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: 9/13/21
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
September 13, 2021
1. GIRLS GOLF Rochester Adams shot a 317 to win the 25-team North Farmington Invitational – Chelsea Sun Times News
2. VOLLEYBALL Morley Stanwood swept all five of its Big Rapids Invitational matches, including against Alma in the final – Big Rapids News
3. CROSS COUNTRY The Brighton girls – No. 5 in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – and No. 13 Lake Orion boys won Averill Invitational titles at Kensington Metropark – Oakland Press
4. VOLLEYBALL Charlevoix defeated Manton twice Saturday in winning the Rangers’ invitational – Cadillac News
5. CROSS COUNTRY The Oxford and LPD2 No. 14 Warren Regina girls and Port Huron Northern and Yale boys were champions at the Algonac Invitational – Macomb Daily
6. VOLLEYBALL Kingsford claimed The Rock Invitational championship at Gladstone with a 38-36 final-set win over Houghton – Escanaba Daily Press
7. CROSS COUNTRY The LPD2 No. 4 Freeland girls and Walled Lake Northern boys were champions at the Northwood Invitational – Midland Daily News
8. CROSS COUNTRY The Coldwater boys and Coloma girls were junior/senior race champs at the Centreville Invitational – Coldwater Daily Reporter
9. CROSS COUNTRY The Brownstown Woodhaven girls and Monroe boys won Warrior Invitational titles at Lake Erie Metropark – Southgate News-Herald
10. CROSS COUNTRY The Alpena boys and Alma girls won Lancer Invitational championships at Bullock Creek – Alpena News