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BASEBALL ROUNDUP: L'Anse Creuse North clinches MAC White championship
Updated: 5/16/2012 11:36:52 PM EST

L'Anse Creuse North baseball coach Jeff Dropps made a deal with his team. The Crusaders' players celebrate every win this season with leaping chest bumps with each other. They wanted to perform this ...

TRACK AND GOLF: Roundup May 16, 2012
Updated: 5/16/2012 11:12:21 PM EST

Golf MAC CROSSOVER Eisenhower 156, Dakota 163, Chippewa Valley 166 (At Cherry Creek, par 36) EISENHOWER: Michael Gaulin 38, Marc Hebert 39, Ryan Jaros 39, Connor Jones 40. DAKOTA: Kevin Vitale 40...

SOCCER: Cougars claim first-ever girls MAC title (With Video)
Updated: 5/16/2012 11:09:49 PM EST

By Chuck Pleiness Macomb Daily Sports Writer A tie was all Dakota’s soccer team needed Wednesday night to claim an outright MAC Blue Division title. Allison Bondi gave the Cougars a bit more. With...

SOFTBALL: Ford makes another comeback for MAC White title (With Video)
Updated: 5/16/2012 11:10:50 PM EST

Utica had seen it before, as have so many other softball teams in the MAC White Division; hold a lead late on Ford only to watch the Falcons come from behind for the win. It happened again Wednesday ...

BOYS LACROSSE: Grosse Pointe South bedevils Eisenhower
Updated: 5/15/2012 11:58:05 PM EST

Grosse Pointe South goalie David Trudel wasn’t about to miss the biggest lacrosse game of his life. But hours before the Blue Devils were to face Eisenhower – with a share of the MAC Red championship...

BASEBALL, SOCCER ROUNDUP: Armada splits DH with Imlay City
Updated: 5/15/2012 10:04:35 PM EST

Baseball BWAC ARMADA 13-10, IMLAY CITY 17-6: With combined total of 38 hits, the Tigers fell to Imlay City in the first game 17-13. Top hitters for Armada were: Aaron Walkowski, 4-5 with four runs s...

SOFTBALL ROUNDUP: Huntley shines on mound and at the plate
Updated: 5/15/2012 10:14:07 PM EST

Alyssa Huntley does it all for Stevenson's softball team. The Eastern Michigan University recruit pitched a three-hit shutout, collected four hits and four RBI and fielded her position flawlessly as ...

TENNIS, GOLF, TRACK AND FIELD: Roundup for Tuesday, May 15
Updated: 5/15/2012 10:00:52 PM EST

Tennis MAC CROSSOVERS Lakeview 7, East Detroit 1 SINGLES: Suzanne Dolan, ED, d. Jennifer Stafford, 6-2, 6-1; Jessica Millet, L, d. Lindsay Pluta, 6-1, 6-0; Rachel Hinze, L, d. Summer Allen, 6-2, 7-...

SOCCER: Maccagnone is Ike’s ‘deadly and dynamic’ player
Updated: 5/15/2012 10:15:15 PM EST

They call soccer the beautiful game for many reasons. It has passion, power and a sincere, innocent spirit of competition that can give you goosebumps on any given day. Add blonde hair, a blue jerse...

GOLF, TRACK AND FIELD: Roundup for Monday, May 14
Updated: 5/14/2012 11:58:16 PM EST

Golf MAC SILVER DIVISION East Detroit 161, Clawson 177 (At Sunnybrook, par 36) EAST DETROIT: Dakota Futach 37, Zach Gray 39, John Rowley 41, James Hall 44. CLAWSON: Gordon Gray 42, Elvis Martinez...

SOCCER ROUNDUP: Regina records first win of season
Updated: 5/14/2012 11:54:07 PM EST

Regina wins first game of the season By John K. Schroder Special to The Macomb Daily Regina’s soccer coach Ryan Elchuk finally had a chance to smile on Monday night. Junior Alexandra Ciraulo boote...

TENNIS: Richmond tops Regina
Updated: 5/14/2012 11:32:59 PM EST

The softball team's loss was the tennis team's gain when Richmond's Jenna and Alyssa Brickel decided to switch sports this spring. The Blue Devils graduated almost all of their doubles players last y...

SOFTBALL ROUNDUP: Romeo beats Anchor Bay to stay on top in MAC Red Division
Updated: 5/14/2012 10:58:08 PM EST

Rachael Gabrielson looked around the Romeo softball dugout on a warm Monday and grinned after the Bulldogs stayed atop the MAC Red Division with a 7-3 victory over Anchor Bay. “I can’t stress enough ...

BASEBALL ROUNDUP: Lakeview outlasts Clawson
Updated: 5/14/2012 10:52:17 PM EST

ST. CLAIR SHORES – What had been a rout for Mark Powell and the rest of the Lakeview baseball team for the first six innings got a bit nerve wracking in the seventh. But the Huskies survived five run...

SOCCER: Titans hand Ramblers third loss of season
Updated: 5/12/2012 8:26:46 PM EST

It took Stevenson’s girls soccer team an entire half to wake up … literally. The Titans scored a pair of second half goals to hand Fraser just its third loss of the season, 2-0, in a MAC crossover ma...

SOCCER: Richmond 'tricks' South Lake (With Video)
Updated: 5/11/2012 10:08:32 PM EST

Richmond girls soccer team traveled to one of the southernmost points in the county, but it was worth the trip as the Blue Devils trounced host South Lake, 5-1, in a non-league contest on Friday night...

SOFTBALL: Lakeview earns hardfought MAC White victory over Eisenhower
Updated: 5/11/2012 10:06:17 PM EST

Jessica Scharffe couldn’t have planned a much better time to bust out of a season-long hitting slump. Facing an Eisenhower softball team with far more at stake in the MAC White Friday afternoon, the ...

BASEBALL: De La Salle romps past Warren-Mott
Updated: 5/11/2012 10:03:44 PM EST

Apparently Reed Carnagie was too busy to star in the hit movie “The Avengers.” The De La Salle senior would’ve been perfect as another super hero. There was Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Thor, Capta...

GOLF & TENNIS RESULTS 5-10
Updated: 5/10/2012 11:10:12 PM EST

Golf BWAC Team Scores: Croswell-Lexington 167, Almont 174, Yale 175, Richmond 179, Armada 181, Capac 185, Imlay City 187, Algonac 201. (At Castle Creek Golf Course) RICHMOND: Justin Nowak 41, Brad...

SOCCER/LACROSSE ROUNDUP: Wiegand nets equalizer for Dakota
Updated: 5/10/2012 10:19:22 PM EST

MAC WHITE DIVISION DAKOTA 1, STERLING HEIGHTS 1: Kylie Wiegand got the unassisted equalizer with 15 minutes left in the match for the Cougars (7-0-2, 10-2-3). Keeper Jorjan Wildner made seven saves. ...

BASEBALL ROUNDUP: Jock fans 21 in opener for Memphis
Updated: 5/10/2012 10:13:19 PM EST

NCTL MEMPHIS 3-11, CARSONVILLE PORT SANILAC 2-3: In the first game, Philip Jock struck out 21, scattered five hits and allowed two runs on the mound. Logan Clare went 2-for-4 with two doubles and a ...

SOFTBALL ROUNDUP: Just win baby ... Fraser does just that
Updated: 5/10/2012 10:11:20 PM EST

At this point of the high school softball season it doesn’t much matter how you win, just that you do win. And that’s just what Fraser coach Matt Fishburn told his team after Thursday’s 3-2 win over ...

SOCCER: Roundup for May 9
Updated: 5/9/2012 10:52:01 PM EST

Oh Dear, she can really play soccer, can’t she? Anchor Bay’s Michelle Dear scored three goals and added two assists as the Tars emerged with a 7-4 victory over L’Anse Creuse North in a MAC White Divi...

SOCCER: Clawson stays in the hunt for Gold (With Video)
Updated: 5/9/2012 10:43:57 PM EST

You might call them gold diggers, but in a nice kind of way. The Clawson girls soccer team lost a critical game Monday night to front-running St. Clair, but rebounded with a tight 2-1 victory on the ...

TENNIS, GOLF, TRACK: Roundup for May 9, 2012
Updated: 5/9/2012 10:28:33 PM EST

Tennis 6th Annual Apple Orchard Invitational (Hosted by Romeo) TEAMS: 1. Grosse Pointe South 28; 2. Romeo 18; 2. Rochester Adams 18; 4. Frankenmuth 12; 5. Dakota 10; 6. Brandon 9; 7. Southfield 5; ...

BASEBALL, SOFTBALL: Huskies blank Stallions
Updated: 5/9/2012 11:05:06 PM EST

STERLING HEIGHTS - Mark Powell was simply too much for Sterling Heights High School on Wednesday afternoon. The Lakeview High School senior right-hander pitched a one-hitter and struck out nin...

SOCCER/LACROSSE ROUNDUP 5-8
Updated: 5/8/2012 10:43:32 PM EST

NON-LEAGUE PARKWAY CHRISTIAN 3, BETHANY CHRISTIAN 3: Senior Hannah Durham scored two goals and 10th-grader Nicole Jacob added one for visiting Parkway Christian, which rallied from a 2-1 halftime def...

SOFTBALL ROUNDUP: Lake Shore knocks off first-place Ford
Updated: 5/8/2012 10:45:37 PM EST

MAC RED DIVISION CHIPPEWA VALLEY 2, MARINE CITY 1: Any fan of the Big Reds who arrived late missed plenty, as Chippewa Valley scored both runs in the first inning. Leadoff batter Leah Fifer walked t...

BASEBALL ROUNDUP: Dakota’s Macklem blanks Stevenson
Updated: 5/8/2012 10:45:48 PM EST

A day after the rain, Trevor Macklem pitched up a storm for Dakota’s baseball team. The senior right-hander struck out five Tuesday en route to a 3-0 victory over Stevenson in a game postponed by rai...

GOLF RESULTS 5-8
Updated: 5/8/2012 10:44:09 PM EST

MAC RED DIVISION Eisenhower 169, Grosse Pointe North 171 (At Cherry Creek, par 36) EISENHOWER: Michael Gaulin 36, Connor Jones 40, Ryan Jaros 41, Zach Halloran 43. GROSSE POINTE NORTH: Garrett Fri...

TRACK RESULTS 5-8
Updated: 5/8/2012 10:44:20 PM EST

Track and Field Boys Results MAC RED DIVISION Romeo 87, Grosse Pointe North 50 SHOT PUT: Sam Brunner, R, 52-8. DISCUS: Brunner, R, 161-7 1/2. HIGH JUMP: Joe Gerow, R, 6-0. LONG JUMP: Brian Roth, R...

TENNIS: Nguyen breezes to No. 1 singles title
Updated: 5/8/2012 10:44:30 PM EST

Davina Nguyen is only 14 years old and isn't even in high school yet, but she is dominating high school competition on the tennis court this season. Nguyen, who plays for Utica, needed only around 20...

TENNIS: Palazzolo learns from past defeats
Updated: 5/8/2012 10:44:44 PM EST

Defeats aren’t all bad -- if a person can learn from them. That’s what Anchor Bay’s Haley Palazzolo did when Stevenson’s Hana Micakovic beat her the first three times the two met on the tennis court ...

TRACK & FIELD: Standards set for county meet
Updated: 5/8/2012 6:38:30 PM EST

Now it is up to the athletes. Standards for the Macomb County High School Invitational Track Meet of Champions were set by coaches Monday. Nine boys standards and four girls standards were changed f...

BASEBALL: Memphis sweeps Peck
Updated: 5/7/2012 10:47:56 PM EST

NCTL MEMPHIS 10-11, PECK 3-1: A couple of pitchers doused any offensive flames Peck hoped to ignite. In the opener, Memphis pitcher Philip Jock struck out a season-high 17 batters. He scattered five...

SOCCER: Fraser edges Anchor Bay
Updated: 5/7/2012 10:47:06 PM EST

It looks like the Fraser Ramblers could be well on their way to cornering the market on a soccer championship in the MAC White Division. It was a corner kick with 6:46 remaining in a key divisional m...

SOCCER: Cougars' program takes a big step
Updated: 5/7/2012 10:52:47 PM EST

Dakota girls soccer coach Mark Ruth has never been excited about playing crosstown rival Chippewa Valley. That might be changing. "This is a big step for our program," Ruth said after Ashley Duche s...

TRACK & FIELD: Summaries, May 7
Updated: 5/7/2012 10:25:08 PM EST

Boys Harold Arft Sterling Invitational TEAMS: 1. Romeo 73; 2. Grosse Pointe North 62; 2. Port Huron 59; 4. Stevenson 58 ¼; 5. Port Huron Northern 40 ¼; 6. Anchor Bay 38 ¼; 7. Dakota 33; 8. Grosse Po...

GOLF: Summary, May 7
Updated: 5/7/2012 10:24:00 PM EST

MAC SILVER DIVISION Warren-Mott 170, East Detroit 174 (At Maple Lane, par 36) WARREN-MOTT: Gino Perrino 39, Jamon Ford 41, Zach Sanday 43, Matt Wray and Jacob Dunkleberg 47. EAST DETROIT: Zach Gra...

TRACK & FIELD: Macomb County Invitational qualifying standards
Updated: 5/7/2012 9:36:31 PM EST

Standards set by coaches MACOMB COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL INVITATIONAL TRACK MEET OF CHAMPIONS QUALIFYING STANDARDS FOR 2012 MEET BOYS Discus (B) 120 feet Long jump (B) 19 feet, 6 inc...

HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP: May 5, 2012
Updated: 5/5/2012 7:59:38 PM EST

The Macomb Daily Sports Staff After suffering their first loss of the season on Thursday, Eisenhower boys lacrosse coach Mark Fortune was looking for his Eagles to put it behind them and move on Satu...

SOCCER: Patriots clip Shorians
Updated: 5/4/2012 10:02:42 PM EST

Cousino girls soccer coach Anthony Sorrentino has had a tough time watching his Patriots try and punch the ball in the net during this spring campaign. But things may be changing. The good part of t...

SOFTBALL: Titans blank Stallions
Updated: 5/4/2012 9:48:07 PM EST

Tori MacDermaid has a box at home where she stores four years-worth of high school softball trinkets. But Friday’s game ball instantly ascended to the top of her most cherished mementos faster than it...

