This marked the first year of MHSAA tour- 1973 nament action for the state's girls basketball teams. This year, the achievements of the Class of 1973 are recog- nized by the MHSAA’s “Legends of the Game” program. See page 6 for a look back at this tal- ented group from 30 years ago.

Behind the play of junior twin 1978 sisters Paula and Pamela McGee, Flint Northern posted its 23rd consecutive victory with a 60-48 win over 1977 Class A runner-up Detroit Mumford at Jenison Fieldhouse on the campus of Michigan State University. Mumford was dealt a blow when its lead- ing scorer and rebounder, Debra Walker, twisted her ankle early in the second period, but the team was still able to cut a 14-3 Northern lead to one point, 27- 26, before the half. Although Walker – who averaged 27 points per game for the year – was able to return to the lineup, she was held to 14 points in 16 minutes of play. Pamela McGee ran into foul trouble late in the sec- ond quarter, but returned to the Northern lineup midway through the fourth quarter to spark a 16-3 run by the Vikings. The loss was the first setback of the year for The Flint Journal the Mumford squad. The title Flint Northern’s Paula McGee pulls down a was the first of four consecutive rebound in the Vikings’ 60-48 win over Detroit Class A championships for Mumford in the 1978 Class A Final. Coach Dorothy Kukulka and her Vikings points from Julie Peltier, a free throw from Nancy A Tammy Brehen basket Valliere, and a bucket from Brehen to send the with 38 seconds left in over- game into overtime. Ann DeLoder led the winners time capped a 59-56 come- with 22 points. Janice Sparks scored 19 points for back victory for Mt. Beecher while teammate Vennette Watkins fin- Clemens L'Anse Creuse in ished with 18 points and 15 rebounds. the Class B title game Sue Sommerville's basket with 40 seconds with Flint Beecher. Down remaining in the third quarter gave Allen Park by seven points with less Cabrini a lead it would never relinquish, as the than a minute to play in Monarchs downed previously unbeaten Norway, regulation, the Lancers 50-43, in Class C. Led by the strong outside rebounded with four shooting of Dianna Milligan (18 points), Norway Harper Woods Regina squad, 50-47, at 25 rebounds. Jill Mattson paced Western Michigan University's Read Field Ontonagon, with 13 points. House. With the game deadlocked at 47, Walkerville cruised to its second con- the Wildcats slowed the pace for the final secutive MHSAA title in Class D with a minutes of play. A free throw by Cynthia 70-52 win over Portland St. Patrick in the Lyons and a layup by Shanta Burks day's first contest. Debbie Bettys scored proved to be the margin in the game. 30 points to become the eighth player in Northwestern, which played in the shad- Finals history to reach the 30-point ow of Saginaw Valley Conference rival plateau, setting a trend for the day that and five-year finalist Flint Northern, was later followed up by Birmingham downed the crosstown-rival Vikings twice Marian’s Shasky and Grand Rapids South during the regular season and again in the Christian’s Sterk. Teammate Angie Bond Regionals en route to the school's first added a triple double, with 14 points, 11 MHSAA title. assists and 10 rebounds. Terri Boos and Junior forward Char Govan grabbed Mary Schrauben paced St. Patrick with 18 16 rebounds and scored 24 points to lead and 17 points, respectively. the Blue Blazers of Livonia Ladywood to a 52-34 win over River Rouge in Class B. A pair of lay- Strong defense and a 30-point per- ups by Nicole formance by sophomore Lisa Horne gave 1993 Massey gave Flint Hamady a 60-48 come-from-behind the Wildcats of Flint Northwestern a 44-43 win over Pewamo-Westphalia in the Class comeback victory over Detroit Martin C Final. Hamady's press accounted for a Luther King in the Class A contest at 25-8 scoring advantage in the third quar- Kellogg Arena in Battle Creek. Trailing 43- ter of action. Pewamo-Westphalia's Lynda 38 with a minute left, Northwestern's Rademacher led the Pirates with 20. Larecha Jones pulled the team within DeTour jumped out to a 16-1 lead and three points on a putback with 46 seconds never looked back as the Red Raiders left. After a missed free throw by the grabbed a 49-37 win over Wyandotte Mt. Crusaders, the 5-4 Massey added a lay- Carmel in Class D. up with 36 seconds to play making the Gary Shook, Otsego score 43-42. King missed another free Debbie Bettys of Walkerville led the Birmingham throw with 19 seconds left, but retained Wildcats to the 1988 Class D title over Marian set a possession when the Wildcats knocked Portland St. Patrick, netting 30 points in 1988 Class A Final – continued on page 48 the contest. scoring record with a 71-49 win over Flint led throughout the first half and much of Powers Catholic at the Grand Valley State the third quarter. The Knights then went College Fieldhouse in Allendale. The scoreless on 11 straight possessions Mustangs, led by Jennifer Shasky's 30- while Anita Shea and Debbie Syer, a pair points, grabbed an early 24-10 lead and of talented Cabrini freshmen who entered were never threatened. Defense was the the game in the third period, fired up the key according to Marian coach Mary Lillie- Monarch offense. Jane Shaffer paced the Cicerone, as the Mustangs held Powers' winners with 17 points and 18 rebounds. all-stater Nikki Beaudry to 10 points in the Sommerville ended the day with 12 contest. points. Averaging more than 20 points per Freshman Laura Wiesen came off the game, Carla Sterk erupted for 19 points in bench in the second quarter and com- the first half and finished with 31, as bined with Kim Kaiser to spark the Maple Grand Rapids South Christian topped City Glen Lake Lakers to a 26-17 halftime defending