Who will carry the banner?

Programs like West Bloomfield, Detroit Country Day and Bishop Foley have ensured Oakland County has been well-represented at the Breslin Center in recent history. Going back the past 10 tournaments (2020 not included), those teams have been among the area programs who have reached the Final Four a collective 20 times.

So which one or two might take the torch and run with it to East Lansing? Well, that’s a bit of a headscratcher.

Normally, there’s at least one frontrunner throughout the divisions, but not this year. On the other hand, Rochester Hills Lutheran Northwest wasn’t any sort of favorite to get to the state semifinals last season, and yet it happened.

But getting there requires navigating districts, so here’s the field of contenders broken down, along with a swing at who might move on and have a chance at shot-blocking conventional wisdom and rankings to get to the promised land.

 

DIVISION 1

District 13

Host: Hartland

Teams: Brighton (12-10), Hartland (17-5), Milford (13-9), Howell (16-6), Fenton (12-10)

Breakdown: The Mavericks finished the league .500 and proved they could hang with some of the best teams in the LVC this season. Good thing Fenton, their opening round opponent, is a level below that. Sure, it was all the way back on Dec. 10, but Milford beat Fenton by nearly 40 points. Howell and Hartland finished 2-3 in the KLAA-West, but the Highlanders took both encounters, albeit one in overtime.

Pick: Howell

 

District 14

Host: Northville

Teams: Novi (1-21), Walled Lake Western (3-20), Northville (14-8), South Lyon (18-2), South Lyon East (12-10)

Breakdown: The co-champions of the LVC, South Lyon’s grouping pales in comparison to District 13, which is notable since the winners of 13 and 14 will meet in regionals. Despite beating the Cougars by just four on Feb. 7, the Lions won the matchup by 30 back in January, which bodes well for the third meeting Wednesday in the semifinals. South Lyon also holds a five-point away win over Northville, who the Lions would almost assuredly meet in the finals.

Pick: South Lyon

District 22

Host: Livonia Stevenson

Teams: Livonia Franklin (5-16), Farmington (9-12), Farmington Hills Mercy (17-4), Livonia Stevenson (15-7), Redford Thurston (12-8)

Breakdown: The OAA Gold league champions, Farmington comes in playing some of its best basketball with just two losses in the month of February. The Falcons will play Franklin in the quarterfinals, and the Patriots have a lesser record, but have played the tougher schedule. Truthfully, the Marlins should be in a class of their own here. The last time they lost to a Michigan team was against Orchard Lake St. Mary’s, 48-46, on Jan. 14.

Pick: Farmington Hills Mercy

 

District 23

Host: Detroit Renaissance

Teams: Hamtramck (11-10), Oak Park (0-13), Detroit Renaissance (18-2), Detroit Mumford (9-5), Warren Fitzgerald (10-8)

Breakdown: The Knights won’t be a factor here, and neither should anyone but the Phoenix, one of the favorites to win D1.

Pick: Detroit Renaissance

 

District 24

Host: Bloomfield Hills Marian

Teams: Bloomfield Hills (8-11), Birmingham Groves (6-14), Bloomfield Hills Marian (6-15), North Farmington (5-17), Southfield A&T (15-6), Birmingham Seaholm (12-10)

Breakdown: Can the hosts run the OAA gauntlet? That might be ambitious, but the Mustangs — and Groves, for that matter — are probably the best six-win side in D1. Seaholm has dealt with injuries this season, though the Maples have wins over Bloomfield Hills and Groves. Unfortunately for them, Southfield A&T should take care of whoever comes out of that quarterfinal on the opposite side of the bracket, and while they’re not unbeatable, the Warriors will be tough to beat if they bring their A-game twice in a row.

Pick: Southfield A&T

 

District 25

Host: West Bloomfield

Teams: Walled Lake Northern (14-8), Walled Lake Central (1-21), Orchard Lake St. Mary’s (17-4), West Bloomfield (13-8), Lakeland (16-6)

Breakdown: This is one heckuva district. The Eaglets will get the winner of the two Walled Lake Schools in one semifinal, assuming it’s the Knights, they’ve not been an easy out only having lost two games by more than 10 points all year. Lakeland split the LVC title with South Lyon, but while the defending state champs aren’t what they were the past few years, West Bloomfield can still get up and down, has some size and can shoot the rock. Easily one of the best district finals in D1 if it’s the Lakers and Eaglets playing Friday night.

Pick: West Bloomfield

 

District 26

Host: Swartz Creek

Teams: Lapeer (4-15), Swartz Creek (6-16), Grand Blanc (10-10), Davison (9-13), Holly (1-21), Oxford (8-14)

Breakdown: Here’s a pretty open one. The Wildcats, who finished 2-8 in the OAA Red, get the bye and should see Davison in the semifinals. Davison should be plenty tested, however the Cardinals have won just one of their last 11. Grand Blanc’s Saginaw Valley Conference record was 7-4, the inverse of Davison’s.

Pick: Grand Blanc

 

District 27

Host: Clarkston

Teams: Clarkston (15-7), Waterford Kettering (10-12), Auburn Hills Avondale (18-4), Lake Orion (12-10)

Breakdown: Four teams here, but no pushovers. The Wolves won the OAA Red and nearly went unbeaten in the league until West Bloomfield beat them by one on Feb. 25. Barring a surprise, they’ll advance and take on the winner of the other semifinal. Lake Orion is a live dog, but this should go to Avondale. That would set up a rematch of a Clarkston 62-48 victory over the Yellow Jackets on neutral ground back on Jan. 18.

Pick: Clarkston

 

District 28

Host: Stoney Creek

Teams: Rochester Adams (10-10), Romeo (9-13), Stoney Creek (13-7), Utica (2-19), Utica Eisenhower (20-2), Rochester (19-3)

Breakdown: Are the top teams upset proof? Maybe, maybe not. But Adams has had some injury troubles this season, and Stoney Creek isn’t what it was last winter. The Cougars beat Rochester by four, although that was the second week of December. Stoney does have the size to try and neutralize the Falcons’ talented bigs, to its credit. The Eagles won a share of the MAC Red with Utica Ford despite Ford forcing that split with a win on Feb. 21. But if Eisenhower can match up with Ford’s frontcourt, it should be able to hold its own against Rochester.

Pick: Utica Eisenhower

 

District 29

Host: Royal Oak

District 29 Teams: Troy Athens (7-14), Troy (7-14), Berkley (14-7), Warren Mott (13-8), Royal Oak (11-11)

Breakdown: The battle of Troy teams will decide who faces Berkley, who gets a bye into the semifinals. Royal Oak should get past Mott and into the final, and the Ravens beat Berkley 37-25 at the beginning of February. This is probably bound to be a similarly low-scoring rematch if those teams face each other once again. It could really go either way.

