Linked Up: 12/19/11
December 20, 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: 9/13/18
September 13, 2018
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Each weekday of the school year, we break down the top headlines courtesy of Michigan’s sports media.
1. Girls Golf: Bloomfield Hills, No. 2 in Lower Peninsula Division 1, won the Oakland County Tournament for the second straight season, this time ahead of runner-up and No. 5-ranked Rochester Hills Stoney Creek – Oakland Press
2. Cross Country: Spring Lake swept the first Ottawa-Kent Conference Blue jamboree of this fall; both Spring Lake teams are ranked No. 3 in LPD2, and boys runner-up Sparta is ranked No. 2 while girls runner-up Allendale is No. 5 – Grand Haven Tribune
3. Boys Tennis: LPD2 No. 5 Detroit U-D Jesuit edged No. 6 Midland Dow to win the Midweek Classic Quad – Midland Daily News
4. Volleyball: Division 1 honorable mention Portage Central came back after dropping the first set to edge rival Portage Northern in five – JoeInsider.com
5. Volleyball: Petoskey held off a Traverse City Central comeback to win 3-2 and improve to 16-2 – Petoskey News-Review
6. Volleyball: Division 2 honorable mention Cadillac battled back from a two-set deficit to get past Alpena in five – Cadillac News
7. Volleyball: Division 3 No. 7 Beaverton improved to 25-1-2 with a sweep of Harrison – MI Sports Now
8. Girls Golf: Ludington edged Manistee by two strokes to win the Lakes 8 Conference jamboree on its home course – Ludington Daily News
9. Volleyball: After navigating a tough nonleague schedule, St. Louis opened Tri-Valley Conference West play with a 3-1 win over Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun
10. Boys Soccer: Kallen Wildfong scored four goals in Buckley’s 6-2 win over Kingsley – Traverse City Record-Eagle