Art Frith

The road to the Breslin Center ended in Jonesville Thursday night for the Vermontville Maple Valley Lions as they were stung by the Hillsdale High School Hornets 70-49 in the Region 18 Class "C" title game. The game began as an even match with the Lions leading 13-12 at the end of the first period...

Squaring off for the third time this season, the Harper Creek Beavers and Marshall Redhawks battled on the high school hardboards Friday night at Marshall.  This time it was for the Region Nine Class “B” District 35 Championship.  Harper Creek brought the brooms with them on the short trip from Battle Creek and handing Marshall an 83-74 defeat...

The Harper Creek Beavers are now just one win away from capturing a district title following their 76-59 win over the Pennfield Panthers in the first of two Class B District 35 semi-final matches Wednesday night at Marshall High School. This was the third meeting between the Panthers and Beavers this year...

High school boys’ varsity basketball district action began Monday night with the gym at Battle Creek Central hosting the Class “A” District opening round featuring the Holt Rams (16-4) and Battle Creek Central Bearcats (18-2). It was a familiar sight on the high school hard boards as these two teams played each other just two weeks ago with the Bearcats coming out on top...

Lakeview and Portage Northern met in the regular season finale Thursday night with the Spartans coming out on top with a 54-49 win over the Huskies. In a game that saw 16 lead changes and five ties, Lakeview out-shot Portage Northern 68-percent to 47-percent overall...

Playing before a crowd of 650 fans, crosstown rivals Harper Creek and Lakeview took to the hard board on Tuesday night.  The Spartans were looking to avenge an earlier loss to the Beavers, but it was not to be.  Harper Creek brought the brooms with them and completed the series sweep by defeating Lakeview 56-46...

The Saint Philip Fighting Tigers continued to show why they are a ranked team as they easily handed the Colon Magi a 78-54 loss Friday night.  St. Phil put the first two points on the scoreboard and added 12 more before Colon scored their first basket of the night.  ...

What a difference a year can make.  Last March over at Lakeview High School, the Holt Rams knocked the Battle Creek Central Bearcats out of post-season play in a hard-fought game. However, it was a very different story Wednesday night on the Bearcats' home court...

As the 2013-2014 regular basketball season starts to wind down, the Pennfield Panthers looked to snap a four-game losing streak when the Constantine Falcons came to town Tuesday night.  They did exactly that. The Panthers came out fast, putting up 11 unanswered points on the scoreboard before the Falcons found the basket.  P...

The Purple Palace at Lakeview High School was rockin’ Friday night, filled with a standing room only crowd that watched two crosstown and SMAC East Division rivals battling on the high school hard wood.  Even with three Spartans scoring in double-digits, Lakeview could not pull off the win as the Battle Creek Central Bearcats came out on top 73-50 at the final buzzer...