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. 

Unforgettable 5ive: 2022 Football Playoffs Week 3

By Jon Ross
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties

November 15, 2022

Five unforgettable plays from the second week of the 2022 MHSAA Football Playoffs:

► Detroit Cass Tech defeats Macomb Dakota 35-21 as Leeshaun Mumpfield scores the go-ahead touchdown.

M'Khi Guy propels Muskegon to a 27-20 win over Zeeland West with a 15-yard touchdown run.

Clinton downs Warren Michigan Collegiate 31-30 as Bradyn Lehman plows in for the game-winner.

Jacob Shank scores five touchdowns including one from 48-yards out as Riverview defeats Dearborn Divine Child 45-35.

 Birmingham Groves gets past Livonia Franklin 32-25 as Joshua Woods scores on a 48-yard touchdown run.