Boys Regional Thoughts.

Written Wednesday March 15th at 9:30 PM
Updated Thursday March 16th at 8:00 AM

Who would had ever thought that the OAA would have three teams in the quarterfinals, well here they are, one had to play another OAA team, another had to outlast a Catholic League school, while the other had to overcome so much and survive in double overtime to get to the quarterfinal. We know one OAA school is guaranteed to go to Breslin but will there be two teams going to Michigan State, well here is the recaps.

Clarkston Moves onto Davison.

The Wolves had no problem with Stoney Creek in the regional final at Grand Blanc as they beat the Cougars 56-36 on Wednesday night. Dylan Alderson led Clarkston with 29 points while Foster Loyer added 14 points. Stoney Creek was led by Nate Davis whom had 16 points while Evan Becker had 12 points. The Cougars will be solid next season with Davis and Mike Melargani coming back along with a solid Junior Varsity team they had this season. The Wolves will meet one of their greatest rivals in Saginaw, whom beat Traverse City West 75-65 in the regional final on Tuesday night in the quarterfinals at Davison. Davison is where Alderson originally came to Clarkston from Davison.

West Bloomfield Survives In Controversial Fashion.

The Lakers almost had the same fate that happened to Walled Lake Western in the regional semifinal when they lost to Novi 72-71 in double overtime. West Bloomfield blew a 16-point lead and trailed by four on a few occasions against that very same Wildcats team. They needed to go two overtimes Novi and it felt like the regional semifinals all over again but this time around, there was a happy ending as it was West Bloomfield that survived 67-66 over the Wildcats sending themselves to a rematch with Troy in the quarterfinals at Callahan Hall on Tuesday night. Kevin McAdoo led the Lakers with 34 points.West Bloomfield trailed by four late but McAdoo hit a three and got a steal  from Garrett Winn, Winn then handed the ball to McAdoo whom scoring on a buzzer beater sending the Lakers to their first regional since 2003. However there was a bit of controversy to the ending as videos pointed out that McAdoo still had the ball in his hands when time expired, the winning shot should had not counted however the official who scored the basket counted it. The Novi coaching staff was very upset with the officiating all night in the game along with the players and fans. West Bloomfield beat the Colts earlier in the season 64-61, so this will be a great game to watch in Detroit.

Troy Wins regional for first time since 1989

The Colts took home their first regional in 28 years on their arch rival’s home floor (Troy Athens) on Wednesday night beating Warren De LaSalle 48-40 in the regional final. Jason Dietz and Leon Ayers were huge for Troy, Dietz had 16 points while Ayers had 14 points. There were times in the game that the Colts went through some scoring droughts especially in the third quarter but the Pilots couldn’t take advantage of Troy’s droughts. The Colts will move onto take on West Bloomfield on Tuesday night at Callahan Hall at Detroit Mercy. The Lakers beat Troy 64-61 earlier on the season and since after that game, the Colts have won 11 straight, so this will be a great to watch as mentioned.