Mick McCabe's journalism career at the Free Press turned 50 on Wednesday. In honor of this milestone, the longtime former high school sports columnist selected all-time teams of players he covered in football and boys and girls basketball during his career. Here is his boys basketball team:
Campy Russell
Pontiac Central. 1971
Officially, he is Michael Campanella Russell, a 6-foot-8 forward who led the Chiefs to a 42-2 record and two state finals in his last two seasons, losing to Detroit Pershing and Will Robinson as a junior and to Detroit Kettering as a senior, when he averaged 26 points and 18 rebounds.