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: 9/11/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

September 11, 2025

1. BOYS TENNIS Midland Dow – No. 2 in Lower Peninsula Division 2 – downed No. 8 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central, No. 9 Detroit U-D Jesuit and Flushing – Midland Daily News

2. BOYS SOCCER Traverse City St. Francis shut out Division 4 No. 13 Maple City Glen Lake 5-0 – Up North Live

3. BOYS SOCCER Romeo remained undefeated in the Macomb Area Conference Red with a 3-2 win over Division 1 honorable mention Utica Eisenhower – Macomb Daily

4. GIRLS GOLF Petoskey was first and Cadillac second at the Elk Rapids Invitational – Cadillac News

5. BOYS SOCCER Warren Cousino handed St. Clair Shores Lakeview its first loss, 5-4 – Macomb Daily

6. CROSS COUNTRY Roscommon was first and Kalkaska second in both the girls and boys races at the Roscommon Bucks Midweek Invitational – Traverse City Record-Eagle | Athletic.net

7. VOLLEYBALL Orchard Lake St. Mary’s swept Royal Oak Shrine Catholic – Oakland Press

8. VOLLEYBALL Division 2 No. 8 Frankenmuth opened league play with a sweep of Bay City John Glenn – Saginaw News

9. BOYS SOCCER Brownstown Woodhaven edged Trenton 2-1 – Southgate News-Herald

10. BOYS SOCCER Alpena edged Ogemaw Heights 1-0 – Alpena News