Detroit PSL Basketball

 

Henry Ford’s Mark Brisker, seen here with the Maccabi Tel Aviv club, was a second-team Class A All-State pick by the Free Press in 1987. That was a big year for the PSL as All-Staters. Pershing’s Steve Smith and Southwestern’s Anderson Hunt were first-teamers and Cooley coach Ben Kelso was Coach of the Year.

1989
Class A
First Team: Michael Talley, Cooley (1989 Mr. Basketball); Maurice Brantley, Belleville; Steve Hondero, Grand Rapids South Christian; Dwayne Stephens, Ferndale; Marc White, Battle Creek Central; Coach Ben Kelso, Cooley
Second Team: Lorenzo Orr, Pershing; Lou Dawkins, Saginaw; Jay Greene, Flint Central; Ramsey Nichols, Benton Harbor; Ray Schneider, Mt. Pleasant
Third Team: Anthony “Pig” Miller, Benton Harbor (NBA/Harlem Globetrotters/1990 Mr. Basketball); Sam Mitchell, Kalamazoo Loy Norrix; William Paige, Flint Northwestern; Marte Smith, Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills; Kareem Washington, Lansing Sexton
Fourth Team: Andrew Ament, Grosse Pointe South; Derwin Good, Cooley; Robert Harris, Flint Northern; Delano Johnson, Saginaw; Jalen Rose, Southwestern (NBA)
Fifth Team: Sean Prude, Finney; Von Nickleberry, Saginaw Arthur Hill; Randy Grundstrom, Charlotte; Jamie Cole, Grand Rapids Creston; Chris Boller, Gibralter Carlson
Sixth Team: Jeff DeMasse, Utica Ford; Matt Jamison, Port Huron Northern; Dave Klem, Temperance-Bedford; Daniel Lyton, Cooley; Mike Moscato, Rochester
Honorable Mention: Derrick Hall, Mackenzie; Willie Holliday, Cody; Voshon Lenard, Southwestern (NBA); Sean Rambus, Pershing; Ty Hallock, Greenville (NFL); Rayvlon Croon, Highland Park; Andy Ayrault, Grosse Pointe South.
Class B
First Team: Shawn Respert, Redford Bishop Borgess (NBA); Fourth Team: Derrick Alexander, Detroit Benedictine (NFL); Sixth Team: Rob Fredrickson, St. Joseph (NFL).
Class C
First Team: Chris Webber, Detroit Country Day (NBA/1991 Mr. Basketball); Honorable Mention: Tony Tolbert, Detroit DePorres (Harlem Globetrotters) .
Class D
Fourth Team: Andre Mitchell, Detroit East Catholic.
 
1988
Class A
First Team: David Holmes, Jackson; Mike Peplowski, Warren DeLaSalle (NBA); Scott Riley, Adrian; Calvin Winfield, Kalamazoo Central; Jon Zulauf, Port Huron; Coach Jim Carideo, Saginaw Nouvel
Second Team: Steve Hall, Cass Tech; Jay Zulauf, Port Huron; Delano Johnson, Saginaw; Justus Thigpen, Flint Northern; David Foster, East Kentwood
Third Team: James Hunter, Southwestern; Dwayne Stephens, Ferndale; Mike Spicer, Grand Rapids Central; Fennoris Pearson, Kalamazoo Central; Sam Mitchell, Kalamazoo Loy Norrix
Fourth Team: Steve Avery, Taylor Kennedy (MLB); Freddie Darrough, Flint Northwestern; Derrick Groce, Northern; Rafeal Peterson, Cooley; Greg Houston, Flint Central
Fifth Team: Ray Schneider, Mt. Pleasant; Daniel Lyton, Cooley; Jeff Barker, Utica Ford; Layne Herrington, Walled Lake Central; Loren Clyburn, Southwestern
Sixth Team: Brent Gates, Grandville; Charles Pasley, Lansing Eastern; Montay Merriman, Traverse City; Maurice Brantley, Belleville; Pete Hoffman, Midland Dow
Honorable Mention: Robert Elam, Central; Michael Talley, Cooley (1989 Mr. Basketball); Carlos Lewis, Highland Park.
Class B
First Team: Matt Steigenga, Grand Rapids South Christian (NBA/1988 Mr. Basketball); Fourth Team: Courtney Hawkins, Flint Beecher (NFL)
Class C
First Team: Tony Tolbert, Detroit DePorres (Harlem Globetrotters); Third Team:  Chris Webber, Detroit Country Day (NBA/1991 Mr. Basketball)
Class D
Second Team: Otis Evans, Detroit East Catholic; Honorable Mention: Andre Mitchell, Detroit East Catholic

