All Saints Celebrates on Big Screen
July 31, 2014
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Forty years ago, Bay City All Saints brought its hometown the first of two straight MHSAA boys basketball championships – which continue to stand as the only ones won by a Bay City school.
As part of the Class of 1974’s 40-year reunion this weekend, organizers will show the broadcast of that 71-59 victory over Detroit Servite in the Class C Final, on Friday at the downtown State Theater.
The team was coached by Russell “Lefty” Franz, who sits 14th in MHSAA boys basketball coaching history with 545 wins (545-215) at All Saints, Bay City St. Stanislaus and Pinconning achieved from 1953-1991. All Saints repeated as Class C champion under Franz in 1975 with a 79-69 win over Cassopolis.
The Bay City Times caught up today with three starters from that team who are expected to return for the showing of the game. Click to read more.
Rooting for Haske
Northern Michigan basketball fans and supporters from all over are cheering on Traverse City St. Francis boys basketball coach Keith Haske, who is battling throat cancer and seeking treatment in Houston, according to a report by the Petoskey News.
Haske has coached three boys teams to MHSAA Class C runner-up finishes – St. Francis in 2012 and Charlevoix in 2004 and 2001, and also coached at St. Johns prior to taking the Rayders job in 1998. He also coached the Charlevoix girls team to a Class C runner-up finish in 2004.
Click to read more about Haske and how to donate to his treatment.
Thanks, Gary Hice
The MHSAA welcomed 43 new athletic directors to East Lansing today for training as they take over their schools’ athletic departments.
An athletic director we’ll certainly miss is Petoskey’s Gary Hice.
Hice – an MHSAA Allen W. Bush Award winner in 2002 for his contributions to high school athletics – has retired after 30 years as his school’s athletic director.
Click to read more, again from the Petoskey News, about Hice’s service to his school and community.
PHOTO: The Bay City All Saints Class of 1974 reunion this weekend will include a showing of the boys basketball team’s Class C championship game win over Detroit Servite.
Today in the MHSAA: 10/14/26
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
October 14, 2026
1. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Division 1 No. 5 South Lyon East swept honorable mention Milford to claim the Lakes Valley Conference Valley championship – Oakland Press
2. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Division 1 No. 3 Clarkston defeated Lake Orion in four sets to clinch the Oakland Activities Association Red title – Oakland Press
3. CROSS COUNTRY The Lake City girls – No. 9 in Lower Peninsula Division 3 – and Roscommon boys in the Highland Conference and Remus Chippewa Hills girls and Reed City boys in the Central State Activities Association Red all finished league title runs – Cadillac News
4. CROSS COUNTRY – The Freeland girls and LPD2 No. 7 Alma boys clinched Tri-Valley Conference Red titles – Saginaw News
5. CROSS COUNTRY Ithaca finished a sweep of TVC Blue titles; Ithaca’s girls are No. 10 in LPD3 – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun
6. CROSS COUNTRY Traverse City St. Francis swept team and individual championships at the Kingsley Invitational; the St. Francis girls are No. 2 in LPD3 – Traverse City Record-Eagle
7. BOYS SOCCER Warren Mott opened Division 1 District play with a shutout of Roseville – Macomb Daily
8. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Traverse City Central remains undefeated in the Big North Conference after a sweep of Traverse City West – Up North Live
9. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Reed City handed CSAA Red leader Big Rapids its first league defeat – Big Rapids Pioneer
10. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Division 3 honorable mention Calumet swept Negaunee – Upper Michigan’s Source