Highlight Reel: Class C Semifinals
March 19, 2015
By John Johnson
MHSAA communications director
Calumet and Flint Hamady advanced to Saturday's MHSAA Class C Final with Semifinal wins Thursday at the Breslin Center.
Click below for highlights from both games and all four teams that took the floor.
Calumet 30, Laingsburg 26
Bank Is Open - Laingsburg took a four-point lead late in the first half on this jumper from Sophie Wilsey.
Big Three Pointer - Clara Loukus cans a 3-pointer to give Calumet a five-point lead late in its Class C Semifinal with Laingsburg.
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Flint Hamady 50, Ypsilanti Arbor Prep 46
Coast To Coast - Flint Hamady built a big first-half lead. On this play, Aaliah Hill grabs the rebound and takes it the distance for the score.
Gators Bite Back - Ypsilanti Arbor Prep fought back in the second half, pulling to within two points of the lead on this layup by Payton Sims.
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PHOTO: Flint Hamady celebrates after winning its Class C Semifinal on Thursday.
'Reaching Higher' Showcase Returns
July 12, 2018
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
After a one-year hiatus in 2017, the annual Reaching Higher showcases of Michigan’s top high school basketball players will return for their ninth year July 17 at Milford High School in Highland Township.
More than 200 athletes with aspirations to play at the college level will train and scrimmage under the tutelage of high school coaches from across the state and in front of college coaches expected to represent a number of NCAA, NAIA and junior college programs.
An educational effort by the Michigan High School Athletic Association and the Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan, the Reaching Higher experience includes classroom sessions for student-athletes and their parents as well as on-court drills and scrimmaging. The events aim to give athletes a vision of what it takes to become a college basketball player and also succeed in college life.
Participants in the program were selected by a committee of BCAM members based on nominations by its member coaches. Click for complete lists of expected attendees.
The boys event begins at 11 a.m. on July 17, with scrimmages running from 1-3:30 p.m. The girls event begins at 3 p.m., with scrimmages from 5-7:30 p.m. Speakers for the boys session include Travis Bader, a standout at Okemos High School and Oakland University who played professionally this past season in Greece. Girls session speakers include Crystal Bradford, who starred for Inkster High and Central Michigan University and was selected in the first round of the 2015 WNBA Draft by the Los Angeles Sparks; she played professionally this past season in Israel.
Longtime coach Dave Ginsberg will speak with athletes about social media and the recruiting process during both sessions; he coached at a number of Michigan high schools and also was an assistant men’s basketball coach at Central Michigan University for 16 years, and he currently serves as the secretary/treasurer of the National High School Basketball Coaches Association. Longtime high school and college coach Marc Comstock – currently the boys basketball coach at Hudson High School – and recently retired Saginaw Valley State University athletic director Mike Watson will conduct sessions with parents during players’ drill and practice sessions.