1987
Class A
First Team: Steve Smith, Pershing (NBA); Anthony Buford, Flint Central; Anderson Hunt, Southwestern; Lyman DePriest, Highland Park; Tony Warren, Battle Creek Central; Coach Ben Kelso, Cooley
Second Team: Mark Brisker, Henry Ford; Alex Doxie, Niles; Daryl Reed, Saginaw; Demetrius Calip, Flint Northern (NBA); Jeff Majerle, Traverse City
Third Team: Yamen Sanders, Cooley; Mike Davenport, Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills; Jim Paul, East Lansing; Rick Taylor, Plymouth Salem; Keith Wade, Ann Arbor Pioneer
Fourth Team: Doug Smith, Mackenzie (NBA/Harlem Globetrotters); Tom Lick, Lansing Eastern; David Holmes, Jackson; Jon Zulauf, Port Huron; Parrish Hickman, Redford Bishop Borgess
Fifth Team: Curtis Cuthpert, Flint Northern; MacArthur Phenix, Western; Carl Thomas, Lansing Eastern (NBA); Earl Stark, Cooley; Steve Hawley, Westland John Glenn
Sixth Team: Matt Krusoe, Owosso; Billy Johnson, Romulus; Aaron Broesseit, Saginaw Eisenhower; Mark Robinson, Wayne; Jim Twigg, Sterling Heights
Honorable Mention: Victor Alexander, Denby (NBA); Doyle Callahan, Southwestern; Darnell Dickerson, King; Daniel Lyton, Cooley; Mike Peplowski, Warren DeLaSalle (NBA); Sean Bruce, Grosse Pointe South.
Class B
First Team: Mark Macon, Saginaw Buena Vista (NBA/1987 Mr. Basketball); Matt Steigenga, Grand Rapids South Christian (NBA/1988 Mr. Basketball); Third Team: Lorenzo Neely, Northern; Fourth Team: Jose Lewis, Northern; Fifth Team: Courtney Hawkins, Flint Beecher (NFL).
Class C
Honorable Mention: Tony Tolbert, Detroit DePorres (Harlem Globetrotters).
Class D
First Team: Richard Gamble, Detroit East Catholic; Honorable Mention: Marion Irvin, Detroit East Catholic.
 
1986
Class A
First Team: Tarence Wheeler, Southwestern; Terry Mills, Romulus (NBA/1986 Mr. Basketball); Nathan Buntin, Murray-Wright; Anthony Pendleton, Flint Northwestern; Leonard Thomas, Mt. Clemens; Coach Norwaine Reed, Saginaw Buena Vista
Second Team: Greg Bent, Mackenzie; Chris Brawley, Niles; Damon Patterson, Kalamazoo Central; Terry Reed, Saginaw; Curtis Cuthpert, Flint Northern
Third Team: John Buszka, Chippewa Valley; Tony Warren, Battle Creek Central; Stacy Davis, Ferndale; Herb Schoepke, Lansing Everett; Ed Whittaker, Clarkston
Fourth Team: Stevie Glenn, Romulus; Lee Coward, Murray-Wright; Anthony Buford, Flint Central; Kevin Rice, Flint Northwestern; Mike Peplowski, Warren DeLaSalle (NBA)
Fifth Team: Doug Smith, Mackenzie (NBA/Harlem Globetrotters); Bill Gibbs, Lansing Eastern; Rick Anderson, North Farmington; Reggie Britt, Flint Carmen; Lyman DePriest, Highland Park
Sixth Team: Alex Doxie, Niles; Robert Neely, Mumford; Bryan Barr, Jenison; Wallace Davis, Saginaw; Steve VanOss, Holland
Honorable Mention: Darnell Dickerson, King; Willie Green, Central; Connell Lewis, Cass Tech; McArthur Phenix, Western; Melvin Thomas, Southeastern; Johnny Williams, Northern; Erik Wilson, Henry Ford; Sean Bruce, Grosse Pointe South.
Class B
First Team: Derrick Coleman, Northern (NBA); Steve Scheffler, Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern (NBA); Hamtramck; Mark Macon, Saginaw Buena Vista (NBA/1987 Mr. Basketball); Second Team: Matt Steigenga, Grand Rapids South Christian (NBA/1988 Mr. Basketball); Third Team: Donald Buckley, Northern.
Class D
First Team: Lewis Acuff, Detroit East Catholic; Second Team: Brandon “Bo” Neely, Detroit East Catholic; Fifth Team: Anthony Bell, Detroit East Catholic.

