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: 9/3/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

September 3, 2025

1. CROSS COUNTRY New Boston Huron’s girls and boys teams swept Erie Mason’s Frank Connolly Relays – Monroe News

2. BOYS SOCCER Division 1 No. 5 Hartland and No. 3 Okemos played to a 1-1 draw – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

3. BOYS SOCCER Division 4 No. 7 Muskegon Western Michigan Christian went on the road for a 3-1 win over Grand Rapids Covenant Christian – Local Sports Journal

4. GIRLS GOLF Byron Center – No. 8 in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – and Muskegon Reeths-Puffer’s Sophia McCollum finished first at the latest Ottawa-Kent Conference Green jamboree – Local Sports Journal

5. BOYS SOCCER Jackson Northwest shut out Lumen Christi 2-0 – Jackson Citizen Patriot

6. BOYS SOCCER Grayling won a key Northern Shores Conference matchup 5-0 over Kingsley – Traverse City Record-Eagle

7. VOLLEYBALL Midland Bullock Creek lost the first set but won the next three to get past Hemlock – Midland Daily News

8. VOLLEYBALL Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary swept Caro – WNEM

9. BOYS SOCCER Traverse City Central downed Cadillac 4-0 – MI Sports Now

10. BOYS SOCCER Richmond edged Chesterfield Austin Catholic 4-3 – Macomb Daily