Tuesday: Michigan Quarterfinals

Thirty-two teams remain in Michigan's Class A, B, C, and D and
all sixteen games will be played on Tuesday, March 24th, at
various locations across the state. All of last year's champions
were knocked off but there are plenty of former winners that are
still in the mix. The quarterfinal winners will continue @
Michigan State's Breslin Center. The Class C & D semifinal
games are on Thursday, March 26th. The Class A & B
semifinals are on Friday, March 27th. All final games are on
Saturday, March 28th.

Class A represents the largest schools and many of the favored
teams are still in the mix: @ Grand Blanc- Clarkston vs. Flint
Northwestern; @ Lansing Eastern- Kalamazoo Central vs.
Rockford; @ U of Detroit-Mercy's Calihan Hall- 5pm Detroit
Catholic Central vs. Romulus and 7:30pm Pershing vs. Warren
De LaSalle.

Class B's two best teams have victories against Class A
quarterfinalists: @ Grand Rapids Christian- Zeeland East vs.
E. Grand Rapids; @ Houghton Lake- Bridgeport vs. Ludington;
@ Jackson- Hastings vs. Inkster; @ Flint Central- Detroit
Country Day vs. Flint Powers.

Class C might not have the firepower that the top two classes
provide. But there is plenty of hidden talent and the Class C
player of the year: @ Whitmore Lake- Hanover-Horton vs.
Melvindale Academy of Business & Technology; @ Cheboygan-
McBain vs. Manistique; @ Mt. Pleasant- Flint Beecher vs.
Montague; @ Richland Gull Lake- Schoolcraft vs. Grandville
Calvin Christian.

The smallest of the four divisions, Class D, has the 2007
champion and the D player of the year still alive: @ Escanaba-
Cedarville vs. Bark River-Harris; @ Battle Creek Harper Creek-
Lawrence vs. New Lothrop; @ Traverse City Central- Muskegon
Western MI. Chrisitan vs. Ellsworth; @ West Bloomfield- Sterling
Heights Parkway Christian vs. Bay City All Saints.