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BOYS BASKETBALL RANKINGS: Beecher jumps into SC! Michigan top 25 rankings after knocking off No. 2 GR Catholic Central
Great games for the four weeks of the season and many teams enter league play this week. Orchard Lake St. Mary’s stays at No. 1 with a tough week ahead. Flint Beecher joins the top 25 after their win over previous No. 2 Grand Rapids Catholic Central.
1 Orchard Lake St. Mary’s (6-0)
Last Ranking: 1
How they fared: Beat No. 17 Grand Blanc, 65-62.
Up next: Jan. 11 at No. 2 Warren De La Salle, Jan. 14 vs. No. 3 Birmingham Brother Rice.
2 Warren De La Salle (7-0)
Last Ranking: 3
How they fared: Idle
Up next: Jan. 11 vs. No. 1 Orchard Lake St. Mary’s and Jan. 14 at No. 14 Detroit Catholic Central.
3 Birmingham Brother Rice (6-0)
Last Ranking: 4
How they fared: Beat Warren Mott, 84-21; beat Flint Carman-Ainsworth, 63-56.
Up next: Jan. 11 vs. No. 6 Detroit U-D Jesuit and Jan. 14 at No. 1 Orchard Lake St. Mary’s.
4 Williamston (6-0)
Last Ranking: 5
How they fared: Beat Haslett, 76-35.
Up next: Jan. 11 at Grand Ledge and Jan. 13 at Mason.
5 Grand Rapids Catholic Central (5-1)
Last Ranking: 2
How they fared: Beat East Grand Rapids, 69-34; beat Forest Hills Eastern, 86-36; lost to Flint Beecher, 75-69.
Up next: Jan. 11 at Grand Rapids Christian and Jan. 14 at Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills
6 Ferndale (5-2)
Last Ranking: 6
How they fared: Beat Farmington, 77-45; beat Davison, 82-47.
Up next: Jan. 15 vs. No. 25 DEPSA at TBD in the HWF Freedom Games.
7 Detroit U-D Jesuit (4-2)
Last Ranking: 7
How they fared: Beat Warren Fitzgerald, 52-43.
What’s up next: Jan. 11 at No. 3 Birmingham Brother Rice.
8 Detroit Martin Luther King (5-1)
Last Ranking: 8
How they fared: Beat Detroit Southeastern, 68-29; beat Kalamazoo Central, 73-59.
Up next: Jan. 14 at Detroit Denby and Jan. 15 vs. No. 18 Grand Blanc at TBD in the HWF Freedom Games.
9 Detroit Cass Tech (7-0)
Last Ranking: 9
How they fared: Beat Detroit Henry Ford, 67-46; beat Detroit Southeastern, 62-28.
Up next: Jan. 11 vs. Clarkston and Jan. 14 vs. No. 24 Detroit Pershing.
10 Muskegon (4-0)
Last Ranking: 10
How they fared: Beat Zeeland West, 74-57; beat No. 18 Benton Harbor, 84-58.
Up next: Jan. 11 at Grand Rapids Union and Jan. 14 vs. Wyoming.
11 Hamtramck (5-1)
Last Ranking: 11
How they fared: Beat Saginaw, 70-43.
Up next: Jan. 11 at No. 14 Detroit Catholic Central, Jan. 14 at Detroit UPrep, and Jan. 15 vs. Kalamazoo Central at TBD in the HWF Freedom Games.
12 Grand Rapids Northview (5-0)
Last Ranking: 12
How they fared: Beat Forest Hills Northern, 69-44.
Up next: Jan. 11 at Grand Rapids Christian and Jan. 14 vs. Lowell.
13 Detroit Renaissance (6-1)
Last Ranking: 13
How they fared: Beat Detroit Denby, 106-56.
Up next: Jan. 11 at Detroit Henry Ford and Jan. 14 vs. Detroit Southeastern.
14 Detroit Catholic Central (4-1)
Last Ranking: 14
How they fared: Beat Dexter, 70-43
Up next: Jan. 11 vs. No. 11 Hamtramck and Jan. 14 vs. No. 2 Warren De La Salle.
15 North Farmington (7-1)
Last Ranking: 15
How they fared: Beat West Bloomfield, 62-40
Up next: Jan. 13 at Farmington
16 East Lansing (6-1)
Last Ranking: 16
How they fared: Beat DeWitt, 60-50.
Up next: Jan. 11 at Holt, Jan. 13 at Okemos, Jan. 15 vs. Stevensville-Lakeshore at Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills in the Floyd Mayweather Classic.
17 Flint Beecher (6-1)
Last Ranking: NR
How they fared: Beat Flint Southwestern, 77-33; beat No. 2 Grand Rapids Catholic Central, 75-69.
Up next: Jan. 11 vs. Flint Hamady and Jan. 14 at Burton Atherton
18 Grand Blanc (1-3)
Last Ranking: 17
How they fared: Lost to No. 1 Orchard Lake St. Mary’s, 65-62.
Up next: Jan. 11 at No. 25 Saginaw Arthur Hill and Jan. 15 vs. No. 8 Detroit King at TBD in the HWF Freedom Games.
19 Benton Harbor (6-1)
Last Ranking: 18
How they fared: Lost to No. 10 Muskegon, 84-58
Up next: Jan. 11 vs. Niles-Brandywine, Jan. 14 at Berrien Springs, and Jan. 15 vs. Westland John Glenn at Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills in the Floyd Mayweather Classic
20 Parchment (6-0)
Last Ranking: 20
How they fared: Idle
Up next: Jan. 11 at Constantine and Jan. 14 vs. South Haven.
21 Bloomfield Hills (6-2)
Last Ranking: 24
How they fared: Beat Warren Cousino, 63-32; beat No. 19 Detroit Loyola, 51-42.
Up next: Jan. 13 at Royal Oak.
22 Detroit Loyola (3-4)
Last Ranking: 19
How they fared: Lost to No. 24 Bloomfield Hills, 51-42; lost to Oak Park, 61-56.
Up next: Jan. 21 at Macomb Lutheran North.
23 Romulus Summit Academy North (5-2)
Last Ranking: 21
How they fared: Beat Southfield Bradford Academy, 66-52; beat Redford Westfield Prep, 72-20
Up next: Jan. 11 at Detroit Leadership Academy and Jan. 14 vs. Henry Ford Academy
24 Detroit Pershing (3-2)
Last Ranking: 22
How they fared: Idle
Up next: Jan. 14 at No. 9 Detroit Cass Tech and Jan. 15 vs. Warren Fitzgerald at TBD in the HWF Freedom Games.
T25 Detroit Edison Preparatory School Academy (2-3)
Last Ranking: 23
How they fared: Wins vs. Detroit Voyageur Prep and Harper Woods Chandler Park Academy
Up next: Jan. 11 vs. Pontiac Arts/Technology, Jan. 14 vs. Warren Michigan Collegiate, and Jan. 15 vs. No. 5 Ferndale at TBD in the HWF Freedom Games.
T25 Saginaw Arthur Hill (3-2)
Last Ranking: 25
How they fared: Idle
Up next: Jan. 11 vs. No. 18 Grand Blanc and Jan. 15 at Saginaw
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On the Cusp:
River Rouge (8-0)
Marshall (6-0)
Clarkston (4-2)
Southfield Christian (6-0)
Battle Creek Pennfield (6-0)
Arbor Prep (5-0)
Onsted (8-0)
East Jordan (3-1)
