Michigan Semis As & Bs, Mergers, Etc

MICHIGAN SEMIS
at Breslin Center, Michigan State, East Lansing
A
Jerica Hughes tied the game at 51 with a three pointer with 2 seconds left in regulation, and Southfield-Lathrup won in overtime 62-58. Alyssa DeHaan of Grandville had 32 points. They will play Detroit King at noon. King beat Saginaw Arthur Hill 65-53.
B
Janelle Harris of Detroit Renaissance scored 25 points in a 52-43 win over St. Clair. They will play Hudsonville Unity Christian at 6 pm. HUC beat Cheboygan 61-39.
The day starts off with the D final at 10 am with Lansing Christian vs. Fremont.
The C final is at 4 pm with the only undefeated team left Michigan Center (27-0) vs Houghton from the UP.

MERGERS
MN
Elgin-Millville and Plainview will combine next season. E-M voted to combine school districts with Plainview yesterday. Elgin-Millville won the MN A tournament last year, and have won the last four years in Section 1A.

SIGNING
Leah Ashburn, Buffalo Lake-Hector to MN SW State (volleyball)

NEWSPAPERS
I was a bit premature on heaping praise on Worthington. They are reporting games like they have in the past with Worthington covered in full, but the area schools only the top scorers.

OUT AND ABOUT--Tartan Tournament
Tonight the #4 Cretin-Derham Hall Raiders beat the host #5 Tartan Titans 62-49. CDH's Alyssa Karel has improved her game from last year. She dominated the first half scoring all of CDH points in the first nine minutes. She played with authority and scored when needed (22 points). And CDH needed her to deliver with their other big players (Gibbemeyer, and Laur) grabbing some bench due to fouls in the first half. Lindsay Laur eventually got into the flow in the second half finishing with 17.
Tartan never got into rhythm. Erica Jost led with 15, nine of those points at the line. The other players did not make an impact until later in the game when it was a case of too little too late.