CHESANING -- Bullock Creek opened a big early lead and cruised to a 67-21 win over host Chesaning in Tri-Valley Conference Central girls' basketball on Tuesday. The Lancers led 19-4 after the first quarter and 35-11 at halftime before outscoring the Indians 32-10 in the second half.   "I was really happy with our effort, and I was excited that everyone got a chance to contribute and play quite a bit," said Creek coach Justin Freeland. Emilie ...

courtesy Mlive.com by Anthony Learman     OVID-ELSIE - Karli Herrington and Abbi Phillipson combined for 29 points to lead Hemlock over Ovid-Elsie in a TVC Central contest in Elsie.   The sophomre combo guards contributed from all over the floor, making four 3-pointers and sinking 9 of 12 free throws. Herrington finished with 17 points and 15 rebounds, while Phillipson added 12.   "We're looking forward to watching them grow into th ...

courtesy OurMidland.com     Midland High boys' basketball coach Eric Krause implored his team to make things happen and pull out a victory. And sophomore guard Will Williams and the Chemics obliged.   In the final 20 seconds of the game, Williams drew a critical charge on defense and then hit 3 of 4 from the free throw line on the next two possessions as the host Chemics finished strong to defeat Traverse City Central 49-45 in nonleague action. ...

courtesy Freep.com by Kirkland Crawford     CLEVELAND, OHIO - Antawn Jamison had 32 points and 10 rebounds as the Pistons lost to the Cavaliers, 101-100, tonight in Cleveland.   GAME STATS   Rookie Kyrie Irving added 25 points -- 17 in the fourth quarter -- to go with eight assists. Alonzo Gee scored 16 points off the bench. The Pistons led by 11 at the start of the fourth quarter but Cleveland scored 32 points in the final period.   ...

courtesy Mlive.com by Jake Gerard     FLINT - Desirae Duvernois led Frankenmuth scoring 12 points and shot six for six from the free-throw line in the road win. Rae Zink added 11 points.   Emily Sweet led Flint Powers Catholic with 12 points.   Frankenmuth coach Tom Keller was glad his team was able to rely on its defense while struggling to get its shots to fall.   "It was a pretty close game the whole way through. we play ...

Michigan High School Hockey Coaches Association rankings   Division 1   1. Detroit Catholic Central (Novi)   2. Orchard Lake St Mary's   3. Brighton   4. Livonia Churchill   5. Novi   6. Grosse Pointe North   7. Utica Eisenhower   8. Howell   9. South Lyon   10. Livonia Stevenson       Division 2   1. Blo ...

Michigan girls basketball Associated Press poll rankings 2-21     Class A   School (First-place votes) (Record) Points   1. Grand Haven (5) (17-1) 75   2. Detroit Martin Luther King (17-2) 69   3. Lansing Waverly (17-1) 60   4. St. Johns (17-1) 59   5. Detroit Pershing (17-2) 56   6. Midland (17-2) 53   7. Waterford Kettering (16-1) 45   8. Clarkston (16-2 ...

  Michigan boys basketball Associated Press poll rankings 2-21   Class A School (First-place votes) (Record) Points 1. Lansing Eastern (2) (15-2) 72 2. Detroit Pershing (3) (18-1) 70 3. Warren De La Salle (15-2) 64 4. Saginaw (15-2) 61 5. Romulus (15-3) 55 6. Clarkston (14-2) 44 7. Kalamazoo Central (14-5) 39 8. Detroit Martin Luther King (15-4) 35 9. Saginaw Arthur Hill (14-5) 29 10. Ypsilanti (12-3) 28 Others receiving vo ...

courtesy Mlive.com by Chris Greer     SAGINAW - Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary grabbed a 42-20 halftime lead on its way to the win.   Todd Brassow led Lutheran Seminary with 22 points, while teammate Austin Head added 17.   "They're a pretty solid team," Merrill coach Robb Sabo said. "They've got some speed and are very disciplined and get the type of shots they want." Reid Ott led Merrill with eight point ...

courtesy Mlive.com by Shawn Liverance     Saginaw rebounded from its second loss of the season in a big way with a win over Ecorse.   Kalamazoo Central beat Saginaw 60-59 in its last game, but the Trojans rebounded in a big way against Ecorse.   Saginaw built a 42-27 halftime lead and pulled away in the fourth quarter scoring 36 fourth-quarter points.   "It was good to see the kids bounce back on Senior Night," Sa ...

