Girls Basketball

We’re quickly making major headway in catching up our basketball scores and schedules for this winter, just in time for league races to get rolling.  But we'd be grateful for your help filling in a number of results we've missed during the season&r...

We're officially midway through the MHSAA girls basketball season. And the contenders are starting to break away from the pack.  Those on this week's list of high performers look like strong possibilities to keep rolling into their District tournaments that begin ...

Many of the girls basketball teams impressing us most this season are those we're used to watching march to the Breslin Center every winter. But others are popping back on the radar in a big way for the first time in a few years – and this week's list i...

It was between seasons for WNBA player Stacey Thomas.  She sat in her Northwestern University basketball office, where she worked as the Wildcats' director of basketball operations, and listened to a message that she’d heard somewhere before.

As a general rule, basketball teams evolve plenty between the first games of December through the final regular-season contests in February.  But these pre-break matchups matter just as much in the win-loss columns. And a number of games are being played right now...

We're only two weeks into this girls basketball season. But there are plenty of teams that already can take pride in strong starts that either are continuing on last season's success or showing a nice turnaround after a rough run. 

More than 700 girls basketball teams hope to be playing at Michigan State University's Breslin Center when this season ends.  That may be fourth months away. But those quests began last week.

Lamont Simpson’s “home” is a place he visits twice a week during his peak season, when NCAA Division I officiating duties have him navigating the Midwest like a person in a race for frequent flyer miles. So, naturally, there’s Simpson officiatin...

Annette Babers has lived on both sides of that message, as both the pursuer and achiever. And she explained how today's high school players can do the same last week in speaking to more than 200 athletes, parents and coaches attending the MHSAA's Reaching Higher girls...

Mathematically speaking, the 2010 MHSAA Girls Basketball Finals were just a bit closer than this season’s, with a combined point differential of 28 over the four championship games. But it's a decent argument to call this winter’s Finals the most highly-co...

Dearborn Divine Child's Cara Miller. Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett's Madison and Hailegh Ristovski. Morley-Stanwood's Alexis Huntey. Goodrich's Aketra Sevillian. Sagianw's Travontis Richardson, Traverse City St. Francis' Sean Sheldon. What do they all have in ...

Charlotte High School's “Hooping for a Cure” players vs. teachers basketball games began as a way for teacher and coach Brent Crossman to honor his mom and raise money for the American Cancer Society. But this month’s game, the fifth in what is now an...

Miss Basketball and a collection of MHSAA champions receive High 5s this week.

Flint Powers Catholic stood in the way for a long time. Then Detroit Country Day. Last season, Dearborn Divine Child stopped Goodrich one game short of its first championship chance. So although the Martians talked early this season about remaining hungry despite their...

Alexis Huntey had never cried after winning a game. And it’s not like she and her teammates were new to the feeling. But earning the Mohawks’ first-ever MHSAA basketball championship Saturday at the Breslin Center was like nothing their senior stars had exp...

Shar’Rae Davis had one thought when she received the ball with only a few seconds  remaining and Grand Haven’s first championship on the line in Saturday’s MHSAA Class A Final. She saw the rim on Breslin Center’s north basket. And she knew ...

In the first quarter it was Ava Doetsch. In the second, Lexie Robak. And at the end of Saturday’s third quarter at the Breslin Center, when Waterford Our Lady was strengthening its grip on its next MHSAA Class D title, Tori Duffey came through. Unlike their first...

Hugs and huge smiles dominated Goodrich’s side of the Breslin Center floor Friday night after a moment the Martians have worked for since losing in the Quarterfinals two seasons ago. Avenging a loss to the reigning Class B champion made that moment a little bit s...

Shellis Hampton and Tiesha Stokes have enjoyed more victories during their Grand Rapids Catholic Central careers – literally – than most players in MHSAA history. But there’s something special about winning a championship as a senior – and Shell...

This month has been filled with firsts for Grosse Pointe South – first Regional Title, first Quarterfinal win, first Semifinal appearance. On Saturday, the Blue Devils can cap their historical run with a first-ever MHSAA girls basketball championship.