Today in the MHSAA: 11/4/24
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
November 4, 2024
2. GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY Romeo in a repeat, Goodrich, Lansing Catholic and Whitmore Lake won team championships at the Lower Peninsula Finals, and Midland Dow’s Victoria Garces ran the second-fastest time in race history at Michigan International Speedway – MHSAA.com
2. BOYS SOCCER Pontiac Notre Dame Prep won its first Finals title, Warren De La Salle Collegiate its first in two decades, Muskegon Western Michigan Christian its third straight and Rochester Adams its second in three seasons – MHSAA.com
3. BOYS CROSS COUNTRY Northville, Traverse City St. Francis and Hillsdale Academy repeated as champions and Allendale won its first Finals team title since 1999; two individual records fell as well – MHSAA.com
4. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING Dearborn Heights Annapolis finished just two points ahead of Crestwood to win the Western Wayne Athletic Conference championship meet – Dearborn Press & Guide
5. VOLLEYBALL Cadillac finished 2-2 at its regular-season finale, defeating Richland Gull Lake and Division 4 No. 9 Ubly and losing to Mount Pleasant and Division 3 No. 6 Traverse City St. Francis – Cadillac News
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.