NOVI — They left as state champions and are already making their mark on the college stage.

GROSSE POINTE WOODS — Grosse Pointe University Liggett and Grosse Pointe North High School were well represented during the opening week of college baseball. Liggett graduates Jarren Purify and Oliver Service, both state champions in 2021 for the Knights, made their Division I debuts.

GROSSE POINTE FARMS — Last year was a history-making season for Grosse Pointe South junior Wyatt Hepner as he competed in the Michigan High School Athletic Association Division 1 wrestling state championship in the 126-pound weight class, but it wasn’t good enough for him.

GROSSE POINTE WOODS — There’s a different type of connection when a high school coach has walked the same school hallways as a student.

BIRMINGHAM — There’s a reason the Birmingham ski team is consistently a part of the Michigan High School Athletic Association Division 1 State Finals each year.

BLOOMFIELD HILLS — Everyone wants to be a part of a successful team. The environment is electric, the team atmosphere is exciting, and everyone has their sights set on the same thing – winning.

MACOMB TOWNSHIP — Macomb L’Anse Creuse High School-North boys swimming has been on a tour of the Macomb Area Conference the past three years.

WARREN — It’s been a story of progression this season for Warren Woods Tower boys wrestling, but the journey is far from over.

STERLING HEIGHTS — Earning a league championship can create a sense of pride for a team, especially in Henry Ford II boys swim and dive’s case, where last year’s Macomb Area Conference White title was the school’s first since 1996.

WEST BLOOMFIELD — With an historic win for longtime head coach Greg Alessi, back-to-back district championships, and West Bloomfield’s first Oakland Activity Association league title since 2014, it’s looking like the right time to hop aboard the Lakers wrestling program.

ST. CLAIR SHORES — For the past two seasons, St. Clair Shores Lakeview has quietly constructed a program ready to prove they’re one of the top teams in the Macomb Area Conference.

WARREN — Who knew a picture of seven freshmen from a team banquet would last a lifetime in the history of Warren Mott wrestling?

FARMINGTON — Farmington boys wrestling may have lost themselves in the shuffle of a brutal Oakland Activities Association White league, but they quietly put together a season that should have them on everyone’s radar next year.

CLINTON TOWNSHIP — Clinton Township Chippewa Valley football will have a new man leading the sidelines this season, and they didn’t have to travel too far to find him.

SOUTHFIELD — Only a month in as head coach for Lawrence Technological University football, Scott Merchant turned in an impressive recruiting class to kickstart the 2024 campaign as National Signing Day concluded on Feb. 7.