Whiteford’s boys basketball team has climbed to the No. 3 spot in the most recent Detroit Free Press rankings, the highest the Bobcats have ever been ranked in boys basketball.

Whiteford is 16-2 with one regular season game remaining – Thursday, March 1 at Ann Arbor Greenhills. Then the Bobcats will enter the state tournament.

The Bobcats picked up with No. 16 Friday at Britton Deerfield, holding the second-leading scorer in the TCC, Zac Clark, to just five points. Whiteford won 44-33. Thomas Eitniear scored 12 points and Jared Fink 10 to lead the Bobcats.

Whiteford will host BD in the opening round of the Class C District on March 5.