Portland St. Patrick Breaks Streak

#2 posting 12.1.2006
your daily dose of girls basketball news & information

MICHIGAN
Yesterday it was the Cs and Ds. Today the Semis belong to the Bs and As.
SEMIFINALS
C
Saginaw Nouvel ended Houghton's chances for a repeat with a 69-48 win. From the Detroit Free Press.

Flint Hamady conquered Napoleon 53-40. And FH wasn't on top of its game. From the Detroit Free Press and Flint Journal.

D
Frankfort, with Miss Michigan Basketball Brenna Bankston, doubled up Rapid River 51-24. From the Detroit Free Press.

Portland St. Patrick edged Lansing Christian 36-33 in an epic defensive struggle. This snapped a three year losing streak by PSP to Lansing Christian. From the Lansing State Journal and Detroit Free Press.

PREVIEW OF TODAY'S ACTION
Tradition, championships, Detroit King. That says a lot. From the Detroit News.

Tania Schatow is a big part of Fraser's success. At 6-4 she makes herself known. Also she is rare in that she still plays two sports. From the Detroit Free Press.

Go to state and get a police escort. Cheboygan will travel in style for their B Semifinal. No word on how St. Clair is getting to the game, but they have been to the semis before. From the Cheboygan Tribune and Port Huron Times-Herald.

AWARDS
The AP All State A Team is out and Chloe Hamilton, Holt was named to the first team. From the Lansing State Journal.
Also making the list is Natasha Thames of Port Huron Northern. From the Port Huron Times-Herald.

Unity Christian's Carrie Snikkers was named the B player of the year. From the Traverse City Record Eagle
First team member Katy Stuppy, Dowagiac has a feature in the Dowagiac Daily News.

The Detroit News names their All Metro Team (the already had the all area teams from the east, north, west and Detroit itself)

The Gaylord Herald Times names their All Area team led by Samantha Dudley of Vanderbilt. Here is the balance of the squad.

The Bay City Times names their All Area Team with Sam Krueger of Laker the POY.

Next up: North Dakota, Iowa, Wisconsin, College Reports plus two more games in out & abouts. Don't forget about the week that was on Sunday evening. We name the team and player of the week.