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. 

State Champs! Michigan: Hangtime 1-20-23

January 23, 2023

Join Lorne Plant, TJ Kelley and Scott Burnstein for the third episode this season of STATE CHAMPS! Hangtime. 

0:00 - Open
1:21 - Detroit PSL tip-off times moved to 7pm, first time since 1981
6:26 - Games on SC! this week
7:35 - Scott's thoughts on Brother Rice bouncing back after loss to De La Salle
8:24 - Eligibility update on Orchard Lake St. Mary's Jayden Savoury and Isaiah Hines
8:57 - Chelsea vs. Saline, Coach Mom and Saline's Jonathan Sanderson
10:28 - TJ talks up Ferndale after they dropped an L
11:29 - Mike Thomas' East Kentwood Falcons, Christian Humphrey-Rembert is back and Props to Jah Hatchett
12:23 - BCAM Chalk Talk with Cass Tech Head Coach Steve Hall
16:02 - Women excelling in a male dominated field
18:00 - Steve Hall's high school power era
18:56 - Super 20 Rankings
23:34 - OAA Red
23:56 - Orchard Lake St. Mary's Mason Wisniewski and Andrew Smith
24:35 - Super 20 Rankings
26:46 - Who would be Mr. Basketball pick today?
29:18 - Big games this weekend, Gotta Get It Hoop Classic and Dragon Winter Hoop Classic
30:20 - Close