HS LACROSSE: Shamrocks hand Eisenhower first loss
Updated: 5/3/2012 10:16:16 PM EST

NOVI — A three-game losing streak is never something that is welcomed in any sport. But that’s not to say it can’t be understood. The Detroit Catholic Central boys lacrosse team was riding a three-g...

HS TENNIS/GOLF RESULTS 5-3
Updated: 5/3/2012 9:58:52 PM EST

Tennis BWAC Richmond 7, Imlay City 0 SINGLES: Anabella Ottenbacher d. Chaylynn Henderson, 6-0, 6-0; Holly Uhl d. Kristin Brandt, 6-0, 6-0; Courtney Russell d. Aracili Garza, 6-0, 6-0; Kayla Czarnec...

SOFTBALL: Ladywood toughs it out against Regina
Updated: 5/3/2012 9:58:08 PM EST

A late-inning rally in the first game of a doubleheader Thursday had Ladywood’s ace making some alterations in the nightcap. However, the adjustments came with consequences when Regina’s feisty lineu...

HS SOCCER: Mustangs cook Cranbrook-Kingswood
Updated: 5/3/2012 9:13:03 PM EST

Scorching heat on Thursday was equaled only by the roasting temperature of the Lutheran North soccer team’s offensive attack. The Mustangs toppled visiting Cranbrook-Kingswood, 4-3, in Division III ...

SOCCER: Ike wins showdown against GP South (With Video)
Updated: 5/2/2012 11:07:10 PM EST

And then there was one. In the battle of unbeaten girls soccer teams in the Macomb Area Conference Red Division, Eisenhower withstood the challenge from Grosse Pointe South and emerged with a hard fo...

GOLF, TENNIS, TRACK: Roundup for May 2, 2012
Updated: 5/2/2012 10:49:22 PM EST

Golf MAC RED DIVISION Eisenhower 140, Ford 157 (At Rammler, par 35) EISENHOWER: Connor Jones 33, Zach Halloran 34, Ryan Jaros 36, Marc Hebert 37. FORD: Zach Golm 38, Anthony Contgliazo 39, Bran...

SOFTBALL: Stevenson outlasts Romeo
Updated: 5/2/2012 11:01:38 PM EST

The Stevenson and Romeo softball matchup for first place in the MAC Red Division on Wednesday meant so much to the players that the Titans’ Alyssa Huntley was up all night thinking about it. “I could...

SOFTBALL: Three aces
Updated: 5/1/2012 10:31:03 PM EST

In order to be successful on the softball diamond, you need good pitching. For three teams in Macomb County – Armada, Stevenson and Romeo – they’ve had the luxury coming from just one person. Armada...

HS TENNIS/GOLF RESULTS 5-1
Updated: 5/1/2012 10:21:30 PM EST

Tennis MAC BLUE DIVISION Fraser 7, Cousino 1 SINGLES: Heather Klein, F, d. Sarah Ackerman, 6-7 (3), 7-6 (3), 6-1; Sabrina Maynard, F, d. Rebecca Walls, 6-2, 6-1; Kali Gumm, F, d. Sydney Hyde, 6-3, ...

HS TRACK RESULTS 5-1
Updated: 5/1/2012 10:20:58 PM EST

BOYS MEETS MAC RED DIVISION Eisenhower 81, Port Huron 56 SHOT PUT: David Curle, E, 39-10. DISCUS: Rapson, PH, 138-4. HIGH JUMP: Jimmy Yarema, E, 5-9. LONG JUMP: Debuf, PH, 18-8. POLE VAULT: Rapson,...

HS SOCCER/LACROSSE ROUNDUP 5-1
Updated: 5/1/2012 10:19:55 PM EST

Boys Lacrosse MAC RED DIVISION EISENHOWER 15, L’ANSE CREUSE NORTH 3: Shane Pettke scored times and Ryan Sajkowski had three goals and two assists to lead the Eagles. Jake Schmidt and Mitch Oliver (a...

SOFTBALL: Grand slam lifts Anchor Bay
Updated: 5/1/2012 10:18:49 PM EST

MAC RED DIVISION ANCHOR BAY 9, DAKOTA 8: Kiala Fulker hit a two-out grand slam in the seventh inning to lift Anchor Bay to the victory. Amanda Marra had four hits and scored two runs and Rose Reilly ...

BASEBALL: Dakota edges Eisenhower
Updated: 5/1/2012 10:17:17 PM EST

Daniel Herman and the rest of Dakota’s baseball team were up to a challenge. Herman pitched a three-hitter and Black Buckner doubled in a run as the Cougars defeated Eisenhower 2-1 on Tuesday in the ...

HS BOYS GOLF: Eagles claim first county golf title
Updated: 4/30/2012 10:30:34 PM EST

It was a blue Monday at the Macomb County Invitational golf tournament -- just what Eisenhower’s golf team was hoping for. The blue and white clad Eagles turned in an outstanding round of 310 to win ...

HS BOYS GOLF: Armada’s Mackley not disappointed this time
Updated: 4/30/2012 10:28:47 PM EST

Many golfers would have been pleased with the 83 that Luke Mackley shot at last year’s Macomb County Invitational, however the score was a major disappointment for the Armada golfer. Fast forward one...

HS SOCCER/LACROSSE ROUNDUP 4/30 -- Ellison keys Ramblers' win over Lamphere
Updated: 4/30/2012 10:34:50 PM EST

Fraser keeper Sarah Ellison kept her team in it early and her teammates repaid her in the end. Ellison made four of her five saves before the 20-mintue mark of the first half and the Ramblers put up ...

HS BASEBALL ROUNDUP 4/30 -- Warren-Mott tops LCN to take over first in MAC White
Updated: 4/30/2012 10:23:45 PM EST

MAC RED DIVISION GROSSE POINTE NORTH 1, GROSSE POINTE SOUTH 0: Chip Wujek pitched a two-hitter and David Kracht hit a two-out RBI single in the top of the fourth inning to lift Grosse Pointe North (3...

HS SOFTBALL ROUNDUP 4/30 -- Falcons rally past Chieftains
Updated: 4/30/2012 10:44:42 PM EST

Ford was down, but not out Monday afternoon. The Falcons trailed 6-1 heading into the sixth inning, but scored three runs in their half of the inning and then two more in the seventh to beat Utica, 7...

HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP: April 28, 2012
Updated: 4/30/2012 5:49:03 PM EST

The Macomb Daily Sports Staff Dakota’s baseball team did it again. Behind a bases-loaded single from Chase Younkin in the Cougars’ final at bat, they captured their second tournament title of the se...

TENNIS, GOLF: Summaries, April 27
Updated: 4/27/2012 10:33:46 PM EST

Tennis NON-LEAGUE East Detroit 8, Hamtramck 0 SINGLES: Suzanne Dolan d. Agnieszka Stachnik, 6-0, 6-0; Haley Jugowicz d. Selma Pajic, 6-0, 6-1; Summer Allen d. Amina Bilic, 6-2, 6-0; Dakota Borsa wo...

SOCCER: DeLuca leads Fraser over Lakeview
Updated: 4/27/2012 10:32:28 PM EST

Junior Rachel DeLuca continues to pile up the goals this season. DeLuca netted a hat trick, giving her 18 goals on the season, as Fraser blanked Lakeview, 5-0, Friday in a MAC White Division soccer m...

SOFTBALL: Romeo stays undefeated in Red
Updated: 4/27/2012 10:28:03 PM EST

The Bulldogs continued their unbeaten streak in MAC Red Division softball Friday, running past the Tars 9-3 to improve to 4-0 in the division and 11-5 overall. Chelsea Malburg opened up the scoring i...

BASEBALL: Roseville, Utica among winners
Updated: 4/27/2012 10:48:11 PM EST

MAC CROSSOVERS ROSEVILLE 14, MADISON 1: Over five innings, Ryan Diciacca had allowed two hits and struck out five on the mound and had two hits and three RBIs offensively to lead the Panthers. Maxx ...

SOFTBALL: Lincoln takes down Clintondale
Updated: 4/27/2012 10:50:34 PM EST

Lincoln’s softball team did what five other MAC Silver Division teams couldn’t do up to this point of the season … beat Clintondale. Jessica Peretto plated four runs on two hits and Elena Ramirez kno...

BASEBALL, SOFTBALL ROUNDUP: Senior pitcher leads Mustangs
Updated: 4/26/2012 11:09:04 PM EST

Russell crow? Well, if senior pitcher Russell Griffin was so inclined, he would have plenty to crow about today. The Lutheran North lefty unleashed a dominating performance against visiting Pontiac N...

SOCCER: Lutheran North whips Royal Oak Shrine, 3-1
Updated: 4/26/2012 10:52:40 PM EST

ROYAL OAK – Senior sweeper Maddie Traynor knows what her role is as captain of the Royal Oak Shrine girls’ soccer team. “I’ve been playing defense since I was four years old,” Traynor said Thu...

TRACK & FIELD: Summaries, April 26
Updated: 4/26/2012 10:30:36 PM EST

Boys NON LEAGUE Hazel Park 73, Fitzgerald 51 SHOT PUT: Austin Teed, F, 40-11. DISCUS: Teed, F, 117-7. LONG JUMP: Kheyell Morris, F, 19-10. 3200 RELAY: Hazel Park (Henzel, Shields, Hunter, Provience...

TENNIS: Summaries, April 26
Updated: 4/26/2012 10:29:37 PM EST

MAC WHITE DIVISION Romeo 8, Dakota 0 SINGLES: Sarah Awe d. Hannah Swanson 6-0, 6-0; Alyssa Vinckier d. Devin Stamper 6-0, 6-2; Maddy Petz d. Julia Duong 6-2, 6-0; Lea Holloway d. Jaclyn Nasir 6-3, 6...

GOLF: Summaries, April 26
Updated: 4/26/2012 10:28:25 PM EST

MAC WHITE DIVISION Dakota 168, L'Anse Creuse 183 (At Sycamore Hills, par 36) L'ANSE CREUSE: Tyler Andrews 46, Austin Abrams 45, Pat Carmody 45, Sheldon Andrews 47. DAKOTA: Kevin Vitale 41, Camero...

GOLF, TENNIS, TRACK: Summaries April 25
Updated: 4/25/2012 11:47:26 PM EST

Golf MAC WHITE DIVISION (At Stony Creek, par 36) Chippewa Valley 168, Utica 168 CHIPPEWA VALLEY: Jeff Fifer 38, J.T. Zapinski 43, Alex Wodnicki 43, Justin Burns 44, Grant Owen 45. UTICA: Z...

WEDNESDAY SOCCER ROUNDUP: Eisenhower stops Stevenson
Updated: 4/25/2012 11:42:14 PM EST

Eisenhower’s soccer team continues to roll. Jillian Doss tallied a pair of goals and Sophie Maccagnone had two assists as the Eagles beat Stevenson, 4-1 Wednesday, in a MAC Red Division match. Caitl...

WEDNESDAY ROUNDUP: Softball, baseball
Updated: 4/26/2012 12:00:47 PM EST

Alyssa Huntley is on a roll, and so is Stevenson’s softball team. The junior struck out 11 and hit a two-run home run Wednesday to lead the Titans to a 6-1 victory over visiting Anchor Bay in a Macom...

LACROSSE: Eisenhower swats L'Anse Creuse
Updated: 4/24/2012 11:38:06 PM EST

Senior Jake Zott is the defensive leader for Eisenhower’s state-ranked boys lacrosse team who could easily accept the credit for another smothering defensive team effort on Tuesday. But after the Eag...

TUESDAY ROUNDUP: Softball, baseball, soccer, lacrosse
Updated: 4/24/2012 10:47:52 PM EST

L’Anse Creuse North’s softball team found the best way to stay in the race for the Macomb Area Conference Blue Division race … beat the first-place team. The Crusaders scored three runs in the top of...

TRACK AND FIELD: Summaries April 24
Updated: 4/24/2012 10:42:38 PM EST

Track and Field BOYS MAC RED DIVISION Romeo 90, Eisenhower 47 SHOT PUT: Sam Brunner, R, 49-5 . DISCUS: Brunner, R, 169-7. HIGH JUMP: Joe Gerow, R, 6-0. LONG JUMP: Brian Roth, R, 19-0. POLE ...

GOLF, TENNIS: Summaries April 24
Updated: 4/24/2012 10:07:52 PM EST

Golf MAC BLUE DIVISION Anchor Bay 158, Lakeview 159 (At St. Clair Shores Golf Course, back nine, par 35) ANCHOR BAY: Korey Constantine 36, Alex Blair 39, Nick Bruce 41, Jake Hindman 42. LA...

GOLF: Eisenhower presides at Evans-Gill Memorial Invitational
Updated: 4/23/2012 11:25:26 PM EST

Eisenhower withstood a fierce north wind and senior Zach Holloran won in a sudden death playoff as the Eagles captured the 24-team Evans-Gill Memorial Invitational on Monday at beautiful Pine Valley i...

MONDAY ROUNDUP: Warren-Mott whips L'Anse Creuse in baseball
Updated: 4/23/2012 11:29:58 PM EST

Pierson Heythaler was strong in relief and clutch at bat for Warren-Mott’s baseball team. Heythaler’s single to left field with two out in the bottom of the seventh inning broke a 4-4 tie and lifted ...

TRACK & FIELD: Summaries, April 23
Updated: 4/23/2012 10:26:02 PM EST

Boys CATHOLIC LEAGUE CENTRAL DIVISION De La Salle 74, U-D Jesuit 54 SHOT PUT: Faulkner, UDJ, 41-2 3/4. DISCUS: Stefan Wilkinson, DLS, 119-0 1/3. HIGH JUMP: McNeir, UDJ, 6-0. LONG JUMP: Damorria Lil...

TENNIS: Summaries, April 23
Updated: 4/23/2012 10:25:08 PM EST

MAC WHITE DIVISION L’Anse Creuse North 7, Chippewa Valley 1 SINGLES: Courtney Warren, LCN, d. Erica Patrick, 6-2, 4-6, 7-5; Meredith Wood, CV, d. Ellie Michno, 6-4, 6-3; Katelynn Momachen, LCN, d. M...

HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP: April 21, 2012
Updated: 4/21/2012 9:10:36 PM EST

Baseball FOWLERVILLE INVITATIONAL: Anchor Bay went 2-0 – in two defensively heavy games -- to win the tournament. The Tars beat St. Johns 1-0 in the first game, with senior right hander Tyler Key pi...

Friday's golf and tennis results
Updated: 4/20/2012 11:20:13 PM EST

Golf MAC SILVER DIVISION Warren-Mott 176, East Detroit 177 (At Sunnybrook, par 36) WARREN-MOTT: Gino Perrino 37, Jamon Ford 41, Zach Sanday 46, Matt Wray 52. EAST DETROIT: Dakota Futach 41...

SOCCER: Clawson blanks Warren Woods-Tower
Updated: 4/20/2012 11:05:53 PM EST

CLAWSON – Clawson coach Jared Kullman might have been soaked and shivering Friday night, but he was also smiling. When his team walked off the field, the Trojans had recorded a 5-0 victory over visit...

SOFTBALL: Stevenson blanks Dakota
Updated: 4/20/2012 10:52:52 PM EST

High winds stymied both softball teams from Stevenson and Dakota – but it was the Stevenson Titans who came out victorious Friday night, blanking the Cougars 4-0 in a MAC Red Divison game. Stevenson...

BASEBALL: Lanse Creuse North downs L'Anse Creuse
Updated: 4/20/2012 10:47:29 PM EST

With the way soap operas are going off the air, where’s a person supposed to turn for their afternoon injection of pure, unadulterated drama? On Friday, they could have turned to the L’Anse Creuse at...

TRACK & FIELD: Summary, April 19
Updated: 4/19/2012 10:34:08 PM EST

Boys MAC RED DIVISION Stevenson 70, Grosse Pointe North 67 SHOT PUT: Spasovski, S, 43-8. DISCUS: Harris, GPN, 139-0. HIGH JUMP: McHale, GPN, 5-9. LONG JUMP: McHale, GPN, 18-4.5. POLE VAULT: Balle, ...

GOLF: Summaries, April 19
Updated: 4/19/2012 10:33:15 PM EST

MAC WHITE DIVISION L'Anse Creuse 172, Utica 180 (At Selfridge, par 36) L'ANSE CREUSE: Tyler Andrews 42, Sheldon Andrews 43, Sam Van Camp 43, Luke Buzo 44. UTICA: Zach Baker 43, J.T. Taomina 44, Da...

BASEBALL, SOFTBALL ROUNDUP: Romeo defeats Dakota in Red opener
Updated: 4/18/2012 11:19:50 PM EST

While Romeo softball coach Dave McIntyre is not quite ready to hand out the AARP cards to his players, he knows how important the seniors are“We’ll go as far as our seniors and our defense takes us,” ...

GOLF: Summary, April 18
Updated: 4/18/2012 11:13:58 PM EST

MAC RED DIVISION Grosse Pointe North 158, Ford 163 (At Rammler Golf Club, Par 35) GROSSE POINTE NORTH: Steven Zak 38, Jason Vismara 39, Tom Vismara 40, Garrett Friesmuth 41. FORD: Tyler Kroes 40, ...

TRACK & FIELD: Summaries, April 18
Updated: 4/18/2012 11:12:00 PM EST

Boys MAC BRONZE DIVISION Fitzgerald 82, New Haven 33 SHOT PUT: Paul Evans, NH, 47-4 1/4. DISCUS: A. Teed, F, 127-10. HIGH JUMP: Kheyll Morris, F, 5-2. LONG JUMP: Kheyll Morris, F, 17-5 1/4. 3200 RE...

TENNIS: Summaries, April 18
Updated: 4/18/2012 11:13:10 PM EST

MAC WHITE DIVISION L’Anse Creuse North 4, Marysville 4 SINGLES: Lauren Warsinske, M, d. Courtney Warren 7-5, 6-4; Ellie Michno, LCN, d. Rachel Patterson, 7-5, 6-0; Katie Kelly, M, d. Katelynn McMach...

SOCCER ROUNDUP: Anchor Bay falls to Fraser (With Video)
Updated: 4/18/2012 11:05:43 PM EST

Fraser coach Thaier Mukhtar expects a lot from Rachel DeLuca. And more often than not, the Ramblers’ junior midfielder comes through. “I kind of called Rachel DeLuca out at halftime and you can see ...

GOLF: Summaries, April 17
Updated: 4/18/2012 12:01:06 AM EST

MAC RED DIVISION Eisenhower 166, Grosse Pointe North 158 (At Lochmoor , par 35 ) GROSSE POINTE NORTH: Steve Zak 37, Patrick Hastings 37, Garrett Friesmuth 41, Chase Wajek 43. EISENHOWER: Marc Hebe...

ROUNDUP: Richmond sweeps Algonac in BWAC baseball
Updated: 4/17/2012 11:59:15 PM EST

Zach Leach swung a potent bat for Richmond’s baseball team. Leach had three hits, including a two-run home run, to carry the Blue Devils to an 11-0 victory Algonac and a sweep of the teams’ Blue Wate...

TRACK & FIELD: Summaries, April 17
Updated: 4/17/2012 11:57:17 PM EST

Boys MAC RED DIVISION Stevenson 79, Port Huron 58 SHOT PUT: Spasovfki, S, 41-1 1/2. DISCUS: Rapsom, PH, 135-9. HIGH JUMP: Watson, S, 5-8. LONG JUMP: Debuf, PH, 18-7. POLE VAULT: Narodzonek, S, 10. ...

TENNIS: Summaries, April 17
Updated: 4/17/2012 11:54:55 PM EST

MAC RED DIVISION Eisenhower 5, Grosse Pointe North 3 SINGLES: Ali Scoggin, GPN, def. Gina Cerniawski 6-1, 6-1; Kate Cvetkovski, E, def. Holly Gilezan 6-2, 3-0(retired); Lauren Berry, E, def. Maria L...

HS BOYS GOLF AGATE 4/16
Updated: 4/16/2012 11:23:40 PM EST

MAC RED DIVISION Grosse Pointe South 169, Ford 182 (at Gowanie, par 35) GROSSE POINTE SOUTH: Geoff Welcher 40, Joe Becker 41, Rob Sommerville 42, David Szyminski 45. FORD: Joe Ericson 43, Zach Gol...

HS GIRLS TENNIS AGATE 4/16
Updated: 4/16/2012 11:24:01 PM EST

Tennis MAC WHITE DIVISION Dakota 8, Port Huron 0 SINGLES: Hannah Swanson d. Aubree Forsythe, 6-0, 6-0; Devin Stamper d. Anna Burdick, 7-6 (7-5), 6-2; Julia Duong d. Layura McKema, 6-2, 6-4; Jaclyn ...

HS BOYS GOLF -- Big Reds runs away from rest of field
Updated: 4/16/2012 11:24:42 PM EST

Even though the Blue Water Spring Tune-up golf tournament took place in Port Huron Monday, the leader board was laden with players from Macomb County. Chippewa Valley topped the 14-team field with 33...

HS SOCCER/LACROSSE ROUNDUP 4/16 -- DeLuca scores twice and has two assists for Fraser
Updated: 4/16/2012 11:21:16 PM EST

BWAC ARMADA 3, IMLAY CITY 0: Alyson Kline scored her first goal of the season and Danielle Bechtel and Haley Hanes also scored a goal apiece to lead host Armada. Autumn Killop had seven saves as the ...

HS SOFTBALL ROUNDUP 4/16 -- Lake Shore pounds Patriots
Updated: 4/16/2012 11:17:49 PM EST

MAC CROSSOVERS LAKE SHORE 15, COUSINO 5: Taylor LaPorte drove in six runs and winning pitcher Andrea Rico (five strikeouts) had two hits and knocked in two runs to spark Lake Shore. Mackenzie Nemitz ...

HS BASEBALL ROUNDUP 4/16 -- Stevenson rallies to beat Cousino
Updated: 4/16/2012 11:17:18 PM EST

On a windy afternoon in Macomb County, the baseball team from Stevenson blew away Cousino on the strength of a seven-run sixth inning. Coach Joe Emanuele’s Titans trailed 6-2 heading into the sixth ...

ROUNDUP: April 14, 2012
Updated: 4/14/2012 7:55:37 PM EST

Softball MAC CROSSOVER CHIPPEWA VALLEY 10-7, LAKE SHORE 4-5: Senior outfielder Leah Fifer had four hits, scored four runs and had four steals to lead the Big Reds (3-1) to the sweep. Also contributi...

SOCCER: Boyce's goals lift Romeo
Updated: 4/13/2012 10:54:34 PM EST

The Bulldogs from Romeo came off of spring break, not only searching for their first win of the young season, but their first goal of the season. They got both Monday night in a MAC crossover girls so...

BASEBALL, SOFTBALL ROUNDUP: Junior's HR helps Utica beat Armada
Updated: 4/13/2012 11:15:00 PM EST

Junior Austin Ferguson hit a three-run home run, his first homer of the season, to back the five-strikeout pitching of junior right-hander Trevor Franzen and help Utica post a 7-2 non-league baseball ...

SUMMARIES: Tennis, Track & Field, Friday, April 13
Updated: 4/13/2012 9:47:29 PM EST

Tennis MAC CROSSOVER Romeo 6, Eisenhower 2 SINGLES: Sarah Awe, R, d. Rachel Georges, 6-1, 6-2; Alyssa Vinckier, R, d. Kate Cvetkovski, 6-1, 6-1; Maddy Petz, R, d. Lauren Berry, 6-2, 6-1; Lea Hollow...

TRACK and TENNIS: April 12, 2012
Updated: 4/13/2012 8:44:59 AM EST

Tennis BWAC Richmond 7, Almont 1 SINGLES: Anabella Ottenbacher, R, d. Olivia Patineau, 6-1, 6-0; Holly Uhl, R, d. Alisha Fulton, 6-1, 6-0; Courtney Russell, R, d. Leah Pilarski, 6-1, 6-0; Kayla C...

HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP: Tigers may have found missing link
Updated: 4/12/2012 11:46:15 PM EST

Armada’s baseball team may have found what it was looking for Thursday afternoon – pitching. And it was provided by sophomore Cole Wallace and Chad Sutton in helping lead the Tigers to a doubleheader...

Wednesday's golf, tennis, track and field
Updated: 4/11/2012 11:19:04 PM EST

Golf BWAC Armada 162, Imlay City 193 (At Timberwood, par 36) ARMADA: Luke Mackley 36, Ryan Carlson 40, Brett Zebelian 43, Austin Matheney 43. IMLAY CITY: Bacis 46, Presel 47, Walla 49, Minor 52. ...

SOFTBALL: Anchor Bay downs L'Anse Creuse North
Updated: 4/11/2012 10:46:12 PM EST

Anchor Bay's young softball team can't be any happier with how the 2012 season has begun. Behind a four-run fifth inning, the Tars beat L'Anse Creuse North, 5-3, in a Macomb Area Conference crossove...

WEDNESDAY'S ROUNDUP: New Haven falls to Clawson in baseball
Updated: 4/11/2012 11:11:45 PM EST

CLAWSON - One dollar bills have the inscription “In God We Trust.” In Clawson, the baseball team has adopted similar convictions this season. “Trust is our team motto,” said Justin Smith, a senior ri...

Tuesday's tennis, track and field results
Updated: 4/11/2012 12:20:57 AM EST

Tennis MAC CROSSOVER Lakeview 7, Mount Clemens 0 SINGLES: Jennifer Stafford d. Rachel Kleehammer, 6-4, 6-4; Jessica Mallet d. Nancy Berggren, 6-1, 6-2; Leah Willoughby d. Iesha Carter, 6-1, 6-1; Sh...

TUESDAY'S PREP ROUNDUP: Utica mauls Madison in baseball
Updated: 4/11/2012 12:17:59 AM EST

MADISON HEIGHTS – Three season opening losses provided the inspiration for Utica senior pitcher Jon Stiner on Tuesday. Stiner tossed a one-hitter and the senior-laden Chieftains (1-3) utilized an ex...

MONDAY ROUNDUP: Clintondale clobbers Clawson in softball WITH VIDEO
Updated: 4/10/2012 12:01:18 PM EST

Is there such a thing as a Dragonette? The Clintondale softball Dragons are so young this year, it doesn’t seem right to put them into the fire-breathing category just yet. They are still burping mi...

BASEBALL: Cougars win County Spring Break Tourney
Updated: 4/7/2012 9:36:20 PM EST

Some kids go to Florida for Spring Break; others stay home to win tournaments. The Dakota Cougars made the most of their week off by clinching the Macomb County Spring Break Baseball Tournament by de...

BASEBALL: Lake Shore falls to Avondale in Macomb County Spring Break Tournament
Updated: 4/5/2012 9:57:56 PM EST

Countless seasons playing youth baseball. Four more seasons in high school and even more playing college ball. Don’t stop on the abacus just yet. Five more playing professionally. That’s a lot of rin...

BASEBALL: Sterling Heights romps over Lincoln in spring break tournament WITH VIDEO
Updated: 4/4/2012 11:03:23 PM EST

Jacob Heins had the ideal mindset for making his first varsity start on the mound for Sterling Heights' baseball team. "I was just hoping to throw strikes and get people out -- not over-think every...

HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP: Parkway Christian prevails
Updated: 4/3/2012 11:11:06 PM EST

An Eagle feather in the caps of Parkway Christian softball players, please. The Eagles raised their record to 2-0 with Tuesday’s 13-4 non-league victory over Strong Tower. Senior righthander Hayley...

BASEBALL: L'Anse Creuse squeaks by Warren Woods-Tower in Spring Break Tournament
Updated: 4/3/2012 11:07:20 PM EST

Ryan Rosati has been double trouble for L'Anse Creuse's baseball team ever since he moved up to the varsity as a sophomore two years ago. It appears that isn't going to change anytime soon. The seni...

HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP: March 29, 2012
Updated: 3/29/2012 10:31:18 PM EST

MAC CROSSOVERS FITZGERALD 1, WARREN WOODS-TOWER 0: Senior right-hander Jimmy Victory struck out three and allowed only one hit, in the top of the sixth inning, to lead Fitzgerald, which scored its ru...

