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River Rouge Head Coach Lamonta Stone talks about 2021 Legend Geeter and his parents.
@LegendGeeter4
@RiverRougeBB
Breaking News:
Big time recruit 2026 6'6 Elijah Williams has transferred to Brother Rice.
Monty Williams (his dad) is the Detroit Pistons new Head Coach.
This is a huge pickup for the Warriors.
@BroRiceHoops
@coachrickp1
@ayoooelijah
Sickest move of the week right here in this video.
Flint Beecher 2021 PG Keyon Menifield Jr (37 pts) showed the whole state just how good he is and in a State Final to boot.
D3 State Final:
#5
Flint Beecher beat
#24
Iron Mountain 75-47
@BeecherSchools
@TheCh0sen0ne_
Best last 9 seconds you will ever see in a game.
Ann Arbor Huron 2025 Macari Moore with the 3 at the buzzer to win it.
Detroit CC 2025 Devin Lee with the go ahead 3 right before.
D1 Reg Semi:
#16
Huron (20-4) beat
#8
DCC (15-9) 54-53
@ToryJ23
,
@DetCCbasketball
@A2HuronBball
…
Ecorse Baseball, Basketball, and Football star Dennell Kemp passed away Tuesday after a car he was traveling in Monday night in Detroit was shot into several times. 1 person survived but unfortunately Nelly didn’t. He'll be truly missed.
Condolences to his family and friends.🙏
Ecorse 2024 G Denell Kemp (23 points) spoke with The D Zone after their big win tonight!
D3 Quarter-Final:
#60
Ecorse (19-3) beat
#63
Laingsburg (25-1) 57-46
@ecorseboyshoops
@313lifebrand
reporting
Ran into Joey Hauser, who is back in East Lansing after their impressive Sweet 16 run.
He’s averaging over 15 pts in his career tourney games.💪
@MSU_Basketball
In July 2018, I decided to drive to Indiana to watch some Girl's EYBL, specifically Michigan Crossover at the Midwest Showcase.
In one of the games they were playing the Iowa Attack, who I knew nothing about.
I sat next to a dad (whose daughter was on the Iowa Attack) and he…
The D Zone Top 10 Preseason Team Rankings for Boys Basketball:
1 River Rouge
2 Benton Harbor
3 Renaissance
4 Cass Tech
5 Grand Blanc
6 Ann Arbor Skyline
7 UD Jesuit
8 New Haven
9 Clarkston
10 Williamston
The D Zone Top 10 Rankings for Boys Basketball (Preseason):
1. Orchard Lake St Mary’s
2. Grand Blanc
3. Ann Arbor Huron
4. River Rouge
5. Forest Hills Northern
6. UD Jesuit
7. Detroit King
8. DEPSA
9. Williamston
10. Flint Beecher
St Mary's 2025 G Trey McKenney (28 pts) talked to The D Zone after their 4th win in a row against Top 10 teams. Breslin next.
This kid is very special and not just cause he’s the states best player.
D1 Quarter-Final:
#16
St Mary's (15-10) beat
#10
De La Salle (17-9) 55-44…
Flint Beecher Head Coach Marquise Gray returns home to the Breslin Center after a standout career at MSU from 2005-2009.
D3 Semi-Final:
#27
Flint Beecher (21-4) vs.
#60
Ecorse (19-3)
Noon at Michigan State
@BeecherSchools
@MSU_Basketball
The D Zone Top 10 Pre-Season Rankings for 2023!
1. Orchard Lake St. Mary’s
2. North Farmington
3. Brother Rice
4. East Lansing
5. Muskegon
6. U of D Jesuit
7. Ann Arbor Huron
8. Warren Lincoln
9. Cass Tech
10. Grand Rapids Christian
He’s done this for 4 straight games against the top teams in the state. Crazy really.
St Mary's 2025 G Trey McKenney (28 pts) highlights from the 1st half when he was just unconscious.
D1 QF:
#16
St Mary's beat
#10
De La Salle 55-44
@mpowerchange
@mckenneytrey1
Stu Carlin…
Davison 2024 Terrance Coker (21 pts) gave a huge lift to his team in only his first game (transferred from Henry Ford).
