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St. Joseph baseball - www.sjbearsbaseball.com
Lakeshore baseball - www.lakeshorelancerbaseball.com
Lakeland Conference - www.lakelandconference.com
Southwest Athletic Conference - www.sacathletics.org
Wolverine Conference - www.wolverineconference.org
 

2009 Football Schedules Available
(WSJMSports.com) -- Most of the 2009 Varsity Football Schedules are online now in the football section of WSJM Sports.  Not all are available, but as soon as they become available we'll post them.

BH Coach Named
(Benton Harbor-WSJM) -- St. Joseph assistant coach Larry Jackson was named as the new head coach of the Benton Harbor football team. 

Jackson succeeds Maurice Burton who went 0-16 as the Tigers head coach.

Jackson spent three seasons on the staff of St. Joseph under Coach Elliot Uzelac.  Jackson is a graduate and former player under George Perles Michigan State University.  Jackson is 8th on the Spartans all time in return yardage. 

Jackson currently resides in St. Joseph.  His son Jamaal will continue to play at St. Joseph for his senior season this year.

Congrats Lady Tigers - 2009 Class A State Basketball Champions

Williams leads Benton Harbor to Class A title

(Ypsilanti-AP) -- Livonia Franklin knew it was going to have a problem dealing with Benton Harbor's size in Saturday's Class A championship game.

The Patriots didn't know how bad it was going to be.

The Tigers outrebounded Livonia Franklin 52-23, including 21 from Destiny Williams, and picked up their first state championship in school history with a 60-46 victory. Williams, the runner-up for Miss Basketball, added 31 points.

"This was the trophy I wanted this season," said Williams, who had 14 offensive rebounds — three more than the Franklin team. "I knew I was going to have to come out strong if I wanted to be able to enjoy this with my teammates."

Deborah Meeks added 15 points for Benton Harbor, which didn't get a single point off the bench.

"I've only got eight players, and three of them can't play," said Benton Harbor coach Lou Harvey. "We know we'll get 30 points and 17 or 18 rebounds from Destiny, and Meeks gives us something, and then I just pray for the rest of them."

Briauna Taylor, the hero of Friday's overtime win over Detroit Renaissance, led Franklin with 15 points and five rebounds.

"Guarding Destiny is tough, because she's bigger and longer than I am," she said.

Williams had 19 points and 11 rebounds in the first half to lead Benton Harbor to a 33-21 lead.

"We tried to front her in the first half, but we had to abandon that," Franklin coach Dave McCall said. "We were drained after that game last night, and you can't play against that team with three-quarters of a tank."

The Patriots started the second half with a 12-2 run, but couldn't stop Williams on the offensive glass. She had two putbacks in the final minute of the third, helping the Tigers take a 41-35 lead into the fourth.

Williams was the only Tiger to score in the third, but her teammates started hitting shots in the fourth and Benton Harbor pulled away for the win.

"They were grabbing and holding our rebounders, but we were still getting out to run," Harvey said. "When we run, we're gone, and we never get tired."