courtesy MgoBLUE.com   EVANSTON, Ill. -- The University of Michigan men's basketball team (No. 11 AP/No. 13 USA Today) connected on 14 three-pointers, including three consecutive triples in overtime, en route to a 67-55 come-from-behind victory over Northwestern on Tuesday night (Feb. 21) at Welsh-Ryan Arena. As they had done in the two teams' earlier meeting this season on Jan. 11, the Wolverines trailed the Wildcats by seven at halftime before rallying back to force fiv ...

courtesy Mlive.com by Tom Mitsos   Dymond Perry scored 13 points as Carrollton (16-3, 12-1) handed Saginaw Valley Lutheran (17-2, 12-1) its first Tri-Valley Conference West Division loss.    "They played some really good defense and we didn't get down open shots," Saginaw Valley Lutheran coach Tom Roekley said of Carrollton.   Samantha Shafer led Saginaw Valley Lutheran with 16 points and Brandi Bartelt added 11.    ...

courtesy OurMidland.com     This past Saturday, the Dow High competitive cheer team advanced to Division 1 regionals by placing second out of 14 teams at the district competition at Davison. Dow was in first place after round 1, third place after round 2, and finished strong in round 3 to take the runner-up spot with 717.4576 behind Davison's first-place score of 723.5868.   Dow competes at the regional meet on Saturday at Hartland High School ...

courtesy Mlive.com by Hugh Bernreuter   FRANKENMUTH - Jaleel Hogan is only a sophomore, but at 6-foot-6 he gets a lot of attention.   The Buena Vista sophomore received plenty of attention from Knights coach Chris Chaffer at halftime and the result was a 55-46 win Tuesday over Frankenmuth.   "The third quarter shows you the type of player he could be if he puts his mind to it," Chaffer said. "He's got a lot of potential, but he nee ...

courtesy Mlive.com by Hugh Bernreuter   SAGINAW - The last time Dr. Ziggy Kozicki played in the Saginaw Gus Macker 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament, he won the Toilet Bowl Trophy.   He also had his original hip.   Kozicki, 60, expects to break in his new hip when he helps bring back the Macker to downtown Saginaw in 2013, he announced Tuesday.   "We have a group of people committed to bring it back, including (Gus Macker founder) Scott ...

courtesy Freep.com by Helene St James     CHICAGO — His teammates helped him out nicely the opening 10 minutes, keeping the puck away from the Blackhawks so that Jimmy Howard could ease back to work.   GAME STATS   Once the Blackhawks got warmed up, however, they proved too hard to handle. The Wings left the United Center with a 2-1 loss tonight, snapping a six-game winning streak and dropping them to 15-16-1 on the road.   ...

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courtesy OurMidland.com   FREELAND — Freeland turned a six-point first-quarter deficit into a one-point halftime lead, then held off visiting Bullock Creek for a 67-61 win in Tri-Valley Conference Central boys’ basketball on Friday. “I think we felt like we were outplaying them in the second quarter, and then for the last three or four minutes, we kind of glided,” said Lancers’ coach Justin Freeland.   Creek led 16-10 after one ...

courtesy Mlive.com by Taylor Hooper   ST LOUIS - Mike Greenwood led MLS with 15 points, and Todd Brassow added 14 points in the win on Friday night. Jesse Lindloff also had 10 points and 10 rebounds for Seminary.   "Our defense did a great job in the first half, only giving up eight points," MLS coach David Lecker said.   "Greenwood played great tonight, he had 11 of his 15 (points) in the second quarter," Lecker added.  ...

courtesy OurMidland.com by John Kennett   MIDLAND - Host Dow High hung tough with No. 10 Saginaw Arthur Hill for 2 1/2 quarters Friday. But mistakes, turnovers, and the play of Jordan Hare were too much for Dow to overcome in a 75-63 Saginaw Valley League loss to the Lumberjacks. “You’ve got to play a complete game to beat Arthur Hill,” said Chargers’ coach Dave MacDonald. “We played well for 2 1/2 or 3 quarters, but you got to play a whole g ...