ROCHESTER HILLS/FARMINGTON HILLS — Oakland University right-handed pitcher Brandon Decker’s Instagram post, “Official,” said it all.

METRO DETROIT — For those who attend or have attended Macomb Community College, the Monarch nickname never made any sense largely due to the fact that there wasn’t a logo to go along with it. What is a Monarch? Is the school actually named after butterflies?

METRO DETROIT — A new professional basketball franchise is headed to Detroit as GameAbove Sports announced the purchase of the fourth BIG3 basketball franchise on July 8.

GROSSE POINTE PARK — For Grosse Pointe Park native Sorin Koszyk, an Olympic qualification was more of a ‘when’ rather than an ‘if.’

ROCHESTER HILLS — Rochester Hills Stoney Creek softball’s battery and leader of the infield have put themselves on the map statewide.

ROCHESTER/ROCHESTER HILLS — The Rochester schools are always known to be at each other’s throats in athletics, but in a friendly, competitive way.

TROY — Troy lacrosse decided it had enough in 2024.

BIRMINGHAM — If they weren’t on everyone’s radar prior to this season, they are now. Carrying one of the toughest schedules in the state this season, Birmingham United boys lacrosse not only improved its win total but did it against the best competition around.

BLOOMFIELD HILLS — Their first season on varsity ended in a state tournament run, so it was only right to have the final curtain call for the Bloomfield Hills girls lacrosse seniors be yet another memorable journey in the Michigan High School Athletic Association Division 1 state tournament.

ROYAL OAK/BERKLEY — Royal Oak-Berkley M1 boys lacrosse prides itself on facing the toughest competition possible early on in its season, and unfortunately it’s led to a roller coaster of emotions.

UTICA — Every step on the track is a blessing for him. It wasn’t long ago that 2013 Utica High School graduate Freddie Crittenden III faced the ugliest part of the relationship between athletes and their respective sports — deciding when it’s time to call it a career.

METRO DETROIT — There’s never been a more exciting time to be a member of the University of Michigan football team.

WARREN — They might not have walked out as state champions, but there will be plenty of eyes on Warren De La Salle Collegiate golf after its state finals showing this year.

BIRMINGHAM — Birmingham Seaholm girls tennis continues to be a perennial threat in the race for the Division 2 state title, and there’s no signs of slowing down.

DETROIT — The Rocket Mortgage Classic has its first two-time winner in only six years of existence.

DETROIT — The signature Rocket Mortgage red was brushed to the side in favor of a sea of Honolulu blue on June 25 at Detroit Golf Club.

DETROIT — Local sports fans remember being children and bringing their gloves to a Detroit Tigers game in hopes of catching a baseball, or reaching over the stands at Ford Field in hopes of fist-bumping their favorite Detroit Lions player.

NOVI — There was no way of downplaying it: Detroit Catholic Central knew it didn’t put its best foot forward at last year’s Michigan High School Athletic Association Division 1 state finals.

BLOOMFIELD HILLS — Nothing like a little déjà vu feeling in your final high school soccer game. As freshman sensations, Bloomfield Hills Marian’s 2024 senior class continued the longstanding tradition of Marian girls soccer, earning a Michigan High School Athletic Association Division 2 state championship in a 3-0 win over Spring Lake.

ORCHARD LAKE — It was a part of his game that he’d been working on and improving all season.