Linked Up: Meet Mr. Basketball
March 19, 2013
To casual high school basketball fans who hadn't heard about him coming up, Monte Morris introduced himself during Flint Beecher's run to last season's MHSAA Class C championship.
On Monday, the Iowa State recruit won a close competition among the top three finalists for this season's Mr. Basketball award, as voted on by members of the Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan.
Morris gives Flint its first Mr. Basketball since Kelvin Torbert in 2001.
Monte Morris of Flint Beecher Named Mr. Basketball (Detroit Free Press)
PHOTO: Flint Beecher's Monte Morris brings the ball upcourt during a game against Rockford this season. (Click to see more at HighSchoolSportsScene.com.)
Today in the MHSAA: 5/26/26
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
May 26, 2026
1. TRACK & FIELD Hillsdale Academy swept MITCA Division 4 championships; both the girls and boys teams entered the event ranked No. 1 – Hillsdale Daily News
2. TRACK & FIELD – The top-ranked Traverse City St. Francis girls and No. 2 Ithaca boys won MITCA Division 3 championships – Traverse City Record-Eagle | Mount Pleasant Morning Sun
3. TRACK & FIELD The No. 2 Holland Christian girls and top-ranked Frankenmuth boys won MITCA titles in Division 2 – Holland Sentinel | Saginaw News
4. TRACK & FIELD The top-ranked Rockford girls and East Kentwood boys won MITCA Division 1 titles – Athletic.net
5. TRACK & FIELD The Oak Park girls and Novi boys won Oakland County championships – Oakland Press
6. BOYS GOLF Saginaw Nouvel Catholic Central – an honorable mention in Lower Peninsula Division 4 – clinched the Tri-Valley Conference Blue title by winning the final league event – Saginaw News
7. SOFTBALL Division 3 No. 9 Lansing Catholic edged Division 1 honorable mention Grand Ledge 7-6 to win the Greater Lansing Hall of Fame Softball Classic title – WILX
8. BASEBALL Division 1 No. 17 Howell finished 2-1 at the Flint Tournament of Champions, falling to Macomb Dakota but defeating No. 5 Bay City Western and Davison – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
9. BASEBALL Division 2 No. 13 Garden City downed Division 1 No. 19 Allen Park 3-0 – Southgate News-Herald
10. GIRLS SOCCER Jackson Lumen Christi shut out Leslie to open Division 4 postseason play – Jackson Citizen Patriot