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Few equate competitive soccer with teams from Detroit, especially those in the Detroit Public School League. And that’s just fine with Detroit Western coach Forest Farmer and his players. Being an underdog can work to one’s advantage.

The winter sports season concluded Saturday with the MHSAA Boys Basketball Finals at the Breslin Center at Michigan State University. Click below for highlight clips from every game plus links to watch them in full. 

Even in their own city, even after all they'd accomplished this season, Detroit Western International's basketball players were somewhat of a curiosity when they showed up at Calihan Hall to play in the MHSAA Class A Quarterfinals on Tuesday.  Western had been th...

Saginaw Arthur Hill and Detroit Western International advanced to the MHSAA Class A Boys Basketball Final with Semifinal wins Friday at the Breslin Center. Click below for video highlights from all four teams that took the court. 

Brailen Neely and his Detroit Western International teammates have heard plenty about Detroit Redford’s glories past. Their coach, Derrick McDowell, coached Redford from 1993-94 through 2005 and took two teams to Class A runner-up finishes. “When they win, ...

Similar to the Class C and D Semifinals to be played Thursday, Friday's Class A and B games will feature five teams aspiring to win their first MHSAA championships. But the field also includes four teams that advanced to Breslin Center in 2014, the undefeated top-rank...

At least once a week, former longtime Detroit Western baseball coach Ziggy Gonzalez stops in to Cowboys practice to offer a taste of the program’s history. “I tell these guys, we don’t know where we’re going if we don’t know where we’...

This week's honorees include arguably Michigan's top distance runner, top lacrosse player, and a baseball team looking to assert itself at the top while representing the state's largest city.