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Published March 27, 2020

Mercy basketball coach reflects on season

The Farmington Hills Mercy basketball team did a lot of winning this season, but as the saying goes, all good things must come to an end. The Marlins’ season came to a close with a 56-33 loss to Detroit Renaissance in a Division 1 regional semifinal March 10.

Published March 23, 2020

Grosse Pointe Times

Liggett hockey coach reflects on season

When a team finds momentum and gets hot at the right time, the postseason can be a magical experience. The Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett hockey team won seven of its last 10 games to end the regular season and carried that strong play into the playoffs.

Published March 20, 2020

Woodward Talk

Ferndale High boys basketball season cut short

Earlier this year, Ferndale High boys basketball coach Juan Rickman was thinking about “trying to get prepared to make a good run at a state title.

Southfield Christian’s Rahmon Scruggs goes up for a layup in a game earlier this season. The Eagles were supposed to play Novi Christian Academy in a D-4 district final.

Published March 20, 2020

Southfield Sun

Southfield Christian boys hoops understands MHSAA decision

For the Southfield Christian boys basketball program, everything it does is all in preparation for a state championship run. The Eagles have dominated the Division 4 basketball scene, collecting five state titles in the last decade. They wanted to get their third consecutive title this year.Read More

Published March 20, 2020

Birmingham - Bloomfield Eagle

State title dreams on hold for DCD and Brother Rice hockey

For both the Birmingham Brother Rice and Beverly Hills Detroit Country Day hockey teams, making it to and winning a state championship is more of an expectation than anything else.Read More

Roseville High’s Jason Hunter avoids the Macomb Dakota defense in a game earlier this season. The Panthers were 12-9 overall prior to the suspension of play.

Published March 20, 2020

Roseville - Eastpointe Eastsider

Roseville High boys basketball disappointed, but understanding

Ask any coach around the state and they’ll tell you momentum plays a pivotal role come playoff time. The Roseville High boys basketball team had gotten hot at the right time and was ready to make another postseason run.Read More

Warren Woods Tower’s Donovan Brownlee, right, tosses up a shot over Fraser High’s Thomas McNelis earlier this season. The Titans were set to meet Warren De La Salle in a Division 1 district final before the winter season was postponed.

Published March 20, 2020

Warren Weekly

Season ends abruptly for 3 Warren boys hoops teams

WARREN — Three local boys basketball teams will be left to wonder “what if” after the COVID-19 pandemic led the Michigan High School Athletic Association to indefinitely suspend the winter sports season.

Published March 20, 2020

C&G Newspapers

Local coaches react to indefinite suspension of winter sports

Many Macomb County boys and girls basketball teams will be left to wonder “what if” after the COVID-19 pandemic led the Michigan High School Athletic Association to indefinitely suspend the winter sports season. The boys hoops teams from Sterling Heights Stevenson, St.Read More

Orchard Lake St. Mary’s Jason Drake II makes a move against Warren De La Salle earlier this season. The Eaglets were scheduled to play Waterford Mott in a D-1 district championship prior to the season being suspended.

Published March 20, 2020

West Bloomfield Beacon

OLSM basketball hopeful to continue, understands MHSAA decision

As boys basketball teams across the state were gearing up for district championships, the news of a postseason suspension broke.

Published March 19, 2020

Madison - Park News

Hazel Park High boys basketball coach reflects on season

HAZEL PARK — After weathering a challenging regular season, a fresh start had finally arrived for Hazel Park High’s boys basketball program March 9.

Published March 18, 2020

Southfield Sun

Southfield Christian girls hoops falls in regionals

SOUTHFIELD — The Southfield Christian girls basketball season may have come to an end, but not before it took some steps in the right direction.

Troy Athens boys hoops coach reflects on season

Published March 18, 2020

Troy Times

Troy Athens boys hoops coach reflects on season

TROY — What a difference a year made for Troy Athens’ boys basketball program.

Utica Ford II junior Olivia Kubik pushes the ball up the floor March 10 during a Division 1 regional semifinal game against Macomb Dakota. The Falcons bested Warren Regina 28-12 March 6 to win the program’s first district title since 2017.

Published March 18, 2020

Sterling Heights Sentry

Ford II girls hoops coach looks back on season

STERLING HEIGHTS — Two years ago, the Utica Ford II girls basketball team finished with four wins. This year, the Falcons walked away from the year with a Division 1 district championship.

Published March 18, 2020

Rochester Post

Adams competitive cheer captures D-1 state title

ROCHESTER HILLS — It is not uncommon in the sports world for a team to grow as the season progresses. Gaining and maintaining camaraderie is equally as important as talent and execution when it comes to winning a championship.

Published March 17, 2020

Grosse Pointe Times

GPS boys basketball falls in districts

GROSSE POINTES — It wasn’t the way the Grosse Pointe South boys basketball team wanted the season to end, but it was far from a disappointment. The Blue Devils were eliminated from the playoffs in a Division 1 district semifinal, losing 78-67 to Hamtramck High March 11.

Published March 17, 2020

Woodward Talk

Berkley High boys basketball coach reflects on season

BERKLEY — The Berkley High boys basketball season could be described as bittersweet. On the sweet side, the Bears finished at 14-7 overall, which gave the program its most wins since 2006, according to coach Joe Sermo.

Ike boys bowling claims first state title in program history

Published March 16, 2020

Shelby - Utica News

Ike boys bowling claims first state title in program history

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — It almost didn’t happen. The Utica Eisenhower boys bowling team was looking to cap off a season in which it won the Macomb Area Conference White Division, the MAC White league tournament and seven other tournaments it participated in this year with a Division 1 state championship.

Published March 12, 2020

C&G Newspapers

MHSAA suspends all winter tournaments

METRO DETROIT — With multiple athletic leagues starting to postpone or cancel events across the nation, the Michigan High School Athletic Association has followed suit.

John Goddard led Royal Oak Shrine football from 1993 to 2017. Goddard died March 2 at the age of 74.

Published March 11, 2020

Royal Oak Review

Former Shrine football coach dies

ROYAL OAK — Catholic High School League Hall of Fame coach John Goddard died March 2 at the age of 74.

Fraser High girls hoops season concludes with playoff loss

Published March 11, 2020

Fraser - Clinton Township Chronicle

Fraser High girls hoops season concludes with playoff loss

ST. CLAIR SHORES — Fraser High girls basketball coach Dave Kuppe has been around the game for many years now, and he understood early on that this season was going to be a “tough” one for his squad.

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