BASEBALL: Stevenson outlasts Utica
Updated: 3/29/2012 10:29:52 PM EST

Good teams find ways to win games when they’re not playing their best. Stevenson’s baseball team managed only one hit Thursday against a pair of Utica pitchers, but the Titans manufactured enough run...

SOCCER: Eisenhower’s Jurcak shines with hat trick over Utica
Updated: 3/28/2012 11:24:48 PM EST

Finally, it’s Jennifer Jurcak’s time to shine on the Eisenhower soccer field. The senior striker, who will continue her soccer and studies at Madonna University next fall, scored a hat trick and add...

HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS AND TRACK: March 28, 2012
Updated: 3/28/2012 11:23:09 PM EST

Tennis MAC CROSSOVERS Sterling Heights 8, South Lake 0 SINGLES: Angelika Espere, SH, d. Emily Maynard, 6-3, 6-2;Fedora, Kaji, SH, won by default; Sarah Belanger, SH, d. Alexander Tanner, 6-2, 6-1; ...

HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP: March 28, 2012
Updated: 3/28/2012 11:06:21 PM EST

Soccer MAC CROSSOVERS WARREN WOODS-TOWER 8, CENTER LINE 0: Natalie Werner and Alison Browning scored two goals apiece to lead Warren Woods-Tower, which led 6-0 at halftime. Krystal York, Sam Borowia...

BOYS BASKETBALL -- All Macomb County Team
Updated: 3/27/2012 11:49:50 PM EST

BOYS ALL-MACOMB COUNTY TEAM First Team Tyler Conklin, L'Anse Creuse North Rayshawn Griffin, New Haven Brad Law, De La Salle Nolan Linville, Fraser Connar Tava, De La Salle Second Team Tommie B...

GIRLS BASKETBALL -- All Macomb County Team
Updated: 3/27/2012 11:50:43 PM EST

ALL-MACOMB COUNTY TEAM GIRLS First Team Sheyna Deans, Mount Clemens Kayla Geffert, Eisenhower Sarah Kort, Romeo Elena Popkey, Cousino Brittany Streetman, Lincoln Second Team Jazmine Brown, L'...

BASKETBALL -- Tava, Popkey win county Player of the Year awards
Updated: 3/28/2012 8:48:18 PM EST

L'Anse Creuse North, which marched to the Class A state semifinals for the first time, was named the Macomb County boys Team of the Year, and Crusaders coach Jay Seletsky was honored as well at The Ma...

GIRLS SOFTBALL ROUNDUP 3-27: Kownacki, Fields lead Armada
Updated: 3/27/2012 11:30:27 PM EST

NON-LEAGUE ARMADA 11-7, NORTH BRANCH 2-6: The Buddy System is still alive and well in residing in Armada as coach Bub Winans’ Tigers picked up a couple of wins Tuesday afternoon. In the opener, Eri...

GIRLS SOCCER ROUNDUP 3-27: Lutheran North improves to 2-0-0 on season
Updated: 3/27/2012 11:27:53 PM EST

CATHOLIC LEAGUE CROSSOVER LUTHERAN NORTH 4, BISHOP FOLEY 1: A sophomore sweeper helped the Mustangs clean up on the defending state champions. “Kaitlyn Gilchrist was dominating in back. In the first...

BOYS LACROSSE 3-27: LCN blanks Stevenson
Updated: 3/27/2012 11:26:47 PM EST

MAC CROSSOVERS L’ANSE CREUSE NORTH 13, STEVENSON 0: For the superstitious sorts out there, 13 is an unlucky number …for Stevenson anyway. The LC North Crusaders bumped their early season record to 2...

BASEBALL ROUNDUP 3-27: Eisenhower beats Romeo
Updated: 3/27/2012 11:25:36 PM EST

A Golden-armed future Grizzly from Eisenhower proved downright unbearable to Romeo in a MAC crossover baseball game Tuesday afternoon. Senior righty Austin Brodowsky got the start for Eisenhower. He ...

ROUNDUP: Softball, tennis results
Updated: 3/26/2012 11:31:58 PM EST

Softball MAC CROSSOVERS CLINTONDALE 9, GROSSE POINTE SOUTH 8: Sandra Simpson had three hits, while freshmen Morgan Duda and Kalleigh Mathison added two hits each for the Dragons (1-0). Freshm...

BASEBALL ROUNDUP: Stevenson, Armada triumph
Updated: 3/26/2012 11:28:58 PM EST

MAC CROSSOVER STEVENSON 8, WARREN-MOTT 1: Three pitchers combined to strike out 15 and give up two hits in the opener for the Titans. Johno Rodriguez started and went the first three innings ...

SOCCER: Cousino blanks L'Anse Creuse North
Updated: 3/26/2012 11:04:01 PM EST

A win is a win no matter how you look at it. That’s just how Cousino girls soccer coach Anthony Sorrentino felt after his squad beat host L’Anse Creuse North, 1-0, in a MAC crossover soccer match Mon...

HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP: March 24, 2012
Updated: 3/24/2012 10:02:54 PM EST

Lacrosse MAC RED DIVISION GROSSE POINTE SOUTH 11, L’ANSE CREUSE NORTH 10: Phil Mansur scored five goals and added an assist for LCN (0-1 MAC Red, 1-2 overall). The Crusaders, who battled back from ...

BOYS BASKETBALL: Will LCN be back at Breslin in 2013?
Updated: 3/24/2012 12:05:42 PM EST

EAST LANSING – The thought of next season hasn’t crossed Jay Seletsky’s mind … just yet. L’Anse Creuse North’s boys basketball team returns its entire starting lineup and loses just two senior...

BOYS BASKETBALL: L'Anse Creuse North falls to Saginaw
Updated: 3/24/2012 12:05:28 PM EST

EAST LANSING – The same two things that have hampered L’Anse Creuse North’s boys basketball team all season long reared their ugly head Friday afternoon at Michigan State University’s Breslin C...

BOYS BASKETBALL: L'Anse Creuse North to play Saginaw in semis
Updated: 3/22/2012 10:01:49 PM EST

“We’re ready. We’re ready.” Those were the words L’Anse Creuse North’s boys basketball coach Jay Seletsky used as he left the team’s final practice at the high school Thursday night. The Crusaders l...

BOYS BASKETBALL: Meet the LCN Crusaders
Updated: 3/22/2012 10:07:52 PM EST

Meet the Crusaders #2 David Bercel-Dicker, junior, 5-9, guard “He’s our emotional leader on defense. He really sets the tone with tremendous ball pressure on the opposing point guard...

BOYS BASKETBALL: Seletsky and Conger team up to coach Crusaders
Updated: 3/23/2012 12:11:32 PM EST

When Jay Seletsky took over the boys basketball program at L’Anse Creuse North at the start of the 2001-02 season, he didn’t have far to look for his assistant coach and tabbed freshman coach Steve Co...

LACROSSE: L'Anse Creuse romps over L'Anse Creuse North
Updated: 3/21/2012 10:28:28 PM EST

L’Anse Creuse’s lacrosse team has been building for this moment. Wednesday night on rival L’Anse Creuse North’s home turf it was easy to see why. The Lancers scored three times over the final two mi...

BOYS BASKETBALL: LCN's point guard by committee
Updated: 3/21/2012 6:47:57 PM EST

Who says you need a true point to have any kind of success on the basketball court? L’Anse Creuse North’s boys basketball team is doing just fine without one. Even without a “true point guard,” the ...

BOYS BASKETBALL: L'Anse Creuse North is Breslin bound!
Updated: 3/20/2012 11:49:04 PM EST

DETROIT – When Robert Hopkins and Ramone Griffin both picked up two fouls before the end of the first quarter, things didn’t look good for L’Anse Creuse North’s boys basketball team. However, ...

BOYS BASKETBALL: Experienced Shelby takes down New Haven
Updated: 3/20/2012 11:03:14 PM EST

MICHIGAN CENTER - Shelby’s moment arrived. New Haven’s must wait. Forward D.J. Beckham scored 16 points Tuesday night to lead Shelby and its all-senior starting lineup to a 61-40 victory over ...

BOYS BASKETBALL: L'Anse Creuse North preps for quarterfinal clash with Lake Orion
Updated: 3/19/2012 9:34:54 PM EST

LAKE ORION - Every parent knows a thing or two about tough love. A quick swat on the rear end and a time out to get a youngster’s attention. Grounding him or her if the grades show a lack of e...

BOYS BASKETBALL: New Haven will battle Shelby in Class C quarterfinals
Updated: 3/19/2012 9:22:58 PM EST

They’re the Tigers, but don’t go looking for baseballs, bats or Joker Marchant Stadium in Lakeland. Nobody in Shelby is talking about spring training or the start of the major league baseball season...

BOYS BASKETBALL: L'Anse Creuse North hopes to keep up winning ways
Updated: 3/17/2012 4:08:09 PM EST

“I don’t know.” That’s all L’Anse Creuse North boys basketball coach Jay Seletsky could say when asked how his team keeps winning the close games. The Crusaders are 11-0 this season in games decided...

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Grosse Pointe South loses late lead and Class A title
Updated: 3/17/2012 3:42:07 PM EST

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Even after an extraordinary victory, the Grand Haven Buccaneers had their minds elsewhere. One day after five students were injured in a major crash, Shar'Rae Davi...

BOYS BASKETBALL: Team concept works at L'Anse Creuse North
Updated: 3/16/2012 9:47:57 PM EST

L’Anse Creuse North boys basketball coach Jay Seletsky knew he had pieces to work with before the season began. He didn’t think this would be the year they all fit together so perfectly. But those p...

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Grosse Pointe South advances to Class A finals
Updated: 3/16/2012 7:30:24 PM EST

When Grosse Pointe South girls basketball coach Kevin Richards handed out the team playbook he had a laminated picture of the Breslin Center with the dates March 15-17 on it and the saying, ‘Dream as ...

BASEBALL: Stevenson ranked eighth in Division 1 preseason
Updated: 3/16/2012 4:45:14 PM EST

MICHIGAN HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL COACHES ASSOCIATION PRESEASON RANKINGS DIVISION 1 1. Rockford 2. Portage Central 3. Grosse Pointe South 4. Grand Ledge 5. Hudsonville 6. Brother Ric...

BOYS BASKETBALL: L'Anse Creuse North, New Haven hope to join elite company
Updated: 3/15/2012 11:20:22 PM EST

L'Anse Creuse North and New Haven play Tuesday for a place among elite Macomb County boys basketball teams. Nine teams from the county have won state quarterfinal games in the past 62 seasons. L'Ans...

BOYS BASKETBALL: Macomb County Tier 2 All-Stars
Updated: 3/15/2012 11:15:53 PM EST

FIRST TEAM Will Davis, Michigan Collegiate, junior, 5-7 Rayshawn Griffin, New Haven, junior, 5-11 Jeremy Landers, Mount Clemens, junior, 5-10 Kyle Styles, Clintondale, senior, 6-5 Joe Zann...

BOYS BASKETBALL: Tier 2 First Team All-Star Kyle Styles
Updated: 3/15/2012 11:11:59 PM EST

He’s not pass tense. Styles seemed to enjoy passing the ball and setting up teammates as much as he enjoyed shooting. Not only was Styles the team’s top scorer, he also set a school record in assist...

BOYS BASKETBALL: Tier 2 First Team All-Star Jeremy Landers
Updated: 3/15/2012 9:43:37 PM EST

He is as good as Gold. The 5-10 guard helped lead the Bathers to the MAC Gold Division championship. The Bathers finished 15-6 overall, and went 10-2 in the league. It was the third consecutive seaso...

BOYS BASKETBALL: Tier 2 First Team All-Star Joe Zannetti
Updated: 3/15/2012 9:36:00 PM EST

The Titans were the second highest scoring team in the MAC Gold, thanks in part to Zannetti’s offensive prowess. In the Titans’ final game of the season, a 66-47 district semifinal loss to De La Sal...

BOYS BASKETBALL: Tier 2 First Team All-Star Rayshawn Griffin
Updated: 3/15/2012 9:39:06 PM EST

Father’s Day came early for Rayshawn and his dad. His dad was an outstanding basketball player at Mount Clemens High School. When the New Haven Rockets visited dad’s alma mater this season, Rayshaw...

BOYS BASKETBALL: Tier 2 First Team All-Star Will Davis
Updated: 3/15/2012 9:41:02 PM EST

Joe Cieslak has been coaching quite awhile now, and when a respected veteran like Cieslak says that a player is the “heart and soul” of his team, that is no small praise. Especially when that player ...

BOYS BASKETBALL: Macomb County Tier 1 All-Stars
Updated: 3/15/2012 7:16:51 PM EST

FIRST TEAM Tyler Conklin, L'Anse Creuse North, junior 6-3 Mighael Hollingsworth, Utica, senior, 6-1 Brad Law, De La Salle, senior, 6-3 Nolan Linville, Fraser, junior, 6-8 Connar Tava, De ...

BOYS BASKETBALL: Tier 1 First Team All-Star Brad Law
Updated: 3/15/2012 6:39:49 PM EST

His full name is Bradley Thomas Law, and the last name could not be more appropriate because the De La Salle senior certainly helped the Pilots lay down the law on the basketball court during the seas...

BOYS BASKETBALL: Tier 1 First Team All-Star Tyler Conklin
Updated: 3/15/2012 7:08:17 PM EST

He has certainly not been merely a passenger in the Crusaders’ long drive in the ongoing state tournament. When they take on Lake Orion Tuesday, March 20, at the University of Detroit Mercy’s Calihan ...

BOYS BASKETBALL: Tier 1 First Team All-Star Nolan Linville
Updated: 3/15/2012 7:03:11 PM EST

It’s no tall tale to say the 6-8 junior knows how to rise to the occasion. He scored 19 to help lead the Ramblers past Roseville 59-46 and to their first district championship since 1998. Linville s...

BOYS BASKETBALL: Tier 1 First Team All-Star Mighael Hollingsworth
Updated: 3/15/2012 7:04:57 PM EST

That gene pool must be awfully deep in the Hollingsworth household. Mighael follows in the footsteps of his older brother, Mike, who is now playing basketball at Wayne State University where he is a j...

BOYS BASKETBALL: Tier 1 First Team All-Star Connar Tava
Updated: 3/15/2012 6:52:47 PM EST

If things don’t go well on the basketball court for Tava at Western Michigan University, he could always segue to football. Tava played tight end for De La Salle last fall, and excelled at the positio...

