Linked Up: Meet Miss Basketball
March 13, 2013
Freeland senior Tori Jankoska was named Michigan's Miss Basketball on Monday by the Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan.
The 5-foot-8 guard helped her team to the Class B Semifinals in 2012. She'll continue her career this fall at Michigan State University. Click to find out more about her from the Detroit Free Press.
Tori Jankoska of Freeland Named Miss Basketball (Detroit Free Press)
PHOTO: Freeland's Tori Jankoska (1) goes up for a shot this season against Goodrich. (Click to see more at HighSchoolSportsScene.com.)
Flynn Wisdom (Escanaba Daily Press)
February 8, 2012
Dan Flynn impacted countless students, coaches and more during four decades coaching at Escanaba High School and also a handful as a member of our MHSAA Representative Council. He retired from coaching Monday -- and through the Escanaba Daily Press' Denny Grall, passed on a number of points of wisdom he's picked up during his travels from growing up in Chicago to becoming one of the most recognized sports people not only in the Upper Peninsula, but in statewide high school circles.
A great excerpt from the story's first few paragraphs: "I was like a Sherman tank years ago. ... I came to understand that was not the way to get people going in the same direction. You say I've mellowed. I think I'm more compassionate."
There are many more throughout this great read. Click below to check it out.