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GENERAL
ADMISSION Unbeaten Phoenix fall to Huron
By Mike Larson head coach Waleed Samaha lead at the half. Ypsilanti was
A2 Journal said the game was much closer never really able to get back
than it seemed. within striking distance.
Goliath lives. “A lot of people will look at “It was an important game
Despite a valiant effort by the the score and think we domi- for us,” Huron’s A.J. Mathew
Ypsilanti Phoenix, there was no nated, but I’ll tell you, we had said. “We knew we had to come
slaying of the giant. a fit against their defense,” out strong, and we did.”
On Tuesday night, in front of Samaha said. “They play some Huron was led by Dante
an estimated crowd of around great defense. Best defense Williams with 19 points, while
1,200, last year’s Class A state we’ve seen all year.” Mike Lewis added 14 and
MIKE LARSON runner up, Ann Arbor Huron, The game was close in the Mathew added 12.
stormed into Ypsilanti and first quarter as Ypsilanti The majority of Ypsilanti’s
handed the Phoenix its first jumped out to a quick 9-4 lead. scoring came from Mamadou
Little loss.
Despite coming into the
game with a 14-0 record,
However, Huron rebounded
before the end of the frame,
taking an 18-13 lead at the end
Ba, Aaerion Allen and Tristan
Simmons, who all scored 15.
“It’s a tough loss,” Allen said.
bro?
Ypsilanti was considered the of the first. “This isn’t what we wanted to
underdog in this game. In the second quarter, Huron happen, but Huron is a good
And the River Rats showed went on an 11-0 run, holding team. We just have to go back to
the packed gym why, winning the Phoenix scoreless for over the gym and keep on working.”
Heck
the Southeastern Conference two minutes. Mike Larson can be reached Photo by Jonathan Knight/A2 JOURNAL
crossover 73-53. That run proved to be a turn- by email at Mlarson@A2Journal. Huron’s Jeff Hugan is guarded closely by Ypsilanti’s Derrick
Despite the big win, Huron ing point, as Huron took a 39-23 com. Richardson on Tuesday. Huron won the game 73-53.
Skyline sweep
no “Sometimes you get your lit-
tle brother excited when you are
playing basketball and stuff. Let
him get the lead, then you just
come back and take it back.”
Those words were infamously
uttered by former University of
Michigan running back Mike
Hart after a come-from-behind
victory over Michigan State in
November of 2007.
Hart sat smugly answering
questions, doing his best to
politely rub salt in the wounds
of the Spartans. Eagles shock SEC with
back-to-back wins over
After all, Michigan was the
better team and the better pro-
gram. In Hart’s mind, the best
team won.
But what happens when “lit-
tle brother” steps up and socks
Dexter and Pioneer
you in the mouth?
Ask the Skyline boys’ basket- By Mike Larson The shot never even drew
ball team, because this season’s A2 Journal
iron, but fell in the hopeful
Eagles’ squad has a lot in com- hands of Mann.
mon with those Spartans of Skyline’s Jarrius Mann has
He banked the ball off the
2007. a way of coming through at
glass and into the basket just
The Skyline basketball team the end of games.
as the buzzer sounded, giving
was supposed to be a doormat Last season, in a district
Skyline the 54-52 win.
this season. game against Tecumseh,
“Jarrius has a knack for
They were supposed to be Mann nailed two free throws
hitting shots at the end of the
the “little brother” of the at the end of regulation to tie
game,” Skyline coach Mike
Southeastern Conference. the game and send it to over-
Lovelace said. “He just really
They were supposed to be the time.
came through for us.”
team that everyone destroyed. Skyline later won.
The game was close most
The team that everyone On Friday night, Mann
of the way through, although
played and then afterwards, the came through again for
Pioneer was handicapped with
winning team’s coach would Skyline (7-7, 6-4) in a thrill-
the loss of several players due
talk about how good they were ing win over cross-town rival
to illness and academic eligi-
going to be in the future. Pioneer (10-4, 4-3).
bility issues.
Skyline was supposed to play With just four seconds left in
Pioneer’s Jeremiah Strode,
the role of the little brother, get- the game, the two Ann Arbor
Darien Hill and JaKorey Davis
ting waxed like a Corolla in the schools were tied at 52-52.
all sat the game out.
family driveway by the more Skyline’s Jack Clark
“We knew they were miss-
talented, more experienced, and inbounded the ball to team-
ing some of their best play-
slightly condescending older mate Theron Wilson, who
ers,” Mann said. “So we really
brothers. drove and put the ball up
But that’s not how things toward the basket. PLEASE SEE SKYLINE/2-B
have unfolded.
Let’s get one thing straight.
Skyline might have the young-
est team in the league, but
the team has proved it isn’t
anyone’s “little brother.”
This is Skyline’s first season
playing in the competitive SEC
Red Division.
In its third year as a school,
Skyline has just freshman,
sophomores and juniors.
Every other team in the
league is made up of exclusively
juniors and seniors.
“Yeah, I think you could look
at it as a disadvantage,” Skyline Photo by Jonathan Knight/A2 JOURNAL
head coach Mike Lovelace said. Skyline’s Jordan Woods, above, goes up for a dunk against Pioneer on Friday while the
“But we never really focused on Skyline fans, right, celebrate. The Eagles defeated the Pioneers in a 54-52 shocker.
that. We lack size and strength,
we know that, but we also have