He talked to The D Zone about what he brings.
Ferndale beat Davison 73-65 at Horatio Williams Tip-Off Classic
@Davison_BBALL
@HWFoundation
@TerranceCoker
Big time Cam does it again. This time from half court!
Southfield Arts & Technology 2019 PG Cam McEvans with the game winner at the buzzer! They beat Groves 69-66.
@Cameron_Mcevans
It's great to see sportsmanship again in high school sports.
This is the De La Salle players consoling the King players after arguably the game of the year in Michigan.🙌
Beecher 2020 PG Jalen Terry talked to The D Zone after the incredible win over
#1
St Mary’s.
He said being from Flint was the main reason they were able to do what no one else has this year.
He also talked about how important it would mean to win Mr. Basketball.
@JalenTerry
The Free Press released their top 5 finalists for Mr. Basketball:
Curtis Williams Jr.
Kaden Brown
Ryan Hurst
Sonny Wilson
Tyler Jamison
What does everyone think?
The game the state has been waiting for…
This Friday (3/3) at 7:30pm
Operation Friendship
#2
Cass Tech (21-0) vs.
#1
Brother Rice (20-1)
@tech_cass
@BroRiceHoops
The College Basketball season is underway and there are over 100 former Michigan high school players competing at the Division 1 level. Complete list⬇️
The D Zone 🏀 Final 2023 Top 10 Rankings:
1. Cass Tech
2. Brother Rice
3. Muskegon
4. Grand Blanc
5. Orchard Lake Saint Mary’s
6. North Farmington
7. UD Jesuit
8. Ann Arbor Huron
9. De La Salle
10. Ferndale
Attention all Teams and all Scorekeepers:
Stop padding your own player’s numbers.
It’s disrespecting the sport!
We are gonna start calling teams out who do it because it’s bullshit.
Cass Tech 2025 G Darius Acuff with a 3-point buzzer beater off the glass to send the game to OT!
Wow!!!
D1 Semi-Final:
#2
Cass Tech is tied with
#4
Grand Blanc 54-54
@tech_cass
@DariusAcuff
Flint Beecher Head Coach Marquise Gray shares an emotional moment with his family!
He's a Beecher and MSU grad.. truly an amazing moment.
D3 State Final:
#27
Beecher (23-4) beat
#50
Traverse City St Francis (24-5) 64-50
@BeecherSchools
Muskegon Head Coach Keith Guy explains how much his seniors mean to him.
D1 State Final:
#2
Cass Tech (28-1) beat
#6
Muskegon (26-3) 78-63
@HoopsBigReds
Fighting in the stands at a high school basketball game is pathetic especially when there’s innocent fans all around you.
Stay away from the games if you can’t control yourself.
Orchard Lake St Mary's 2025 G Trey McKenney (30 pts) was emotional waiting for the trophy.
D1 State Final:
#1
Orchard Lake St Mary's (27-1) beat
#7
North Farmington (24-3) 63-52
@mpowerchange
@mckenneytrey1
The D Zone Pre-Season Rankings for 2022-2023!
1 Brother Rice
2 Grand Blanc
3 De La Salle
4 OLSM
5 GR Catholic Central
6 Detroit UD-Jesuit
7 GR Northview
8 North Farmington
9 Cass Tech
10 Michigan Collegiate
1/3
Unbelievably clutch!
The shot of the weekend at the
@OaklandMBB
Team Camp came from 2020 Jalen Terry (Flint Beecher).
With the game tied and 7 seconds left, he made an awesome move and then drained a dagger three.
@TheDrJay__
@TheFamily_bball
Given the circumstances, we decided to extend the POY decision to after the State Finals.
Pierre Brooks II
Jason Drake II
Legend Geeter
Joshuah Hines
Linden Holder
Julian Lewis
Orlando Lovejoy
Keyon Menifield Jr
Julian Roper
Ty Rodgers
Hunter Soper
Sonny Wilson
Foster Wonders
Saginaw Nouvel 2024 G MJ Yeager went into the Guinness World Record Book yesterday by hitting 13 3’s in 1 minute with 1 ball and nobody rebounding.