BOYS BASKETBALL: Crusaders move on after close game against Detroit Denby
Updated: 3/14/2012 11:32:09 PM EST

L’Anse Creuse North’s Ramone Griffin wasn’t expecting teammate Tyler Conklin to miss on his drive to the basket in the waning seconds of the Crusaders’ Class A regional final against Detroit Denby. B...

BOYS BASKETBALL: Rockets end regional drought in 2OT (With Video)
Updated: 3/15/2012 9:26:43 AM EST

VASSAR -- They fuss at each other some of the time, but New Haven coach Tedaro France has Rayshawn Griffin’s back, and the Rockets’ junior knows it. Griffin, a Macomb County Tier 2 First Team ...

SWIMMING: De La Salle relay breaks record
Updated: 3/13/2012 11:01:29 PM EST

Jim Singelyn, De La Salle Class of 1990, quite literally had the Keys to the city. As a city planner in Key West, Florida, making close to six figures, plenty of doors swung open to welcome him. “On...

GIRLS BASKETBALL: It's on to Breslin for Grosse Pointe South
Updated: 3/13/2012 10:53:50 PM EST

DETROIT – Nailed on the boards. Coach Kevin Richards did not like the carpentry reference, especially not with the hammering his Grosse Pointe South team was taking on the boards in the first ...

BOYS BASKETBALL: Clintondale falls into Chandler Park's trap
Updated: 3/13/2012 12:02:11 PM EST

PONTIAC – Derrick Walton Jr. scored 18 points and Chandler Park Academy used a suffocating trap defense to end Clintondale’s dream season with a 66-37 victory on Monday in a Class B regional se...

BOYS BASKETBALL: Eaton Academy's season ends
Updated: 3/12/2012 11:53:48 PM EST

BLOOMFIELD HILLS - The longest tournament run in the short history of Eaton Academy came to an end Monday as the Panthers dropped a Class D regional semifinal, 89-67, to Detroit Westside Christ...

BOYS BASKETBALL: L'Anse Creuse North sneaks past Fraser
Updated: 3/12/2012 11:48:14 PM EST

Robert Hopkins had one rebound for L’Anse Creuse North Monday night, but it was the most important one of the game and perhaps the most important one of the season for the Crusaders. Hopkins got an o...

BOYS BASKETBALL: Denby's 3-point barrage surprises Romeo
Updated: 3/12/2012 11:33:54 PM EST

Romeo's boys basketball team's game plan was perfect. That was, until Detroit Denby started shooting triples on Monday. The Tars drained eight from 3-point land in the first half and parlayed that i...

BOYS BASKETBALL: New Haven back in regional final WITH VIDEO
Updated: 3/13/2012 12:09:24 PM EST

VASSAR -- Standing water on what will be fields of corn and soybeans tells crop growers and everyone else in the middle of Michigan's Thumb that it's not yet time to plant. Indeed, this is Mar...

BOYS BASKETBALL: De La Salle bows to King
Updated: 3/12/2012 11:25:51 PM EST

DETROIT - John Beilein might want to send Brady Hoke a box of candy pronto. Or, considering the fact that Hoke is a pretty big guy and a former offensive lineman, a couple of pounds of candy w...

SWIMMING: Several Macomb County swimmers place as state finalists
Updated: 3/10/2012 8:35:10 PM EST

Place second in the state swimming finals and you get a trip to Disney World. At least that’s how it worked out for Romeo’s Ben Winn Saturday as he finished second in the 50-yard freestyle at the Div...

BOYS BASKETBALL: Rockets hope to take down Rockets
Updated: 3/10/2012 5:55:25 PM EST

New Haven's business with Vassar is not finished. Having dispatched Vassar in a district championship game Friday, the Rockets next travel to the Vulcans' home for the regional round of the state hig...

BOYS BASKETBALL: Regional battles begin Monday
Updated: 3/10/2012 5:53:55 PM EST

Coaches and players often talk about the state high school basketball tournament being a "new season." It's a chance for teams to make up for the disappointment of missing out on a league championshi...

BOYS BASKETBALL: Pilots come back for impressive win over Warren-Mott WITH VIDEO
Updated: 3/9/2012 11:46:17 PM EST

56. 2,632. 23. Those are numbers that mean something to sports fans -- Joe DiMaggio’s hitting streak, Cal Ripken’s consecutive game streak and the Red Wings’ home winning streak. There are a coup...

BOYS BASKETBALL: Parkway Christian can't complete comback against Eaton Academy
Updated: 3/9/2012 11:29:52 PM EST

Lima Pereira knows what the 2011-12 season has been for his team Parkway Christian. “A learning experience,” Pereira said after the Eagles fell 54-53 to Eaton Academy in a tightly-contested Class D d...

BOYS BASKETBALL: Davis scores 13 in second quarter as Romeo wins title WITH VIDEO
Updated: 3/9/2012 11:21:21 PM EST

If Romeo sophomore Adam Davis was nervous about playing in his first district championship game, it didn't show on Friday night against Stevenson. The 6-5 forward scored 13 of his 15 points in the se...

BOYS BASKETBALL: L'Anse Creuse North beats Port Huron for district title WITH VIDEO
Updated: 3/9/2012 11:48:16 PM EST

ST. CLAIR -- It takes more than basketball to win in the state high school basketball tournament. Ramone Griffin scored 19 points and L'Anse Creuse North held its composure when tested by Port...

BOYS BASKETBALL: Rocket men WITH VIDEO
Updated: 3/9/2012 11:05:48 PM EST

During warm-ups, New Haven coach Tedaro France II said the keys to beating Vassar would be defense and flat out hustle. He wasn’t kidding. His Rockets did just that and much more Friday night to c...

BOYS BASKETBALL: Ramble on WITH VIDEO
Updated: 3/9/2012 11:47:08 PM EST

It would have been a Cinderella story either way Friday night. It just happened to go Fraser’s way. The Ramblers took the lead early in the first quarter and never let it go, ultimately beating the ...

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Tier 1 First Team All-Star Kayla Geffert
Updated: 3/9/2012 4:17:45 PM EST

Kayla Geffert, Eisenhower, senior: She is a class act both on and off the court. The Hillsdale recruit carries a 3.8 grade point average and is a member of the National Honor Society. She was...

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Tier 1 First Team All-Star Carly D'Almeida
Updated: 3/9/2012 4:12:20 PM EST

Carly D’Almeida, L’Anse Creuse, junior: Four points, 10 rebounds, two assists, one block and a whole bunch of effort per game. “Carly is a great rebounder and so strong under the basket,” sai...

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Tier 1 First Team All-Star Tiffany Misch
Updated: 3/9/2012 4:21:14 PM EST

Tiffany Misch, Chippewa Valley, junior: The high scoring guard came up big in tournament play for the Big Reds. She scored 19 in a district win over Roseville and 18 in a regional victory over ...

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Tier 1 First Team All-Star Sarah Kort
Updated: 3/9/2012 4:19:00 PM EST

Sarah Kort, Romeo, senior: The cliché says practice makes perfect. Kort tested that premise on a daily basis. “Sarah gives 100 percent all the time and never takes a play off and that includes...

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Tier 1 First Team All-Star Rio Dudgeon
Updated: 3/9/2012 4:16:29 PM EST

Rio Dudgeon, Dakota, sophomore: Blame it on Rio? Forget the movie, that is the lament of many of Dakota’s opponents, who have been shot down by the hot-shooting sophomore. She led the Cougars ...

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Tier 1 First Team All-Star Elena Popkey
Updated: 3/9/2012 4:20:17 PM EST

Elena Popkey, Cousino, senior: Oakland University here she comes. The Patriots’ star will be playing for the Golden Grizzlies soon. Popkey averaged 20 points, 6.2 rebounds, 6.3 assists and 5.7...

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Big Reds fall to Grosse Pointe South
Updated: 3/9/2012 7:05:20 AM EST

A loss to Cousino a couple of weeks ago could have been a blessing in disguise for Grosse Pointe South’s girls basketball team. It cost the Blue Devils an outright championship in the Macomb Area Con...

SWIMMING: Bulldog swimmers ready for state finals
Updated: 3/8/2012 10:57:39 PM EST

The Breakfast of Champions. Well, it used to be Wheaties. That was the breakfast cereal’s advertising slogan anyway. There are some swimmers from Romeo High School who are hoping champions instead e...

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Macomb County Tier 1 All-Stars
Updated: 3/8/2012 8:33:00 PM EST

FIRST TEAM Carly D'Almeida, L'Anse Creuse, junior, 5-9 Rio Dudgeon, Dakota, sophomore, 5-11 Kayla Geffert, Eisenhower, senior, 5-11 Sarah Kort, Romeo, senior, 5-6 Tiffany Misch, Chippewa V...

BOYS BASKETBALL: District final preview
Updated: 3/8/2012 7:45:12 PM EST

Can Warren-Mott end the streak? The Marauders, coached by a former De La Salle player, try to end the Pilots’ 34-game district basketball tournament winning streak Friday night. Jeff Graus took over...

BOYS BASKETBALL: Madison moves past Mount Clemens WITH VIDEO
Updated: 3/8/2012 5:27:03 PM EST

Madison’s boys basketball got to doing what it does best at the opening tip of Wednesday’s Class C district semifinal game at Mount Clemens – playing pressure defense. The Eagles rode that up-tempo, ...

BOYS BASKETBALL: New Haven beats Memphis
Updated: 3/8/2012 12:20:04 AM EST

Nick Kuroski remembers how hard it was to play against New Haven when he was on the Memphis basketball team during the mid-’90s. He was reminded Wednesday night that it isn’t any easier coaching agai...

BOYS HOCKEY: Eisenhower falls in state quarterfinal WITH VIDEO
Updated: 3/8/2012 12:16:07 PM EST

A deep run in the state playoffs has ended for the Eisenhower hockey team. The No. 7 Eagles (19-5-2 overall) fell to No. 2 Orchard Lake St. Mary’s, 4-1, in a state quarterfinal on Wednesday at Saint...

BOYS BASKETBALL: Roseville turns back Chippewa Valley WITH VIDEO
Updated: 3/8/2012 5:30:04 PM EST

As his free throw attempt barely reached the rim, Matthew Noble turned away from the basket in disbelief, gazed at the ceiling, and wiped his face with the collar of his white mesh jersey. Clinging t...

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Tier 2 First Team All-Star Katelyn Holston (With Video)
Updated: 3/7/2012 11:11:08 PM EST

Katelyn Holston, Armada, senior, 5-9: A standout both on and off the court. She averaged 14.6 points, seven rebounds and 2.5 rebounds; as well as carrying a 3.65 grade point average. “Katelyn ...

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Tier 2 First Team All-Star Shelby Weeks (With Video)
Updated: 3/7/2012 7:40:16 PM EST

Shelby Weeks, Warren Woods-Tower, senior, 5-7: A hard-nosed player, she averaged 13.7 points, seven rebounds, 3.5 assists and 5.5 steals per game. “Shelby is one of the finest athletes I’ve ev...

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Tier 2 First Team All-Star Brittany Streetman (With Video)
Updated: 3/7/2012 7:36:28 PM EST

Brittany Streetman, Lincoln, senior, 5-7: The Abes’ loss is Wayne State University’s gain. She has decided to continue her playing career at the college in Detroit. Streetman broke the Lincoln...

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Tier 2 First Team All-Star Sydney Morgan (With Video)
Updated: 3/7/2012 7:32:21 PM EST

Sydney Morgan, Lake Shore, junior, 5-10: This junior’s game should have been sponsored by Sherwin-Williams. “Sydney was a hard worker in the post and used her athleticism to control the paint ...

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Tier 2 First Team All-Star Sheyna Deans (With Video)
Updated: 3/7/2012 7:25:45 PM EST

Sheyna Deans, Mount Clemens, senior, 5-10: A very well-rounded player, she averaged 25.5 points, 14.3 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 4.7 steals per game. “Sheyna has been a varsity player for four...

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Macomb County Tier 2 All-Stars (With Video)
Updated: 3/7/2012 10:14:33 AM EST

TIER 2 ALL-STAR TEAM FIRST TEAM Sheyna Deans, Mount Clemens, senior, 5-10 Katelyn Holston, Armada, senior, 5-9 Sydney Morgan, Lake Shore, junior, 5-10 Brittany Streetman, Lincoln...

GIRLS BASKETBALL -- GPS downs MAC Red champ Romeo
Updated: 3/6/2012 10:55:07 PM EST

Alieeza Brown and Cierra Rice maybe freshmen, but the tandem demonstrated the silky smooth skills and fortitude of a pair of four-year varsity starters Tuesday at Ford. “What can you say?” Grosse P...

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Junior's first triple lifts Chippewa Valley
Updated: 3/6/2012 10:42:41 PM EST

Katie Deng probably will never forget the first 3-point basket of her high school basketball career. The Chippewa Valley junior sank a triple from the corner with 38.4 seconds left in the fourth quar...

GIRLS BASKETBALL -- Parkway Christian bounced in regional semi
Updated: 3/6/2012 9:31:45 PM EST

WATERFORD - Hayley Arrol has some apologizing to do to her basketball coach, Bill Schmidt. The Parkway Christian coach and players vowed Tuesday night that, win or lose, they were going to smile and ...

BOYS HOCKEY -- Eagles will face toughest test yet against OLSM
Updated: 3/6/2012 8:24:57 PM EST

Eisenhower stands alone as the only hockey team left among Macomb County’s playoff participants. The No. 7 Eagles will tonight at 7 p.m. face No. 2 Orchard Lake St. Mary’s in a Division 1 state quarte...

WRESTLING FINALS: Here's a look at Richmond's three individual state titles through VIDEO
Updated: 3/6/2012 7:36:04 PM EST

A trio of Richmond wrestlers took home state championships at this past weekend's MHSAA Individual Wrestling Finals at The Palace of Auburn Hills. It was the most state titles in one year for any Maco...

BOYS BASKETBALL: Stevenson downs Eisenhower
Updated: 3/6/2012 12:40:46 AM EST

Kevin Marnon’s decision to play basketball this season has made Stevenson a legitimate contender for a state district championship. “Marnon is their X-factor,” said Eisenhower coach Brandon Lemley af...

