Flashback: Chris Coles Sinks 'The Shot'
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
June 28, 2016
A 54-foot rainbow launched by Chris Coles at the buzzer of the 1986 Class B Boys Basketball Final is still remembered as "The Shot" in MHSAA history and is available to see again as the kickoff to this summer's MHSAA.tv "80's Finals Flashback" series.
Coles' long-distance 3-pointer gave Saginaw Buena Vista a 33-32 win over reigning champion Flint Beecher in a rematch of the 1985 double overtime championship game thriller won by the Bucs.
Tied at 31 with three seconds to play, Beecher sophomore Ernest Steward hit the first shot of a one-and-one situation to put the Bucs on top, 32-31. Stewart missed on the second attempt, allowing the Knights' Michael Jackson to grab the rebound and pass to Coles. The shot was Coles’ first attempt of the second half, and the senior’s only points in the contest. Shaun Randolph led the Knights in scoring with 19 points. Ricky Jackson paced Beecher with 18.
Click MHSAA.tv to watch the game in full, and check back every week for another 1980s classic.
Today in the MHSAA: 10/5/23
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
October 5, 2023
1. GIRLS GOLF Pinckney – No. 10 in Lower Peninsula Division 3 – finished its climb back up the Southeastern Conference White standings, winning the league tournament with a 365 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
2. GIRLS GOLF Muskegon Reeths-Puffer carded a 353 to win the Ottawa-Kent Conference Green title and forge a league championship share with Mona Shores – Local Sports Journal
3. BOYS SOCCER After finishing last in the Central State Activities Association a year ago, Fremont clinched the league title with a 4-0 win over Manistee – CatchMark SportsNet
4. BOYS SOCCER Niles Brandywine defeated Dowagiac 3-1 to clinch the Lakeland Conference championship – Niles Daily Star
5. BOYS SOCCER Division 2 No. 9 Sturgis downed Edwardsburg 4-1 to finish an outright championship run in the Wolverine Conference – Sturgis Journal
6. BOYS SOCCER Romeo clinched the Macomb Area Conference White title with a 3-1 win over Utica – Macomb Daily
7. BOYS SOCCER Division 2 No. 7 Walled Lake Western won the Lakes Valley Conference Tournament title, claiming the outright league championship, with a 2-0 victory over Walled Lake Central – Oakland Press
8. GIRLS GOLF St. Louis clinched the Tri-Valley Conference Blue title, and Freeland claimed the TVC Red championship – WJRT
9. BOYS SOCCER Warren Cousino finished a repeat title run in the MAC Blue with a 2-1 win over Warren Mott – Macomb Daily
10. GIRLS GOLF Ann Arbor Skyline won the SEC Red Tournament on a fifth-golfer tiebreaker – Ann Arbor News