1985
Class A
First Team: Glen Rice, Flint Northwestern (NBA/1985 Mr. Basketball); Terrence Greene, Flint Central; Jon McIntyre, Detroit Catholic Central; B.J. Armstrong, Birmingham Brother Rice (NBA); Terry Mills, Romulus (NBA/1986 Mr. Basketball); Coach Grover Kirkland, Flint Northwestern
Second Team: Loy Vaught, East Kentwood (NBA); Dennell Dismuke, Lansing Eastern; Andre Rison, Flint Norhwestern (NFL); Maurice Poole, Jackson; Bradd Sutton, Grand Rapids Union
Third Team: John Jimmerson, Gand Rapids Ottawa Hills; Derrick Richmond, Mackenzie; Jeff McCool, Sterling Heights Stevenson; Daryl Miller, Flint Northwestern; Otis Murray, Kalamazoo Loy-Norrix
Fourth Team: Chip Rowe, Grand Haven; Sam Sillmon, Southwestern; Anthony Pendleton, Flint Northwestern; Vernon Norris, Lansing Eastern; Terry Reed, Saginaw
Fifth Team: Kevin Brown, Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills; Scooter Tropf, Holt; Joe Gregory, Redford Bishop Borgess; Pollis Robertson, Wayne; Jeff Boggan, Battle Creek Central
Sixth Team: Daryl Spinks, Finney; Leonard Thomas, Mt. Clemens; Rodney Heard, Cody; Eric McLaughlin, Grand Rapids Creston; Scott Peterson, Escanaba.
Class B
First Team: Roy Marble, Flint Beecher (NBA); Carl Brown, Renaissance; Mark Macon, Saginaw Buena Vista (NBA/1987 Mr. Basketball); Second Team: Steve Scheffler, Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern (NBA); Third Team: Derrick Coleman, Northern (NBA).
Class C
First Team: Negele Knight, Detroit DePorres (NBA).
Class D
Second Team: Anthony Bell, Detroit East Catholic; Third Team: Brandon “Bo” Neely, Detroit East Catholic.
Honorable Mention (All Classes): Darren Brown, Southeastern; Johnny Johnson, Southwestern; Johnny Slater, Southwestern; Curtis Kidd, Cooley; Ted McCree, Mackenzie; Dennis Ross, Finney; Al Ament, Grosse Pointe South; Art “Wizard” Szymanski, Grosse Pointe North; John Smoltz, Lansing Waverly (MLB); Willie Burton, Detroit DePorres (NBA); Louis Acuff, Detroit East Catholic.
 
1984
Class A
First Team: Demetreus Gore, Chadsey (1984 Mr. Basketball); Michael “Pops” Sims, Grand Rapids Union; Gary Thompkins, Jackson; Jeff Grayer, Flint Northwestern (NBA); Glynn Blackwell, Highland Park; Coach Wayne Tannis, Hamilton
Second Team: Clarence “Bill” Jones, Southwestern (NBA); John McIntyre, Detroit Catholic Central; Lenard Collins, Chadsey; Terence Greene, Flint Central; Daniel Williams, Muskegon
Third Team: B.J. Armstrong, Bro Rice (NBA); Jeff McCool, Sterling Heights Stevenson; Jeff King, Lansing Sexton; Glen Rice, Flint Northwestern (NBA/1985 Mr. Basketball); Malcolm DeVould, Kalamazoo Loy Norrix
Fourth Team: Mike Brown, Adrian; Mark Patterson, Kalamazoo Central; Loy Vaught, E. Kentwood (NBA); James Simmons, Lansing Sexton; Eli Parker, Pontiac Central
Fifth Team: Duane Marcellis, Mackenzie; Steve Dziatczak, Warren Mott; Jeff Dahlstron, Grand Haven; Andre Wiley, Flint Southwestern; Steve Haney, Lansing Everett
Sixth Team: Brett Steele, Warren; Rick Berberet, Plymouth Salem; Chip Jerome, Traverse City; Marvin “Tree” Branch, Murray-Wright; Anthoy Pendleton, Flint Northwestern
Honorable Mention: Shawnie Anderson, Central; Lynn Hardy, Cooley; Ricky Clark, Denby; Cliff Peterson, Denby; Mario Pearson, Mackenzie; Darrin “Boo” Fieler, Southeastern; Johnnie Bell, Henry Ford; Johnny Slater, Southwestern; Johnny Johnson, Southwestern; Rodney Heard, Cody; Andre Rison, Flint Northwestern (NFL); Tery Mills, Romulus (NBA/1986 Mr. Basketball); Grant Long, Romulus (NBA).
Class B
First Team: Roy Marble, Flint Beecher (NBA); Honorable Mention: Mark White, Renaissance; Mark Macon, Saginaw Buena Vista (NBA/1987 Mr. Basketball).
Class C
First Team: Negele Knight, Detroit DePorres (NBA).
Class D
Second Team: Darryl Clements, Detroit East Catholic; Fifth Team: Anthony Bell, Detroit East Catholic.

