OT: Boys Basketball State Quarterfinal open thread
Class A
Okemos vs. Rockford
Pershing vs. Romulus
Orchard Lake St. Mary's vs. Saginaw
Macomb L'Anse Creuse North vs. Lake Orion
Class B
Sexton vs. Robichaud
Country Day vs. Goodrich
Muskegon Heights vs. Cadillac
GR Christian vs. Stevensville Lakeshore
Class C
Beecher vs. River Rouge
Pewamo Westphalia vs. Schoolcraft
Negaunee vs. St. Francis
New Haven vs. Shelby
Class D
Climax Scotts vs. Allen Park Inter City Baptist
Bellaire vs. Muskegon Catholic Central
Carney Nadeau vs. Pellston
Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary vs. Southfield Christian
...that brought you Terry Mills and Grant Long has a pretty decent basketball tradition going, yes. As a Romulus resident (but former Saline Hornet), I dare say that being ranked #2 in the state and being in this tourney bigger to some folks on my street than the NCAA tournament.
As for Michigan hoops potential from Romulus, I searched Rivals and only E.C. Matthews - a shooting guard and class of 2013 prospect - shows interest in Michigan. Of course, all schools on the list are listed as "medium", which is not terribly helpful. I assume this means nobody has bothered with this data too much to date.
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/recruiting/player-E.C.-Matthews
Speaking of Matthews, I really hope he goes to Nebraska. With new facilites and a new coach (John Croce???) that program should be on the rise. They don't like Creighton's success in Lincoln.
and why did your uncle play women's basketball?
March 21st, 2012 at 11:46 AM ^
My bad!!
Saginaw High is tough as nails and gets after it on the D end. I don't know if they will score enough, but they will be a handful.
Go country day!
The only connection I could find was with GR Christian and Drake Harris in the 2014 class, but he doesnt even have an offer yet
Beilein follows NABC guidelines on offers, meaning he doesn't make official offers until June 15 before a prospect's junior year. So he'll start officially offering players in the 2014 class this June 15. That doesn't mean he hasn't already started pursuing Drake Harris.
Drake Harris is also a very promising WR prospect with a nice highlight reel on hudl. I am not sure which sport, if either, he is favoring but it will be interesting to see how his recruiting plays out. Apparently his favorite team to root for is MSU, which most likely means that he will commit to Michigan during their Junior day next year.
where is there a schedule with times and dates ?
My old home town boyz are tough.
Class of 75 here.
Its time for another state championship.
...for the win and for the fact that my mother may have taught some of you at the middle school. Small world indeed, even on MGoBlog.
... and my father may have suspended some of you in high school... or taught for some of the older alums.
Grand Rapids Christian up by 1 at end of 3rd against Stevensville Lakeshore (some quarterfinal game scores are posted on West Michigan All Star's FB page).
Saginaw took care of business against OLSM. Hell of a season, Eaglets!
oh wait...not wrestling :P
Power outage? Power outage. (not gonna root for a meteor for a HS game)
He was named a sophomore 1st team all american on maxpreps http://grchsfootball.com/news/drake-harris-named-maxpreps-2011-us-air-force-sophomore-all-american-football-teams
Based on the highlight video, it looks like he is a very smooth runner with deceptive speed. Could use work catching ball at highest point, and seems to go down a little easy. would love to have him in our 2014 class though.
Edit: This was supposed to be in response to Drake Harris post
Best team in the state....easily.
Best coaching tree as well. Lou Dawkins won back-to-back titles at SHS. Kalamazoo's Mike Thomas (an SHS alum, won title as player) won back-to-back titles coaching K'Zoo. And now Julian Taylor (current SHS coach, alum, former player) is on his way as well. Another banner for "Da High" is on its way!! #Trojans