Basketball award, gore averaged 32 ppg as a junior and 34 ppg as a senior. Metro detroit has been the epicenter for cataclysmic change in the past 60 years that no other major american city has suffered, but the one constant among so much upheaval is a passionate following afforded high school basketball. Michiganpreps top detroit psl singlegame scoring performances. Michigan high school football player of the year top 10. Girls basketball teams can also be found in cities like morrice, corunna, fowler, and holt, as well as in detroitarea parochial schools like detroit servite and harper. Every day, well send you an email to your inbox with scores, todays schedule, top performers, new debuts and interesting facts and tidbits. Detroit cass tech star tyson acuffs basketball prowess is. For over 30 years, bcam the basketball coaches association of michigan, in association with the detroit free press, has sponsored the hal schram mr. Basketball candidate, the free press super 10 is a good place to begin. Hall guided cass tech to a 202 record and third psl championship in the.
Robinson wrote the book on how to turn raciallycharged schools and. Cooley high schools history dates to the late 1920s, a time when thousands of homes were built upon land acquired through detroit s westernmost annexation efforts in the former greenfield township, and village of strathmoor. The detroit pershing boys basketball team stands for the national anthem during the psl tournament. Detroit cass tech 153 won its second psl title in the last three years with a dominating 8056 win over detroit renaissance. Every attempt has been made to include accurate information on players, coaches, and teams.
From detroit over to muskegon and benton harbor, up to bay city and down to goodrich, the basketball coaches association of michigan has landed its finalists for the miss basketball award. Youve stumbled upon a site that, in time, will be the home to just about every historical nugget regarding detroit public school league basketball three likeminded historians and hoop nuts have been able to compile. Metro detroits high school basketball rivalries images of sports. Championship game records record book boys basketball. Detroit free press all psldetroit 1920s editors note. Streetball players built reputations largely on word of mouth. Some would say that the legacy of isiah thomas the player is not as big as it deserves to be. Win expectancy, run expectancy, and leverage index calculations provided by tom tango of, and coauthor of the book. Feb 12, 2011 nothing special i was bored so i made the detroit basketball chant video. This team left a significant footprint in the history books of orchard lake. The pistons have won three nba championships 1989, 1990, 2004.
Mar 19, 2020 detroit pistons, american professional basketball team based in auburn hills, michigan, that plays in the national basketball association. Metro detroits high school basketball rivalries images of. Lansing easterns sam vincent was selected in the spring of 1981 as the recipient of the first award. Most of these guys share many parallels such as drug abuse, academic trouble and attitude problems. An author, he penned several books, including north dallas forty following a pro career in the nfl.
The complete list of the 201718 michigan associated press boys basketball allstate teams, class a through class d. Top athletic accomplishment posted oaklands firstever tripledouble in program history vs. Douglass enters the city title for the first time ever, led by. Individual records record book boys basketball mhsaa sports. Top five detroit high school football programs of alltime. The team was the detroit pershing doughboys from the public school league psl. Two in the nba, two in the nfl and one for the detroit tigers in major league baseball. Named detroit public schools psl learner of the year in 20 graduated with a 3. He has read decades worth of microfilm and has compiled a large collection of information and photos of former psl alumni. Steve hall said that state champs reported that roberts hit 37.
Mlive media group is taking a look into the recent history and digging up some. The detroit public school league psl is a high school conference based in the city of detroit, michigan and is governed by detroit public schools dps office of athletics. The michigan high school athletic association, inc. Cass tech coach steve hall told bill hoover the cass tech book the official book had roberts at 34 points, but that henry ford said he had 39.
In honor of the summertime, we bring you the 10 greatest playground legends of all time. David goricki selects the top boys basketball players from the four metro. For over 30 years, bcam the basketball coaches association of michigan. The greatest michigan high school team ever cherryland. The former home to the detroit pistons, cobo arena has been a regular host to the psl championships since 1968. Pershings steve smith burst onto the psl scene his senior season and earned firstteam allcity honors by the detroit free press in 1987.
Kay felder mens basketball oakland university athletics. Building a winner with the world champion detroit pistons. King is starting its first season in nearly 30 years without dale harvel, who died of a heart attack this summer. He went on to play for pittsburgh of the big east, where he was a threeyear starter and finished with 1,555 career points. Team track champion and runnerup listing lower peninsula. Complete ncaa tournament history for the detroit titans. Includes stats, records, seasonbyseason results, and more. This is the 39th year of the award, given to the top senior in the state by the basketball coaches association of michigan and the detroit free press. Oct 14, 2008 the great book of detroit sports lists great city sports list stone, mike, regner, art on. Dec 19, 2017 the detroit lions and nfl alumni honor detroit psl athletes by kristina mitchell. Mar 09, 2015 that was the year we saw the greatest michigan boys basketball team of all time a team whose entire starting five went on to play professional sports.
