Flashback: Chris Coles Sinks 'The Shot'
June 28, 2016
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
A 54-foot rainbow launched by Chris Coles at the buzzer of the 1986 Class B Boys Basketball Final is still remembered as "The Shot" in MHSAA history and is available to see again as the kickoff to this summer's MHSAA.tv "80's Finals Flashback" series.
Coles' long-distance 3-pointer gave Saginaw Buena Vista a 33-32 win over reigning champion Flint Beecher in a rematch of the 1985 double overtime championship game thriller won by the Bucs.
Tied at 31 with three seconds to play, Beecher sophomore Ernest Steward hit the first shot of a one-and-one situation to put the Bucs on top, 32-31. Stewart missed on the second attempt, allowing the Knights' Michael Jackson to grab the rebound and pass to Coles. The shot was Coles’ first attempt of the second half, and the senior’s only points in the contest. Shoun Randolph led the Knights in scoring with 19 points. Ricky Jackson paced Beecher with 18.
Click MHSAA.tv to watch the game in full, and check back every week for another 1980s classic.
Today in the MHSAA: 10/17/24
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
October 17, 2024
1. BOYS SOCCER No. 8 Bay City John Glenn claimed its first District championship in soccer with a 3-0 win over Ludington in Division 2 – WNEM
2. BOYS SOCCER Montague claimed its first District title in this sport, downing Fremont 1-0 in Division 3 – CatchMark SportsNet
3. BOYS SOCCER Top-ranked Pontiac Notre Dame Prep clinched a Division 3 District title with a shootout win over No. 5 Detroit Country Day – Oakland Press
4. BOYS SOCCER Detroit Catholic Central also won by shootout over No. 2 Northville in a Division 1 District Final – Hometown Life
5. BOYS SOCCER No. 7 Grosse Ile ran its District championship streak to 16 with a 4-1 win over No. 8 Milan in Division 3 – Southgate News-Herald
6. CROSS COUNTRY Shepherd swept Jack Pine Conference titles, the girls winning their 15th consecutive; Shepherd’s boys are ranked No. 9 in Lower Peninsula Division 2 – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun
7. VOLLEYBALL Division 1 honorable mention Traverse City Central clinched its third-straight Big North Conference title with a sweep of Alpena – Traverse City Record-Eagle
8. BOYS SOCCER Grand Haven claimed a fourth-straight District title with a 1-0 win over Jenison in Division 1 – Grand Haven Tribune
9. CROSS COUNTRY The LPD1 No. 14 Midland Dow girls and Midland boys ran to Saginaw Valley League championships – Midland Daily News
10. CROSS COUNTRY The LPD2 No. 2 Zeeland East girls and No. 3 Holland Christian boys secured Ottawa-Kent Conference Black championships – Holland Sentinel