FIVE FOR FIGHTING — The Top 5 Dan Fife Clarkston Hoopsters (1983-2018) 1 Foster Loyer (Class of 2018) — One of the greatest floor generals and lead guards in state history, brought C-Town to the promised land 2 Dane Fife (Class of 1998) — Did it all and made it look easy, toughness, intelligence and timeliness personified baseline […]

Clarkston’s Dan Fife will be a Michigan sports icon forever. He was an even better human being and the teams he coached became the standard-bearers for class, character and fundamentals in MHSAA basketball for the better part of four decades. The legendary hoops coach, former MLB pitcher and University of Michigan basketball captain died at 74 this […]

Detroit Catholic Central senior basketball star T. J. Nadeau, a versatile Catholic League vet and upside special with few equals in the D’s Class of ’24, committed to play his college hoops at the University of Detroit-Mercy this week, deciding to stay home to help new Titans coach Mark Montgomery, an esteemed CHSL backcourt alum himself, build the UDM […]

FIVE FOR FIGHTING — Burney’s Top 5 Candidates For Warren DLS Boys BBall Head Coaching Vacancy 1 Josh Baker — Former University of Alabama assistant and the architect of the small-school state-championship dynasty at Southfield Christian in the 2010s was an assistant at Birmingham Brother Rice in ’24 and finalist for the CC opening last […]

*Crafted by Scott Burnstein* On the heels of a great senior season that ended at the Breslin Center in East Lansing in the MHSAA D2 state basketball finals, Grand Rapids Christian’s Nate Johnson committed to U-D Mercy this week, giving brand new Titans head coach Mark Montgomery, his first in-state recruiting grab. The silky-smooth, versatile and deadly efficient […]