The Rochester Adams
Highlanders won their district championship against Stoney Creek 59-53
to advance to a regional semifinal against Pontiac.
Both coaches, the rowdy, toga-wearing Highlander fans and Adams player
Andrew Hammett, reflect on the game.
"(This is) one of the most amazing turnarounds I've had in a team for
sure as a coach at Adams," Hall said.
The Highlanders are one of the 32 remaining teams fighting to get to the
state championship at the Breslin Center on March 25. They play Pontiac,
which defeated Avondale 63-60, on Monday night. (From Patch.com)
Date Change for Final Games
The final game of the 2010-2011 season
for all squads has been moved to THURSDAY March 3rd. Come out and
support your squad!
1/3/11
Monday,
December 20, 2010 (Reprinted from TheOaklandPress.com)
Praising an underrated coach
Glancing at
the box scores and articles for Friday's boys basketball games
in his cave on Saturday morning,
Kosmo was
enthralled by what took place at Rochester Adams on Friday
night.
Visiting Ferndale
rallied from a third-quarter deficit and then hit a game-winning
3-pointer in the final seconds to pull out a 61-58 over Adams. Kosmo isn't really
surprised by Ferndale's
early success because head coach Tom
Staton has done a
nice job turning that program around, but the K-Man is somewhat
amazed that Adams still is at worse a solid team every single
year.
The Highlanders only returned one starter this year, are in a
school district that splits the talent three ways with Rochester
and Stoney Creek
and don't usually trot out many Division I college players on a
yearly basis.
For that, it's time to give praise to head coach John Hall and
his staff for how much they get out of the players.
A lot of coaches around the county are well-respected for their
longevity and how they bring out the best in their players, such
as Clarkston's Dan
Fife, Troy's Gary Fralick,
George Porritt of
St. Mary's and Tom
Negoshian of North
Farmington. While not in Oakland County, Greg
Esler of Warren De
La Salle is
another fine example of that.
But in his 12th season, Hall has to be mentioned in that group
as well. Glancing at Adams each year, there don't appear to be
many reasons whey the Highlanders should annually compete for
league titles and have 15-win seasons.
But they somehow do, which speaks for how good a coaching staff
is in place at Adams.
11/21
New Deadline: 12/23!
Recognize your son or daughter with a
personal ad in the basketball program! There is a combined program
for both boys and girls basketball again this year, which will be sold at over
60 home events. Don't miss your chance to recognize the years of
effort, time and energy that your son or daughter has committed to be a
part of Adams basketball, cheer or dance!
