Highlight Reel: Class D Semifinals
March 19, 2015
By John Johnson
MHSAA communications director
Pittsford and St. Ignace advanced to Saturday's MHSAA Class D Final with Semifinal wins Thursday at the Breslin Center.
Click below for highlights from both games and all four teams that took the floor.
Pittsford 57, Waterford Our Lady 26
Clark On The Break - Maddie Clark posted double-double for Pittsford in its Class D Semifinal win over Waterford Our Lady. Here she gets a basket on a fast break. Pittsford won as Clark got 26 points and 15 rebounds.
Tiffany Tops For Lakers - Tiffany Senerius led Waterford Our Lady in scoring against Pittsford in a Class D Semifinal with 10 points, three coming on this long bomb.
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St. Ignace 59, Frankfort 50
Kelly Fronts Frankfort - Frankfort jumped out to an early first-half lead against St. Ignace. Here's Mackenna Kelly, who led the Panthers with 18 points, scoring on a fast break. St. Ignace rallied in the second half to advance to the Class D Final.
Brown Downtown 7X - St. Ignace came all the way back in the second half against Frankfort, with Margo Brown hitting 6 of her 7 3-point shots in the last two periods, including this one to tie the game at the end of the third quarter.
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PHOTO: St. Ignace's Jade Edelman looks for an open teammate with Frankfort's Anna Hunt (22) defending.
Be the Referee: Goaltending
January 23, 2020
This week, MHSAA assistant director Brent Rice clears up misconceptions concerning backboards and basketball goaltending.
Be The Referee is a series of short messages designed to help educate people on the rules of different sports, to help them better understand the art of officiating, and to recruit officials.
Below is this week's segment - Goaltending - Listen
One of the most misunderstood rules in basketball has to do with the backboard and goaltending.
Simply put, the backboard has nothing to do with goaltending. Goaltending is contacting the ball on its downward flight, with a chance to go in, while above the cylinder. On most layups, the ball is still going up after contacting the backboard. It’s legal to pin the ball against the backboard if it’s still on the way up and not in the cylinder above the basket. Slapping the backboard is neither basket interference nor goaltending. A technical may be assessed when a player strikes the backboard so forcefully it cannot be ignored, but simply slapping the backboard in an attempt to block a shot is neither a violation nor a technical foul.
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Nov. 28: More Injury Time - Listen
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Oct. 24: Automatic 1st Downs - Listen
Oct. 17: Catch Momentum - Listen
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Oct. 3: No Tackle Box - Listen
Sept. 26: You Make the Overtime Call - Listen
Sept. 19: Swimming Finishing Touch - Listen
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