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: 11/5/26
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
November 5, 2026
1. BOYS SOCCER Top-ranked Elk Rapids ran its shutout streak to 14 with a 2-0 win over No. 4 Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian in a Division 3 Semifinal – MI Sports Now
2. BOYS SOCCER A final-minute goal sent No. 6 Warren De La Salle Collegiate past unranked DeWitt 3-2 in Division 2 – Macomb Daily
3. BOYS SOCCER Top-ranked Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett advanced in Division 4 with a shootout win over No. 14 Clarkston Everest Collegiate – Oakland Press
4. BOYS SOCCER Unranked Williamston also advanced with a shootout, moving past No. 14 Grosse Ile in Division 3 – Lansing State Journal
5. BOYS SOCCER Kevin Garay scored three goals in top-ranked Troy’s 5-2 Division 1 win over No. 6 Salem – Oakland Press
6. BOYS SOCCER No. 2 Muskegon Western Michigan Christian earned its Finals return with a 5-0 win over No. 3 Kalamazoo Christian in Division 4 – Local Sports Journal
7. BOYS SOCCER Unranked Livonia Stevenson will return to the Finals thanks to a 1-0 win over also-unranked East Kentwood in Division 1 – Detroit News
8. BOYS SOCCER Top-ranked St. Joseph advanced in Division 2 with a 6-0 win over No. 5 Holland – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium
9. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL No. 9 Romeo came back after losing the first set to get past No. 5 Utica Eisenhower in five in a Division 1 District Semifinal – Macomb Daily
10. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Bella Barnes set a Manton single-season record for kills as her team, an honorable mention in the state poll, defeated Lake City in Division 3 – Traverse City Record-Eagle