@mjyeager11
The D Zone Top 10 Final Regular Season Rankings for Boys 🏀 (3/5/20):
1. St Mary’s
2. Grand Blanc
3. Flint Beecher
4. Cass Tech
5. Clarkston
6. Ann Arbor Huron
7. River Rouge
8. Waterford Mott
9. Muskegon
10. Benton Harbor
The River Rouge Basketball documentary "Rouge" has screenings at the Freep Film Festival this week.
Wednesday at 7:00pm at the DIA and Friday at 6:00pm at the Michigan Science Center.
Buy tickets here:
The Mr. Basketball race is wide open this year with some very deserving seniors.
Who does everyone got?
Lorne Bowman
Jalen Terry
Scooby Johnson
Matt Nicholson
Isaiah Jackson
Tyson Acuff
Ryan Rollins
Da’Jion Humphrey
Jarvis Walker
Post in comments or suggest someone not listed.
University Prep Science & Math has hired Eric Evans as their new head coach.
It's his first job as an HC after spending the last 4 years as an assistant at Brother Rice.
@UPSMCobras
Benton Harbor 2020 Scooby Johnson and his team played a very well executed game tonight against Lincoln.
He and the Head Coach talked to The D Zone after the game.
These guys work hard and play hard always. Respect.
@scoobycm35
@coachcster
Breslin!
#2
Cass Tech
#4
Grand Blanc
#6
Muskegon
#9
GR South Christian
#14
Ferndale
#16
Orchard Lake St Mary's
#20
Summit Academy
#27
Flint Beecher
#50
Traverse City St Francis
#60
Ecorse
#72
Saginaw
#87
Niles Brandywine
Munising
Cardinal Mooney
Frankfort
Tri-Unity Christian
Purdue signee Trevion Williams had 25 points and 26 rebounds in Henry Ford Academy's win tonight per
@cgoff22
See what
@a1mighty_trey23
had to say about his incredible performance.
@BoilerBall
Is there a better way to reach 1,000 points in your high school career?
Croswell-Lexington 2021 SF Hunter Soper with the steal and throw down dunk to reach the milestone.
Shout out to opposing head coach Almont’s John Hall for giving him the game ball.
@soper_2
@lex_cros
It’s hard to pick a best dunk from these 3 and they all happened within a few minutes of each other and were from different MAC-Irvin 17U players.
The team won a tough game over the Michigan Mustangs at the 2018 Bill Hensley Memorial Run N Slam in Fort Wayne
@TheMacIrvinFire
Sacred Heart’s Coach Damon Brown gives some incredible perspective following his kids biggest game of their careers and explains why they are all so happy even though they lost.
@SacredHeartMtP1
For the Freshman of the Year Award, below is the current list:
(If someone is missing, please tell us their NAME and why)
Corey Sadler Cass Tech
Curtis Britton WB
Jovaan Daniels Hudsonville
Greg Grays Farmington
Boop Hardy Arthur Hill
Cameron Harju PH Northern
Alex Jamison PH…
Anyone watch her last night? She broke the all-time record in a Women’s Semifinal. 41 pts 8 Ast 6 reb.
Plays for the Championship tomorrow.
This is what we said about her five years ago.🧐
2020 Caitlin Clark (All Iowa Attack/Dowling Catholic-IA)
She is one of those only come around once in a while players that can do everything. Her best attributes are her court awareness, passing and IQ.
@CaitlinClark22
@Attack_bball
@dchsgbb
@USJN
Freshman Chuck Bailey hits an unreal 3 at the buzzer to win it!!
Birmingham Groves Falcons beat
#42
Southfield Arts & Technology Warriors 66-65
@GrovesAthletics
De La Salle Head Coach Gjon Djokaj is arguably the best coach in the state and he showed why again tonight.
The D Zone caught up with him after the game.
D1:
#11
De La Salle beat
#1
Brother Rice 38-34
@DeLaSalle_BB
@coach_djokaj