Boys Basketball

There may be 25 undefeated boys basketball teams left in Michigan.  But this week will be telling for a quite a few – both those expected to shine this brightly and also for some surprising us along the way.

John Rice thought he found the perfect match for his two passions in life – fishing and basketball. By day, he could spend hours fishing off the Florida coast. When the afternoon rolled around, he would hit the gymnasium to coach basketball. “I would have b...

It's Thursday – game day in the Huff household. Nothing unusual about that. Most winter days are game days for Heather and Troy Huff, the head varsity basketball coaches at Johannesburg-Lewiston High School.

With 4.5 seconds remaining and his team trailing by two points, Demetrius Lake was only trying to help force overtime in last Friday’s Ottawa-Kent Conference Green showdown against visiting Zeeland West. Instead, the standout junior guard from Holland High Scho...

Dane Preston, who averages a team-high 19 points per game, is one reason why the Kalamazoo Hackett's boys basketball team is off to a 6-0 start on the season. But he’s not the only hoops whiz in the family. His sister, Sydney, 5-foot-9, averages a team-high 16 pp...

It’s hard to tell this early how well some of our early risers will play out the final two months of this boys basketball season. But judging by some of the scores we’ve seen, it fair to believe at least a few are in contention to stay, at least at the leag...

It was 30 minutes after Ypsilanti Community finished its victory over Flint Hamady on Tuesday, and 7-year-old Jaylon Allen was running around the court. Eleven years ago, Brooks was in the same position, watching a young player with a ton of hope. That player was Corey...

We knew plenty of favorites to watch when boys basketball season tipped off during the second week of December.  But we were able to add a few more to the list of hopefuls after another eventful holiday break.

It’s unlikely. But if Juan Rickman ever gets bored, he would be a prime candidate to participate in a sleep-deprivation study. A graduate of Detroit Cass Tech and the University of Michigan-Dearborn, Rickman is driven. Achievement is the driving force that suppli...

Jordan Weber has contributed to his share of history for the East Jordan boys basketball program, and making more this winter is most important to the senior shooting guard. But with those team achievements have come individual accolades as well, including the Michigan...

One week can tell only so much about a season just beginning. But plenty of hopeful Michigan high school boys teams hope last week's successes are an indication of more to come.  Each week during the regular season, we’ll glance at four teams from each class...

Tim Reznich and Reggie Manville are fly fishing and coaching buddies. They share and enjoy mutual interests, especially when it comes to running Frankfort's two successful basketball programs.

Muskegon High School been known for football ever since their first victory in 1895, racking up 806 more wins since then (most in the state), along with eight MHSAA championships – including recent titles in 2004, 2006 and 2008. But as the snow slowly blanketed H...

On one of the last summer days in town before leaving for college, Joey Steiner and Cody Ley spotted some youngsters on the east side of Constantine playing basketball in the street on a portable hoop. They stopped and played 2-on-4 with the boys. The group of eighth-g...

Damon Knowles talked about baseball and basketball with his cousin, Luke Lamson, one warm Sunday last December. That’s not unusual for the two young teens, but that day Lamson lay crushed beneath the wheels of a semi trailer loaded with corn and weighing more th...

One of the best has indeed been saved for last in the final edition of the MHSAA.TV’s Hoops On Film Series.

The legendary play know simply as “The Shot” by Bob Davis of Lansing Sexton in the 1959 Class A Boys Basketball Final is the highlight of this week’s edition of the MHSAA.TV’s Hoops On Film Series.

Mackenna Kelly led her basketball team to last season’s MHSAA Semifinals and knows where she’ll eventually end up – playing for Central Michigan University in two years. But having played on a big stage with her next destination decided didn’t k...

Flint Holy Redeemer hit the final shot in the school’s history to defeat Kingsley for the 1970 Class D boys basketball title in this week's edition of MHSAA.tv’s Hoops On Film Series.

A battle of undefeated teams from schools both no longer in existence is highlighted this week as part of MHSAA.tv’s Hoops On Film Series.