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We talk St. Joe, Lake Michigan Catholic, Lakeshore, Michigan Lutheran, and Benton Harbor Boys' Basketball this week from Red Coach Donuts...

 

 

Academic Challenge Match between Lakeshore and Countryside Academy from 1/28/22.

Bret Witkowski joins Jonny Reinhardt to preview tonight's game - Lakeshore vs. Mattawan. Tip off will be around 7pm on 94.9 WSJM!

WSJM Sports February 18, 2022

High School Basketball

Boys

Tonight

Lakeshore @ Mattawan 7:00PM - News/Talk/Sports 94.9 WSJM

Portage Northern @ St. Joe 7:00PM

Battle Creek Lakeview @ Gull Lake 7:00PM

Loy Norrix @ Battle Creek Central 7:00PM

Cassopolis @ Marcellus 7:00PM

Howardsville Christian @ Bridgman 7:15PM

Buchanan @ Brandywine 7:15PM

Dowagiac @ Three Rivers 7:15PM

Edwardsburg @ Niles 7:15PM

Sturgis @ Plainwell 7:15PM

Paw Paw @ Otsego 7:15PM

Vicksburg @ Allegan 7:15PM

Lawrence @ New Buffalo 7:30PM

River Valley @ Lake Michigan Catholic 7:30PM

Michigan Lutheran @ Eau Claire 7:30PM

Bloomingdale @ Bangor 7:30PM

Centreville @ Hartford 7:30PM

White Pigeon @ Comstock 7:30PM

Saugatuck @ Fennville 7:30PM

Martin @ Watervliet 7:30PM

Lawton @ Coloma 7:30PM

Gobles @ Kalamazoo Hackett 7:30PM

Delton Kellogg @ Galesburg Augusta 7:30PM

Constantine @ Kalamazoo Christian 7:30PM

Parchment @ Schoolcraft 7:30PM

Girls

Cassopolis @ Marcellus 5:30PM

Bloomingdale @ Bangor 6:00PM

Centreville @ Hartford 6:00PM

White Pigeon @ Comstock 6:00PM

Saugatuck @ Fennville 6:00PM

Martin @ Watervliet 6:00PM

Lawton @ Coloma 6:00PM

Gobles @ Kalamazoo Hackett 6:00PM

Delton Kellogg @ Galesburg Augusta 6:00PM

Constantine @ Kalamazoo Christian 6:00PM

Parchment @ Schoolcraft 6:00PM

Dowagiac @ Three Rivers 6:00PM

Edwardsburg @ Niles 6:00PM

Sturgis @ Plainwell 6:00PM

Paw Paw @ Otsego 6:00PM

Vicksburg @ Allegan 6:00PM

Mendon @ Decatur 7:30PM

NCAA Basketball

Last night

Michigan 84, Iowa 79

Wolverines Beat Hawkeyes

Moussa Diabate scored 16 of his career-high 28 points in the second half and Michigan beat Iowa 84-79. Diabate, a freshman whose career high had been 15 points, was 12-of-15 shooting with eight rebounds for the Wolverines, who broke a seventh-place tie with the Hawkeyes in the Big Ten. Hunter Dickinson scored 14 points with nine rebounds and seven assists. DeVante' Jones had 11 points and 10 rebounds. Keegan Murray scored 23 points with seven rebounds for Iowa, which had a three-game win streak end. Patrick McCaffery added 13 points.

NHL

Last night

Detroit Red Wings 3, New York Rangers 2 (Shootout)

Columbus Blue Jackets 7, Chicago Blackhawks 4

Tonight

Dallas Stars @ Chicago Blackhawks 8:30 pm

Red Wings Beat Rangers

Pius Suter scored the winner in the sixth round of the shootout, and Thomas Greiss made 37 saves as the Detroit Red Wings beat the New York Rangers 3-2. Detroit's Lucas Raymond and the Rangers Mika Zibanjead each scored in the first round of the shootout before each team missed its next four attempts. Suter beat Igor Shesterkin, and Rangers forward Filip Chytil failed to convert. The Rangers, 16-4-3 at home, had a three-game winning streak halted.

