Okay, I decided to do this thing but it will be much different than the football blog. It will be a true blog providing opinion and insight on the teams throughout the league.
Don't look for coverage or scores unless people are willing to provide it. If I attend a game I will try and write something.
I would be willing to do stats if people will cooperate and provide me with them but I will not give incomplete stats.
Look for Huron League Thoughts and Questions every Sunday, Stars of the Week will look to run on Wednesdays and I will try and give a preview of a big game on the schedule a couple nights before teams play.
I will need help from people if they would like this thing to be as successful as the football blog was. My email can be found on my profile.
Don't look for much this week as I am coaching five games in six days this week.
Just an FYI, I will only be covering the boys.
Monday, November 30, 2009
Friday, November 27, 2009
Basketball Blog to End
After much consideration it is with great regret that I won't have a basketball blog covering the Huron League. While the Huron League Football Blog was a big success (over 100,000 visitors), I just don't have the time to do a basketball blog to the best of my abilities. The football blog seemed like a natural because games are played once a week and I usually attend one game a week. Basketball would take way too much time to cover the way I would like.
During the winter months I will be spending time developing what will end up being a website devoted to the Huron League that will include all sports. Look for this site to launch August 1, 2010. That site will include coverage of every Huron League school including High School and Middle School athletics. The site will attempt to cover many of the things that the traditional media outlets neglect. Coverage will include stats, video, pictures, features, school pages and coaching insight.
Please visit my prototype: http://www.huronleague.webs.com/
During the winter months I will be spending time developing what will end up being a website devoted to the Huron League that will include all sports. Look for this site to launch August 1, 2010. That site will include coverage of every Huron League school including High School and Middle School athletics. The site will attempt to cover many of the things that the traditional media outlets neglect. Coverage will include stats, video, pictures, features, school pages and coaching insight.
Please visit my prototype: http://www.huronleague.webs.com/
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Scrimmages
Please let me know of any scrimmages that may be going on this week or over the holiday weekend. I'm sure there have been some scrimmages already but I would like to let everybody know when the others are going on.
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
80's All Decade Team
Tim Rybicki Riverview 1983: Rybicki led the Pirates for 3 straight years and was a two time All Huron League player. At 6'3" Rybicki was a do everything guard type who led some of the best teams in Riverview history. Rybicki was a Class B All Stater his senior year. Rybicki went on to have a good college career while playing basketball in Arkansas.
John Vandecaveye Monroe CC 1985: Vandecaveye was a 4 year varsity player for Ray Lauwers and led the Falcons to 3 straight Huron league titles. This slick 6'2" point guard could do it all for the Falcons but scoring was what he did best with a career average of 15.9 points including a 21.5 clip his senior year. Vandecaveye was a 1st Team Class B All Stater his senior year and played his college ball at the University of Toledo.
Dave Clum Flat Rock 1986: Clum was a 6'8" center on some of the great Flat Rock teams of the mid 80's. Clum scored more than 800 points in his 2 1/2 year varsity career but was more known for his rebounding abilities that allowed him to set a Flat Rock rebounding record his senior year with 336 which was a 14 rebound per game average. Clum went on to play basketball at Eastern Michigan University and was a starter on the Hurons Mid American Champion team that lost in the first round of the NCAA tournament.
Andy Mangin Flat Rock 1987: Mangin is considered one of the best point guards in Huron League history. The 5'10" playmaker scored 1,395 points in his career which amounts to an 18.2 scoring average. Many of Mangin's baskets were from long range but he never benefitted from the three point line which was adopted by the MHSAA in 1988. Mangin had a 3 1/2 record on varsity of 62-16. Mangin was a two time Class C 1st Team All Stater and went on to be a four year starter at Alma College and still ranks as one of their all time leading scorers.
Chris Boller Carlson 1989: Boller was a 6'9" swingman who scored over 1,180 points in his career. Although Boller was the tallest man in the Huron League he was capable of bringing the ball up the floor and shooting three pointers. His senior year his team was one of the tallest in Huron League history with 3 of the other 4 starters being 6'4" or taller. Boller was the 1989 Huron League Player of the Year when he averaged 19.5 points per game and led his team to the 1989 league championship. Boller went on to be a 4 year Division I basketball player in Louisiana.
Ray Lauwers Monroe CC: Lauwers won six Huron League Titles in the 1980's and had a mind boggling 169-57 record over the ten year period. His 1980 team won 20 games while his 1985 team led by John Vandecaveye won 21 games. If that was not good enough his 1986 and 1987 teams won 19 games each following Vandecaveye's graduation in 1985.
I'm hoping all my facts are straight on these guys. I did the best I could. Obviously there were some other great players. I was fortunate enough to be a player in the Huron League when four of these guys played. I was a teammate of two of them and had to defend two others personally. Please feel free to throw some other names out there as there were many great players in the 1980's.
Other players that were considered: Dave Suemenick (FR), Steve Applin (MCC), Greg Baker (A), Dan Bondy (A), Randy Windham (J), Don Tuttle (C), Randy Roland (H), Larry Markey (MCC) Joe Skaiger (GI), Doug Lipford (MCC) Mark Vollmer (R), Chuck Collert (A), and Coach Dennis Sluder (FR).