Pick: Berkley

 

DIVISION 2

District 50

Host: Lake Fenton

Teams: Lake Fenton (6-14), Flint Kearsley (9-13), Goodrich (19-3), Flint Powers Catholic (16-5), Linden (14-6), Ortonville Brandon (2-19)

Breakdown: The Blackhawks got their second win of the year on Feb. 20 by beating Holly. They probably won’t get a third as Linden is pretty solid. This district will come down to Powers vs. Goodrich.

Pick: Flint Powers Catholic

 

District 51

Host: Williamson

Teams: Haslett (19-3), Fowlerville (12-10), Wixom St. Catherine (19-3), Williamston (12-10)

Breakdown: One of these two three-loss teams will have to go home before regionals (it’s not quite as daunting as last year when St. Catherine had to face state finalist Gabriel Richard in districts, to be fair). Haslett, who went unbeaten in the CAAC-Red, has three losses this year, and those teams have a combined four losses. The Vikings have arguably the best win among themselves and the Stars with a result over Country Day.

Pick: Haslett

 

District 60

Host: Hazel Park

Teams: Ferndale (7-15), Center Line (2-16), Madison Heights Lamphere (8-13), Ferndale University (10-6)

Breakdown: Center Line won just one game in the MAC Silver and finished below Lamphere. Ferndale University has finished the season relatively strong, but didn’t play the toughest schedule. Center Line aside, anyone could win this.

Pick: Lamphere

District 62

Host: Pontiac Notre Dame Prep

Teams: Detroit Country Day (15-5), Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood (5-17), Pontiac (9-7), Macomb Lutheran North (8-9), Pontiac Notre Dame Prep (13-7)

Breakdown: The Cranes should get past Pontiac and onto DCD for the semifinals. Lutheran North has played a really tough slate, so don’t pay too much mind to the record. In the end, it shouldn’t matter. The Yellowjackets, as they have been several other times in the past decade, are one of the county’s best Final Four bets. Whether they get past teams like Regina or Yale in regionals, we’ll see, Country Day is the cream of this crop.

 

DIVISION 3

District 91

Host: Warren Michigan Collegiate

Teams: Rochester Hills Lutheran Northwest (15-6), Arts & Technology Academy of Pontiac (5-8), Warren Michigan Collegiate (11-7), Mount Clemens (8-10)

Breakdown: The Crusaders may lack an S-tier victory this season, but did they have it when they knocked off Sandusky last year? What they have is a bunch of real good wins, and they’ve been tested against teams like Everest Collegiate, Avondale, Eisenhower and Armada.

Pick: Lutheran Northwest

 

District 89

Host: Detroit Central

Teams: Madison Heights Madison (1-11), Detroit Central (1-12), Detroit Pershing (14-1), Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett (10-7), Detroit Northwestern (4-10)

Breakdown: This is a two-horse race. Will it go Catholic League or PSL?

Pick: Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett

 

District 90

Host: Royal Oak Shrine

Teams: Madison Heights Bishop Foley (1-17), Detroit Community (3-12), Clawson (17-2), Detroit CMA (8-13), Westland Universal Learning Academy (0-10), Royal Oak Shrine (10-9)

Breakdown: Barring the unforeseen, Clawson and Shrine will meet in this district championship game in Royal Oak. The Trojans had a fantastic turnaround and shared the MAC Silver title. The Knights, though, have played a tougher schedule and will have the home crowd to root them on.

Pick: Royal Oak Shrine

 

DIVISION 4

District 122

Host: Whitmore Lake

Teams: Novi Christian Academy (4-16), Ann Arbor Rudolf Steiner (6-4), Whitmore Lake (16-4), Brighton Livingston Christian (12-9), Ann Arbor Central Academy (1-11)

Breakdown: The hosts went 9-2 in the MIAC Red, and while they may not go deep into the playoffs, they should be able to get out of their own district.

Pick: Whitmore Lake

 

District 124

Host: Bloomfield Hills Academy of the Sacred Heart

Teams: Bloomfield Hills Roeper (5-15), Bloomfield Hills Academy of the Sacred Heart (3-11), Southfield Christian (10-8), Sterling Heights Parkway Christian (9-11), West Bloomfield Frankel Jewish Academy (10-5)

Breakdown: Parkway Christian and Frankel could be a close semifinal on one side of the bracket. On the other, the Eagles, who finished behind Lutheran Westland and Whitmore Lake in the MIAC Red, should advance. Southfield Christian split its two regular season games with Parkway Christian.

Pick: Sterling Heights Parkway Christian

 

District 126

Host: Dryden

Teams: Clarkston Everest Collegiate (14-2), Burton St. Thomas More Academy (9-7), Genesee Christian (17-2), Dryden (11-9)

Breakdown: Everest (No. 10) might be the only ranked team here, but Genesee Christian could pose a challenge in this final. Among the Soldiers’ best wins this year are Ovid-Elsie, Auburn Hills Oakland Christian and Plymouth Christian Academy. The CHSL St. Anne Tournament winners beat Genesee twice last year, and were slated to place the Soldiers in early February, but that game with the Mountaineers was canceled.

Pick: Clarkston Everest Collegiate

TROY – As it has for the past decade, the battle for Troy went to the Colts Thursday night.

The Red Hawks battled back from a double-digit deficit to lead early in the second half, but Troy steadily re-established that advantage and scored a 69-65 win on the other side of town.

“Anytime you play your crosstown rivals, it doesn’t matter who they are, both teams will battle and it’s going to be one of those really tough games,” said Troy head coach Gary Fralick, who has been part of the rivalry for 31 years.

Following a 7-2 start from Athens, Troy looked on the verge of controlling the outcome by scoring 16 of the next 18 points, and a turnaround trey from Colts senior Mason Parker gave the away side its first double-digit lead just over midway through the second quarter.

Athens was far from done, however, finishing the second on a 10-2 run capped off by Cainan Hanbury’s layup at the buzzer, and Nate Appledorn stroked one of his four 3-pointers on the first possession of the second half to briefly put the Red Hawks ahead.

Still, the Colts, lesser in stature compared to most teams and outrebounded more so in the opening half, got buckets a bit more efficiently to outscore Athens 19-12 in the third quarter, amounting to a nine-point lead heading into the final period.

