit Pershing (9-0) – The Doughboys just keep proving their status as Detroit's best, downing Detroit Martin Luther King 78-64 and then Detroit Douglass 73-67 in overtime last week.

3. Stevensville Lakeshore (7-0) – A Class B Semifinalist a year ago, Lakeshore is surging again with only one win by fewer than 11 points this season – and that was against South Bend St. Joseph of Indiana.

4. Holt (10-1) – The Rams further cemented themselves as the class of Greater Lansing this season by beating reigning Class B champion Lansing Sexton 50-46 on Friday.

5. Frankenmuth (8-0) – This week’s “Battle of the Fans” contestant will need all the support against rival and top Tri-Valley Conference East competitor Bridgeport on Friday, but the Eagles survived a 50-46 win over Essexville Garber a week ago.

6. Climax-Scotts (8-0) – The Panthers got their first test this season in a 51-42 win over Bellevue on Friday, but no other opponent has come within 14 points.

7. Muskegon Western Michigan Christian (7-3) – After opening 1-3, the Warriors have won six straight and handed Spring Lake its first loss, 49-47, on Saturday.

8. Ithaca (7-0) – The Yellowjackets know how to play football, but they’ve long had a strong hoops program as well and have an early lead in the TVC West.

9. Lake Linden-Hubbell (7-0) – The Lakes had to survive overtime against Hancock and then three more against Calumet in December, but have won four straight by at least 18 points.

10. DeWitt (6-2) – A relative newcomer to Class A, the Panthers shocked the local competition with a 56-54 win last week over Okemos, and also own a five-point victory over  improved Grand Ledge.

PHOTO: Ithaca's Markes Gadlen (14) pushes the ball upcourt against Carson City-Crystal this season. (Click to see more at HighSchoolSportsScene.com.)