Anyone interested in a free forklift trained license 5 scholarships available must register for this saturdays class at western international high school 1500 scotten st. A 201516 detroit free press alldetroit firstteam and a 201516 detroit news alldetroit firstteam selection was also named to the 201516 detroit psl allcity firstteam received allstate class a secondteam honors by the detroit news his senior year averaged 21. Detroit titans detroit university of detroit mercy athletics. Detroit psl basketball psl 40point scorers by school. Mackenzie high school was a public high school in detroit, michigan. Total zone rating and initial framework for wins above replacement calculations provided by sean smith. The stories behind the most memorable performances in boys. Race, riots, and the 1967 detroit pershing basketball team. Sacramento to houston, houston to portland, portland to detroit, detroit. Detroit psl basketball detroit free press allpsldetroit 1940s.
Idiots tree felling fails with chainsaw machine tree falls on head and house duration. Its also available for football, hockey and baseball. The detroit news is your source for high school sports news, including football, basketball, baseball, hockey, track, cross country, gymnastics, volleyball and more. Weve included sites, attendance where known, results of championship and consolation games if played, and names of winning coaches. Detroit cass tech wide receiver donovan peoplesjones. And they will forever be immortalized in their cities basketball. The detroit free press erroneously reported that anthony roberts hit 40 vs. All five finalists of the 40th annual hal schram mr. Top 25 michigan high school boys basketball teams for week of jan. Detroit and michigan high school sports, scores detroit. We offer a great selection of books on basketball history, the best teams and matches, album of famous.
The detroit lions and nfl alumni honor detroit psl athletes. Basketball award, given to the states top prep senior. All professional baseball statistics for charles draper. But his 52 points in overtime against henry ford in 2006 is tops. Mackenzie high school michigan wikipedia republished. Cass tech was thought to be the first team in psl history to win the. Jalen rose was looking sharp as a threetime allpsl selection at detroit southwestern 198991 long before this draftday handshake with nba commissioner david stern in june of 1994. Psl hopeful tyson acuff, a guard who is signed with duquesne. Rivers hobby of researching began with an interest in the history of detroit miller high school, but expanded to include the history of basketball in detroit. Top 25 michigan high school boys basketball teams for week. Learn more about the teams history in this article. Lisa blackburn 2014 detroit mercy titans hall of fame. Mumford mustangs, detroit henry ford trojans, detroit cody comets, renaissance phoenix.
We take a look at the top five detroit high school football programs of all time. Basketball in 2007, harris holds the top five singlegame scoring records in redford history. Gore was one of the most prolific scorers in detroit psl history. Detroit high school basketball was so good in 1967, that pershing did not. Nba photo follow these links to find the allpsl teams as selected by the staffs of the detroit news, the detroit free press, and the detroit times. The great book of detroit sports lists great city sports. Western international high school detroit, michigan. Apr, 2018 meet the detroit free press alldetroit boys basketball team.
Top 5 most traded players in nba history sportskeeda. If you encounter any errors you have documented proof of, please contact one of us with that information. Psl football honors ceremony was sponsored by uaw ford, xenith, detroit psl, adidas, dead heartz, and. Despite the absence of tournament play 19101919, central high was a perennial fixture atop the standings at. Detroit pistons, nba rumor mill detroit free press. Please follow the links below to view psl champions by decade. Girls basketball builds centurylong legacy secondhalf. What ai did for basketball, isiah did in a decade where a short player like that had grocery lists of. The official athletics website for the university of detroit mercy titans. Few cities can claim a hardwood heritage like that found in metro detroit. The detroit public school league psl is a high school conference based in the city of detroit. She would later go on to coach high school, returning to her high school alma mater detroit pershing and leading one of the best teams in the city. The 10 greatest streetball players of all time legends.
The book on harlond beverly was that his stats werent eyecatching. These players were never able to realize their dream of playing in the nba. Chuck hollaway chronicles one of the great athletes in the history of the city of detroit all city football, basketball, track all state basketball ucla football, track, rugby calgary stampeders. The high school basketball history in michigan is saturated with talent. Detroit collegiate preparatory academy at northwestern is a public high school in detroit, michigan. Cooley high was constructed to accommodate a rapidly growing populace on the citys burgeoning northwest side. The record book is updated on a seasonal basis when possible. Central high school dominated city league mens basketball during the early twentieth century, winning championship titles in 1906, 1907 and 1909. Oct 26, 2009 metro detroits high school basketball rivalries images of sports cameron, t. Mar 25, 2017 25 stellar forwards from the last 25 years.
As detroit s oldest high school, central has enjoyed a tradition of athletic success. Detroit 21414 with 15 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds. Underdog detroit edison wins psl basketball championship detroit edison public school academy takes home public school league title click here to read more information. In 2008, she was named the detroit public schools psl girls basketball coach of the year by the detroit free press as she guided the doughgirls to a 192 record and a psl championship. He became the first black head coach in detroit history, and it remained that. Feb 08, 2017 arguably the greatest players of the 2000s in the psl, and mr. A brief history of the cadillac cimarron, one of the worst cars ever. The following are the members of the 20172018 alldetroit boys basketball team as selected by the detroit free press.
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