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: 2/21/25
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
February 21, 2025
1. BOYS BASKETBALL Traverse City West clinched a share of the Big North Conference championship with a 76-65 win over Petoskey as Lincoln Lockhart reached 1,000 career points, and Buckley’s Landon Kulawiak went over 2,000 in his team’s 65-34 win over Kingsley – Traverse City Record-Eagle
2. GIRLS BASKETBALL Tara Kurncz became DeWitt’s all-time leading scorer and helped the Panthers finish an outright title run in the Capital Area Activities Conference Red with a 58-36 win over Lansing Waverly – Lansing State Journal
3. BOYS BASKETBALL Mikey Carlson scored his 1,000th career point and Pentwater clinched the West Michigan D League title with a 70-42 win over Mesick – Ludington Daily News
4. GIRLS BASKETBALL Hemlock locked up a third-straight Tri-Valley Conference Blue title with a 49-38 win over Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary – Saginaw News
5. BOYS BASKETBALL Kingsford clinched a share of the Great Northern Conference title with a 72-60 win over Marquette – Upper Michigan’s Source
6. GIRLS BASKETBALL Bay City All Saints clinched a share of the Big Thumb Conference Red title with a 51-40 win over Owendale-Gagetown – Bay City Times
7. GIRLS BASKETBALL Addison Cullen reached 1,000 career points during St. Ignace’s 65-33 win over Brimley – MI Sports Now
8. BOYS BASKETBALL Sean Wesolek scored his 1,000th career point during Bay City John Glenn’ s 61-51 win over Gaylord – Bay City Times
9. BOYS BASKETBALL Linden’s Jase Becher reached 1,000 career points during his team’s 69-40 win over Owosso – WJRT
10. BOYS BASKETBALL Redford Thurston’s Daniel Winston III reached 1,000 career points during his team’s 66-62 loss to Roseville – Hometown Life