Breslin Center Detroit St. Martin dePorres grabbed a 58-46 win 1998 East Lansing over Scottville Mason County Central to secure Class C honors. Senior Teremun Johnson concen- For the first time in tournament history, the trated on defense and rebounding during the title metro Motor City claimed hoops hardware in all march, and focused on limiting the effectiveness of four of the MHSAA classifications. Scottville's 6-7 center Chad Pleiness in the champi- One of the state's oldest high schools, the onship match. Averaging 16 points in the regular Trailblazers of Detroit season, Johnson finished with six Central scored their first- points, 10 rebounds, four assists ever cage title with a 63-47 and two blocks. David Denham win over Belleville in Class and Calvin Hughes led dePorres A. Dante Darling led with 17 and 13 points respectively. Central with 24 points fol- Pleiness paced the Spartans with lowed by Antonio Gates 23 points with 17 points and nine Antonio Gates ‘98 Dan Horvath, an all-stater in rebounds. baseball, football and After dominating Detroit Central for Southgate Aquinas, delivered a Class B for years under thunderous dunk on a with the guidance of the leg- 0.8 seconds remaining to seal a endary Lofton Greene, 54-45 victory over Mio in Class D River Rouge returned play. The 6-6 senior took control of to the winner’s circle the contest at the 3:24 mark of the after a 26-year fourth quarter with a slam dunk absence with a 60-54 that tied game at 44-44. Horvath win over Marshall. scored six points during the Junior Brent Darby Raiders 10-1 run to the finish. He led the triumphant ended the day with a game-high charge with 20 20 points, and racked up 13 points. After open- rebounds. Greg Sidebottom led ing up a 34-22 lead Mio with 18 points. at the half, 13 sec- ond half turnovers Crisler Arena by Rouge gave 1983 Ann Arbor Marshall a chance to come- Antoine Joubert shattered the back. Trailing by MHSAA championship single- 13 to open the game scoring mark with a 47- fourth quarter, performance for Detroit Marshall pulled Southwestern, but his individual within a point, effort could not offset the team 55-54 on a play of Flint Central. The Indians three-point became only the second team in jumper by tournament history to win three Ryan consecutive Class A titles with an VanDyke. 84-80 victory over the VanDyke Prospectors. finished Trailing by as many as 11 with a points in the first half, Joubert game-high pulled the Prospectors even, 53- 24 points, 53, with a bomb to end the third including quarter. But Central, led by lone 13 in the returning starter Darryl Johnson, final took command in the final frame. moments. The senior scored 30 points, including all eight of his attempts, to lead the Indians offense. Gary Shook, Otsego Phil Zielinski scored 16 points, 54———The Games———54 including a and a 45-35 victory over with a 24-11 victory over Mt. Pleasant in pair of free throws in the Highland St. Class B. Coach Gus Cohrs' squad busted final 20 seconds, to lead Benedict in Class C. open a 14-2 lead at the intermission, then Corunna to a 52-49 upset The Ravens cut the coasted to victory. Charles Dirkse led the of Oak Park in Class B. Antoine Joubert ‘83 margin to eight winners with seven points. The win negated an out- points on the strong Orchard Lake St. Mary's defeated a standing shooting day for Detroit Southwestern shooting of Larry squad of giant-killers from Boyne City, 32- Fred Marshall, who hit 9-of- Gacki (17 points) 8, to earn its first MHSAA crown. One night 13 attempts from the field before running out of before, Boyne City delivered a shocking 16- in the first half, leading Oak steam. Junior Norm 15 win over three-time defending Class C Park to a 31-23 lead at Vanderwel scored 20 champion Kalamazoo St. Augustine in the intermission. Marshall for the Warriors. It Semifinals. ended the day with 29 was the first crown The third time was the charm as Ann points. for Christian and Arbor St. Thomas topped Kent City, 17-16, In Class C, Kalamazoo head coach Elmer in an overtime thriller for its first Class D Christian trounced Flint Walcott. title. Deadlocked at 16 following a Kent City Hamady, 81-60. Christian's Chassell notched bucket with less than two minutes remain- Kevin Dungy opened the its third consecutive ing in regulation, the squads were forced to third quarter with eight Class D crown, and play a three-minute overtime. Team captain points as the Comets its 65th straight win, Jimmy Walsh emerged as the hero, sinking extended a 21-12 halftime with a 66-61 defeat a free throw in the extra frame to secure the lead to 33-18. Dungy of Owosso St Paul. win. Kent City had four opportunities from ended with 10 rebounds The Blue Wave ral- the charity stripe but failed on each before and 24 points on 10-of-11 MHSAA File Photo lied to within three Walsh found the mark. shooting from the floor. points, 62-59, before An off night by Detroit East Catholic still Chassell's Don Mattson fed a perfect pass was not enough to derail its title hopes, as to teammate Ken Tormala, who converted. the Chargers earned a fifth title under Alden Tormala increased the lead to seven Coach Dave Soules with a 54-43 win over points with another bucket, ending St. St. Ignace in Class D. East Catholic hit only Paul's chances. Mattson ended with 27 Chet Walker ‘58 40 percent of its shots, but St. Ignace shot points--a Class D record at the time. just 27 percent. Clayton Hendley led the In Class E at Houghton one week ear- Benton Harbor Chargers with 14 while all-stater Anthony lier, Bruce Knivila scored eight from the Sands helped East Catholic control the field and eight from the free throw line to boards with 19. lead Trout Creek to a 61-41 thumping of Perkins. To the delight of fans in atten- dance, Perkins' 5-4 center, Eddie Jacker, Jenison Fieldhouse kept his team in the game before fouling 1958 East Lansing out with 3:20 left in the third quarter. Following his exit, the Anglers went on a Dave DeBusschere 27-11 run to ice the scored 32 points for contest. Jacker fin- Detroit Austin, to lead his ished with 11 points team to a 71-68 victory for Perkins. over the Benton Harbor Tigers and Chet walker in Class A play. Both Teremun Johnson ‘98 teams are being honored 1933 this year as MHSAA Detroit dePorres Lansing's Boys “Legends of the Game" Vocational School (see page 6 for additional MHSAA File Photo details) A stunning rally in Led by the the final quarter of the For the second year in a row, Brandstatter brothers, Art Class A contest Michigan's Upper Peninsula held a sepa- and John, East Lansing allowed Flint Northern rate basketball tournament, crowning rolled to a 62-51 win over to steal the win from champions in Class B, C and D. This River Rouge for the Grosse Pointe, 22-16. arrangement continued through the 1947 Class B crown. Art fin- In perhaps the great- season. Iron Mountain captured the Class ished with 12 points est comeback in tour- B crown, defeating Stambaugh, 22-19. including 10-of-11 shoot- nament play up to that Stambaugh had won two previous regular- ing from the free throw point, Northern season contests between the schools. line, while his younger opened the fourth In Class C play, Newberry and its high- brother ended with 15 quarter trailing, 14-8. powered offense built a 24-5 lead by half- points. The victory Led by Dodson Truss, time, then coasted to a 44-16 drubbing of marked the first title for the Flint cagers roared Amasa. A free throw by Alpha center East Lansing, after loss- to 14 unanswered LaCount with under three minutes to play in es in the final round in MHSAA File Photo points to surge into the Class D Final snapped a 28-28 tie to 1932 and 1945. the lead and eventual- edge Bergland, 29-28. Muskegon Western Michigan Christian ly capture the crown. Truss led Northern controlled the backboards and jumped out with 12 points. — Ron Pesch to a 19-point lead at the half en route to a Grand Haven picked up its fifth crown

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