Today in the MHSAA: 2/17/23
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
February 17, 2023
1. GIRLS BASKETBALL Petersburg Summerfield earned a share of the Tri-County Conference championship with a 46-28 win over Morenci – Monroe News
2. BOYS BASKETBALL Mason clinched its first league title since 2007, downing Lansing Eastern 58-46 in the Capital Area Activities Conference Red – Lansing State Journal
3. GIRLS BASKETBALL Riverview claimed its third-straight outright Huron League championship with a 55-25 win over Flat Rock – Southgate News-Herald
4. GIRLS BASKEBALL Lake City clinched a share of the Highland Conference title with a 49-22 win over Manton – Cadillac News
5. GIRLS BASKETBALL Traverse City St. Francis clinched a share of the Lake Michigan Conference title with a big win at Kalkaska, and Gaylord St. Mary downed Johannesburg-Lewiston to win the Ski Valley Conference for the third-straight season – Traverse City Record-Eagle
6. GIRLS BASKETBALL Hart repeated as a league champion with a big win over Hesperia – Muskegon Chronicle
7. BOYS BASKETBALL Mio finished an outright North Star League Big Dipper title run with a 60-41 win over Whittemore-Prescott – Bay City Times
8. BOYS BASKETBALL Croswell-Lexington moved back into first in the Blue Water Area Conference with a 54-45 overtime win over Richmond – Port Huron Times Herald
9. GIRLS BASKETBALL Detroit Cass Tech defeated Mumford 48-39 to advance to the Detroit Public School League Tournament final – Detroit News
10. BOYS BASKETBALL Sterling Heights avenged a pair of losses to Madison Heights Lamphere with a 58-56 win in the Macomb Area Conference Silver/Bronze Tournament – Macomb Daily
Stripes Worn Well (Muskegon Chronicle)
March 1, 2012
Tim Flahive has battled diabetes for all but a few years of his life. But he's also filled half of those years with high school sports as a longtime official based in the Muskegon area.
The Muskegon Chronicle's Mark Opfermann tells the story of Flahive's final basketball game last week -- and makes us appreciate even more the significant role our officials fill to no fanfare.
A powerful excerpt:
He left the court with no fanfare, took off his whistle and shed a few tears.
But Flahive's story isn’t just about sports and an official leaving the hobby he loves. It’s about courage, getting back up and pressing on.
So, I guess it’s a lot like sports after all. But it’s a whole lot more about life.
That’s because when Flahive took the court last week, he did it with half of his left foot missing.