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BOYS BASKETBALL: Final Top 25 Rankings of the Year! Williamston finishes #1
If that past three months forecast what the next three weeks behold then buckle up and grab and your hat. #1 Williamston ends the season as the top team in Division 2, #3 Orchard Lake St. Mary’s is #1 in Division 1, and #12 Beecher holds #1 in Division 3. State Champs’ season ending Top 25 and who these teams face in their District playoff:
FINAL RANKINGS:
1. Williamston (20-0)
Last Ranking: 1
How they fared: Idle
What’s up next: District 51- March 9th @ Fowlerville vs. the Pinckney/Stockbridge winner
2. Grand Rapids Catholic Central (19-1)
Last Ranking: 2
How they fared: Idle
What’s coming up: District 43- March 9th @ Grand Rapids West Catholic vs. the Forest Hills Eastern/Allendale winner
3. Orchard Lake St. Mary’s (16-4)
Last Ranking: 4
How they fared: Win vs. then #3 Detroit King in the Operation Friendship Game @ Calihan Hall
What’s up next: District 28- March 9th @ West Bloomfield vs. the Bloomfield Hills/West Bloomfield winner
4. Detroit Martin Luther King, Jr. (18-2)
Last Ranking: 3
How they fared: Loss vs. then #4 Orchard Lake St. Mary’s in Operation Friendship at Calihan Hall
What’s up next: District 24- March 9th @ Detroit East English Village vs. Melvindale
5. Ferndale (16-3)
Last Ranking: 6
How they fared: Win on March 3 @ Clarkston
What’s up next: District 58- March 9th @ Detroit Country Day vs. the Ferndale University/Jalen Rose Academy winner
6. Grand Rapids Northview (19-1)
Last Ranking: 7
How they fared: Idle
What’s up next: District 9- March 7th @ Forest Hills Central vs. Lowell
7. The University of Detroit-Jesuit (14-5)
Last Ranking: 8
How they fared: Win on March 3 vs. #Warren Collegiate
What’s up next: District 26- March 9th @ Royal Oak vs. the Royal Oak/Detroit Renaissance winner
8. Detroit Catholic Central (12-8)
Last Ranking: 9
How they fared: Win on March 4 vs. then #T24 Detroit Western at Calihan Hall in Operation Friendship
What’s up next: District 7- March 9th @ Walled Lake Western vs. the White Lake Lakeland/Walled Lake Western winner
9. North Farmington (16-3)
Last Ranking: 11
How they fared: Win on March 3rd vs. then #19 Oak Park
What’s up next: District 27- March 9th @ North Farmington vs. Redford Thurston
10. Muskegon (18-2)
Last Ranking: 12
How they fared: Idle
What’s up next: District 10- March 9th @ Muskegon vs. Muskegon Mona Shores/Kenowa Hills winner
11. Grand Blanc (14-5)
Last Ranking: 13
How they fared: Win on March 3rd vs. then #5 Beecher
What’s up next: District 4- March 9th @ Davison vs. Lapeer
12. Beecher (17-2)
Last Ranking: 5
How they fared: Loss on March 3 @ then #13 Grand Blanc
What’s up next: District 93- March 9th @ New Flint Standard Academy vs. the New Lothrop/Vassar winner
13. Hamtramck (16-3)
Last Ranking: 14
How they fared: Idle
What’s up next: District 25- March 9th @ Hamtramck vs. Grosse Pointe North
14. Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice (14-6)
Last Ranking: 15
How they fared: Win on March 4 @ Macomb Dakota
What’s up next: District 28- March 9th @ West Bloomfield vs. the Birmingham Groves/Birmingham Seaholm winner
15. Romulus Summit North Academy (17-2)
Last Ranking: 16
How they fared: Idle
What’s up next: District 54- March 9th @ Romulus Summit North Academy vs. New Boston Huron
16. Detroit Cass Tech (16-3)
Last Ranking: 17
How they fared: Win on March 3rd @ Flint Hamady
What up next: District 24- March 9th @ Detroit East English Village vs. the Detroit Western/River Rouge winner
17. Hudsonville Unity Christian (20-0)
Last Ranking: 18
How they fared: Win on March 3rd @ Zeeland West
What’s up next: District 43- March 9th @ Grand Rapids West Catholic vs. the Wyoming Lee/Grand Rapids West Catholic winner
18. Warren De La Salle (13-7)
Last Ranking: 10
How they fared: Loss on March 4 @ Detroit Renaissance
What’s up next: District 29- March 9th @ Troy vs. the Warren Mott/Warren Woods Tower winner
19. Oak Park (14-5)
Last Ranking: 19
How they fared: Loss on March 3rd @ #11 North Farmington
What’s up next: District 26- March 9th @ Royal Oak vs. the Detroit Mumford/Berkley winner
20. DEPSA (14-6)
Last Ranking: 21
How they fared: Win on March 1st @ Warren Fitzgerald
What’s up next: District 56- March 9th @ DEPSA vs. the Detroit University Prep Art & Design/Detroit University Prep Science & Math winner
21. Benton Harbor (18-2)
Last Ranking: 22
How they fared: Win on March 3rd @ Wyoming
What’s up next: District 46- March 9th @ South Haven vs. Dowagiac
22. Detroit Loyola (15-5)
Last Ranking: 23
How they fared: Win on March 3rd @ Dearborn Fordson
What’s up next: District 89- March 9th @ Detroit Loyola vs. Grosse Pointe Woods Liggett
23. Rockford (18-2)
Last Ranking: T24
How they fared: Idle
What’s up next: District 9- March 9th @ Forest Hills Central vs. the Greenville/Forest Hills Central winner
T24. Croswell-Lexington (20-0)
Last Ranking: T25
How they fared: Win on March 3rd @ North Branch
What’s up next: District 63- March 9th @ Imlay City vs. Otisville Lakeville Memorial/Yale winner
T24. Parchment (19-1)
Last Ranking: T25
How they fared: Win on March 3rd vs. Buchanan
What’s up next: District 48- March 9th @ Otsego vs. Paw Paw
T25. Detroit Western (15-5)
Last Ranking: T24
How they fared: Loss on March 4 vs. then #9 Detroit Catholic Central in Operation Friendship
What’s up next: District 24- March 7th @ Detroit East English Village vs. River Rouge
T25. Warren Michigan Collegiate (14-4)
Last Ranking: 20
How they fared: Win on March 1st vs. Detroit Denby and losses on March 2nd @ then #8 University of Detroit-Jesuit and March 3rd @ Grosse Pointe South
What’s up next: District 61- March 9th @ Pontiac Notre Dame Prep vs. the Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook/Clawson winner
Final Top 25 Honorable Mentions:
Riverview Gabriel Richard (19-0)
Detroit Renaissance (13-7)
Grand Haven (17-3)
Marshall (18-2)
Grand Rapids Christian (13-4)
River Rouge (17-3)
East Lansing (16-4)
Schoolcraft (18-2)
Flint Carman-Ainsworth (14-6)
Onsted (20-0)
Traverse City St. Francis (18-2)
McBain Northern Michigan Christian (20-0)
Goodrich (16-4)
Hillman (20-0)
Olivet (19-1)
Ann Arbor Huron (17-3)
New Buffalo (19-1)
Rudyard (19-1)
Freeland (20-0)
