CMA senior John Phillips III recently played in the Horatio Williams Foundation Second Chance Basketball Games. This event took place April 9 from at the Detroit Edison Public Academy.
The Sound Mind, Sound Body Football Camp was created in 2004 to increase the number of football student-athletes graduating high school and earning college scholarships in the Metro Detroit community. “Sound Mind, Sound Body helps players and their futures.
Using M.Live.com, fans voted senior Micaela Kelly, a shooting guard, Michigan’s Class A girls’ basketball Most Valuable Player.
The Michigan Office Solutions, a Xerox Co., sponsored the Detroit Red Wings Annual High School Journalism Day at Joe Louis Arena.
All records are meant to be broken as the saying goes. Some records tend to seem unbreakable because of how far they seem to be. Through the excellent coaching of Frederick Douglass English teacher Nathan Tedford and dean of students Saleem Shaheed, the school has broken its own records in over five different categories.
Coaching is not just a job; it’s a gift where you can touch the life of a teen. Baseball head coach Norman Taylor has dedicated 26 years of his life to coaching.
Isaiah Griffith, an East English Village Preparatory Academy track star, has many accomplishments.
Senior Night is a big deal because it’s the last home game of the season. Seniors are congratulated for their years of dedication and given roses to present to their parents.
After six years of losses, King’s boys’ basketball team broke the streak with a win against Cass Tech.
On Jan. 25, King’s championship varsity football team went to the Forgotten Harvest food pantry to lend a helping hand.
Out of more than 15,000 high school football teams, King is ranked No. 56 in the nation by MaxPreps.
There comes a day in every football athlete’s life when he decides which college he wants to play for.
The Lady Phoenix beat the Mustangs of Mumford, 81-57, on Feb. 8, giving them a chance to face the King Crusaders in the PSL finals.
The Loyola Bulldogs basketball team has been on fire. Sophomore point guard Pierre Mitchell is on track for a single season assist record, and Loyola is currently 80 in the Catholic AA league before the playoffs began Feb.
Entering his fourth season, head boys basketball coach Juan Rickman is one of the most respected coaches at East English Village Preparatory Academy.
The Frederick Douglass Hurricanes have a long basketball history, with three district championships and one city championship in the last five years, and they came within a three-point shot from winning the district championship last year. Redemption could be right around the corner.
Douglass senior and varsity quarterback Elijah Juan Pearcy will play fooball at Trinity Bible college in North Dakota in the fall.
In the late afternoon of Feb. 4, Gabriela Gonzales stood in front of the mirror, exhaling. Her fingers diving, one in front of the other, creating one long braid down her back. Aside from her, Le’Reatha Burrell paced back and forth as gospel singer Smokie Norful rang through her ears.
The NBA All-Star game, held on Feb. 14 in Toronto, marked a big opportunity for the Detroit Pistons’ Andre Drummond.
In early 2015, when heavily recruited running back Michael Weber found himself in the middle of a major decision -- whether to attend college and play football at the University of Michigan or the Ohio State University, he remembered words of wisdom Cass Tech football head coach Thomas Wilcher passed on to him. “Coach Wilcher is just a caring guy that wants to see his players win at life,” said Weber, who selected the Buckeyes.
