Next Generation Sports

Milwaukee- This weekend everything clicked for the Team Detroit 16’s and the team of 2012 prospects took home a championship in the platinum division (top division) of the NY2LA Invitational held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Team Detroit finished 6-0, by winning their super pool and collecting four victories through out the bracket.  In the team’s first [...]

Percy Gibson’s recruitment has heated up this April.  Gibson, who already holds double digit offers, added offers from Temple and USC to his list in late March.  Since then Trojan Head Coach Kevin O’Neill has been up twice to Gibson’s high school Detroit Southeastern to watch Gibson work out.
O’Neill is not the only coach who [...]

Auburn Hills- The 16-u division caught the most attention to start off the tournament with the Mustangs, Hurricanes, Team Detroit, and the Renegades all looking strong in their first games.  The Mustangs took care of the Ohio Gators with a 20 point win, with the Lansing Sexton trio of guards 6-4 Denzel Valentine, 6-2 Anthony [...]

East Lansing- At the end of the day Flint Beecher is just as talented as Melvindale ABT but it was the experience factor that the Gators held over a young Beecher team, who starts one freshman and two sophomores, which allowed ABT to cruise to an 86-65 win over the Bucs in a class [...]

West Bloomfield- Melvindale ABT used an 11-2 run midway through the third quarter to help build a 10 point lead and that proved to be the difference maker as the Gators went on for a 78-62 win over Buena Vista to advance into the class C semi-finals.
The game was much closer than the score indicates [...]

East Lansing- Flint Hamady won their second straight Class C state title but it didn’t come easy for the Lady Hawks as they needed a Kiyana Dudley-Thompson basket to fall as time expired in double overtime to go home with a 68-66 win over St. Ignace.
Hamady held a 6-8 point advantage for most of the [...]

East Lansing- It’s no disrespect to a talented Country Day team with a hall of fame coach in Frank Orlando…but Grand Rapids Catholic Central just wanted it more…Period!
Maybe the Lady Yellowjackets just grew too accustomed to winning and lost their edge as they sought their third straight state title and looked to cap off a [...]

East Lansing- The Trojans proved to be more than just a one person team with Miss Basketball winner Klarissa Bell as East Lansing won their first state title with a 65-54 victory over Detroit Renaissance.
Bell finished with a solid performance of 15 points and 5 boards but was held in check due to the [...]