Recruiting: Michigan having success close to home, too
Oak Park offensive lineman Marquan McCall is a top recruit for 2018. The Michigan football coaching staff has taken a Midwestern approach to many of its recent recruiting moves. That might not seem...
View ArticleBasketball recruit Cain visited U-M, offered scholarship
Jamal Cain, Detroit Cornerstone Today could impact the future of the Michigan basketball program. Detroit Cornerstone wing Jamal Cain, a rising player in the 2017 class, went to Ann Arbor on an...
View ArticleApril 27 high school sports results
Baseball Baseball Birmingham Detroit Country Day 5, Royal Oak Shrine 2: Andrew Toma pitched a complete game with six strikeouts, five hits allowed, two walks permitted and no earned runs for Country...
View ArticleOakland gets commitment from North Farmington guard Billy Thomas
North Farmington’s Billy Thomas on March 25, 2016. Oakland University suffered a serious blow for next season when junior point guard Kay Felder declared for the NBA draft and signed with an agent....
View ArticleMSU's Blackwell glad to see NCAA 'got it right' with satellite camps
Curtis Blackwell. Of all people, Curtis Blackwell had a right to be angry. The high school football camp he founded, Sound Mind Sound Body, had its greatest selling point taken away by the NCAA...
View ArticleCoach Garrard Taylor leads Detroit Renaissance softball to the top
Detroit Renaissance softball team Coach Garrard Taylor and his Detroit Renaissance softball team is a program everyone should know. In his 22nd season at Renaissance, the Greensboro, N.C., native has...
View ArticleLakeview’s Walker has third Mr. Golf in range
Andrew Walker of Battle Creek Lakeview watches a tee shot at Cedar Creek. The two-time Michigan Mr. Golf winner is the defending Division 1 individual state champion and will attend MSU. “Andrew’s a...
View ArticleCass Tech WR Donovan Peoples-Jones plans to commit early
247Sports lists Cass Tech’s Donovan Peoples-Jones as the top receiver in the country and top player in the state. Donovan Peoples-Jones has gone viral. Quiet by nature, the 6-foot-2 junior wide...
View ArticleTennis: Michigan no match for prodigy Yarlagadda
West Bloomfield freshman Anika Yarlagadda is one of the top-ranked under-18 players in the Midwest. “She’s got a bright future,” said her private coach Armand Molino. “She competes really well. Tennis...
View ArticleMcCabe: How Stoney Creek landed coach Bob Lantzy
Coach Bob Lantzy Rochester Hills Stoney Creek athletic director Rick Jakacki was having lunch with a college friend, Mike Scrivano, a few months ago — the final day applications were being accepted...
View ArticleRoundup: West Bloomfield beats South Lyon East, 10-3
West Bloomfield’s Nick Seidel swings during a 10-3 win over South Lyon East on Friday. “They gave us a lot of opportunities,” West Bloomfield coach Eric Pierce said. West Bloomfield baseball continued...
View ArticleRecruiting: Northeast recruits high on Michigan football
Newtown (Conn.) Sandy Hook’s Ben Mason Michigan has focused heavily on recruiting New Jersey in the Jim Harbaugh era. The Wolverines signed the state’s – and country’s – top overall player in the 2016...
View ArticleCoach cleared in Jonathan Nicola case, but team may forfeit all wins
The skyline of Windsor, Ontario, as seen from the Detroit River. The sordid Jonathan Nicola affair has reached the phase of parceling out responsibility and blame. It appears that the 29-year-old...
View ArticleMay 2-3 Michigan high school sports results
Soccer stadium file photo. May 3 Baseball Detroit Osborn 18, Detroit Denby 2: Warren Thomas threw surrendered only one hit while striking out six and went 2-for-3 with a double and three RBIs for...
View ArticleL’Anse Creuse’s Spezia goes throwback socks, leads on mound, at plate
L’Anse Creuse High School’s Jeremy Spezia pitches against visiting Romeo on Monday. Spezia struck out seven and gave up just two hits in the 6-0 victory. He also drove in two runs. It’s all in the...
View ArticleRecruiting: Wolverines stocking up on linebackers
Sandy Hook (Conn.) linebacker Ben Mason Michigan’s coaching staff has undergone a major change on the defensive side of the football, but that doesn’t mean any less of a pursuit of hard-nosed...
View ArticleMichigan State joining Sound Mind Sound Body camps around the country
From left, Urban Meyer, Mark Dantonio and Jim Harbaugh share a moment at the Sound Mind Sound Body camp. Satellite camps are back in vogue, and Michigan State football coaches are following the Sound...
View ArticleRecruiting: Michigan State interested in Livonia Churchill speedstar
One of the in-state players that is solidly on the Michigan State recruiting radar is Livonia Churchill’s Jamal Allen. The 6-foot, 196-pound prospect has a solid list of scholarship offers, mostly MAC...
View ArticleRecruiting: WL Western's Hudson likely to turn heads turning into OT
Michigan State Spartans head coach Mark Dantonio watches his team warm up before action against the University of Alabama Crimson Tide in the Good Year Cotton Bowl game Thursday, December 31, 2015 at...
View ArticleMcCabe: There’s no quit in Grand Ledge’s O’Keefe
Grand Ledge’s Pat O’Keefe, 70, had 1,203 career wins entering Thursday’s doubleheader against Okemos. “I still like dressing up and acting like a kid,” he said. If Pat O’Keefe hears the “R” question...
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