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: 9/26/25
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
September 26, 2025
1. GIRLS GOLF Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central – No. 5 in Lower Peninsula Division 4 – carded a 355 to win the Huron League Tournament and its first league title since 1994 – Monroe News
2. GIRLS TENNIS Marquette ended Escanaba’s four-year reign atop the Great Northern Conference – Escanaba Daily Press
3. BOYS SOCCER Division 2 No. 7 Edwardsburg downed Vicksburg 4-1 to secure the Wolverine Conference championship – Niles Daily Star
4. GIRLS TENNIS Negaunee and Ishpeming Westwood faced off at every flight of the Mid-Peninsula Conference Tournament, with the Miners emerging as champions – Iron Mountain Daily News
5. BOYS SOCCER Division 1 No. 3 Clarkston turned a scoreless tie at halftime into a 4-0 win over No. 15 Troy Athens – Oakland Press
6. BOYS SOCCER Division 3 No. 3 Elk Rapids downed Division 4 No. 8 Harbor Springs 1-0 – Up North Live
7. VOLLEYBALL Onekama handed Suttons Bay its first loss, in five sets, in a matchup of Division 4 honorable mention teams – Traverse City Record-Eagle
8. BOYS SOCCER Division 4 No. 11 Bloomfield Hills Roeper continued to send coach Ed Sack up the career wins list with a 5-1 victory over Lutheran Westland – Hometown Life
9. VOLLEYBALL Cadillac swept Gaylord to move to 4-0 in Big North Conference play – Cadillac News
10. BOYS SOCCER Nick Gaddis had three goals and an assist in St. Clair Shores Lakeview’s big win over Clinton Township Chippewa Valley – Macomb Daily