#TBT: Making Hoops History

October 9, 2014

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

With nearly 90 years of our own to recall, we enjoy history quite a bit at the Michigan High School Athletic Association. 

And we also enjoy when those who have been part of our events send us a souvenir like this 1939 Boys Basketball Regional program from March 9-11, 1939, at what became known as Western Michigan University. 

Regionals for Class A, C and D were played at the then-Western State Teachers College, with Kalamazoo St. Augustine, Watervliet and Burr Oak emerging as champions, respectively. 

Also participating were Battle Creek, Holland, Benton Harbor and Kalamazoo Central in Class A; Bangor, Decatur, Eau Claire, Constantine and Kellogg in Class C; and Augusta and St. Joseph Catholic in Class D. 

Of note:

  • The cover of the program included a list of Regional champions at the site dating to 1920. The MHSAA began in 1925 from a previous body.

  • "Rules Changes to Watch" listed on the inside pages included the lane violation and a rule for overtime in which the first team scoring two points was declared the winner. 

  • The back cover showed an artist's sketch of the football/track and field and baseball stadiums then under construction at a cost of $270,000. 

Below is the inside pages in full, including filled-in brackets for all three tournaments. 

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March 23, 2023

Join Lorne Plant, TJ Kelley and Scott Burnstein for the final episode this season of STATE CHAMPS! Hangtime.

0:00 – Open
0:47 – Port Huron Northern’s Tyler Jamison is Mr. Basketball
7:20 – Games on the SC! Network Recap
8:36 – Ferndale
8:59- Grand Rapids South Christian
9:52 – Orchard Lake St. Mary’s
14:46 - BCAM Chalk Talk with Cardinal Mooney Head Coach Mike McAndrews
19:34 – Division 4 Semifinal preview
20:59 – Division 3 Semifinal preview
24:10 - Division 2 Semifinal preview
26:55 - Division 1 Semifinal preview
30:02 – Final Predictions
31:19 - Close