1983
Class A
First Team: Antoine “Judge” Joubert, Southwestern (1983 Mr. Basketball); Darryl Johnson, Flint Central (NBA); “Thunder” Dan Majerle, Traverse City (NBA); Quincy Turner, Benton Harbor; Brian Humes, Saginaw; Coach Stan Gooch, Flint Central
Second Team: Steve Beck, Southeastern; Brian Doss, Benton Harbor; Demetreus Gore, Chadsey (1984 Mr. Basketball); Kevin Smith, Lansing Everett; Michael “Pops” Sims, Grand Rapids Union
Third Team: Andre Jackson, Saginaw; Jeff Grayer, Flint Northwestern (NBA); Lewis Scott, Redford Bishop Borgess; Mike McCaskill, Southfield; Gary Thompkins, Jackson
Fourth Team: Glynn Blackwell, Highland Park; Spraggins, Howell; Bonner Upshaw, Mt. Clemens; Michael West, East Kentwood; Reed, Battle Creek Central
Fifth Team: Grady Lowry, Cass Tech; J.P. Oosterbaan, Kalamazoo Loy Norrix; Mike Maleske, Detroit Catholic Central; Rapp, Midland; Vernon Carr, Cody
Sixth Team: Johnson, Niles; Hart, Trenton; Bellamy, Davison; Mikalonis, Dearborn Fordson; Derrick Kearney, Kettering
Honorable Mention: Tim Russell, Mackenzie; Clarence “Bill” Jones, Southwestern (NBA); B.J. Armstrong, Birmingham Brother Rice (NBA); Richard Hunter, Western; Robert Johnson, Western; Gerald Murray, Kettering; Robert Godbolt, Kettering; Grant Long, Romulus (NBA).
Class B
Fifth Team: Roy Marble, Flint Beecher (NBA).
Class C
Third Team: Negele Knight, Detroit DePorres (NBA).
Class D
First Team: Anthony “Stick” Sands, Detroit East Catholic; Second Team: Clayton Hendley, Detroit East Catholic.

1982
Class A
First Team: Patrick Ford, Cass Tech;  Robert Henderson, Lansing Eastern (1982 Mr. Basketball); Antoine “Judge” Joubert, Southwestern; Mark Harris, Flint Central; Renardo Brown, Highland Park; Coach Darrell Pursiful, Highland Park
Second Team: Roy Tarpley, Cooley (NBA); Paul Jokisch, Birmingham Brother Rice; Quincy Turner, Bent Harbor; Keith Armstrong, Ypsilanti; Ken Webb, Romeo
Third Team: “Thunder” Dan Majerle, Traverse City (NBA); Chris Coulter, Clio; Marty Embry, Flint Central; Paul Bobbitt, Southfield-Lathrup; Jeff Barnes, Monroe
Fourth Team: Anthony Watson, Cooley; James “ J.J.” Crawl, Highland Park; Kevin McAdoo, Saginaw; Hansen, Grand Haven; Hunter, Ann Arbor Huron
Fifth Team: Steve Beltowski, St. Clair Shores Lakeview; John Shasky, Birmingham Brother Rice (NBA); Walker, Southfield; DeVould, Kalamazoo Loy Norrix; Gugino, Midland Dow
Sixth Team: Hollatz, Farmington Hills Harrison;  Avance, Niles; McBride, Plymouth Salem; Springer, Grand Rapids Union; Tompkins, Jackson.
Class D
Third Team: Dale Foster, Detroit East Catholic.
Honorable Mention (All Classes): Brian Arnold, Southwestern; Aaron Brown, Mumford; Steve Beck, Southeastern; Anthony Crews, Northern; Demetreus Gore, Chadsey (1984 Mr. Basketball); Dave Lee, Pershing; Newsom, Cody; Randall, Northwestern; Jeff Grayer, Flint Northwestern (NBA); Clayton Hendley, Detroit East Catholic; Johnson, Northeastern; Anthony “Sticks” Sands, Detroit East Catholic; Bill Winzer, Grosse Pointe South.

