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: 11/2/26
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
November 2, 2026
1. CROSS COUNTRY The Lake City and McBain girls – ranked Nos. 4 and 10, respectively, in Lower Peninsula Division 3 – and LPD4 No. 4 Mesick boys won Regional championships for the first time in their programs’ respective histories – Cadillac News
2. CROSS COUNTRY The Sanford Meridian girls also won a Regional title for the first time, in LPD3 – Midland Daily News
3. CROSS COUNTRY The Midland Dow girls won their first Regional title in at least a decade, in LPD1 – Midland Daily News
4. CROSS COUNTRY The No. 3 Traverse City West boys placed three among the top eight in winning their LPD1 Regional – Traverse City Record-Eagle
5. CROSS COUNTRY The No. 9 Rochester Adams girls and No. 11 Lake Orion boys also claimed LPD1 Regional championships – Oakland Press
6. CROSS COUNTRY The Macomb Lutheran North girls and No. 11 Holly boys earned LPD2 Regional titles – Macomb Daily
7. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING Grosse Ile claimed the Huron League championship meet title – Southgate News-Herald
8. CROSS COUNTRY The LPD2 No. 12 Shepherd boys, LPD3 No. 11 Ithaca girls and LPD4 No. 7 Breckenridge girls all were among Regional champions – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun
9. CROSS COUNTRY The LPD3 top-ranked Lansing Catholic girls, No. 3-ranked Cougars boys and No. 10 Pewamo-Westphalia boys all won Regional titles – Lansing State Journal
10. CROSS COUNTRY The Holland Christian girls and boys – both top-ranked in LPD2 – and Saugatuck LPD3 No. 7 girls and No. 5 boys swept Regional titles, and the top-ranked Holland Calvary boys won their LPD4 Regional as well – Holland Sentinel