KING
Champs continue journey
By Natosha Dozier | February 28, 2016Out of more than 15,000 high school football teams, King is ranked No. 56 in the nation by MaxPreps.
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.
By Joi Arnold and Kaelyn CollinsStaff Writers The CT Visionary staff was present when Detroit-area athletes signed their National Letters of Intent on Feb.
On Feb. 3, King High School senior standout LaVert Hill announced he was signing a National Letter of Intent to play football at the University of Michigan. The CT Visionary's Rassoull James interviewed Hill in November, following the PAL championship.
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By James Ceasar Voice of the Ville Friday the 13th is a day that East English Village Preparatory Academy basketball players, Kamari Newman, Chris Rollins and Jaylin McFadden will never forget, but not because it was unlucky. That was the day the three student athletes committed to their respective universities. EEV’s basketball team is known for producing great prospects and sending players to the next level, but these three are the cream of the crop.
By Taylor Gribble RHS Stentor On Nov.12, Renaissance hosted its annual powder puff game, during which the roles were reversed and the boys cheered and coached from the sidelines as the girls played a heated game consisting of 10-minute halves. As a tradition, the freshmen competed against the juniors and the sophomores competed against the seniors.
[media-credit name="Crusaders' Chronicle" align="alignnone" width="717"][/media-credit] By Autisha Baldwin, Destini Clark and Diamond Bowers-Curtis Crusaders’ Chronicle The Martin Luther King Jr.
By Shanika Kelly and Emier Metcalf The Cody Connection Go to a Comet’s football game and you might see Cody alum Marc Bland on the sideline cheering for the team. “And when I attend, I get right down on the sidelines; I don’t mess around,” said Bland, who supports Cody on and off the field. Lately Bland has been working with others fighting to reinstate Cody’s football coaches, who are still suspended after an Oct.
By Dervon Thompson CT Visionary This year marks a clean slate for the boys’ basketball team at Cass Tech.
By Sydneah Burnett RHS Stentor As the season draws to a close in early November, the Renaissance boys soccer team took time to celebrate their success.
