Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Live Chat
Boys basketball regionals: 3 p.m Tuesday
Sportswriter Tom Markowski will field your questions and comments about the regional finals in an hour-long chat.
Interactive
Viewpoints
Tom Markowski: Heading into tonight's regional semifinals I have all four of my Final Four teams still playing in Class B and Class D. In Class A I have three, with Romulus … Video
Advertisement
AP Headlines
Sports
- Tiger Woods to return to golf at the Masters - 03:37 PM
- Tiger Woods' statement on his return to golf - 11:41 AM
- Beckham walking on crutches after surgery - 02:51 PM
- LT lured to NY by familiar offense, chance to win - 03:28 PM
- Armstrong, Contador to race in Criterium - 03:35 PM
- UConn, Stanford, Tennessee and Nebraska top seeds - 03:36 AM
- There's plenty of reaction to possible expansion - 03:55 AM
- Ohio State adds 2 years to Tressel's contract - 11:05 AM
- Mackey begins final Iditarod leg with lead - 10:13 AM
Boys basketball: Regionals
Detroit Douglass defense shuts down New Boston Huron
Detroit Douglass held New Boston Huron to just 10 baskets, none in the third quarter, and shut down Huron's leading scorer to come away with a 41-36 victory. - 03/16/2010
High schools: Girls basketball quarterfinals
Pershing up for quarterfinal
The guard trio of Dorina Barrett, Senee Shearer and Caprice Dennis makes Detroit Pershing's girls basketball team one of the quickest in the state. - 03/16/2010
Monday's boys basketball roundup
Pershing downs Southeastern in overtime
Keith Appling had a chance to put Detroit Pershing up two points late in regulation against Detroit Southeastern in a Class A regional semifinal Monday. - 03/16/2010
Monday's high school basketball scores
Monday's boys high school regional basketball scores. - 03/16/2010
Join the live chat about boys basketball at 3 p.m. today
Get your questions and comments ready: High school sports beat writer Tom Markowski will host a discussion about the regional finals in an hourlong chat. - 03/16/2010
East Lansing's Klarissa Bell is Miss Basketball
Edging a formidable crop of finalists, East Lansing forward Klarissa Bell has been named the 2010 Michigan Miss Basketball. Bell, a Class A all-state selection last season, averaged 21 points, nine rebounds, four assists and four steals in her senior season. - 03/15/2010
Girls basketball quarterfinals schedule
Here is a schedule of Tuesday's quarterfinals in the girls basketball state tournament. - 03/15/2010
Boys basketball: Tournament diary
Hungry Country Day looking good so far
Country Day senior point guard Ray McCallum Jr. will keep a diary throughout the tournament and chapters will periodically be printed in The News. - 03/15/2010
Preps Insider
Country Day coach Frank Orlando closing in on high school wins record
Country Day will try to make Orlando the winningest coach in state history this week on its way to a third consecutive Class B championship. - 03/15/2010
Boys basketball
Tom Markowski's regional playoff picks
Detroit News prep writer Tom Markowski predicts the winner of the boys basketball state regionals. - 03/15/2010
Division 1 hockey state final
Detroit C.C. dominates Howell for second straight title
Detroit Catholic Central coach Todd Johnson wondered aloud if 24 hours would be enough for his team and a couple key players to recover mentally and physically for the Division 1 final against Howell. - 03/13/2010
Division 2 hockey state final
Trenton celebrates 13th hockey title with win over Midland
Although Trenton entered Saturday's Division 2 hockey final with its storied tradition and 12 state titles, one accomplishment it hadn't achieved was a three-peat, missing out on that feat on two previous occasions. - 03/13/2010
Division 3 hockey state final
Cranbrook-Kingswood claims another Division 3 championship
Flint Powers Catholic was tired of being a bridesmaid in Division 3 hockey. But Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood loved the feeling of being a champion more, winning its second straight title, 3-1 Saturday at Compuware Arena. - 03/13/2010
