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Jacob Herbert

C&G Staff Reporter – C & G Sports

Published March 20, 2020

State title dreams on hold for DCD and Brother Rice hockey

For both the Birmingham Brother Rice and Beverly Hills Detroit Country Day hockey teams, making it to and winning a state championship is more of an expectation than anything else.Read More

Published March 18, 2020

Rochester Post

Adams competitive cheer captures D-1 state title

ROCHESTER HILLS — It is not uncommon in the sports world for a team to grow as the season progresses. Gaining and maintaining camaraderie is equally as important as talent and execution when it comes to winning a championship.

Ike boys bowling claims first state title in program history

Published March 16, 2020

Shelby - Utica News

Ike boys bowling claims first state title in program history

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — It almost didn’t happen. The Utica Eisenhower boys bowling team was looking to cap off a season in which it won the Macomb Area Conference White Division, the MAC White league tournament and seven other tournaments it participated in this year with a Division 1 state championship.

Published March 10, 2020

Rochester Post

Local teams wrap up play in district tournament

ROCHESTER HILLS/ROCHESTER — The curtain has closed on the district portion of the girls basketball state playoffs. Rochester Hills Lutheran Northwest came away with a Division 3 district title March 6, besting Mount Clemens High 59-35 at Clinton Township Clintondale.

Published March 9, 2020

Shelby - Utica News

Ike girls hoops downs Rochester High for district crown

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — It took a year off, but the Utica Eisenhower girls basketball team returned to champion status after knocking off Rochester High 47-42 March 6 at Rochester Hills Stoney Creek to win a Division 1 district title.

Published March 9, 2020

C&G Newspapers

A look at the local All-State wrestlers

At the individual wrestling state finals, the top eight finishers in each weight class across all four divisions receive All-State recognition. Following is a list of the local wrestlers to earn All-State honors.

Published March 7, 2020

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Dakota’s Brendan Ferretti overcomes injury to capture D-1 state title

DETROIT -- Macomb Dakota's Brendan Feretti wasn’t even sure if he was going to be able to wrestle this season. A foot injury suffered in June 2019 kept the junior out of action until January 2020.

Published March 6, 2020

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Marian grinds past Royal Oak High to win D-1 district final

BLOOMFIELD HILLS -- The Bloomfield Hills Marian girls basketball team added yet another Division 1 district championship trophy to the trophy case with a 50-39 win over Royal Oak High March 6 at home. The win marks Marian’s ninth consecutive district title and 16th in the past 17 years.

Published March 4, 2020

Rochester Post

Notre Dame Prep, Adams ski teams shine at state finals

PONTIAC/ROCHESTER HILLS — When former coach John Deibel asked Craig McLeod to take over the Pontiac Notre Dame Prep ski team two seasons ago, McLeod asked what the secret was to leading the Fighting Irish to success. Prep had made appearances in several previous state finals and finished as runner-up in 2017 and 2018.

Royal Oak High’s Earle Weaver puts his opponent in a hold during last year’s individual state finals at Ford Field. Weaver, 28-3 overall, will again return to Detroit March 6 with hopes of closing out his high school career as a state placer.

Published March 3, 2020

Royal Oak Review

Earle Weaver vying for Ford Field podium

ROYAL OAK — Royal Oak High’s Earle Weaver has qualified for the Division 1 individual wrestling state finals three years in a row, but has yet to finish as a state placer.

Published March 2, 2020

Birmingham - Bloomfield Eagle

Groves’ Damon Dunbar eyeing state title in senior season

BEVERLY HILLS — In his high school wrestling career, Birmingham Groves’ Damon Dunbar has over 200 wins. However, a handful more wins could prove to be the most important.

Published March 2, 2020

Shelby - Utica News

Utica United hockey continuing to grow

UTICA — The season may be over, but the program is still working. A 9-0 loss to Macomb Dakota in a Division 1 regional first-round game Feb. 27 at the Mount Clemens Ice Arena officially closed the book on the 2019-20 campaign for the Utica United hockey team.

Published February 24, 2020

C&G Newspapers

Local wrestlers shift attention to Ford Field

METRO DETROIT — It’s here. After months of preparation, wrestlers from across the state will have one final chance to etch their names into history as a state champion.

Published February 24, 2020

Shelby - Utica News

Utica High’s Barch signs with Kalamazoo College

UTICA — When Madison Barch started playing football in the seventh grade, she never envisioned a world where she was the starting punter and kicker for her high school football team.

Published February 19, 2020

Rochester Post

Rochester Adams wrestling claims team district crown

ROCHESTER HILLS — Since 2011, the Rochester Adams wrestling team has won six Division 1 district tournaments. The Highlanders’ most recent tournament win, however, was a result of overcoming a 36-point deficit to rival Rochester Hills Stoney Creek.