The Red Hawks (6-14, 5-8 OAA White) had chances to cut into the lead, which got to as large as 13 on a Leo Penoza shot from downtown, before Troy went into stall mode and could have been more efficient around the hoop and at the stripe, but left it too late.

On the opposite end, Penoza (20 points) knocked down another triple, then Andrew Lake converted a conventional three-point play that boosted the lead back to 11 with three minutes remaining. Athens didn’t get it back to two possessions until Brennan Tucker’s free throws with 40 ticks left, then a Tucker 3-pointer that got it to within five with 22 seconds left.

Troy escaped pressure to make layups in the final 30 seconds before Appledorn connected from deep at the final horn.

“Give them credit, they hung with us and went up ahead in the early part of the third quarter, then we had a run and kind of felt pretty good about ourselves before they made it pretty hairy in the last couple minutes,” Fralick said. “(Athens head coach Mitchell Vercellino) does a really nice job for them. They’re well-prepared and play hard, smart, and anytime you have a team like that, they’re a tough team to beat.”

Along with Penoza’s 20 and a dozen from sophomore teammate Blake Kuiper, Colts senior Mason Parker led all scorers with 25 points.

“We just needed to stay locked in and play consistent, play together,” Parker said of the message from Fralick and the team’s mindset. “We can’t have spurts where we look like a great team then a bad team. That’s what coach says to us every game, to play hard and play smart … At the beginning of the season it was kind of playing 1-on-1, trying to get our own shots. We’ve really bought in and we’re moving the ball more and trying to get the best shot for everyone as a team.”

That’s been reflected in the results. After dropping seven of eight in the early chunk of the season, Thursday’s win got the Colts back up to .500 (11-11) on the year and improved their record to 8-6 in the league.

Photo gallery of Troy vs. Athens in OAA White boys hoops action

It also gave the Colts their 14th win in a row in the rivalry. The last time the Red Hawks got the better of Troy was a 70-61 victory back on March 5, 2015.

"It always feels good to beat your hometown rival, but to me, it's really just another game," Parker said. "They compete, we compete. It's fun playing in front of all the students, but at the end of the day we're all trying to get the high seed in the playoffs and it's just another game we need to win."

Tucker accounted for the Red Hawks' other pair of 3-pointers and finished with a team-high 19 points, and Appledorn ended with 16 in the defeat for Athens, who lost 54-40 when the teams last competed on Jan. 10.

Asked whether these rivalry wins have traditionally provided extra momentum for his teams over the years, Fralick replied, "Not necessarily. A win's a win, and it's a special win because it's against Athens. Do they propel us? I think that depends upon the team. Will they continue to play that well every game? This team is a bunch of great guys who play hard, but we're a little up and down. We'll go on a four-game winning streak, then a three-game losing streak.

"It's a bit of a rollercoaster, but tonight, they were ready to play, and hopefully against Seaholm on Tuesday, we'll be ready to play again."

Troy extended its winning streak in the rivalry with Athens by defeating the Red Hawks 69-65 on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025.

Royal Oak senior Nick Hofmann became the program’s all-time leader in assists in Monday night’s 71-66 home win over St. Clair Shores Lake Shore.

Hofmann finished with 16 points, while junior Sam Zeller scored 24 and sophomore CJ Hairston added 11 for the Ravens. They’re now 12-7 overall (7-5 OAA Blue) after the victory, which was their seventh straight.

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PONTIAC NOTRE DAME PREP 72, OXFORD 67 >> The Irish (9-9) put together their first three-game winning streak of the year by handing the Wildcats their first loss of the year in Pontiac on Monday.

BERKLEY 75, WATERFORD OAKSIDE PREP 50 >> Seniors Evan Haenick, Jacob Friedman and Evan Young all popped for 13 points in Wednesday’s win by the Bears (4-14).

GPW UNIVERSITY LIGGETT 62, ROYAL OAK SHRINE 55 >> The Knights (9-10) led by two at halftime but couldn’t hold on in Wednesday night’s CHSL St. Anne Tournament semifinal.

ROCHESTER ADAMS 59, CLARKSTON 58 >> Trent LaGarde hit a game-winning 3-pointer at the horn to win it for the Highlanders (6-13, 3-7 OAA Red) at home on Monday. Luke Marcial and Cannon Flynn both scored 17 for Adams in the victory.

AUBURN HILLS AVONDALE 70, BLOOMFIELD HILLS 59 >> The Black Hawks (10-9) got 21 points from Carter Canfield, as well as 18 each by Daron Mason and Carter Hartfield, but fell short to the Yellow Jackets (13-7) on Tuesday.

PLYMOUTH CHRISTIAN ACADEMY 68, SOUTHFIELD CHRISTIAN 66 >> Justin Bryant Scored 17 points and Jaden McCalister added 16, but the Eagles (14-6, 5-4 MIAC Blue) fell short on the road Tuesday.

LAKELAND 73, SOUTH LYON 56 >> The Eagles (11-9, 8-7 LVC) got the road win Tuesday behind 28 points from Ethan Row. Usen Nsikan, Grant Thompson and Austin Porcasi all chipped in a dozen points for Lakeland i nthe win, too.

MILFORD 61, WATERFORD KETTERING 29 >> Carson Lutz finished with 24 points to lead 10 Mavericks (13-5, 10-4 LVC) who got into the scoring column in Tuesday’s win.

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ROYAL OAK SHRINE 47, PONTIAC NOTRE DAME PREP 42 >> Tess Tillman poured in 24 points, while Abby Adams and Summer Smith each added six for the Knights (9-8) in Wednesday’s home victory. Kaylyn Sowers dropped a game-high 30 points for the Irish (12-5)

BIRMINGHAM GROVES 43, ROYAL OAK 36 >> Harlem Simpson filled up the stat sheet with 15 points, 10 rebounds, six assists and four steals and blocks for Groves (4-11, 2-5 OAA White) on Tuesday. Genevieve Meihn also added 10 points in the win for the Falcons. Maddie Lawrence finished with 11 points and six rebounds and Lydia Dickens contributed nine points for the Ravens (8-8, 3-3).

FARMINGTON HILLS MERCY 57, ANN ARBOR PREP 26 >> Aizlyn Albanese finished with 15 points and Emily Walker added a dozen for the Marlins (13-4) on Monday.

AVONDALE 49, BERKLEY 46 >> In a battle of top OAA Blue teams, the Yellow Jackets (14-3, 10-0) squeezed out the road win Monday to lock up at least a share of the league title.

LUTHERAN HIGH WESTLAND 44, SOUTHFIELD CHRISTIAN 27 >> Gabby Reis and Caramia DeGiulio each scored nine points in Tuesday’s loss for the Eagles (8-8, 4-6 MIAC Red).