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Chippewa Valley, LC North will meet in regionals
Updated: 3/6/2012 12:11:28 AM EST

Answer: Prince Harry, Queen Latifah, Burger King and the Big Reds. Question: Name four examples of royalty. When coach Jackie Maurer’s Chippewa Valley Big Reds defeated Fraser 57-36 at Lake Shore la...

BOYS BASKETBALL: Chippewa Valley dispatches Sterling Heights
Updated: 3/6/2012 12:29:58 PM EST

Trent Jax was within ear-shot of the Chippewa Valley bench as coach Kevin Voss shouted instructions for his senior guard to set-up the Big Reds’ half-court offense. “Coach was right next to me,” Jax ...

BOYS BASKETBALL: Cousino sneaks past Fitzgerald
Updated: 3/6/2012 12:06:27 PM EST

The playoff opener Monday night at Warren Woods-Tower between Cousino and Fitzgerald had the feel and intensity of a district final rather the first round of the Class A tournament. In the end it was...

HOCKEY: Eisenhower shuts out Lake Orion for regional title
Updated: 3/3/2012 11:06:52 PM EST

A year ago at right about this time, the Eisenhower hockey team was getting bounced out of the playoffs in an eight-goal rout against Lake Orion. That loss left an indelible black cloud in Ike goalie ...

COMPETITIVE CHEER: Richmond wins state title
Updated: 3/3/2012 10:59:11 PM EST

GRAND RAPIDS – The journey toward winning a state championship was set in motion four years ago for the Richmond competitive cheer team. And after a string of near misses in recent years, the Blue De...

HOCKEY: Romeo falls to Stoney Creek
Updated: 3/3/2012 10:57:15 PM EST

MACOMB - A stretch of a little less than four minutes in the second period launched Stoney Creek to a rematch from last years state playoffs. The Cougars defeated Romeo 5-3 on Saturday night at Subur...

BOWLING: Chippewa Valley junior finishes as runner-up in bowling finals
Updated: 3/3/2012 10:08:14 PM EST

BATTLE CREEK -- A year ago Kristen Young would have never made it to the championship singles match of the state Division 1 girls bowling tournament. "For sure I wouldn't have gotten this far," said ...

HOCKEY: Brother Rice thwarts De La Salle's playoff run, 5-1
Updated: 3/3/2012 9:51:48 PM EST

OAK PARK – For the second straight season De La Salle and Brother Rice met in a Division 2 regional hockey championship. And for the second consecutive time the outcome favored the Warriors. On the s...

WRESTLING: Three Richmond wrestlers win state titles WITH VIDEOS
Updated: 3/6/2012 7:28:55 PM EST

AUBURN HILLS - When Richmond senior Stephen Ireland walked off the mat after having won the 119-pound Division 3 state title Saturday night at The Palace, he said he didn't have anything to lose. Aft...

BOYS BASKETBALL: Rockets' 'rebuilding' ahead of schedule
Updated: 3/3/2012 5:24:35 PM EST

This was supposed to be a rebuilding year for New Haven’s boys basketball team. However, the cupboard proved to be not as bare as many thought. The Rockets matched their season win total from a year...

GIRLS BASKETBALL: L’Anse Creuse North wins in double OT (With Video)
Updated: 3/4/2012 4:45:44 PM EST

PORT HURON -- L’Anse Creuse North, reaching milestones like it has not done since disco music was all the rage, is stayin’ alive in the girls high school basketball tournament. Marisa Oleksiak had th...

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Romeo hands Eisenhower fourth straight district final loss
Updated: 3/2/2012 11:17:40 PM EST

SHELBY TOWNSHIP – For the Romeo girls’ basketball team the journey is what it’s all about. Sarah Kort nailed 3-of-4 free throws in the final minutes and Natalie Peterson blocked a desperation shot at...

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Visiting Vikings capture district championship
Updated: 3/3/2012 12:18:03 PM EST

A child’s development and the progression of a basketball team can be remarkably similar. Crawling becomes baby steps which eventually turn into confident strides. Those turn into a jog which breaks ...

Roundup for March 2, 2012
Updated: 3/2/2012 10:52:56 PM EST

(Host Grosse Pointe North) GROSSE POINTE SOUTH 52, LAKEVIEW 17: The Blue Devils (19-3) got eight rebounds from Gretchen Shirar and seven boards apiece from Carmen Engel and Claire DeBoer (nine points...

GIRLS BASKETBALL: University Liggett ends Mount Clemens' playoff run (With Video)
Updated: 3/2/2012 10:50:41 PM EST

All season the University Liggett’s Ristovski sisters have been offensively and defensively dominant. That didn’t change Friday night. Senior Madison Ristovski had 27 points and junior Haleigh Rist...

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Big Reds run past Fraser, 57-36 (With Video)
Updated: 3/2/2012 10:51:22 PM EST

After losing two regular season games to Chippewa Valley by double digits, Fraser coach Dave Kuppe knew his Ramblers would need a good start to upset the Big Reds in the Class A district championship ...

GIRLS BASKETBALL: McCord, Popkey lead Cousino to regionals
Updated: 3/2/2012 10:44:02 PM EST

Cousino jumped out to a big lead then held on down the stretch to defeat Sterling Heights 43-34 Friday night and win the Class A girls district basketball championship at Warren Woods-Tower. The Pat...

BOWLING: Anchor Bay, Richmond both fall in finals
Updated: 3/2/2012 10:40:20 PM EST

BATTLE CREEK -- Experience is often the best teacher. Davison's girls bowling team learned a lesson from its state championship match loss to Holt two years ago. It's important to get off to a good s...

BOWLING: Dakota's boys win second straight Division 1 title
Updated: 3/2/2012 9:31:41 PM EST

BATTLE CREEK -- Early Friday morning it looked like anything but an historic day for Dakota's boys bowling team. However, when the day ended the Cougars had become the first boys team to reach the ...

COLLEGE HOOPS: Chippewa Valley grad excels
Updated: 3/1/2012 11:49:00 PM EST

Brittany Simon’s father, Rick, is an electrical contractor. He owns R. Simon Electric. No matter what type of wiring Rick Simon happens to be working with, there’s no way it could ever put a jolt int...

Roundup: March 1, 2012
Updated: 3/1/2012 11:41:07 PM EST

In the battle of MAC Red vs. MAC Gold, it was gold that reigned supreme Thursday night. New Haven stunned L’Anse Creuse North 72-60 to end its season on a high note with 17 wins and three losses. Ra...

BOYS BOWLING: Stevenson bowling team has tough road ahead
Updated: 3/4/2012 11:34:02 AM EST

Stevenson’s boys bowling team started the season ranked No. 1 in the state high school Division 1 coaches poll. The Titans would like nothing better than to end it the same way. There are several ob...

WRESTLING: A steady diet of winning at The Palace?
Updated: 3/1/2012 10:03:01 PM EST

Eric Maniaci of L’Anse Creuse North pretty much debunks the myth of all high school wrestlers starving themselves to make weight. Following his opening round win over Chase Kallil of Plymouth at the ...

BOYS HOCKEY: De La Salle romps in regional final
Updated: 3/1/2012 8:49:01 PM EST

In about the time it takes to read this sentence, De La Salle had already seized control of its pre-regional final game against Fraser on Thursday night. The Pilots scored within the first 10 seconds,...

GIRLS BASKETBALL -- Girls districts facts & figures
Updated: 3/1/2012 3:55:50 PM EST

New Haven plays Friday night for its first girls district basketball champiompionship, while Dakota goes for a fourth in a row. Here are facts and figures for games involving Macomb County teams: Cl...

GIRLS BASKETBALL -- Parkway Christian takes advantage of depleted foe
Updated: 2/29/2012 11:12:16 PM EST

The outcome of Wednesday’s Class D district championship made it easier for Hannah Durham and her Parkway Christian teammates to laugh a little. However, the predicament which the Eagles found themse...

GIRLS BASKETBALL -- Feb. 29, 2012 Roundup
Updated: 3/2/2012 11:28:11 AM EST

Class A (Host Port Huron Northern) L’ANSE CREUSE NORTH 51, PORT HURON 37: Kayla King scored 16 points, while Jazmine Brown chipped in 15 to go with 12 rebounds to lead the Crusaders (13-8). Marisa O...

GIRLS BASKETBALL -- Bright shines in Bulldogs’ win
Updated: 2/29/2012 10:43:25 PM EST

There were a lot of bright spots for Romeo Wednesday as the Bulldogs advanced to the championship game of the Class A girls basketball district at Eisenhower with a 57-43 victory against Stevenson. T...

GIRLS BASKETBALL -- Cousino completes 'sweep' of Regina (With Video)
Updated: 2/29/2012 11:34:49 PM EST

He was her coach when she was in the seventh grade, and he has served in that capacity during her sophomore through senior seasons of high school basketball. Their journey together has been filled wi...

BOYS BASKETBALL -- District Pairings (With Video)
Updated: 2/29/2012 10:37:49 PM EST

District Pairings Class A (Host Lake Shore) Quarterfinals MARCH 5: Grosse Pointe South vs. Lakeview, 5:30 p.m.; Lake Shore vs. Grosse Pointe North, 7:30 p.m. Semifinals MARCH 7: Detroit Denby vs...

BOYS HOCKEY -- Eisenhower blanks Rochester United
Updated: 2/29/2012 10:26:45 PM EST

All season long Stefan Trentacosta has been the Eisenhower hockey team’s most dangerous player. Whether at even strength, shorthanded or on the power play, the senior forward is extremely difficult to...

BOYS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Crockett slips by Mount Clemens
Updated: 2/28/2012 11:14:37 PM EST

Mount Clemens went to the locker room at halftime feeling pretty good about its first-half performance against the state’s No. 4 ranked Class B boys’ basketball team. The Bathers had Detroit Crockett...

HOCKEY: Stoney Creek barrage ousts Utica
Updated: 2/28/2012 11:00:08 PM EST

ROCHESTER – Just make the first save, then let the defensemen do the rest. That’s all first-year Utica hockey coach George Dritsas asks for from his goalie. Unfortunately for that netminder,...

FOOTBALL: New Center Line coach sees spike in interest (With Video)
Updated: 2/28/2012 7:13:12 PM EST

Jim Carlisle works in sales. That is appropriate, since he has already begun selling the Center Line High School football program. “Because of the low numbers, we were almost in crisis mode,” said B...

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Misch's game continues to evolve (With Video)
Updated: 2/28/2012 7:09:28 PM EST

Tiffany Misch continues to add to her game. The Chippewa Valley junior scored 19 points Monday night in the Big Reds’ 51-44 victory over Lake Shore in a Class A girls district basketball game. After...

BOYS HOCKEY -- Updated regional brackets
Updated: 2/28/2012 6:20:47 PM EST

DIVISION 1 Pre-Regional (At Detroit Skating Club) FEB. 28: Lake Orion vs. Lapeer, 7:30 p.m. MARCH 1: Clarkston vs. Lake Orion/Lapeer winner, 7:30 p.m. (At Suburban Macomb) FEB. 27: Rochester U...

GIRLS BASKETBALL -- Updated district bracket 2/28
Updated: 2/28/2012 6:18:44 PM EST

CLASS A (Host Detroit Pershing) Quarterfinal FEB. 27: Detroit Pershing 76, Fitzgerald 47 Semifinals FEB. 29: Detroit Mumford vs. Detroit Cody, 5 p.m.; Detroit Renaissance vs. Detroit Pershing, 7 ...

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Regina topples Warren Woods-Tower
Updated: 2/27/2012 11:38:42 PM EST

The offense came and went all night for Regina but the defense was consistent throughout as the Saddlelites opened the Class A basketball tournament Monday night a with a 42-36 win over host Warren Wo...

SWIMMING: MAC White Division meet
Updated: 2/27/2012 11:05:22 PM EST

MAC WHITE DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP MEET L’Anse Creuse 275.5, Ford 227, Fraser 225, Eisenhower 218, Stevenson 186, Anchor Bay 131.5 200 MEDLEY RELAY: 1. Eisenhower (Mike Hudson, Mike Kwasnik, K...

GIRLS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Stevenson beats Ford in OT
Updated: 2/28/2012 7:45:22 AM EST

Stevenson and Ford came into the Class A girls basketball district quarterfinal game at Eisenhower carrying two different regular season streaks. The trend continued into the post-season as Stevenson...

HOCKEY: Eisenhower shuts out Dakota
Updated: 2/27/2012 11:01:06 PM EST

This time, there was absolutely no doubt. Less than 72 hours after losing the Macomb Area Conference Red Division title, and its last regular season game to Dakota, Eisenhower came right back to stom...

HOCKEY: Grosse Pointe North defeats St. Clair Shores
Updated: 2/27/2012 10:58:31 PM EST

Even the Norsemen in Valhalla could not have been any more dominant than the Grosse Pointe North Norsemen were on Monday night. Grosse Pointe North defeated St. Clair Shores Unified 8-0 in a Michig...

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Misch leads Chippewa Valley past Lake Shore (With Video)
Updated: 2/27/2012 11:19:35 PM EST

Lake Shore won the battle, but Chippewa Valley won the war. “I thought that if we held Tiffany (Misch) under 20 points, we could win the game,” Shorians coach Jimmy Roehm said. “But it wasn’t to be. ...

BOYS HOCKEY: Ike ices Dakota, 6-0
Updated: 2/27/2012 9:33:28 PM EST

This time, there was absolutely no doubt. Less than 72 hours after losing the Macomb Area Conference Red Division title, and its last regular season game to Dakota, Eisenhower came right back to stom...

BOYS BASKETBALL: Catholic Central defeats DLS in league tournament final
Updated: 2/26/2012 8:58:22 PM EST

DETROIT – Maybe it was karma from the state championship wrestling team rubbing off. Or possibly the fact Detroit Catholic Central was none too pleased about losing both regular season meeting...

HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP: Feb. 25, 2012
Updated: 2/25/2012 9:05:20 PM EST

Competitive cheer Richmond won their third regional championship in four years and still remains undefeated on the season after finishing in first place with a 768.19. Notre Dame Prep came in second...

GIRLS BASKETBALL: LC North joins fray Wednesday night
Updated: 2/26/2012 5:01:36 PM EST

The Michigan High School Athletic Association does not send out sympathy cards. That is not the nature of its state tournament. It’s not even three strikes and you’re out! It is one fast ball down t...