State swimming finals
Depth carries Birmingham Groves to Division 2 swimming title
Groves had 20 from its team of 35 in competition and placed at least one in the top eight -- which qualifies as all-state -- in 11 of 12 events. - 03/13/2010
Division 1 hockey semifinal: Detroit Catholic Central 2, Orchard Lake St. Mary's 1
Catholic Central hockey returns to D1 final
There was an air of tension at Compuware Arena for the Division 1 hockey semifinal between Detroit Catholic Central and Orchard Lake St. Mary's on Friday evening. - 03/13/2010
Division 1 hockey semifinal: Howell 2, Traverse City West 0
Howell takes advantage of breaks, advances to hockey final
While Howell's offensive statistics heading into Friday was impressive, it took a while to get going. Traverse City West knew full well what Howell was capable of. - 03/13/2010
Boys basketball: Warren DeLaSalle 69, Roseville 53
DeLaSalle reaches regional
Greg Esler has been a head coach for 23 years and said he's never seen a performance in the first quarter like the one Traye Williams had Friday. - 03/13/2010
Friday's boys basketball roundup
Livonia Franklin captures first boys district title since '76
Livonia Franklin used a 10-2 run in overtime to defeat Livonia Stevenson, 60-57, on Friday and win its first district title in boys basketball since 1976. - 03/13/2010
Boys basketball
Inkster stuns top-ranked Romulus
That Class A quarterfinal you were expecting between top-ranked Romulus and defending champion Detroit Pershing won't happen. Inkster saw to that Friday. - 03/13/2010
Woman named high school varsity football coach
Natalie Randolph, a 29-year-old biology and environmental sciences teacher, was introduced Friday as the coach of the Calvin Coolidge (D.C.) Colts. - 03/13/2010
Friday's high school scores
Friday's Scores - 03/13/2010
Boys hockey
Cranbrook-Kingswood scores early, rolls past Calumet
Cranbrook-Kingswood took advantage of its distinct opportunities in the first period and held off a combative Calumet team, 4-1, in a Division 3 semifinal. - 03/12/2010
Boys hockey
Flint Powers reaches title game by dominating Chelsea
A light problem may have temporarily halted the start of the Division 3 hockey semifinals, but it only delayed the inevitable -- another Flint Powers Catholic victory. - 03/12/2010
Boys hockey
Trenton again bumps hockey rival Muskegon Mona Shores
Trenton and Muskegon Mona Shores are separated by more than 200 miles and five freeways, but familiarity breeds contempt when one consistently stands in the way of another's goal of winning a hockey state title. - 03/12/2010
Boys hockey
Midland star Kenny Babinski scores five goals in OT win over DeLaSalle
Babinski, a junior forward, also scores the winning goal in overtime to give Midland a 6-5 win and spot in the Division 2 final against two-time defending champion Trenton. - 03/12/2010
Boys basketball
Novaks are the first family of DeLaSalle
Every year since Chris Novak, a 1999 graduate of DeLaSalle, played there, at least one Novak has been a part of the DeLaSalle basketball program. - 03/12/2010
Girls basketball, Class A regional final: Detroit Renaissance 41, Birmingham Marian 33
Renaissance avenges loss to Marian to claim Class A regional championship
Asia Boyd was on attack mode from the opening tip Thursday night, making sure Detroit Renaissance avenged its Operation Friendship loss to Birmingham Marian. - 03/12/2010
Thursday's roundup
Ariel Braker dominates as Grosse Pointe North reaches state basketball quarterfinals
Braker had 24 points and 12 rebounds to lead North to a 52-40 victory and advance to the quarterfinals. North will next face Detroit Renaissance at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. - 03/12/2010
Kudron sisters lift New Boston Huron to regional title
With 6:20 left and the score tied, New Boston Huron's Kiara and McKenzie Kudron knew they had to stop deferring to their teammates and start getting aggressive if they wanted to defeat Dearborn Divine Child. - 03/12/2010
Thursday's high school scores
Boys and girls results. - 03/12/2010