WEST BLOOMFIELD 73, FERNDALE 42 >> The Lakers improved to 10-7 and 5-2 in the OAA Red thanks to Monday’s home win.

TROY 35, BIRMINGHAM SEAHOLM 33 >> The Colts (6-10, 3-3 OAA White) got the road win Tuesday night on a buzzer-beater. Addison Flynn had 10 points and Mary Gumbis contributed eight in the loss for the Maples (11-7, 3-4).

MILFORD 27, WATERFORD UNITED 23 >> Ashlyn Lutz ended with a game-high 13 points and Molly Jenkins had six points on two 3-pointers to improve the Lady Mavs to 11-5 overall and 5-5 in the LVC on Tuesday.

LAKE ORION – Detroit Catholic Central head coach Jessica Stoddard had a Facebook memory pop up Saturday morning of her team last winning the Oakland County Boys Swim Championships five years ago to the day.

Stoddard can expect another such memory in five years after the Shamrocks captured their first county swim title since that win in 2020 by finishing with 270 points to lead the pack.

“The biggest thing we’ve been working on this year is getting to the point where we can win something,” Stoddard said. “We fell short a couple times last year at championship meets. That’s what we’ve focused on this year, closing the gap.”

She talked about how the two teams that finished ahead of the Shamrocks at the D1 state meet last season didn’t win any events, where as Catholic Central did, and stressed this year the importance of accumulating points if the

opportunity isn’t there to win events.

Catholic Central did plenty of both on Saturday.

Roshi Turner repeated as winner of the 200 IM and also won the 100 breaststroke event. In addition, Camren Turowski, last year’s second-place finisher in the 50 freestyle at the state finals, not only won that event Saturday, but also took first in the 100 free.

“I just like to take it out fast, hang on and see where it ends up,” Turowski said. Asked whether he expected to excel so much in the 100 this season, he added, “No, I thought I was going to be more successful in the 50, but the work, it’s just the 100 is better for me right now.”

His time of 45.25 beat the meet record previously held by former Catholic Central standout Mario McDonald, currently a fifth-year swimmer at Ohio State, by a tenth of a second. McDonald’s record was set on that same day five years ago.

“It’s great, you know, keeping the record in the CC (family),” Turowski said. “All the work I’ve put in, it means a lot when you get the results. It’s a great feeling.”

In addition to the individual victories, Catholic Central finished second in both the 200 medley relay and the 200 free relay to get the necessary points to win.

Behind the Shamrocks, Farmington finished second overall with 221 points, while Cranbrook-Kingswood, who beat out Catholic Central for last year’s county title, took third with 205.5 points.

Stoney Creek and Rochester Adams rounded out the top-five, with Troy, Milford, Seaholm, South Lyon and Novi completing the top-10.

For Stoney Creek, Will Cicco, who won last year’s 200 freestyle as a junior — he won it as a sophomore as well — not only repeated as the winner, but broke the previous meet record set by Jack Hamilton (Berkley, University of Kentucky) in 2021 by over a half-second with a time of 1:39.21.

Photo gallery from the 2025 Oakland County Boys Swim Championships at Lake Orion

"To win that three years in a row, it's pretty special," said Cicco, who also won the 500 free for the second consecutive year.

While he didn't break the record, Seaholm junior and Indiana commit Elliot Rijnovean, last year's D2 state winner in the 100 backstroke, posted one of the better times in county meet history by winning this year's event with a mark of 49.86.

 

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TEAM SCORES: 1. Detroit Catholic Central, 270. 2. Farmington, 221. 3. Cranbrook-Kingswood, 205.5. 4. Stoney Creek, 173. 5. Rochester Adams, 168. 6. Troy, 165. 7. Milford, 151 8. Birmingham Seaholm, 149. 9. South Lyon, 132. 10. Novi, 125. 11. Rochester, 117.5. 12. Lake Orion, 105. 13. Birmingham Groves, 93.5. 14. Birmingham Brother Rice, 72. 15. Bloomfield Hills, 69. 16. Detroit Country Day, 33. 17. West Bloomfield, 20. 18. Oxford, 18.5. 19. Clarkston, 13. 20. (tie) Royal Oak, 11. 20. (tie) Walled Lake Central, 11. 22. Pontiac Notre Dame Prep, 2.

200 MEDLEY RELAY: 1. Birmingham Seaholm (Elliot Rijnovean, Finn Murray, Emmett Knudsen, Quinn O'Neill), 1:34.97. 2. Farmington, 1:35.57. 3. Detroit Catholic Central, 1:35.61. 4. Stoney Creek, 1:37.23. 5. Cranbrook-Kingswood, 1:37.69. 6. South Lyon, 1:38.41. 7. Troy, 1:38.67. 8. Rochester, 1:39.94. 9. Rochester Adams, 1:40.12. 10. Birmingham Groves, 1:40.35.

200 FREESTYLE: 1. Will Cicco, Stoney Creek, 1:39.21. 2. Sam Campbell, Milford, 1:40.64. 3. Ben Bricker, Troy, 1:41.62. 4. Brendan Marshall, Milford, 1:42.83. 5. Joey Vicari, Stoney Creek, 1:46.94. 6. AJ Farner, Cranbrook-Kingswood, 1:47.16. 7. Aiden Boruta, Rochester, 1:47.39. 8. Bobby Gusumano, Detroit Catholic Central, 1:47.91. 9. Ryan VanDyke, Cranbrook-Kingswood, 1:48.25. 10. Anirudh Kundurthy, Novi, 1:48.40.

200 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY: 1. Roshi Turner, Detroit Catholic Central, 1:54.95. 2. Kelvin Teng, Rochester Adams, 1:56.00. 3. Paul DeMartini, Farmington, 1:57.78. 4. Nathan Stebbins, Birmingham Groves, 1:57.93. 5. Sean Lu, Cranbrook-Kingswood, 1:58.32. 6. Bobby Reif, Rochester, 1:58.42. 7. Zach Kipf, Farmington, 1:58.98. 8. Joshua Luo, Farmington, 1:59.16. 9. Jaxson Woods, Detroit Catholic Central, 2:01.65. 10. Aidan Arthurs, Rochester Adams, 2:01.69.

50 FREESTYLE: 1. Camren Turowski, Detroit Catholic Central, 20.79. 2. Jack Szuba, Detroit Catholic Central, 21.23. 3. Gorka Morales, Stoney Creek, 21.66. 4. Luke Morden, Farmington, 21.71. 5. Eshan Patel, South Lyon, 21.80. 6. Miles Marx, Bloomfield Hills, 21.85. 7. Jack Higgins, Detroit Country Day, 21.96. 8. Turner Worth, Birmingham Brother Rice, 22.28. 9. Ian Whan, Birmingham Groves, 22.30. 10. Matthew Li, Troy, 22.31.