BOWLING: Krywy, Bibee lead state qualifiers
Updated: 2/25/2012 9:54:37 PM EST

Sometimes the U.S. Postal Service takes awhile to get accustomed to a change of address. Letters are sent to the former residence. Packages wind up on the wrong porch. High school junior Lauren Krywy...

PLEINESS: Wrestler's biggest fan inspires entire team (With Video)
Updated: 2/26/2012 5:02:55 PM EST

-- BATTLE CREEK There she was, 19-year-old Meghan Ireland sitting in the corner as her younger brother Stephen helped lead Richmond to a third straight Division 3 state wrestling title. She was ther...

RICHMOND WRESTLING: Match by match results
Updated: 2/25/2012 7:43:42 PM EST

Match by Match Division 3 Championship Richmond 34, Dundee 23 130 pounds: Dustin Pitcel, R, vs. Doug Rojem, D Pitcel just could never get ahead in his match, clawing to within a point twice...

WRESTLING: Richmond wins third straight D3 state title (With Video)
Updated: 2/25/2012 9:26:41 PM EST

BATTLE CREEK – Since Garett Edwards' freshmen year at Richmond, his goal was to win just one team state championship. Then one became two and two became three. Well, Edwards and the rest of the seni...

BOYS HOCKEY: Marquee playoff game features Red rivals in first round
Updated: 2/25/2012 3:54:25 PM EST

These are the best of times for high school hockey fans in Macomb County. The reason? Why, it’s the playoffs, of course. While it is true that every team gets into the postseason automatically, ther...

WRESTLING: State semifinals, finals schedule
Updated: 2/24/2012 11:39:18 PM EST

Kellogg Arena Battle Creek Feb. 25 SEMIFINALS Division 1 - 11:45 am #1 Detroit Catholic Central (23-3) vs #5 Hartland (30-3) #2 Brighton (40-0) vs #6 Oxford (19-5) Division 2 - 11:45 a...

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Press ignites Anchor Bay in win over Center Line (Roundup with Video))
Updated: 2/24/2012 11:15:33 PM EST

It took a while for the Anchor Bay girls basketball team to get going on Friday night in its regular season finale, but the Tars eventually found their stride. After trailing by two at halftime, Anch...

BOYS BASKETBALL: Warren-Woods Tower outlasts Lakeview (Boy's Roundup)
Updated: 2/24/2012 11:08:50 PM EST

With their divisions already settled, a pair of first-year varsity coaches was interested to see how their respective boys’ basketball teams would respond in a crossover game with little to no meaning...

GIRLS BOWLING: Anchor Bay finishes second in regional play
Updated: 2/24/2012 10:38:53 PM EST

After finishing fourth in several weekend tournaments, Anchor Bay girls bowling coach Karyn Mazei had a message for her team. "I told the girls, 'fourth place isn't going to get us there,'" Mazei sai...

BOYS HOCKEY: Dakota bashes Ike for division title
Updated: 2/24/2012 10:26:17 PM EST

The game plan was simple: play with a physical edge, and slam in some ugly goals. Executing that plan, especially for a hockey team like Dakota which is known more for its finesse, took some serious...

BOYS BOWLING: Stevenson continues winning ways at regionals
Updated: 2/24/2012 9:37:26 PM EST

Utica coach John Mazza says that his boys bowling team "is like a flower ready to bloom." Mazza expects the Chieftains, who finished first in the team portion of the Division 1 regional at 5 Star Lan...

WRESTLING: Top-ranked Catholic Central too much for Roseville (With Video)
Updated: 2/24/2012 10:17:49 PM EST

BATTLE CREEK – One year, Roseville's wrestling team will reach the state semifinals. But just like the last nine times the Panthers have reached the quarterfinal stage of the state tournament, a trip...

WRESTLING: Freshmen shine in Richmond’s romp over Roscommon
Updated: 2/24/2012 10:18:10 PM EST

BATTLE CREEK – Adam Boyd said, "It's kind of cool they let us come out here and wrestle." Mind you, he's just a freshman. Boyd was one of five freshmen wrestlers Richmond put on the mat against Rosc...

Roundup for Feb. 23, 2012
Updated: 2/23/2012 11:53:09 PM EST

The Dirty Half-Dozen Dozen (Plus One). Forget Lee Marvin and Charles Bronson. That was the situation for South Lake boys’ basketball coach Matt Ferguson Thursday night, as he only had seven players ...

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Eisenhower closes out season with win over Romeo
Updated: 2/23/2012 11:22:18 PM EST

Eisenhower's girls basketball team heard the phrase several times during coach Kevin Donahue's post-game talk Thursday after ending Romeo's six-game winning streak. "Make the next play." They ca...

WRESTLING: Blue Devils have bull's-eye on their backs this weekend
Updated: 2/24/2012 8:53:21 AM EST

Things are going to be a bit different this weekend when Richmond arrives in Battle Creek for the state Division 3 team wrestling championships. The bull's-eye is going to be on the Blue Devils' ba...

Roundup for Feb. 22, 2012
Updated: 2/22/2012 10:35:14 PM EST

While famous boxing trainer Angelo Dundee recently died, it’s too bad that he and Kevin Richards never met. The two men obviously share some motivational background. Dundee used to train Muhammad Ali...

WRESTLING: Roseville could have bright future on the mats
Updated: 2/22/2012 10:14:19 PM EST

Davon Gray has a dream for his Roseville wrestling program. He doesn't expect it to come true this weekend when the Panthers make their second straight trip to the Division 1 team championships in ...

BOYS BASKETBALL: Utica edges Cousino for MAC White title
Updated: 2/21/2012 11:52:15 PM EST

Andrew Thompson knew that it was time to step up for Utica’s basketball team with the Macomb Area Conference White Division championship on the line. “I was feeling it,” said Thompson, who hit two 3-...

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Cousino wins share of MAC White championship
Updated: 2/22/2012 12:06:14 PM EST

A 34-year drought was going to come to an end on Tuesday night, there were no doubts at all about that in the minds of the players on the Cousino girls basketball team. No Cousino girls hoops team ha...

BOWLING: Chippewa Valley's Yank wins MAC White singles
Updated: 2/21/2012 11:22:50 PM EST

MAC WHITE DIVISION Chippewa Valley’s Ashley Yank captured the singles championship at the league tournament held at Kingswood Lanes Tuesday. On the boys’ side of the ledger, it was Kevin Stanick of ...

BOYS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Mount Clemens wins Gold
Updated: 2/21/2012 11:21:51 PM EST

The Gold was there for the taking. Mount Clemens had the opportunity to lock up sole possession of the MAC Gold league championship Tuesday night and the Bathers fought off feisty Lincoln to earn a ...

GIRLS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Romeo wins Red title at the wire
Updated: 2/21/2012 11:17:49 PM EST

Romeo’s girls basketball teams have grown accustomed to having titles decided on the final night of divisional play. That was once again the case this year. The Bulldogs got 12 points from Lauren Br...

BOYS BASKETBALL: Tava, Pilots advance in Catholic tournament
Updated: 2/22/2012 12:10:21 PM EST

BLOOMFIELD HILLS – As if De La Salle’s smothering defense wasn’t enough to worry about, Orchard Lake St. Mary’s had to deal with a determined Connar Tava. “Tava is one of the best players in t...

BOYS BASKETBALL -- District Pairings
Updated: 2/21/2012 8:18:21 PM EST

District Pairings Class A (Host Lake Shore) Quarterfinals MARCH 5: Grosse Pointe South vs. Lakeview, 5:30 p.m.; South Lake vs. Grosse Pointe North, 7:30 p.m. Semifinals MARCH 7: Detroit Denby vs...

GIRLS BASKETBALL -- District Pairings (With Video)
Updated: 2/21/2012 8:51:46 PM EST

District Pairings Class A (Host Detroit Pershing) Quarterfinal FEB. 27: Fitzgerald vs. Detroit Pershing, 5 p.m. Semifinals FEB. 29: Detroit Mumford vs. Detroit Cody, 5 p.m.; Detroit Renaissance ...

GIRLS BOWLING: Stevenson ready for regionals
Updated: 2/20/2012 7:49:50 PM EST

In the MAC Red Division, Stevenson’s girls bowling team almost always competes for the league championship. That being said, coach Tom Stockton admits he didn’t know if that was going to be a reasona...

BOYS BOWLING: Utica's success a surprise to some
Updated: 2/20/2012 5:21:46 PM EST

This was supposed to be a “building” year for the Utica boys bowling squad. Apparently, no one told the Chieftains about it. “No one thought this was going to happen at the beginning of the season,”...

GIRLS HOCKEY: Regina blasts Bloomfield 9-1
Updated: 2/19/2012 1:40:17 PM EST

Regina 9 Bloomfield 1 REGINA 9, BLOOMFIELD 1: Maria Smith had two goals and two assists and Erica Suave had three goals to lead Regina in a game that ended after two periods. Alexis Lastomirsky,...

HOCKEY: Fraser downs L'Anse Creuse to improve to 5-1-0 in the MAC Blue
Updated: 2/18/2012 9:03:57 PM EST

FRASER – The game within a game of the third contest of the season between MAC Blue rivals Fraser and L'Anse Creuse came in the second period on Saturday evening at Great Lakes Sports City. Six goals...

WRESTLING: Individual regionals
Updated: 2/18/2012 8:37:18 PM EST

Individual Regionals Division 1 (Host L’Anse Creuse) Championship 103 pounds: Justin Kim, Rochester, dec. Connor McDill, Eisenhower, 9-3 112: Doug Zundel, Roseville, dec. Tayron Womble, Romeo, 4-...

WRESTLING: Zundel continues to impress (With Video)
Updated: 2/18/2012 8:10:59 PM EST

Roseville’s Doug Zundel got all the incentive he needed two weeks ago. He used that motivation to claim a second straight Division 1 individual regional wrestling title, Saturday afternoon at L’Anse ...

WRESTLING: Richmond continues winning tradition
Updated: 2/18/2012 7:27:01 PM EST

WILLIAMSTON – The number 13 is considered bad luck by many, but Richmond seems to be doing just fine with it. According to long-time Richmond coach George Hamblin this marks the third consecutive yea...

BOYS BASKETBALL: De La Salle beats Notre Dame Prep in Catholic League quarterfinals
Updated: 2/18/2012 5:17:33 PM EST

BLOOMFIELD HILLS - It’s hard for anyone who has watched De La Salle basketball recently to believe that Brad Law hasn’t always been an outstanding defensive player. “When I was in the eighth grade I ...

GIRLS BASKETBALL: LC North wraps up MAC Gold championship
Updated: 2/20/2012 4:43:27 PM EST

L’Anse Creuse North’s girls basketball team was walking off the court at halftime of its game with Mount Clemens Friday clinging to a one-point lead when the realization hit. “We were 16 minutes away...

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Roundup for Feb. 17, 2012
Updated: 2/19/2012 1:35:23 PM EST

MAC RED DIVISION ROMEO 57, FORD 36: Lindsey Hernden had 15 points and six rebounds and Sarah Kort had six points and three steals to lead the Bulldogs. Bailey Engstrom and Shelby Laseke each scored ...

BOYS BASKETBALL: Roundup Feb. 17, 2012
Updated: 2/17/2012 11:08:32 PM EST

MAC RED DIVISION EISENHOWER 55, L’ANSE CREUSE 32: Thurston Howell was shipwrecked on Gilligan’s Island. Chad Howell made sure the same did not happen at L’Anse Creuse for the Eisenhower Eagles Frida...

BOYS BASKETBALL: ‘Bittersweet’ victory for MAC Red champions (With Video)
Updated: 2/17/2012 11:53:53 PM EST

How do you mend the broken heart of a champion? “I hope I can make it through the speech I’m going to give in a few minutes,” Jay Seletsky, the boys basketball coach at L’Anse Creuse North, said foll...

BOYS HOCKEY: Cougars vault atop Red with blowout win
Updated: 2/17/2012 10:16:38 PM EST

The Macomb Area Conference Red Division has earned a statewide reputation as one of the very best around. It should surprise no one, then, that the race to the top has yet to be decided, even as the r...

SWIMMING: Roundup for Feb. 16, 2012
Updated: 2/16/2012 11:27:23 PM EST

Swimming MAC CROSSOVER Cousino 94, Anchor Bay 92 200 MEDLEY RELAY: C (Jeremy Pigula, Brandon Carnaghi, Zach Thomas, Garret Zacharek )1:52.77; 200 FREESTYLE: Mike Martin, AB, 1:56.06; 200 IM: Kurtis...

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Roundup for Feb. 16, 2012
Updated: 2/16/2012 11:26:36 PM EST

The lady Patriots moved into a tie for first place in the MAC White Thursday, after completing a come from behind victory over St. Clair 38-36. “We trailed for most of the game,” admitted Patriots Co...

BOYS BASKETBALL: Roundup for Feb. 16, 2012
Updated: 2/16/2012 11:25:50 PM EST

MAC WHITE DIVISION COUSINO 64, PORT HURON NORTHERN 35: The Patriot act provided security for victorious Cousino. Senior point guard Drew McGuire led the way with 15 points and three assists. Teammat...

BOYS BASKETBALL: Utica wins nail biter in overtime over East Detroit
Updated: 2/16/2012 11:31:48 PM EST

So many times when a basketball team comes back from a double-digit deficit, it doesn't have the energy to finish the job and the comeback goes to waste. That's what Utica coach Gerry Kraemer tried t...

BOYS BASKETBALL: Fitz falls to Madison
Updated: 2/16/2012 10:44:19 PM EST

MADISON HEIGHTS - Senior Damon Bozeman led the way for Madison Thursday with 24 points and 10 rebounds as the Eagles wrapped up the Macomb Area Conference Blue championship with a 67-64 win ove...

BOYS HOCKEY: Regional tournament pairings
Updated: 2/16/2012 5:31:27 PM EST

Boys Hockey Division 1 Pre-Regional (At Detroit Skating Club) FEB. 28: Lake Orion vs. Lapeer, 7:30 p.m. MARCH 1: Clarkston vs. Lake Orion/Lapeer winner, 7:30 p.m. (At Suburban Macomb) FEB. 27...