1981
Class A
First Team: Greg Washington, Western; Percy Cooper, Highland Park; Leslie Rockymore, Southwestern; Eric Turner, Flint Central; Sam Vincent, Lansing Eastern (NBA/1981 Mr. Basketball); Coach Stan Gooch, Flint Central
Second Team: Anthony Welch, Grand Rapids Creston; Gred Wendt, Detroit Catholic Central; Desi McClung, Saginaw; Larry Polec, Sterling Heights; Paul Jokisch, Birmingham Brother Rice
Third Team: Patrick Ford, Cass Tech; Glenn Piche, Grosse Pointe South; Barry Stevens, Flint Northwestern (NBA); Brian Mattson, Grand Haven; Chip Henry, East Kentwood
Fourth Team: Don Petties, Ann Arbor Huron; McAdoo, Pontiac Central; Robert Henderson, Lansing Eastern (1982 Mr. Basketball); Gries, Escanaba; Bruce Fields, Lansing Everett
Fifth Team: Werner, Sterling Heights; Antoine “Judge” Joubert, Southwestern (1983 Mr. Basketball); Howze, Port Huron; Dunning, Kalamazoo Central; Word, Benton Harbor
Sixth Team: Miller, Redford; Russell, Utica Ford; Ward, Northville; Kelly, Traverse City; Waters, Rockford.
Class D
First Team: Anthony Grier, Detroit East Catholic; Coach Dave Soules, Detroit East Catholic; Second Team: James Ross, Detroit East Catholic.
Honorable Mention (All Classes): Carl Aaron, Denby; Tommy Anderson, Northeastern; Vince Giles, Henry Ford; Derrick Gervin, King (NBA); Eric Longmire, Mumford; Kevin Roundfield, Mackenzie; Eric Stokes, Northwestern; Joe Spicer, Northwestern; Anthony Newman, Detroit East Catholic; Ethan Torrence, Detroit East Catholic.

1980
Class A
First Team: Barry Spencer, Detroit Catholic Central; Tim McCormick, Clarkston (NBA); Anthony Scott, Grand Rapids Creston; Eric Turner, Flint Central; Sam Vincent, Lansing Eastern (NBA/Mr. Basketball 1981); Coach Charlie Coles, Saginaw 
Second Team: Michael Thomas, Central; Fred Cofield, Ypsilanti (NBA); Dave Hall, Livonia Stevenson; Dean Hopson, Ann Arbor Huron; Desi McClung, Saginaw
Third Team: Patrick Ford, Cass Tech; David Casey, Romulus; Mickey Falkenhagen, L’Anse Creuse North; Doug Hentschel, Portage Northern; Freeman Watkins, Utica Eisenhower
Fourth Team: Vik, Bay City John Glenn; Brian Brennan, Brother Rice (NFL); Bentz, Battle Creek Lakeview; David Traylor, Mackenzie; Hampton, Benton Harbor
Fifth Team: Gajor, Fordson; Kleinow, Utica; Monk, Plymouth Salem; Gary Plummer, Osborn (NBA); Osler, Escanaba
Sixth Team: Reed, Saginaw; Mathis, Battle Creek Central; Larry Polec, Sterling Heights; Turner, Flint Southwestern; Hoyt, Midland Dow.
Class B
Third Team: Carl Banks, Flint Beecher (NFL).
Class D
First Team: Anthony Grier, Detroit East Catholic; Second Team: James Ross, Detroit East Catholic.
Honorable Mention (All Classes): Kevin Bond, Northern; James Bailey, Henry Ford; Fred Bryant, Chadsey; Willis Carter, Murray-Wright; Bryan Pollard, Chadsey; William Kennedy, Kettering; Kim Matthews, Mumford; Curtis Moore, Southwestern; Robert Rose, Southeastern; Eddie Womack, Northwestern; Terry Madison, Murray-Wright; Kevin Roundfield, Mackenzie; Mike Thomas, Central (also Second Team); Rodney Nealy, Central; Derrick Gervin, King (NBA); Percy Cooper, Highland Park; Bob Brown, Grosse Pointe North; Lamar Ragland, Detroit East Catholic; Greg Washington, Western.