champion Flint Beecher in lead and a 52-32 triumph over Portland Class B. The win marked the second big St. Patrick in Class D. Kaiser topped the victory over Beecher in 1988 for South Lakers with 14 points and 18 boards. Terri Christian High School. In March, the boys Hoppes led the Shamrock attack with 10 basketball team downed Flint Beecher in points. overtime in the Semifinal on their way to the Class B championship. With 34 second remaining, Tirzah For the sixth Gary Shook, Otsego Wilson nailed both ends of a bonus situa- consecutive Frankenmuth’s Ann Lemire drives past tion to give St. Joseph Lake Michigan 1983 year, the city Dearborn Divine Child’s Carrie Catholic a 41-39 victory over Ontonagon of Flint was represented in the Class A Carpenter in the 1993 Class B Final. in Class C. Catholic's Kelly Rose led all finals, as the Wildcats of Flint Lemire had 15 points, but Divine Child Northwestern squeaked past a tough scores with 17 points, and a Finals record came away with a 50-43 victory. and gave Divine Child its third MHSAA rebounds. title. Mary Murray scored 14 points while Kalamazoo Christian focused on stop- teammate Carrie Carpenter finished with ping Freeland's two-time all-state center eight for the Falcons. Becca McCann, allowing the Falcons’ Maxann Reese scored 24 points, Tonya Steele to scorch the nets for a including a tournament record six three- career-high 25 points, and a 59-36 victory pointers on nine attempts, as Redford in the Class C title contest. Steele pulled Bishop Borgess grabbed its first-ever down 10 caroms while the Freeland MHSAA girls hoop crown, 64-41, over defenders limited the Comets' outstanding Iron Mountain in the Class C contest. three-point shooting. Guard Tessa Taylor Janell Schupp led the Mountaineers with chipped in with 10 point and four assists 11 points. for the winners. In Class D, Emily Carr's three-point Defeated in the waning seconds of the play with nine seconds remaining gave Class D Final a year earlier, Rapid River Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard a 43-42 dou- fell just short again, as Morrice topped the ble overtime victory over Mio AuSable. Rockets for its first MHSAA title, 55-54 in With her team trailing 42-40, Carr drove to overtime. Trailing 47-42 with 39.7 seconds the basket and scored the tying bucket. remaining, Rapid River senior guard Following a Mio timeout, she stepped to Sarah Boyer nailed a three-pointer to pull the line and calmly sank the game-winner. the Rockets within two, then grabbed a Gabriel Richard had built a 31-26 lead in rebound and drove the length of the court the fourth quarter, but watched it disap- for a layup as time expired to send the pear when Mio's Joslyn Hemingway game to overtime. Morrice senior forward scored off a steal with two seconds left, Candi Kollek finished with 20 points for the knotting the game at 35 and forcing over- Orioles, but her biggest contribution might time. The teams remained deadlocked, have been a pass to teammate Sarah 37-37, after the first OT. Hemingway fin- DiPonio for the game-winning bucket with ished with 12 points, while Michelle 42 seconds left in the extra frame. Boyer, Johnson led the Thunderbolts with a who had 26 points for the Rockets, nearly game-high 10 rebounds. Richard's won the game at the buzzer of overtime, Gary Shook, Otsego Shauna Sikorski led all scorers with 16 but her 18-footer bounced off the rim. Tonya Steele came up big for Freeland in points. the 1998 Class C Final, scoring 25 points — Ron Pesch and grabbing 10 rebounds to lead the Size stopped Falcons to their first MHSAA cage crown. speed as 1998 Birmingham the rebound out of bounds. Massey then Marian picked up its second Class A stole the inbounds pass and scored the crown in three years with a 59-45 triumph game-winner on another layup. Center over Saginaw Arthur Hill at Central Tennille Caruthers was 6-of-9 from the Michigan University's Rose Arena. field and finished with 13 points to lead Mustang center Nicole Anaejionu was King. With the victory, Northwestern's held to four points in the first half, but Tonya Edwards became the first girls exploded for 18 after the intermission as coach in MHSAA history to play on an Marian toppled the Lumberjacks' 28-26 MHSAA championship squad, then return halftime lead. Arthur Hills all-state guard to coach her team to a title. Edwards won Nakia Woods was 5-for-5 from the field prep titles as a player in 1983 and 1984, with 5 points in the first half, but faced con- and also was a freshman starter on the stant traps in the second half and was University of Tennessee's 1987 national held to a total of 19 points for the after- championship squad. noon. The Mustangs finished with a 36-16 Dearborn Divine Child shot an impres- advantage on the boards, including nine sive 67 percent in the second half en route rebounds for Anaejionu. to a 50-43 victory over defending Class B Detroit Country Day ended the champion Frankenmuth before a crowd of evening with back-to-back Class B titles, 2,155. Frankenmuth, led by Ann Lemire's as the Yellow Jackets thumped Grandville 15 points, made a 9-0 run late in the game Calvin Christian, 57-23. Katharine Hanks to pull within two points, 41-39, with 3:34 (14 points) scored the first eight points for left to play. A three-pointer by Lemire two the winners, as Country Day opened up an early 20-point lead. Forward Jennifer Gary Shook, Otsego minutes earlier had touched off the rally. Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard’s Shauna But, strong defense by the Falcons in the Thomas capped a stellar career at Country Day with 20 points and 15 Sikorski scored a game-high 16 points final minutes of play preserved the victory en route to the 1993 Class D crown.