1-METER DIVING: 1. Chase Smith, West Bloomfield, 460.40. 2. Gabe Catalogna, Rochester Adams, 408.15. 3. Drew Reed, Novi, 405.75. 4. Colin Bauer, Rochester Adams, 402.95. 5. Ian Smith, Rochester Adams, 362.30. 6. Cooper Wasson, Novi, 358.95. 7. Matthew Schwarzenberger, Lake Orion, 355.35. 8. Tyler Mollan, Lake Orion, 309.80. 9. Conner Liedke, Lake Orion, 288.45. 10. Ethan Oal, Cranbrook-Kingswood, 281.90.

100 BUTTERFLY: 1. Ethan Xu, Cranbrook-Kingswood, 49.64. 2. Paul DeMartini, Farmington, 50.69. 3. Elliot Rijnovean, Birmingham Seaholm, 50.73. 4. Calvin Meeker, Cranbrook-Kingswood, 51.44. 5. Kelvin Teng, Rochester Adams, 51.47. 6. Gorka Morales, Stoney Creek, 52.13. 7. Turner Worth, Birmingham Brother Rice, 53.01. 8. Emmett Knudsen, Birmingham Seaholm, 53.83. 9. Ryan Brown, Detroit Catholic Central, 53.96. 10. Tommy Shaw, Milford, 54.25.

100 FREESTYLE: 1. Camren Turowski, Detroit Catholic Central, 45.25. 2. Brendan Marshall, Milford, 46.46. 3. Jack Szuba, Detroit Catholic Central, 47.99. 4. Ian Whan, Birmingham Groves, 48.12. 5. Tyler Cameron, South Lyon, 48.18. 6. Jack Higgins, Detroit Country Day, 48.21. 7. Miles Marx, Bloomfield Hills, 48.48. 8. Matthew Li, Troy, 49.44. 9. Adyn Stoddard, Detroit Catholic Central, 49.47. 10. Maddox LaMothe, Lake Orion, 49.58.

500 FREESTYLE: 1. Will Cicco, Stoney Creek, 4:31.02. 2. Nathan Stebbins, Birmingham Groves, 4:39.15. 3. Mason Fecteau, Farmington, 4:52.15. 4. Aidan Arthurs, Rochester Adams, 4:52.52. 5. Aiden Boruta, Rochester, 4:54.56. 6. Bobby Gusumano, Detroit Catholic Central, 4:55.29. 7. Victor Malinski, Bloomfield Hills, 4:55.76. 8. Carter Bowers, Rochester Adams, 4:56.77. 9. Larson Custer, Troy, 4:56.84. 10. Zarif Syed, 4:58.28.

200 FREESTYLE RELAY: 1. Farmington (Luke Morden, Jack Tomlinson, Paul DeMartini, Joshua Luo), 1:26.03. 2. Detroit Catholic Central, 1:26.70. 3. Milford, 1:26.84. 4. South Lyon, 1:29.76. 5. Troy, 1:30.18. 6. Lake Orion, 1:30.37. 7. Birmingham Seaholm, 1:30.52. 8. Birmingham Brother Rice, 1:31.01. 9. Cranbrook-Kingswood, 1:31.26. 10. Novi, 1:31.50.

100 BACKSTROKE: 1. Elliot Rijnovean, Birmingham Seaholm, 49.86. 2. Sam Campbell, Milford, 50.06. 3. Ben Bricker, Troy, 51.66. 4. Tyler Cameron, South Lyon, 52.09. 5. Luke Morden, Farmington, 52.22. 6. Calvin Meeker, Cranbrook-Kingswood, 52.95. 7. Joshua Luo, Farmington, 53.59. 8. Emmett Knudsen, Birmingham Seaholm, 54.32. 9. Finn Rivard, Birmingham Brother Rice, 54.39. 10. Diego Baca, Walled Lake Central, 54.57.

100 BREASTSTROKE: 1. Roshi Turner, Detroit Catholic Central, 57.93. 2. Eshan Patel, South Lyon, 58.18. 3. Bobby Reif, Rochester, 59.29. 4. Sean Lu, Cranbrook-Kingswood, 59.32. 5. Zach Kipf, Farmington, 1:01.01. 6. Joseph Wiater, Cranbrook-Kingswood, 1:01.22. 7. Nick Herrera-Garcia, Novi, 1:01.45. 8. Finn Murray, Birmingham Seaholm, 1:01.72. 9. Austin Pursley, Stoney Creek, 1:01.88. 10. Maddox LaMothe, Lake Orion, 1:02.36.

400 FREESTYLE RELAY: 1. Milford (Tommy Shaw, Brendan Marshall, Nick Marinescu, Sam Campbell), 3:13.77. 2. Troy, 3:14.55. 3. Stoney Creek, 3:15.61. 4. Cranbrook-Kingswood, 3:15.72. 5. Detroit Catholic Central, 3:17.72. 6. Rochester, 3:18.41. 7. Rochester Adams, 3:18.78. 8. Novi, 3:21.43. 9. Birmingham Groves, 3:21.56. 10. Farmington, 3:22.17.

Waterford Mott will be looking for a new head coach of its football program after Chris Fahr announced he would not be returning.

Fahr revealed the decision on Twitter/X on Thursday afternoon.

He posted the following: “I would like to say thank you to every player and coach that has been with me during my time as the Waterford Mott Head Football coach. I am grateful for you all. With that said today is my last day as your coach. Thank you very much and I am truly grateful for every second of it.”

When one user asked for a reason, Fahr responded, “Just my time brotha.”

Hired to take over the Corsairs’ program in 2012, Fahr’s team went 2-7 the first year, then increased by two wins each of the next two years, resulting in the program’s fifth playoff appearance in 2014. In 2016, Mott won its first playoff game under Fahr, and the following year helped the team capture its first LVC league title.

In 2021, Fahr directed Mott to a district title, and two years later to new heights with a regional championship and an appearance in the Division 2 semifinals.

Altogether, Fahr compiled a 73-56 record, including a pair of district and league titles.

“We’ve had that ‘Us against the world’ mentality since Day 1 when I got here in 2012, that chip on your shoulder attitude, that kind of mindset where you want the way you play to make a statement about who you are, where you’re from,” Fahr told the Oakland Press in 2023. “Being from Waterford means being tough, being resilient, being accountable. That how we’ve built this thing.”

