Moment: Jets Advance on Buzzer Beater

March 23, 2020

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Seth Polfus couldn't believe it. Watching the clip four years later, it's easy to remember why.

Powers North Central's 2017 Class D Semifinal against Southfield Christian had stretched nearly 40 minutes. And when Polfus' shot fell with one-tenth of a second left on March 23, 2017, it gave the Jets an 84-83 win over Southfield Christian, sent them back to the Class D championship game and increased their nation-leading winning streak to 82 games. 

We're tipping off a string of daily "MHSAA Moments" with this incredible finish, described after by Polfus, in part: "I didn’t really know where I was. And then I saw the 6-4 kid coming at me, pump-faked him like I always do when I’m really scared. And then just launched it, and I saw it hit off the rim, thought it was an air ball, and then I just didn’t know what happened.”

Click to read Second Half's coverage  Jets' Streak Withstands Mightiest Challenge – and relive the shot below with coverage from the NFHS Network.

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