At the start of the season, not much was expected out of the West Bloomfield boys basketball team, but the Lakers proved naysayers wrong by getting off to a tremendous start and beating Southfield and Pontiac in January. But by then, many probably thought the Lakers would start to struggle since teams would take more notice of them, which would lead to a second-half swoon.
Well, forget that.
West Bloomfield backed up its home win against Southfield by winning at Southfield on Tuesday. The Lakers are now tied for first in the OAA Red with Clarkston, although West Bloomfield still has to play at Clarkston this year.
Still, the win over the Bluejays shows that West Bloomfield is indeed for real and that no second-half swoon is forthcoming.
- Milford hasn't had much success in boys basketball over the years, but the Mavericks had a long-overdue moment in the sun by winning at Walled Lake Central in the first round of the KLAA tournament on Thursday. The Vikings entered with only one loss all year in the KLAA North, but Milford went on the road and earned a surprising route of Central in a 51-34 victory. The Mavericks effort should be applauded and we'll see if the momentum carries over to next week