STURGIS — We have officially started the spring sports season. It is the most intriguing sports season of the year as far as I'm concerned.
As I know you've been paying attention to this point, you have certainly noticed that games and events are already being canceled, postponed and re-scheduled. This is just how it goes in the springtime. The MHSAA has a definitive stop date for all athletics on the year, for a couple of reasons, and because of that all sports have to be completed by that time.
Spring sports often earn the label of "going too fast" and it really isn't that far from the truth. It is what it is, as they say. But as we turn over from the winter sports seasons I wanted to congratulate all of our area teams on a job well done. We did not have any state champions this year, unfortunately, but as we turn the page over to spring sports, I do anticipate more than one title to be earned.
Now we close the book on winter sports. We had a pair of girls basketball teams win district titles with Bronson and Mendon, the lone boys team to win a district was the steady Colon Magi, led by Steve Vinson. We also had polls for you to vote in for our basketball players of the year.
Listed below are our annual Dream Teams for hoops. I waited until the All-State teams were released (I was a voter once again this year) before this list became open locally. Could it have run earlier? Probably, and maybe it should have, but it's here now and that is what counts for me.
For what it's worth, the volleyball one is listed below as well. Kali Evans of Centreville (11,978) ...