John Vandecaveye Monroe CC 1985: Vandecaveye was a 4 year varsity player for Ray Lauwers and led the Falcons to 3 straight Huron league titles. This slick 6'2" point guard could do it all for the Falcons but scoring was what he did best with a career average of 15.9 points including a 21.5 clip his senior year. Vandecaveye was a 1st Team Class B All Stater his senior year and played his college ball at the University of Toledo.
Dave Clum Flat Rock 1986: Clum was a 6'8" center on some of the great Flat Rock teams of the mid 80's. Clum scored more than 800 points in his 2 1/2 year varsity career but was more known for his rebounding abilities that allowed him to set a Flat Rock rebounding record his senior year with 336 which was a 14 rebound per game average. Clum went on to play basketball at Eastern Michigan University and was a starter on the Hurons Mid American Champion team that lost in the first round of the NCAA tournament.
Andy Mangin Flat Rock 1987: Mangin is considered one of the best point guards in Huron League history. The 5'10" playmaker scored 1,395 points in his career which amounts to an 18.2 scoring average. Many of Mangin's baskets were from long range but he never benefitted from the three point line which was adopted by the MHSAA in 1988. Mangin had a 3 1/2 record on varsity of 62-16. Mangin was a two time Class C 1st Team All Stater and went on to be a four year starter at Alma College and still ranks as one of their all time leading scorers.
Chris Boller Carlson 1989: Boller was a 6'9" swingman who scored over 1,180 points in his career. Although Boller was the tallest man in the Huron League he was capable of bringing the ball up the floor and shooting three pointers. His senior year his team was one of the tallest in Huron League history with 3 of the other 4 starters being 6'4" or taller. Boller was the 1989 Huron League Player of the Year when he averaged 19.5 points per game and led his team to the 1989 league championship. Boller went on to be a 4 year Division I basketball player in Louisiana.
Ray Lauwers Monroe CC: Lauwers won six Huron League Titles in the 1980's and had a mind boggling 169-57 record over the ten year period. His 1980 team won 20 games while his 1985 team led by John Vandecaveye won 21 games. If that was not good enough his 1986 and 1987 teams won 19 games each following Vandecaveye's graduation in 1985.
I'm hoping all my facts are straight on these guys. I did the best I could. Obviously there were some other great players. I was fortunate enough to be a player in the Huron League when four of these guys played. I was a teammate of two of them and had to defend two others personally. Please feel free to throw some other names out there as there were many great players in the 1980's.
Other players that were considered: Dave Suemenick (FR), Steve Applin (MCC), Greg Baker (A), Dan Bondy (A), Randy Windham (J), Don Tuttle (C), Randy Roland (H), Larry Markey (MCC) Joe Skaiger (GI), Doug Lipford (MCC) Mark Vollmer (R), Chuck Collert (A), and Coach Dennis Sluder (FR).
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
All Decade Teams
Look for the All Decade teams from the Huron League over the next week. I am still taking nominations but have things pretty far along.
I have been working on the 70's team and have some great candidates but could use some nominations from Grosse Ile and Tecumseh. Please free to email those over along with any pertinent information.
I have been working on the 70's team and have some great candidates but could use some nominations from Grosse Ile and Tecumseh. Please free to email those over along with any pertinent information.
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Practice Starts Monday
Basketball practice starts around the league and state tomorrow. Each team will begin practice tomorrow with the hopes of claiming a league championship.
SMCC, Jefferson and Milan are all opening the season with new head coaches. Randy Windham of SMCC has the biggest shoes to fill by replacing the legendary Ray Lauwers. Most people around the league seem to think that Windham will do an excellent job at SMCC. In early season fan polling the Falcons have been tabbed as the team to beat.
Huron returns a solid core of veterans and the Chiefs hope to defend their Huron League title behind third year head coach Jim Kalbfleisch.
Flat Rock returns the reigning player of the year in point guard Andrew Scarton and figure to have a say in who wins the league.. The Rams also return to valuable pieces to their squad in Joe Conner and Robbie Kobylasz.
Riverview is another team that returns a group of veterans and the Pirates made sure they played their usual tough summer schedule that always prepares them for the Huron League.
Airport and Grosse Ile figure to be improved this year and both teams should have solid guard play this winter.
Look for a handful of posts from this blog each week in an attempt to add a little something extra to the season.
SMCC, Jefferson and Milan are all opening the season with new head coaches. Randy Windham of SMCC has the biggest shoes to fill by replacing the legendary Ray Lauwers. Most people around the league seem to think that Windham will do an excellent job at SMCC. In early season fan polling the Falcons have been tabbed as the team to beat.
Huron returns a solid core of veterans and the Chiefs hope to defend their Huron League title behind third year head coach Jim Kalbfleisch.
Flat Rock returns the reigning player of the year in point guard Andrew Scarton and figure to have a say in who wins the league.. The Rams also return to valuable pieces to their squad in Joe Conner and Robbie Kobylasz.
Riverview is another team that returns a group of veterans and the Pirates made sure they played their usual tough summer schedule that always prepares them for the Huron League.
Airport and Grosse Ile figure to be improved this year and both teams should have solid guard play this winter.
Look for a handful of posts from this blog each week in an attempt to add a little something extra to the season.
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Hey Folks
Hopefully the basketball blog will be as well received as the football blog was. Let's remember a few things here though. Let's not turn this into an mlive thing where people just trash others. This is meant to be a fan site and we need to keep things friendly. That doesn't mean we shouldn't be critical but we need to be repectful as well. Have fun all and remember keep it clean the Blog Master is watching.
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