Linked Up: 12/19/11
December 19, 2011
We've hit a bit of a slow spot with schools out for break and most contests reserved for holiday showcases and the like.
Here are some suggestions if you have some time for some reading between now and the start of 2012.
High school coaches try to bring basketball back to basics (Detroit News)
For most of the last decade, we've heard about the recessing of basketball fundamentals even among elite high school players. Enter Ben Kelso, Marshall Thomas and a number of other Michigan coaches who have pledged to end that trend. Tom Markowski tells us how the Metro Detroit Basketball Coaches Association aims to do so.
Lantzy retires after more than 4 decades as Ike grid coach (Macomb County Advisor & Source)
Utica-Eisenhower coach Bob Lantzy has been his school's only varsity football coach. He took four teams to MHSAA Finals and this fall became one of only nine state football coaches to win more than 900 games. He has retired after 41 seasons, and Kevin Lozon fills us in on the legacy.
Tabahn Afrik poised for greatness in pool for West Ottawa (Holland Sentinel)
The Holland area has its next big swimming star. Dan D'Addona introduces us to Tabahn Afrik, a freshman at Holland West Ottawa who qualified for the MHSAA Division 1 Finals in two events in his first meet this season.
High school basketball: History of class hoops is just that (South Bend Tribune)
"Hoosiers" made Indiana's former one-class basketball tournament known on a grander scale. But Indiana went to classes (similar to Michigan's) beginning in 1997-98. Al Lesar tells us how some in the state are attempting to revert to one class.
Today in the MHSAA: 11/6/26
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
November 6, 2026
1. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Honorable mention Buckley claimed a Division 4 District title with a five-set win over No. 3 Traverse City Christian – MI Sports Now
2. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Honorable mention Holland Christian clinched a Division 2 District title with a 3-1 win over No. 9 Grand Rapids South Christian – Holland Sentinel
3. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL McBain advanced with a four-set District final win over Manton in a matchup of Division 3 honorable mentions – Cadillac News
4. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL No. 3 Parma Western swept honorable mention Marshall to clinch a fourth-straight Division 2 District title – Jackson Citizen Patriot
5. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Midland Dow came back from two sets down to defeat Traverse City Central in five in a Division 1 District Final – Midland Daily News
6. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Honorable mention Onekama swept Frankfort to finish a seventh-straight District title in Division 4 – Benzie County Record Patriot
7. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL After falling to Pontiac Notre Dame Prep in District Finals the last two seasons, No. 6 Macomb Lutheran North prevailed this time 3-1 in Division 2 – Macomb Daily
8. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Wyandotte Roosevelt won the first two sets and then hung on through the final three to claim a Division 1 District title against Southgate Anderson – Southgate News-Herald
9. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Division 4 No. 4 Battle Creek St. Philip ran its District streak to 27 with a sweep of Climax-Scotts – Battle Creek Enquirer
10. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING Gibraltar Carlson completed a repeat championship in the Downriver League – Southgate News-Herald