Several Macomb County grapplers from the various conferences within the county have fought their way to the state wrestling finals, slated for March 1-3 at The Palace of Auburn Hills.
Crowns captured
Utica boys, Cousino girls hoops teams win titles
Regional qualifiers
Warren Woods Tower joins a dozen or so local squads in regional round of state cheer tournament
Crosstown battle
Southfield-Lathrup boys basketball gets the best of Southfield High
Panthers still prowling
Roseville High's wrestling team in a regional final uses furious comeback in downing Sterling Heights to earn a third straight trip to the state finals.
UTICA — Warren Cousino’s girls and Utica High’s boys basketball teams can celebrate at long last after the squads ended decades long division title droughts Feb. 20 at Utica High. ...Read More
Photo by Patricia O'Blenes
Cousino's girls basketball team celebrates a victory Feb. 20 at Utica High in which it clinched at least a share of the MAC White Division title.
SOUTHFIELD — To the best of Southfield-Lathrup boys basketball coach Mike Avery’s memory, for the first time since 2006, the Chargers have swept the season series against Southfield High.
Lathrup beat the Blue ...Read More
Photo by Patricia O’Blenes
Southfield-Lathrup’s Johnny Slater take the ball upcourt as Southfield High defenders give chase. The Chargers won 61-53.
One and dones. Upsets. Trophies.
It’s playoff time.
The high school girls state basketball tournament kicks off with district action Feb. 27.
For every team, the beginning of the playoffs means something different. ...Read More
TROY — If there’s no other night filled with more anticipation for high school hockey fans than the start of the playoffs, then there’s no better way to start them than the way Troy High and Troy Athens are ...Read More
Photo Erin Sanchez
Edmund Qiao (14) and the Troy hockey team are 1-1 against Athens this year, having won 8-4 and lost 5-1. The teams meet on the first night of the playoffs.
Individual wrestling state finals run March 1-3. A number of local grapplers are in the field. ...Read More
Photo by Patricia O'Blenes
Action on the mats will be fast and furious when the individual wrestling state finals start up. The finals take place March 1-3 at The Palace of Auburn Hills.
Warren Woods Tower's competitive cheer team finishes second in district tournament, moves on to regionals. ...Read More
Photo courtesy of Niki Collis
The Warren Woods Tower competitive cheer team will compete in a Division 2 regional tournament Feb. 25 at Gibraltar Carlson High School. The top four teams in that regional advance to the state finals, set for March 2-3 at the Delta Plex in Grand Rapids.
GROSSE POINTE — At first glance, a coach could be disappointed in a team with a 3-12-1 mark.
Grosse Pointe North wrestling coach Eric Julien, though, has more of a long-term view and understands his team’s ...Read More
Photo by Patricia O’Blenes
Grosse Pointe North 119-pound grappler Peter Salazar is the lone senior on the squad.
WARREN — For the past five years, once the hockey season has ended, Dan Barry and his Warren De La Salle squad have traded gloves and sticks for trays and towels.
Every Friday during the Lenten season, the Pilots have ...Read More
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UTICA — Warren Cousino’s girls and Utica High’s boys basketball teams can celebrate at long last after the squads ended decades long division title droughts Feb. 20 at Utica High. 
SOUTHFIELD — To the best of Southfield-Lathrup boys basketball coach Mike Avery’s memory, for the first time since 2006, the Chargers have swept the season series against Southfield High.
Lathrup beat the Blue 
TROY — If there’s no other night filled with more anticipation for high school hockey fans than the start of the playoffs, then there’s no better way to start them than the way Troy High and Troy Athens are 
Individual wrestling state finals run March 1-3. A number of local grapplers are in the field. 
Warren Woods Tower's competitive cheer team finishes second in district tournament, moves on to regionals. 
GROSSE POINTE — At first glance, a coach could be disappointed in a team with a 3-12-1 mark.
Grosse Pointe North wrestling coach Eric Julien, though, has more of a long-term view and understands his team’s 
