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: 2/19/26
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
February 19, 2026
1. TEAM WRESTLING No. 13 Fruitport claimed its first Regional title in 41 years with wins over Gaylord and No. 10 Greenville in Division 2 – MuskegonSports.com
2. BOWLING The top-ranked Ravenna girls were more than 1,000 pins better than the field in their Division 4 Regional victory – Muskegon Chronicle
3. TEAM WRESTLING No. 3 Brighton downed No. 6 Grand Ledge and No. 15 Hastings to win a Division 1 Regional title – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
4. TEAM WRESTLING No. 2 Whitehall clinched a Division 3 Regional title with a 38-30 win over No. 5 Kent City – Local Sports Journal
5. BOWLING The No. 9 Bay City All Saints boys won their first Regional title in 13 years, and the No. 3-ranked Sandusky girls were champions as well in Division 4 – Bay City Times
6. TEAM WRESTLING No. 2 Hartland downed No. 4 Clarkston to finish a Division 1 Regional title run – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
7. GIRLS BASKETBALL McBain completed an outright championship in the Highland Conference with a 52-24 win over LeRoy Pine River – Cadillac News
8. TEAM WRESTLING Top-ranked Hudson defeated No. 7 Springport and Hanover-Horton in a Division 4 Regional – Adrian Daily Telegram
9. TEAM WRESTLING No. 11 Freeland claimed a Division 2 Regional title with a 36-27 win over No. 12 Bay City John Glenn – Saginaw News
10. TEAM WRESTLING No. 3 Clinton claimed a Division 4 Regional title with wins over No. 10 Manchester and Clarkston Everest Collegiate – Adrian Daily Telegram
Also of note …
BOYS BASKETBALL Evincio LaCount scored his 1,000th career point during Ellsworth’s 56-41 win over Mesick – Traverse City Record-Eagle
GIRLS BASKETABLL Madie Folkema set a school single-season scoring record for Muskegon Western Michigan Christian during its 59-40 win over Montague – Local Sports Journal