For the first 19 minutes Tuesday night, the Northville-at-Salem girls basketball game had all the makings of a last-minute nail-biter. After Salem freshman Lainey Claramunt banked in a basket while getting fouled with 5:20 left in the third quarter, the Rocks trailed just 20-19. From then on, though, the Mustangs finished the game in full […]
In some ways, it was the easiest layup of Lizzie Burnham’s life — uncontested, just like in the pre-game layup lines. But given what was on the line — a victory against her team’s biggest Read More
There were not seven Salem girls basketball players on the court throughout Tuesday night’s game against Canton. It just seemed like it. Playing swarming, feet-always-moving, arms-frequently-clogging-up-passing-lanes defense, the undersized Rocks earned a 43-31 victory Read More
Canton’s boys basketball team beat Salem and a buzzer Tuesday night. The latter — a three-point net-finder launched just inside the mid-court logo by senior Teddy Winstel with 1 tick left on the second-quarter clock — proved Read More
Facing a storied basketball program like Farmington Hills Mercy — whose roster, by the way, is stocked with five players who live in Northville — used to be a daunting task for the Mustangs. After Friday night’Read More
If the Northville boys basketball team’s list of New Year’s resolutions included sharing the ball, playing gritty defense and displaying poise when faced with adversity, well, it’s off to a good start. Read More
Friday night at Plymouth High School was Ugly Sweater Night, a girls basketball fundraiser to collect canned goods for those in need. There was nothing ugly about the basketball played by the Wildcats during the Read More
Novi senior basketball player Aaron Lauer is undoubtedly one of the nicest guys in the world off the basketball court. During Thursday night’s KLAA West Division opener, however, Lauer played the role of the Read More
With two freshmen shining in its starting line-up (and a third seeing significant playing time), Salem’s girls basketball team has been resembling the word printed on the back of the players’ warm-up jerseys: FEARLESS. Read More
Playing a talented team nicknamed the Wolves on Friday the 13th — with nighttime skies illuminated by a full moon — wasn’t the ideal scenario for Northville’s girls basketball team. The hustling Mustangs, however, brought Read More
