Michigan: Big Time Saturday

A special treat to fans across the state and the tip-offs are two hours apart but three hours away. Should one leave the Country Day-Saginaw Arthur Hill battle early and miss all the action to travel to Muskegon Heights to watch the Tigers take on Kalamazoo Central and take in more action then I might as well keep on with a run on sentence because that's what you'll get used to as watch these four high-powered teams squeak the court.

A couple of Class A vs. Class B matchups and as close to hypothetical Cross-Class Championships as one may find in the state.

The 5pm matchup you can find on the southwest corner of Lahser and 13 Mile one can find (a day after Chris Webber's jersey was retired by the Sacramento Kings) the house that Chris built, Detroit Country Day. Class A Saginaw Arthur Hill makes the trek down I-75 to take on Class B and Nationally Yellow Jackets.

The matchup of the game presents a pair of nationally recruited point guards in Country Day's 6'1 Ray McCallum, jr. and Arthur Hill's 5'7 Maurice Jones. The talent on the court is outright ridiculous and a forecast of the present and future.

If, you're a basketball fan this should be like a kid just waiting to get in the game as the gym will be packed and arriving early will have it's benefits as there's some and comers on both jv squads.

The 7pm matchup near the coast of Lake Michigan and 80 miles east of Milwaukee lay Muskegon Heights (the house that Bird Chapman built?), a hot bed of hoops over the years in Michigan. Class A Kalamazoo Central will be in town ensuring a well spent five dollars and bandaging for the rims after the first half ensuring one of the state's most exciting games of the year.

The questions of the game are for Muskegon Heights and whether 5'9 senior point guard Ricarri Stimage can find holes in the Central defense and can 6'7 junior Julian Plummer hold down 6'5 senior power forward Doug Anderson and the high-wire act that he brings into town.

Enjoy a great Saturday of hoops in Michigan no matter how far the travel.