Jackets Top Blackhawks

Red-hot Patrik Laine scored three goals to lead the Columbus Blue Jackets past the Chicago Blackhawks 7-4. Boone Jenner, Yegor Chinakhov and Max Domi each had a goal and assist for Columbus, which has won three of four. Oliver Bjorkstrand also scored in the finale of a five-game road trip. Laine's first hat trick with Columbus extended his points streak to eight games, matching the second-longest of his career. He has 10 goals and six assists in the span, and 16 goals on the season. Elvis Merzlikins made 28 saves for the Blue Jackets. Philipp Kurashev, Ryan Carpenter, Alex DeBrincat and MacKenzie Entwistle scored for Chicago.

Olympics

Eileen Gu has captured gold in the women's ski halfpipe final to become the first action-sports athlete to earn three medals at the same Winter Olympi...

WSJM Sports February 17, 2022

High School Basketball

Tonight

Boys

Mendon @ Decatur 7:30 pm

Girls

Battle Creek Central @ Loy Norrix 5:45PM

Mattawan @ Lakeshore 7:00PM

St. Joseph @ Portage Northern 7:00PM

Gull Lake @ Battle Creek Lakeview 7:00PM

Brandywine @ Buchanan 7:00PM

Lawrence @ New Buffalo 7:30PM

Bridgman @ Howardsville Christian 7:30PM

River Valley @ Lake Michigan Catholic 7:30PM

Benton Harbor @ Michigan Lutheran 7:30PM

NBA

Last night

Detroit Pistons 112, Boston Celtics 111

Indiana Pacers 113, Washington Wizards 108

Chicago Bulls 125, Sacramento Kings 118

Pistons End Losing Streak

Jerami Grant hit the winning basket and scored 24 points to help the Detroit Pistons end an eight-game losing streak and the Boston Celtics' nine-game winning streak, 112-111 on Wednesday night. Jayson Tatum had a chance to send the Celtics into the All-Star break on a 10-game roll, but his jumper from the top of the key bounced high off the rim. Cade Cunningham scored 20 points and had a key lock in the final minute in the Pistons' first victory since January 30. Jaylen Brown led Boston with 31 points.

Bulls Beat Kings

DeMar DeRozan scored 38 points and broke an NBA record set by Hall of Famer Wilt Chamberlain, and the Chicago Bulls beat the Sacramento Kings 125-118. DeRozan, who made 16 of 27 field goals, became the first player in NBA history to score 35 or more points and shoot 50% or better in seven consecutive games. Chamberlain did it in six straight twice - during the 1960-61 and 1962-63 seasons. It was also DeRozan's eighth game in a row with 30 or more points. It's the longest such streak by a Bulls player since Michael Jordan did it in eight straight in January 1996. Coby White set a season high with 31 points and matched one with six 3-pointers. De'Aaron Fox led Sacramento with 33 points and nine assists.

NHL

Tonight

Detroit Red Wings @ New York Rangers 7 pm

Columbus Blue Jackets @ Chicago Blackhawks 8:30 pm

NCAA Basketball

Tonight

Michigan @ Iowa, 7 pm - News/Talk/Sports 94.9 WSJM

NASCAR

Kyle Larson Wins 2022 Daytona 500 Pole

The champ is on the pole. Kyle Larson will begin his trek to defending his NASCAR Cup Series Championship on the pole at the 2022 Daytona 500 on Sunday. Larson will be joined up front by teammate Alex Bowman. Former Formula One Champion and Indy 500 winner Jacques Villeneuve also clinched a spot in "The Great American Race."

This week's Mid-West Family Player of the Week is James York, a Senior from Berrien Springs High School.

James seemingly does it all at Berrien Springs: Basketball player, all-conference wide receiver, all-conference Track, oh, and even 2022 Mr. Berrien Springs.

But James seems to shine his brightest with his first true passion; Basketball.

In last week's 52-36 win over Niles, James scored 29 points, including going 16-17 from the free throw line.

He then followed that up with 25 points, including 3 3-pointers, in the Shamrocks' 70-60 win over South Haven.

