Area senior players net one last chance
Nearly 200 show their skills in fron of college coaches at fourth annual foundation event
A couple of hundred Metro Detroit senior boys basketball players got one final opportunity to impress college coaches Saturday at the Horatio Williams Foundation’s fourth annual Second Chance Basketball Games held at Detroit Renaissance High School.
The event was designed to highlight the skills of area seniors who have not yet received college scholarship offers in front of Division II, Division III, junior college, and community college coaches from around the state. Division I coaches cannot participate due to NCAA recruiting restrictions.
The majority of players participating came from
Nearly 200 boys played ins front of 27 college coaches during the event.
Senior girls will play next Saturday, April 17, at the
"The idea was to give a kid an opportunity to play who might not have that opportunity," Williams told the Detroit News. "The key thing is to have college coaches have a look at these players. Maybe they hadn't seen them before. They get a chance to watch them compete and meet them, one on one."
Last year, 16 boys and six girls received college scholarships after the event.
Madison Heights Bishop Foley continued their hot start sweeping a baseball doubleheader Tuesday over Catholic High School
League C-D Division foe Pontiac Notre Dame Prep, 6-3 and 12-2.
The Ventures improve to 9-3 on the young season. Jeff Schalk
got the win in the opener, striking out seven. Daniel Zuchowski had a single, triple, home run and two RBI in game one. Zuchowski
picked up the win on the mound in game two, striking out seven. Brad Schalk had a double and two RBI in the six-inning nightcap.
Bishop Foley looks to make a run at their first-ever CHSL C-D baseball title with only three seniors graduated from last year’s team.
Notre Dame Prep falls to 3-7 on the year.
June 6, 2010: StudentandAthlete.com -- Detroit Country Day wins Division 3 MHSAA girls tennis championship
No. 1-ranked Detroit Country Day won their first Michigan High School Athletic Association Division 3 girls tennis championship Saturday,
June 5, edging Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood and
Country Day finished with 28 points.
It was the ninth girls tennis state title for Country Day. The Yellowjackets won Division 4 title from 2003-2006 and the Class C-D title from 1990-1993.
Country Day’s winning margin in the tournament would have been larger but the Yellowjackets’ No. 1 singles player, Chloe Karoub, was forced to withdraw in the quarterfinals due to a severe case of food poisoning.
Chloe won the Division 4 No. 1 singles title as a freshman. She led Country Day to their last Division 4 team state championship that season.
Her younger sister, Amabel, won her second individual state title. Amabel
earned the title at No. 3 singles, beating
Freshman Jane Ziecik won the other individual title for Country Day on the day, earning the championship at No.
4 singles. She beat
Country Day’s No. 1 doubles team of Kendal
Baisden and Devin Nagle reached the championship final, but was forced to withdraw when Baisden left to compete in the MHSAA Division
2 track and field championships at
Yellowjacket head coach Tom Ellis petitioned to move the doubles final to an earlier time so Baisden could compete, but was denied.
The freshman two-sport sensation won championships in both the 100 and 400 dashes at the meet.
She would have been heavily favored to win the 200 as well, but she was unable to compete in the 200 finals at regionals two weeks ago. After posting the fastest time in the semifinals, lightning forced the meet to be postponed to the next day. Baisden couldn’t compete as she attended her grandfather’s funeral.
Ellis credited a true team effort for the victory. Every Country Day player contributed to the victory, earning valuable points for their team. He also lauded his coaching staff of Lamar Gray, Mark Matthews and Emily McAbver for their contributions to the championship.
At No. 2 singles, Andrea Rivera reached the semifinals. She won the title in 2008.
Country Day’s No. 2 doubles team of Cody Franklin and Chelsea Dahline reached the quarterfinals.At No. 3 doubles, Mia Jefferson and Nadia Alhadi reached the finals. The Yellowjackets’ Uma Jasty and Sara Shea reached the semifinals.
> AnnArbor.com: Ann Arbor Pioneer wins fifth D1 state title
> Detroit Free Press: Clarkston is one to watch next year
> Detroit News: Ann Arbor Pioneer dominates for fifth girls tennis title
> Grand Rapids Press: Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern earns share of D2 state title
> Traverse City Record-Eagle: Traverse City Central pair repeats as D2 state champs
> Grand Rapids Press: East Grand Rapids finishes second in D3 state finals
> Oakland Press: Detroit Country Day, Marian bring home titles
> Grand Rapids Press: South Christian makes history with first D4 state title
> Kalamazoo Gazette: Kalamazoo Hackett Catholic Central sweeps through singles play
> Lansing State Journal: Williamston finishes point shy of state title