A graduate of Meadowcreek High School (GA), Fahr previously spent a decade coaching at Birmingham Seaholm, including six as head coach. He led the Maples to their first road playoff victory in program history.

Mott finished the 2024 season with a 3-5 record.

WATERFORD – With just over seven seconds remaining in overtime and Milford trailing by three points, everyone in the Waterford Mott gym Friday night knew where the ball was going.

Not that it made the task any easier. Afterall, the defensive focus had been on Mavericks senior Carson Lutz all game, including when he drained a game-tying 3-pointer in the final minute of regulation that forced OT in the first place.

On the final play that initiated from the baseline, teammate Owen Stark sent a pass from the top of the floor to Lutz, who curled around a baseline screen to the perimeter, but the combined defense of Mott’s Damari Stephens and Jordan White forced a difficult attempt from Lutz that fell short, and the Corsairs survived for a 50-47 victory to remain undefeated in Lakes Valley Conference play.

“Damari did a really good job stepping out and showing, just trying to make it tougher on him,” Mott head coach Jeff Jayson said. “If we can keep it out of his hands, you know, it’s better for us.

“I debated on fouling, putting them to the line so they couldn’t get the chance to tie. Instead, we decided to guard the 3-point line. We told the guys a two isn’t going to hurt us with seven seconds left, you know. There’s not much time, the clock may run out. But we just had to make sure we were going to hedge and show, and definitely not let Carson hit the shot.”

Lutz, who scored 20 points in the Corsairs’ 55-47 win in Milford way back on Dec. 6 — a somewhat modest amount by his standard this season — was held scoreless in the first half on Friday, and the Mavericks trailed 23-15 at the interval.

As expected, a player of his caliber couldn’t be silenced, just temporarily slowed.

After snaring a steal on the opening possession of the second half, he curled around a screen on Milford’s first trip down the floor of the third quarter.

Bang. Three-pointer good, drought over.

Thirty seconds later, down goes another triple from Lutz.

Those makes keyed an 8-0 run in less than 1:30 to totally vanquish Mott’s lead, and Lutz singlehandedly outscored Milford (14-12) in the third, helping give the Mavs a 36-35 edge heading into the fourth.

“Carson makes that team go,” Jayson said. “He’s a heckuva player. Man, I’m glad I don’t have to coach against him anymore. I’ve known him since he was in third, fourth grade, working camps with him.”

“It definitely was a challenge, for sure,” Mott senior guard Kobe Menyweathers said of the task to try and slow Milford’s star. “You have to stop him from shooting, from coming around the screen. We watched film on him, thinking about guarding him, and we had to come together, just talk and communicate.”

Lutz’s pull-up trey with about 40 seconds left knotted the game at 42, and after a floater by White spun out, Lutz had a potential game-winner hit back iron just before time expired in regulation.

With Mott’s defense focused on Lutz and Milford’s on keeping Menyweathers out of the paint, other figures stepped into the limelight in OT.

Talented Corsairs sophomore Tory Robinson, who equaled Menyweathers with a team-high 16 points, got the scoring going just over a minute in, though Ben Shaw quickly responded to tie it back up. White then drilled a 3-pointer in front of the Corsairs’ bench, and after an attempted response from Lutz was short, Menyweathers did spin in the lane and draw a foul, knocking down one free throw to go up 46-42.

The Mavericks did get a much-needed answer from deep when Nick McAlear (11 points) let it fly from several feet beyond the line and over the outstretched reach of Mott’s 6-foot-4 forward Gavin Ort to make it a one-point game again with less than 1:45 on the clock.

“Nick was ready for that moment,” Mavericks head coach Dave Gilbert said. “He’s been getting a lot better the last two weeks. He continues to do some good things and hit some big shots in a lot of different games that we’ve had.”

After the teams traded traveling violations, Mott was content to milk the clock with the lead, and eventually Milford (11-4, 8-3 LVC) was forced to foul Robinson, who sank both free throws with under 30 seconds to go.

Gilbert commended his team from battling back the way it did to start the second half and get it to overtime. “To be down eight, there’s been a lot of years we’ve played here and let it get away from us even more, so I was proud of our guys to come back in that third quarter and just fight and claw right away,” he said. “Obviously, went on an 8-0 run, and from that point on, it was just a straight-up battle.

“That’s what you expect from a first-place team and a third-placed team right now. We were playing for just an opportunity to maybe stretch out this league title race a little bit longer, and just ended three points short in OT against an outstanding Mott team.”

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The Mavericks now must remained focused on fine-tuning for the postseason with a handful of league games remaining.

"That's exactly what we talked about in the locker room," Gilbert said. "We're probably outside the league race now, but I said that we can go on and do some special things in the state tournament. We have a lot of things between anow and then to improve on and get better. We can polish some of our sets, do some things to help alleviate some pressure from Carson, find some other secondary scorers. But big buckets by Ben tonight, Owen stuck a couple of threes in the first half, so we're getting there."

Mott improves to 16-1 overall, and 11-0 in the LVC with the win. At this point, it looks to be between the Corsairs and Walled Lake Central (15-3, 11-1) for the league. There'll be a love for winning the league in the air when Mott travels to play the Vikings on Valentine's Day. If that doesn't decide it, Milford takes on the Vikings in Walled Lake six days after that in the regular season finale.

"Ultimately, I talked to the boys about being 1-0," Jayson said. "That's all we've got to worry about. We can't worry about what happened before, we've got to take it one game at a time and prepare ourselves that way."

Milford’s Carson Lutz hit a 3-pointer in the last minute of regulation to force overtime, but Waterford Mott ultimately defeated the visiting Mavericks 50-47 to stay undefeated in Lakes Valley Conference play on Friday, Jan. 31, 2025.

BLOOMFIELD HILLS — Seemingly bound for overtime with fourth-ranked Orchard Lake St. Mary’s, junior Jacob Lamb helped Brother Rice avoid it with his game-winner underneath the basket as time expired to give the No. 3 Warriors a 66-64 victory Friday night.

Trailing by two after Lamb had split a pair of free throws with 32 seconds left, the ball in crunch time went into the hands of senior Isaiah Hines for the Eaglets at a time where they would have normally looked to their star player, Trey McKenney, who remains sidelined with a hand injury suffered in a Jan. 9 loss to IMG Academy.

Hines, though, proved capable in the clutch, as he drove to his right towards the baseline before pulling up and hitting a fallaway jumper over two defenders with just over 15 ticks to go to tie the game.

