Jeremy Lin: a new basketball superstar and media sensation

Katie Scflafhauser, Staff Writer
March 22, 2012

The new NBA player for the New York Knicks, Jeremy Lin, has taken the nation by surprise and is stunning everybody with his unexpected talent. It’s a classic underdog story. A 2010 Harvard graduate in economics, Jeremy Lin was struggling to hold on to a career in the NBA. Along with the previous two... Read more »

Troy basketball out of tournament in district final

Jake Lourim, Sports Editor
March 12, 2012

The Troy basketball team was about to hit the point that good teams hit where they know they can’t lose. But Waterford Mott, the most unlikely dealer of the knockout punches, threw the Colts’ season into a tough combination of sorrow and frustration. The Corsairs shot their way to a 16-point halftime... Read more »

Coming back for One Shining Moment

April 25, 2011

Dear Shelvin Mack, Marcus Morris, Markieff Morris, Kyrie Irving, every insanely good athlete who plays for Kentucky, and every insanely good athlete who plays for North Carolina: Don’t leave! It’s a new time in college basketball. College athletes are fulfilling their required one year (or in rare... Read more »

Troy bows out of state tournament with 58-53 loss to Pontiac

March 13, 2011

One shot short, one stop short, one play short. Troy couldn’t come up with a key rebound in the final seconds of Wednesday’s district semifinal at Troy Athens, ending a sensational season with a 58-53 loss to Pontiac and falling just short of an upset that would have put the Colts in a rubber match... Read more »

Troy rides Young to 73-58 3-peat of Athens

March 13, 2011

Monday night’s Troy victory was head coach Gary Fralick’s 300th of his career. It just so happened that it came against Troy’s archrival in the state tournament. “I was kind of hoping that might happen,” said Fralick. Sophomore James Young exploded for a career-high 35 points Monday night to... Read more »

JAKE’S TAKE: The biggest-hearted Colt

March 5, 2011

There are several people who deserve the share of the Oakland Activities Association White Division Championship that the Troy varsity basketball team won Thursday night with a 77-74 victory at Berkley. One of them is James Young, a spectacular 6-feet-5 sophomore who lit up the Bears for 33 points Thursday... Read more »

Troy an upset victim on Senior Night

February 28, 2011

Before Thursday night’s home finale, it appeared that if a team was going to beat Troy, they were going to have to win in blowout fashion. Stoney Creek stopped that pattern dead in its tracks. The Troy varsity basketball team was victim of an upset Thursday night on Senior Night against Rochester Hills... Read more »

A night at the TC Stampede

February 13, 2011

Caution, opponents: gymnasium may get loud. There should be a warning to opposing teams before they enter the Troy gym for a boys’ basketball game, for that is where the thunderous roar of the student section is found. They call themselves the “TC Stampede,” and occasionally wear matching shirts... Read more »

Lake Orion shuts down Young, stuns Troy 66-47

January 28, 2011

What do you get when you take away the do-it-all star player of a 10-1 team? A shocking upset, says Lake Orion. Lake Orion (2-9, 2-7 OAA White) came into Troy, shut down Troy super sophomore James Young, and ended up routing the Colts 66-47. Orion outscored Troy 22-4 in the fourth quarter. The Colts... Read more »

Troy girls’ basketball with new coach, new faces in 2010

November 28, 2010

With a young team and a new coach, plenty is uncertain about the Troy varsity girls’ basketball team. One thing that is certain: the 2010 Colts will be plenty different from 2009. Here’s a first look at this season: THE TEAM: Troy enters this season with new coach Dennis Koch, who replaces five-year... Read more »