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: 1/17/23
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
January 17, 2023
1. BOWLING The St. Clair Shores Lake Shore boys won their first Macomb County championship and were joined by the Macomb L’Anse Creuse girls as this season’s winning teams – Macomb Daily Girls | Boys
2. HOCKEY Division 3 top-ranked Houghton went 2-0 for the weekend with a 6-5 win over Division 2 No. 5 Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice and 5-2 win over No. 7 Detroit U-D Jesuit – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette
3. BOYS BASKETBALL Ferndale handed Flint Beecher its first loss, 63-52, at the MLK Freedom Classic – D Zone
4. HOCKEY Division 2 No. 2 Alpena downed No. 4 Saginaw Heritage 3-2 to run its winning streak to 10 – WBKB
5. SWIMMING & DIVING Connor Dowd set school and pool records in leading Essexville Garber to the Ogemaw Heights Stephanie Rice Memorial Invitational championship – Bay City Times
6. BOWLING The South Lyon girls and Oxford boys won Oakland County championships – Oakland Press Girls | Boys
7. BOYS SWIMMING & DIVING Danny Borozan earned four first places to help Battle Creek Lakeview – an honorable mention in Lower Peninsula Division 2 – to its 32nd-straight All-City championship – Battle Creek Enquirer
8. HOCKEY Division 3 No. 7 Detroit Country Day scored on its first shot on the way to a 6-3 win over No. 6 Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett – Oakland Press
9. GIRLS BASKETBALL West Bloomfield closed its MLK Classic with a big win over Detroit Cass Tech – Oakland Press
10. WRESTLING Howell won Parma Western’s 59th Jim Dewland Classic, with the host team runner-up – Livingston Daily Press & Argus