Brother Rice senior David Williams brought the ball up the floor quickly before meeting resistance and kicked it out to junior Greg Grays, whose 3-pointer from the right wing hit rim and bounced into the air as time ran under six seconds.

Then, as both teams volleyed for possession of the rebound in the paint, it appeared to briefly land in the hands of a St. Mary’s player, but Lamb rushed in from the opposite block, ripped the ball away, and put up an off-balance shot that left his hand with about nine-tenths of a second remaining that went in to win the game and prompt a court storming that engulfed Lamb.

“I mean, it was just everybody crashing, everybody getting to the basket,” said Lamb, who finished with eight points. “My teammates Jeremiah (Coffey) and Trevor (Smith) crashed to get in there, number two (for St. Mary’s) came down with it, but I crashed in there, and I took the ball right from him and put it back up. It’s an amazing feeling.”

His timely finish broke a five-game losing streak to the Eaglets (9-6), including ones that eliminated the Warriors from the playoffs the past two seasons and another in last year’s CHSL Bishop Championship game.

“That wasn’t our prettiest, but we found a way to get it done, and I’m really proud of our guys,” Warriors head coach Rick Palmer said after his team’s 11th win in a row. “They just battled all night. And credit to St. Mary’s, that’s why they’re defending state champs. We know who didn’t play, but their other guys — Sharod (Barnes) made four or five big shots, Zip (Hines) was unbelievable all night — they’re still a really good basketball team with six, seven, eight college athletes and five or six that are going to play college basketball, so we’re really excited we won, we’re playing the right way, and I thought our team basketball tonight worked.”

Regarding the play by Lamb, Palmer added, “We talk about being us, and being us is playing through the whistle through the horn. (Jacob) had two turnovers down the stretch, missed a free throw down the stretch, but Jacob’s maturing a lot as a young man. He couldn’t have made that play after making those mistakes a year ago … That’s just part of growing up and part of the maturity process, and we’ve got a lot of guys that are playing really mature.”

Both Grays and Williams already reached double figures by halftime, at which point Brother Rice led 31-27, but the Warriors began to cook behind that pair coming out of the lockers. Grays knocked down a triple and was fouled on a transition basket that helped the Warriors extend their lead to 16 points with over two minutes to go in the third and looked assuredly on course for victory by some margin.

The absence of McKenney, however, didn’t prevent the Eaglets from eventually striking back. They cut the lead to 11 by the start of the fourth quarter, which saw Barnes take over and score 13 of his team-high 23 points. He connected from the corner and was fouled in front of his team’s bench for a four-point play, then knocked down a step-back 3-pointer that made it a five-point game less than a minute later with 4:45 on the clock.

A conventional three-point play by Jayden Savoury got St. Mary’s to within three with just over three minutes left, then the Eaglets got it to within one when Barnes’ driving bucket dropped in with over a minute remaining, making it 63-62.

“I thought we were really getting in the lane and sharing the ball, but I thought we didn’t handle the end of the game well,” Palmer said. “Listen, they hit some bombs — that and-1 three by Sharod, Zip was good all night — and credit to them, they clawed back like a championship team does. The last minute-and-a-half, we were kind of stalling, kind of weren’t, we weren’t sharp with that, so we’ve got to go back and fix that. Honestly, surprisingly, in the stretch, we haven’t had that many tight games. We haven’t had a lot of guys who’ve played in these types of games, so I think we can grow from this.”

Photo gallery of Brother Rice vs. Orchard Lake St. Mary’s in CHSL boys hoops action

Williams and Grays each knocked down three 3-pointers and finished with 22 and 21 points, respectively.

"We just wanted to come out and win the game, and that's what we did," Grays said. "We prepared for it all week of practice. This was a big game for us. Our student section came out. They did what they're supposed to do and we had to win the game."

Senior Jeremiah Caffey added nine points, including seven in the third quarter, for the Warriors (14-1). Hines ended with 16 points and Savoury added 11 for St. Mary's.

Both teams will host Toledo-based CHSL opponents next. The Warriors get Central Catholic on Tuesday and St. Mary's takes on St. Francis De Sales on Jan. 31.

Lake Orion picked up a 65-46 victory at Birmingham Seaholm Wednesday night in an OAA White matchup originally scheduled for the night before.

Senior Zack Parks commandeered the scoring effort for the Dragons with 28 points. Nathan Giacolone finished with 13 and Ryan Rocheleau added a dozen for LO, also. Charlie Gorcyca had a team-high 17 points for Seaholm (1-12, 1-7) and Evertt Wertz added a dozen as well for the Maples.

With its sixth win in a row, Orion improves to 10-5 overall and 7-1 in the league, sitting just a half-game behind Oxford.

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WALLED LAKE CENTRAL 55, SOUTH LYON 41 >> The Vikings (11-3) made it nine in a row Tuesday night as senior Jake Nellett added to his double-double count with 17 points and 11 rebounds.

ROYAL OAK 43, BERKLEY 37 >> Senior Nick Hofmann, junior Yurem Patino and sophomore CJ Hairston all put up 10 points, and junior Sam Zeller added nine in Tuesday’s win by the Ravens (6-7, 4-5 OAA Blue).

NOVI 52, HOWELL 45 >> Aaron Lauer finished with 16 points and fellow senior Trey Tesorero added 10 to give the Wildcats (10-3, 5-1) their fourth win in a row Tuesday.

LAKELAND 44, WALLED LAKE WESTERN 37 >> Nsikan Usen finished with 14 points and nine rebounds, while Ethan Rowley added eight points as the Eagles (8-6, 5-4 LVC) got back in the win column Tuesday.

Girls Basketball

SOUTH LYON 73, WALLED LAKE CENTRAL 22 >> Senior Izzy Noe scored 22 points and racked up 11 assists, while the Lions also got double-digit scoring out of freshmen Elizabeth Minke (16) and Rylee Miller (13) to improve to 9-1 overall and 5-1 in the LVC on Tuesday.

ORCHARD LAKE ST. MARY’S 58, DEARBORN DIVINE CHILD 37 >> The Eaglets improved to 11-1 Tuesday as Stella Poota knocked down six 3-pointers to finish with a team-high 22 points. Reese Holton had 17 points and seven boards, while Allie Crighton added nine points and eight assists in the road win.

ROYAL OAK SHRINE 50, MADISON HEIGHTS BISHOP FOLEY 25 >> Tess Tillman’s double-double of 24 points and 13 boards helped Shrine to victory Tuesday night. Summer Smith added 10 points and six rebounds for the Knights (6-5).

