Latest Sports News
Farmington Hills
Mercy powers past Ladywood to claim first Catholic League crown since 2003
DETROIT — When it comes to Catholic League championship games, Nancy Malinowski has experienced just about everything, including three losses in the past three years.
But on May 20, the Farmington Hills Mercy softball ...Read More
Warren
LACROSSE: Local teams see varying results as state tournament begins
Number of local teams still alive in boys lacrosse playoffs ...Read More
Warren
Longtime DLS lacrosse coach receives honor
U.S. Lacrosse, the national governing body of lacrosse, has recognized longtime Warren De La Salle lacrosse coach Mike Jolly with the 2012 Gerald J. Carroll Exemplary Coaching Award.
Jolly, now the JV coach for the Pilots, ...Read More
Birmingham
Brother Rice rolls past Catholic Central to claim league title
DETROIT — Playing in a venue like this never gets old.
Matt Ruppenthal can attest to that.
“But winning here makes it even better,” the Birmingham Brother Rice junior pitcher said after the 2013 Catholic ...Read More
Lake Orion
Lake Orion High boys golf proves to be best in county
WATERFORD — The Lake Orion High boys golf team dominated its way to the Oakland County tournament championship May 15 at the Pontiac Country Club.
The Dragons shot a team total 303, besting the field by 12 ...Read More
-
St. Clair Shores — Third annual Shores-Pointes Adventure Triathlon slated for July 20
Madison Heights
NDP soccer continues strong season with victory against Bishop Foley
MADISON HEIGHTS — Pontiac Notre Dame Prep continued its impressive run through the Catholic High School League with a 3-1 victory against Madison Heights Bishop Foley May 9 at Foley.
The Fighting Irish move to 13-1-2 ...Read More
Troy
Troy softball team sweeps Athens in postseason preview
TROY — The date was May 8, but the feel was that of the first weekend in June.
With good reason.
In what served as a district semifinal preview, the Troy High and Troy Athens softball teams met Wednesday afternoon for ...Read More
Farmington Hills
North Farmington baseball team improves to 14-3 with 5-2 victory against Pioneer
FARMINGTON HILLS — The runs came early, and then they came late. There wasn’t much in between, but the Jaden King took care of the rest. The North Farmington baseball team kept its impressive season going ...Read More
Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills Detroit Country Day boys basketball coach moving on
Bevery Hills Detroit Country Day has confirmed that boys basketball coach Kurt Keener has accepted another job in Arizona.
Next season, Keener will coach the boys basketball team at Desert Mountain High in ...Read More
Grosse Pointe Woods
Grosse Pointe North baseball hopes to finish strong
To say that Grosse Pointe North has a strong baseball tradition would be an understatement.
According to coach Frank Sumbera, who has been the leading force behind North’s storied tradition after coaching for some 40 ...Read More
-
Auburn Hills — Auburn Hills Avondale girls soccer under new leadership
-
Bloomfield Hills — Move to the OAA Blue offers Andover different perspective
-
Farmington Hills — Hot start has confidence soaring with Harrison baseball program
-
Sterling Heights — Parkway Christian softball working to find footing
Metro Detroit
Club rugby programs become more visible in area
Dave Huff has been around rugby most of his life.
Huff, who grew up in Virginia, played rugby in high school and at Penn State University. He was also a member of the only men’s Division I rugby team in Michigan ...Read More
Beverly Hills
North Farmington softball sweeps Groves in Monday doubleheader
FARMINGTON HILLS — They were two very different games with two identical results.
And that made for a good Monday afternoon for the North Farmington softball team.
“It was good to get a couple wins here,” ...Read More
Rochester
Stoney Creek graduate taken No. 1 in NFL draft
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell walked to the podium inside Radio City Music Hall in New York City April 25 and made the announcement.
“With the first pick in the 2013 NFL draft, the Kansas City Chiefs select Eric ...Read More
Harrison Township
Local gymnast qualifies for Junior Olympics
There are probably not a lot of 16-year-olds walking around who can say that they have already accomplished a dream, but you can count Macomb L’Anse Creuse North junior Paige Zaziski as one of them.
On May 10-11, ...Read More
Grosse Pointe Woods
Liggett baseball aims for another trip to Battle Creek
The definition of what makes for a successful season can depend a lot on the standards that have been established. For some teams, winning a league title would be considered a tremendous success. For others, the benchmark ...Read More
-
Rochester Hills — Adams softball team picking up where it left off in 2012
-
Macomb Township — LCN girls soccer hopes to re-establish winning tradition
Metro Detroit
CHSL girls basketball names honor teams
The Catholic High School League girls basketball divisional races were close across the board. At most, it was a matter of two games that separated the divisional champion from the field or, in one case, no games at ...Read More
Madison Heights
Lamphere golf set to take shot at another successful season
In the last five seasons, Lamphere’s boys golf team has won a combined total of four league and division meet championships in the Macomb Area Conference Silver Division.
After getting the program restarted ...Read More
Mount Clemens
Mount Clemens High grad takes over as coach of baseball team
MOUNT CLEMENS — The Mount Clemens High baseball team beat Madison Heights Madison 13-3 April 15 for its first win of the season — in its first game.
That win was the first for the Bathers (1-0 at press time) ...Read More
Troy
Athens girls soccer takes aim at next step in program growth
TROY — Four games into the 2013 season, Troy Athens girls soccer coach Todd Heugh said he’s “encouraged” with just how things have gone so far.
Yes, it’s early.
Yes, he and his team are coming ...Read More

43°F 


