Well the state baseball games were held last weekend on Battle Creek, a steamy Battle Creek that is, and congratulations to all 16 teams that made it to the semifinals. It’s a great way to end a season. But wait, the season won’t be completely over until the Michigan High School Baseball Coaches Association All … Continue Reading →
Recruiting is often a dirty business. It can also be confusing. Take Alex Daar for example. Daar is a 6-2, 195-pound right-handed pitcher from Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett. He was 12-2 last season as a junior and was the starting and winning pitcher in the Division 4 quarterfinals and semifinals. This season he’s 14-0 … Continue Reading →
Congratulations to the member schools of the Michigan High School Athletic Association. An overwhelming number (94 percent) of those schools voted to allow the MHSAA to receive requests for a waiver in regards to the age-limit rule (students whose 19th birthday takes place before Sept. 1) that prohibits participation in athletics. Of course, this stems … Continue Reading →
Northville will play in its eighth consecutive pre-district on Tuesday when it faces Plymouth at Salem at 4 p.m. Northville is one of the top teams in Division 1 at 29-4 but it will be difficult to advance past the district because of its unlucky draw. That’s what it takes sometimes. A team needs a little … Continue Reading →
More scholarship offers are sure to come for Jayru Campbell, Detroit Cass Tech’s 6-3, 195-pound freshman who played so well in the Division 1 championship game last November but Notre Dame is the first top Division I school to offer him a scholarship. Cass Tech coach Thomas Wilcher said a number of Mid-American Conference schools offered a scholarship. We won’t … Continue Reading →
The new rule in high school baseball that makes it illegal to use the BSER bats is just what the sport needed. Sure there are fewer home runs being hit. Yes, scoring runs is more difficult. But in the end it is better for the game because games are being played more quickly and pitchers won’t have the amount of … Continue Reading →
Basketball coaches like Pierre Brooks of Detroit King, Gary Fralick of Troy and Bobby Thompson of River Rouge couldn’t help but be impressed with the speeches given by six college coaches on Friday at the MGM Grand Casino Hotel ballroom. The Horatio Williams Foundation once again presented a coaches forum designed to offer high school coaches, for boys and … Continue Reading →
Enrollment changes could make for some interesting basketball tournament changes. For one, Detroit Douglass, which started four sophomores, will move to Class C from Class B. Boys basketball coach Nkwane Young said he will not opt to play up in Class B and will remain in C. There’s a new player in C. Douglass will … Continue Reading →
The boys basketball state semifinals and finals were not up to par. Just look at the point differential in the Class D and the Class B games. This is in no way a knock against Climax-Scotts in Class D or Stevensville Lakeshore in Class B. Both teams played well in the semifinals. Climax-Scotts appeared worn … Continue Reading →
The adage that says it’s hard to beat a team three times in a season bit Detroit Catholic Central on Wednesday when Orchard Lake St. Mary’s defeated C.C. 48-46. C.C. has played so well to this point that to lose to a team that entered the tournament with a .500 record is a shock. C.C. … Continue Reading →