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.

FARMINGTON HILLS — Full-circle moments always make for great stories, and Farmington Hills Mercy seniors Kat Burras and Sophia Paluk were at the forefront of one of those very moments.

DETROIT — There’s two major things the Rocket Mortgage Classic consistently falls victim to — other high-profile tournaments surrounding it and a purse that isn’t necessarily a needle-mover for some of the biggest names in the game.

BLOOMFIELD HILLS — They’ve been partners in crime their whole high school tennis career, and they ended it in the most storybook way possible.

TROY — For soon-to-be Troy Athens High School freshman Ian Osuna, cars were always at the forefront of his childhood.

BEVERLY HILLS/BLOOMFIELD HILLS — As an assistant coach last year, Detroit Country Day girls tennis head coach Nicholas Fiaschetti looked on as Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood was crowned the Michigan High School Athletic Association Division 3 state champions by a two-point differential.

METRO DETROIT — For some homeowners, the sight of a rain-filled forecast is enough to fill them with dread because of a potential disaster.

BLOOMFIELD HILLS — When you think of Division 3 girls tennis in Michigan, Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood and Detroit Country Day are practically the poster children for the state finals stage, and they seem to be interchangeable each year.

CLINTON TOWNSHIP — It’s been an indescribable high school track career for Clinton Township Chippewa Valley senior Shamar Heard, but he ended it the only way he knew how.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — A year ago, Utica Eisenhower junior Bryce Hurley would’ve told you he wasn’t feeling like the best version of himself.