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: 1/28/22

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

January 28, 2022

1. WRESTLING Division 3 No. 3 Alma clinched a sixth-straight regular-season league title with a 55-9 win over Birch Run – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

2. GIRLS BASKETBALL Katelyn Pnacek became the third Coleman player to reach 1,000 career points, reaching the milestone in the Division 4 No. 10 Comets’ 47-26 win over Breckenridge – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

3. GIRLS BASKETBALL Emma Smieska went over 1,000 career points in Leslie’s 49-37 win over Lansing Christian – Jackson Citizen Patriot

4. GIRLS BASKETBALL Division 4 No. 6 Gaylord St. Mary downed No. 14 Lake Leelanau St. Mary 62-50 – Traverse City Record-Eagle

5. HOCKEY Pinckney opened the Michigan Public High School Showcase with a 4-2 win over Division 2 No. 9 South Lyon – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

6. GIRLS BASKETBALL Homer dealt Division 3 No. 5 Jonesville its first defeat, 48-47 – Jackson Citizen Patriot

7. BOYS BASKETBALL Treyvon Lewis filled the stat sheet in West Bloomfield’s 72-61 win over Division 2 No. 6 Ferndale – Oakland Press

8. BOYS SWIMMING & DIVING Holland West Ottawa – No. 4 in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – swam past Rockford 175-125 – Holland Sentinel

9. BOYS BASKETBALL Division 4 No. 5 McBain Northern Michigan Christian held on for a 56-50 win at Manton – Up North Live

10. BOYS BASKETBALL Joseph Hayes scored 40 points in Shelby’s 63-55 win over Hart – CatchMark SportsNet