Don't Miss These Buzzer Beaters
December 17, 2014
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
The first full week of girls and boys basketball this season netted 27 games broadcast on MHSAA.tv – and a series of last-second heroics only hoops can provide.
Check out those buzzer beaters below, and go to MHSAA.tv to watch any of the games listed, in full.
Girls Basketball
- Escanaba vs. Sault Ste. Marie
- Lincoln Alcona vs. Alpena
- Comstock Park vs. East Grand Rapids
- Posen vs. Whittemore-Prescott
- Calumet vs. Iron River West Iron County
- Midland vs. Mount Pleasant
- Mackinaw City vs. Boyne Falls
- Rogers City vs. Posen
- Hillman vs. Atlanta
- Watervliet vs. Bangor
- Haslett vs. Mason
Boys Basketball
- Rogers City vs. Hale
- Mackinaw City vs. Pellston
- East Kentwood vs. Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern
- Escanaba vs. Negaunee
- Plainwell vs. Portage Northern
- Posen vs. Rogers City
- Mancelona vs. Lake City
- Chesaning vs. Montrose
- Haslett vs. Mason
- Watervliet vs. Bangor
- Mount Pleasant vs. Midland
- Gibraltar Carlson vs. Riverview
- Escanaba vs. Kingsford
- Hemlock vs. Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary
- Clare vs. Gladwin
- Coloma vs. Dowagiac
Flashback 100: James Earl Jones, Dickson High Hoops to Hollywood Legend
September 13, 2024
Known for his roles in "Field of Dreams," "The Sandlot," "Star Wars," and several more, James Earl Jones graduated from Dickson High School in Brethren in 1949. During his senior year, he served as his class' vice president and wore number 27 on the varsity basketball team. He died on Sept. 9, at the age of 93.
Jones was born in Arkabutla, Miss., in 1931 and later moved to live with his grandparents in Dublin, Mich. After Dickson High School, Jones graduated from the University of Michigan – and he leant his iconic voice to the Wolverines years later for the hype video played before each home football game (watch here).
There is a life-sized bronze statue of Jones and his mentor, Donald Crouch, in Brethren. Jones struggled with a stutter and, with Crouch's help, overcame it and went on to a well-documented acting career. Jones won an Academy Award in 2011, Emmy Awards in 1990, 1991, and 2000, a Golden Globe Award in 1970, a Grammy Award in 1977, and Tony Awards in 1969, 1987 and 2017.
Dickson High School consolidated with Kaleva and Norman High Schools in 1964 into what is now Brethren High School.
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PHOTOS James Earl Jones is pictured alone and with his basketball teammates at Brethren Dickson. (Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.)