MILFORD 38, CLIO 16 >> The Mavericks (7-3) stifled the visitors Tuesday night as Ashlyn Lutz scored a game-high 20 points and Maddie Cornett chipped in eight.

ROCHESTER 54, FRASER 43 >> Kiely Robinson paced the winners Tuesday with 24 points, giving the Falcons (7-3) their sixth consecutive win.

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BIRMINGHAM UNIFIED 5, FARMINGTON UNITED 0 >> Birmingham evened its record to 8-8 on the year Wednesday night behind a pair of goals from Will Bergesen, while Dylan Brand helped the Kings keep a shutout. Michael Beals made 37 saves for Farmington (6-11).

BROTHER RICE 9, PORT HURON NORTHERN 1 >> Drew Morphy scored the game’s first two goals Wednesday night, while Zach Staelgraeve racked up five assists for the Warriors (8-7-1).

Orchard Lake St. Mary’s rebounded from its first defeat of the season a week prior to defeat Farmington Hills Mercy 48-46 at home Tuesday evening.

Allie Crighton carried the scoring load with a game-high 23 points and added five assists and boards each in the Eaglets’ win.

Reese Holton approached a double-double with eight points and 11 boards and Jess Asmussen contributed eight points and five assists as well for St. Mary’s (8-1).

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ROCHETER 52, BIRMINGHAM GROVES 36 >> Alice Max and Kiely Robinson each had 15 points Tuesday for Rochester (5-3), putting Max less than 20 points away from the 1,000-point career milestone. Sophomore guard Harlem Simpson led all scorers with 18 points for Groves (2-7).

MILFORD 48, WATERFORD UNITED 26 >> The Mavericks (6-2) won on the road Tuesday night to jump back above .500 in LVC play. Ashlyn Lutz led the winning charge with 15 points, plus Taylor Vogel and Ryleigh Johnston added eight each for Milford.

BERKLEY 51, NORTH FARMINGTON 25 >> The Bears rebounded from a double-overtime loss to Avondale five days early to improve to 7-3 on the season.

CLARKSTON 51, FERNDALE 39 >> Brooklyn Convert scored 15 points, Elia Morgner had 12 and Bella Flavin had nine in Tuesday’s win for the Wolves (6-5).

SOUTH LYON 34, LAKELAND 31 >> Aubrin Miller scored a team-high 11 points but the Eagles (6-3, 4-1 LVC) dropped a close one on the road Tuesday to the Lions (8-1, 5-1).

ROYAL OAK 59, TROY 47 >> The Ravens (4-4) opened up OAA White play with a victory Tuesday night behind 22 points and nine rebounds from Maddie Lawrence. Lucy Freytag scored 14 points as well in the victory.

SOUTH LYON EAST 53, WALLED LAKE CENTRAL 17 >> The Cougars improved to 3-1 in LVC play Tuesday in part thanks to 12 points from Kaitlyn Therian and 11 by Nyla Lake. The Vikings fell to 0-11 on the year in the loss.

BIRMINGHAM SEAHOLM 49, BLOOMFIELD HILLS 41 >> The Maples improved to 8-2 on the year Tuesday as Addy Flynn had a team-best 17 points and Ella Koosis chipped in 13.

PONTIAC NOTRE DAME PREP 52, REDFORD UNION 15 >> Kaylyn Sowers grabbed a double-double of 19 points and 10 rebounds, while Ellie Whalen added nine points and a handful of boards in Tuesday’s win by the Irish (4-2).

LUTHERAN WESTLAND 49, SOUTHFIELD CHRISTIAN 18 >> Gabby Reis scored a team-high eight points for the Eagles, to fell to 5-3 on the road Tuesday night.

Boys Basketball

WATERFORD MOTT 60, WALLED LAKE WESTERN 47 >> The Corsairs improved to 11-1 on Tuesday as Koby Menyweathers broke the Corsairs’ all-time steals record of 139 previously held by Andrew Hovsepian. He finished with eight in the win over the Warriors (3-7), as well as a team-high 24 points.

FERNDALE 62, BIRMINGHAM GROVES 60 >> The Eagles (4-9, 3-3 OAA Red) held on to score a huge win at home Tuesday night. For the Falcons (9-3, 4-2), Josh Gibson netted 32 points and broke the program’s previous all-time scoring record (1,156 points).

TROY 71, ROCHESTER ADAMS 68 (OT) >> In the Colts’ victory Tuesday night, senior Mason Parker scored a game-high 31 points to become the program’s all-time leading scorer. Andrew Lake finished with 17 points and Leo Penoza also had 14 for Troy’s third win in a row.

MILFORD 60, WATERFORD KETTERING 35 >> Carson Lutz kept up his high-scoring campaign with 31 points Tuesday as the Mavs improved to 8-3 and 5-2 in the LVC.

SOUTHFIELD CHRISTIAN 73, ROEPER 38 >> Levi Taylor poured in 25 points and Marcus Staton added 13 points in Tuesday night’s road victory by the Eagles (10-1). Will Claypool scored a team-high 24 points for the Roughriders (4-5).

PONTIAC NOTRE DAME PREP 62, WALLED LAKE NORTHERN 53 >> Knights junior Jack Cooper led all scorers with 16 points, while the Irish improved to 4-4 on the season with Tuesday’s win.

NOVI 55, CANTON 47 >> Chase LeFevre scored 18 points and Aaron Lauer added 13 as the Wildcats won the fourth game in their last five and jumped to 8-3 on the year.

ROYAL OAK SHRINE 51, MARINE CITY CARDINAL MOONEY 35 >> The Knights (6-6) built up a 20-point lead at the half and held on for their fourth consecutive win Tuesday night.

ROCHESTER 44, ROYAL OAK 39 (OT) >> Luke Lower and Max Muhl each went for 15 points Tuesday night for the Falcons (8-4), who improved to 6-1 in the OAA Blue.

LAKELAND 45, SOUTH LYON 37 >> Usen Nsikan posted another double-double with 20 points and 10 rebounds for the Eagles (7-4, 4-2 LVC), who also got 11 points from Hayden Cross and nine from Ethan Row.

MADISON HEIGHTS LAMPHERE 46, BERKLEY 36 >> The Rams improved to 8-3 overall Monday night behind 13 points each from Jack Robinson and Mychael Foster, as well as 11 from Cameron Cross.

BLOOMFIELD HILLS 62, FERNDALE UNIVERSITY 40 >> Carter Canfield canned six 3-pointers and finished with 25 points Tuesday night for the Black Hawks (7-4), who also got 14 points each out of Daron Mason (12 boards) and Carter Hartfield (eight assists).