Though unsure about specifics, James hopes and plans to play basketball at the next level after graduating this spring.

To find out more about James, listen to his conversation with Jordan Jensen, below!

WSJM Sports February 16, 2022

High School Basketball

Last night

Boys

Benton Harbor 87, Kalamazoo Central 86 (2 OT)

River Valley 69, Howardsville Christian 50

Saugatuck 57, Martin 46

Watervliet 42, Lawton 29

Coloma 56, Gobles 33

Parchment 49, Galesburg Augusta 30

Constantine 48, Delton Kellogg 43

Mattawan 54, Sturgis 48

St. Joseph 65, Berrien Springs 51

New Buffalo 84, Lake Michigan Catholic 58

Eau Claire 82, Countryside Academy 57

Marcellus 47, Bangor 43

Hartford 72, Decatur 60

Cassopolis 74, Bloomingdale 48

Centreville 48, Comstock 45

Girls

Watervliet 52, Lawton 34

Kalamazoo Central 79, Benton Harbor 22

Allegan 35, South Haven 32

Charlotte 54, Paw Paw 44

Portage Central 42, Three Rivers 39

Michigan Lutheran 55, Lawrence 24

Edwardsburg 58, Buchanan 35

Saugatuck 56, Martin 35

Gobles 30, Coloma 20

Galesburg-Augusta 31, Parchment 22

Kalamazoo Christian 40, Kalamazoo Hackett 36

Constantine 50, Delton Kellogg 48

Plainwell 48, Portage Northern 43

Lakeshore 44, Bridgman 25

Lake Michigan Catholic 51, Andrews Academy 40

Marcellus 46, Bangor 18

Hartford 47, Decatur 33

Bloomingdale 56, Cassopolis 49

Centreville 62, Comstock 42

Mendon 35, White Pigeon 12

NBA

Last night

Milwaukee Bucks 128, Indiana Pacers 119

Tonight

Detroit Pistons @ Boston Celtics 7:30 pm

Sacramento Kings @ Chicago Bulls 8 pm

Bucks Beat Pacers

Giannis Antetokounmpo scored a season-high 50 points, two off his career best, and pulled down 14 rebounds to lead the Milwaukee Bucks past the skidding Indiana Pacers 128-119. The Bucks swept the four-game season series from the Pacers and have won eight straight against their Central Division foe. Antetokounmpo, who didn't play in Milwaukee's loss to Portland on Monday night because of a sore left ankle, showed no ill effects. He set a career high with his seventh 40-point game of the season and scored 50 for the first time since the memorable title-clinching game in the NBA Finals last season, which gave the Bucks their first championship in 50 years. Milwaukee bounced back after consecutive double-digit losses to hand Indiana its seventh consecutive defeat.

NCAA Basketball

Last night

Penn State Nittany Lions 62, #19 Michigan State Spartans 58

Eastern Michigan 75, Central Michigan 70

Western Michigan 61, Akron 57 (OT)

Penn State Upsets Spartans

Seth Lundy hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with 1:37 remaining and finished with 17 points as Penn State beat No. 19 Michigan State 62-58. John Harrar had 16 points and 16 rebounds, and Jalen Pickett added 10 points for the Nittany Lions, who beat a ranked team for the first time under first-year coach Micah Shrewsberry. Julius Marble II scored 14 points and Max Christie had 10 for the Spartans, who led by as many as 14 points with just over 13 minutes remaining.

NCAA Football

Irish Hire New Football Assistant

Former Miami coach Al Golden is joining Notre Dame after a stint in the NFL to become defensive coordinator under new Fighting Irish head coach Marcus Freeman. A person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press that Golden had reached an agreement with the school on a multiyear contract. Golden went 32-25 in four-plus seasons as Miami's head coach from 2011-15. He was at Temple before that, where he helped turn around a languishing program in five seasons. He spent the last two seasons as linebackers coach for the Cincinnati Bengals.

Olympics

Hall, Goepper Are 1-2 In Slopestyle

The United States is off to a good start to Wednesday's Olympic schedule at Beijing.