WRESTLING: Roseville continues winning ways
Updated: 2/15/2012 11:09:14 PM EST

Won-lost records in wrestling can be deceiving. Roseville seems to prove that every year. The Panthers took a 12-15 record into Wednesday's Division 1 team regional at Cousino and came out with two ...

WRESTLING: Lincoln loses in regional finals (With Video)
Updated: 2/15/2012 11:10:51 PM EST

MADISON HEIGHTS – Two wrestling programs heading in the same winning direction collided Wednesday night in a Division 2 team regional final at Lamphere, but experience proved the difference as Holly ...

HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP: Feb. 15, 2012
Updated: 2/15/2012 10:25:58 PM EST

Boys Hockey NON LEAGUE ST. CLAIR SHORES UNIFIED 4, ROCHESTER HILLS STONEY CREEK 3: Mike DiFranco had a goal and two assists to lead the Lakers (13-5-4). Austin Buchholz and Justin Misiak each had a ...

WRESTLING: Richmond wins fourth straight regional title (With Video)
Updated: 2/16/2012 2:17:12 PM EST

When it comes to this time of the high school wrestling season, it doesn’t take much to motivate Richmond’s squad. For a second straight week a motivated Blue Devils squad tore through their competit...

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Armada's LaCavera deals with knee injury (WITH VIDEO)
Updated: 2/15/2012 10:43:30 PM EST

Blueprints aren’t always written with a Sharpie. Nobody knows that better than Megan LaCavera, a senior at Armada High School. Even indelible ink is no match for tears. “When Megan left the court th...

WRESTLING: Oxford prevails as Anchor Bay, L'Anse Creuse fall in regional
Updated: 2/15/2012 9:39:41 PM EST

The Division 1 team wrestling regional at Ford was loaded, and both Macomb County teams bowed out in the semifinals to their Oakland County counterparts. Anchor Bay dropped a 50-18 decision to defendi...

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Cousino celebrates senior night with win over GP South (With Video)
Updated: 2/15/2012 8:51:53 AM EST

A lot of teams have tried to slow down Grosse Pointe South’s up-tempo game. None of them have succeeded -- until the Blue Devils ran into Cousino on Tuesday. “When you have a guard like (Elena) Popk...

GIRLS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Dakota defeats Chippewa Valley
Updated: 2/15/2012 7:47:53 AM EST

MAC RED DIVISION DAKOTA 62, CHIPPEWA VALLEY 52: Erica Manduzzi, a senior guard, scored 17 points while playing what Dakota coach Phil McCune called “her best game of the year” and the Cougars defe...

BASKETBALL: L'Anse Creuse North teams win games while mourning 'monumental loss'
Updated: 2/15/2012 8:54:26 AM EST

While both high school basketball games were prefaced by a moment of silence for former L’Anse Creuse North principal Dave Jackson, who died Sunday, the Crusaders spoke up on the scoreboard. Coach Ja...

BOYS BASKETBALL: Holmes helps put Mount Clemens in driver's seat (With Video)
Updated: 2/15/2012 8:08:30 AM EST

Mount Clemens may be in the driver’s seat for snagging the MAC Gold title following a big 45-43 win at home against Sterling Heights Tuesday night, but the battling Bathers are looking in the rearview...

BOWLING: Chippewa Valley girls defeat Anchor Bay
Updated: 2/13/2012 11:27:35 PM EST

MAC WHITE DIVISION It was a big day for the Big Reds at Kingswood Lanes. The Chippewa Valley girls beat Anchor Bay 20-10 to raise their record to 8-1. Anchor Bay fell to 7-2. Ashley Yank led the B...

GIRLS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Mount Clemens tops Sterling Heights
Updated: 2/13/2012 11:34:39 PM EST

Most basketball coaches use their timeouts to plot strategy. Jason Monk does that too during the breaks in the action, but the Mount Clemens coach also has something else in mind when he asks the off...

WRESTLING: Sterling Heights' success years in the making
Updated: 2/13/2012 10:15:19 PM EST

Lots of first-year wrestlers spend an inordinate amount of time flat on their backs staring owl-eyed at the lights in the gym. The soundtrack to plenty of their efforts is punctuated by the ref’s sla...

BOYS SWIMMING -- In The Wake 2/12/2012
Updated: 2/13/2012 8:01:53 PM EST

200 Medley Relay Chippewa Valley (Curtiss, Pitlock, Pertler, Voss) 1:42.97 Eisenhower (Hudson, Kwasnik, Hector, Aspelund) 1:43.93 L’Anse Creuse (Haggerty, Jordan, Shea, Wilkins) 1:44.26 De La Sall...

BOYS BASKETBALL: De La Salle wins fifth straight division title
Updated: 2/10/2012 11:51:01 PM EST

Perhaps Ben Wallace in his prime could have slowed down Connar Tava Friday night. Then again, even the four-time NBA Defensive Player of the Year might have had his hands full with the De La Salle se...

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Roundup for Feb. 10, 2012
Updated: 2/10/2012 11:33:19 PM EST

MAC RED DIVISION DAKOTA 50, STEVENSON 38: With a voracious rebounder like Dakota junior center Kylie Churches in the lineup, Stevenson did not have a prayer. Churches finished with nine points and 14...

BOYS BASKETBALL: Roundup for Feb. 10, 2012
Updated: 2/10/2012 11:32:34 PM EST

MAC RED DIVISION DAKOTA 67, L’ANSE CREUSE 45: Junior center Codey Agemy scored 17 points and contributed six rebounds, five steals and two blocked shots to lead the Cougars. Junior Andrew Burmeister ...

WRESTLING: Regional Tournament Schedule
Updated: 2/10/2012 10:33:29 PM EST

REGIONAL TOURNAMENTS Feb. 15 Division 1 At Cousino SEMIFINALS: Royal Oak vs. Roseville; Sterling Heights vs. U-D Jesuit FINALS: Semifinal winners At Ford SEMIFINALS: L’Anse Creuse vs. Rochester...

BOYS BASKETBALL: Sterling Heights hangs on to beat New Haven
Updated: 2/10/2012 10:45:54 PM EST

It took New Haven’s basketball team three overtimes to earn a three point win on Tuesday night against St. Clair. On Friday night the Rockets ended up on the other side of another nail biter as the St...

HIGH SCHOOL SWIMMING: Feb. 9, 2012
Updated: 2/9/2012 11:15:37 PM EST

Swimming MAC SILVER DIVISION Port Huron 91, Warren-Mott 89 200 MEDLEY RELAY: Port Huron (Cary Luke, Tom Mackensen, Andrew Jobbit, Jeremy Kasik) 1:58.13. 200 FREESTYLE: Jacob Yacks, WM, 2:13.85. 200...

HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP: Feb. 9, 2012
Updated: 2/9/2012 11:14:41 PM EST

The few, the proud, the Bathers. Coach Jason Monk’s understaffed Mount Clemens girls’ basketball team defeated Center Line 34-30 in a MAC Gold Division contest Thursday night. It was the Bathers’ si...

WRESTLING: Anchor Bay narrowly defeats Dakota for district title
Updated: 2/9/2012 10:59:44 PM EST

At 103 pounds, Adam Wiscombe hardly has shoulders big enough to carry a wrestling team. However, that’s exactly what the Anchor Bay freshman did Thursday. Wiscombe came from behind in the third peri...

WRESTLING: Injured wrestler returns, sparks Lancers (With Video)
Updated: 2/10/2012 7:04:51 PM EST

His doctor was not keen on the idea, but his parents gave it their blessing. So onto the wrestling mat he went, knowing the match he was about to compete in could be the last of his high school caree...

WRESTLING: Sterling Heights runs roughshod over De La Salle for district title
Updated: 2/13/2012 6:45:21 PM EST

Sterling Heights wrestling coach Shawn Murray knew what to expect from his top wrestlers going into Thursday’s Team District 119 Finals against De La Salle at Sterling Heights High School, but wasn’t ...

WRESTLING: Lincoln wins district title over Warren Woods-Tower
Updated: 2/8/2012 11:28:26 PM EST

Lincoln is back on the state wrestling map. Perhaps the Abes aren't quite back to where they were during the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, but they're getting there. Lincoln took a big step for...

WRESTLING: Fitzgerald falls to Lamphere
Updated: 2/8/2012 11:05:50 PM EST

HAZEL PARK – It was a little like having dessert before dinner at the Hazel Park Division 2 Wrestling District on Wednesday night. The premiere matchup between Madison Heights Lamphere and host...

WRESTLING: Memphis back in district title form (With Video)
Updated: 2/9/2012 1:05:01 PM EST

It's better to participate than to be a spectator. That was Memphis coach Mark Pringle's message to his wrestlers before the Yellowjackets began the Division 4 team district tournament on their mat W...

WRESTLING: Roseville wins district title
Updated: 2/8/2012 11:09:40 PM EST

Roseville swaggered into Fraser as a heavy favorite and the Panthers didn’t disappoint as they captured the Division 1 team wrestling district championship with a 52-24 triumph over the host Ramblers....

BOYS BASKETBALL: Sheer board'em in Chippewa Valley win
Updated: 2/6/2012 11:27:33 PM EST

If Chippewa Valley's basketball team ever starts looking for a new sport, it might want to try volleyball. The Big Reds looked a lot like a volleyball team Monday night the way they kept the ball ali...

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Dakota, Romeo headed for Red showdown (With Video)
Updated: 2/6/2012 10:00:51 PM EST

Both have recent league championships to their credit. Both are guided by recent county Coach of the Year award winners. Both have stepped up a level in competition this decade, and both are proving...

BOYS SWIMMING -- In The Wake 2/6/2012
Updated: 2/6/2012 5:07:57 PM EST

200 Medley Relay Chippewa Valley (Curtiss, Pitlock, Pertler, Voss) 1:42.97 Eisenhower (Hudson, Kwasnik, Hector, Aspelund) 1:43.93 De La Salle (Rancillio, Pfeuffer, Pasternak, Rapp) 1:44.30 L’Anse ...

SWIMMING: Big Reds claim county title
Updated: 2/6/2012 5:01:06 PM EST

Chippewa Valley's boys swimming team wanted no part of playing second fiddle to the Big Reds Macomb County champion girls team. So they won a title of their own Saturday at the Macomb County Boys I...

HOCKEY: Late goal steals a win from Dakota
Updated: 2/4/2012 8:48:34 PM EST

ROCHESTER – The Cougars just couldn’t hold on. Dakota clung for nearly 25 minutes to a one-goal advantage, only to see Clarkston tie the game with 11.8 seconds remaining at the Macomb Area Conferenc...

WRESTLING: Anchor Bay wins MAC Red meet
Updated: 2/4/2012 8:07:23 PM EST

Just five wrestling teams in the last 18 years have been able to parlay an undefeated dual-meet season into a tournament title in the MAC Red Division. Anchor Bay made it six in the last 19 seasons S...

BOYS HOCKEY: MAC/OAA Showcase Roundup
Updated: 2/4/2012 7:50:40 PM EST

TROY 8, L’ANSE CREUSE 0: D.J. Myers scored three goals for the Colts; the Lancers dropped to 7-10 overall with the loss. ROCHESTER UNITED 3, ROMEO 1: Junior forward Jeremy Speer scored, with an ass...

BOYS HOCKEY -- Eisenhower tops Farmington Hills Unified at MAC/OAA showcase
Updated: 2/4/2012 7:42:56 PM EST

By Fred Costello Special to The Macomb Daily ROCHESTER – It seems as though every game that the Eisenhower hockey team plays, another bright spot emerges from its roster. On Saturday, it was Jake ...

BOYS SWIMMING -- Macomb County Meet results
Updated: 2/4/2012 7:28:22 PM EST

TEAM SCORES: 1, Chippewa Valley 308 points; 2, L'Anse Creuse 217; 3, Ford 207; 4, De La Salle 184; 5, Eisenhower 182; 6, Fraser 181; 7, Romeo 178; 8, L'Anse Creuse North 164; 9, Stevenson 153; 10, Dak...

WRESTLING: Division Meet Results
Updated: 2/6/2012 10:13:54 PM EST

MAC RED DIVISION Team Scores: 1. Anchor Bay 155.5. 2. Warren Woods-Tower 131.5. 3. Chippewa Valley 107. 4. Ford 98. 5. Romeo 94.5. 6. Lamphere 92. 7. Roseville 72.5. 8. L’Anse Creuse 55.5. Champio...

Roundup for Feb. 4, 2012
Updated: 2/4/2012 7:21:22 PM EST

Hockey NON-LEAGUE DAKOTA 5, ROCKFORD 0: Ronnie O’Conner had two goals and an assist; Robert Haney had a goal; and Quinn Warneck had a goal and an assist to lead the Cougars. Goalie T.J. Barden stop...

WRESTLING: Lake Shore and Sterling Heights finish behind Marysville in MAC Blue
Updated: 2/4/2012 4:04:25 PM EST

The progress of the wrestling program at Marysville High School in the nine-season tenure of coach Derrick Meier can be measured by the 2012 MAC Blue Team Division championship it now owns. The Vikin...

BOYS BASKETBALL: Conklin leads LCN to victory over Fraser
Updated: 2/3/2012 11:30:24 PM EST

The host Crusaders might have been caught looking ahead to Tuesday’s MAC Red showdown with Eisenhower, but thanks to junior Tyler Conklin, L’Anse Cruese North was able to escape with a thrilling 50-47...

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Sterling Heights rolls past Lincoln
Updated: 2/3/2012 11:29:10 PM EST

There is nothing better than a few easy baskets to make a basketball team run a little faster and jump a little higher. Sterling Heights got three baskets on putbacks and two off turnovers during a 1...

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Roundup for Feb. 3, 2012
Updated: 2/6/2012 10:17:59 PM EST

MAC RED DIVISION FORD 56, CHIPPEWA VALLEY 51: Jade Harris had five points and nine rebounds and Alyssa Ellis had 15 points and seven rebounds to lead the Falcons. Cris Harper added seven points and ...

BOYS BASKETBALL: Roundup Feb. 3, 2012
Updated: 2/3/2012 11:19:27 PM EST

BWAC IMLAY CITY 65, RICHMOND 38: Jerrid Pentz scored 15 points, while David Schroudt and Kurt Strutz each grabbed five rebounds for the Blue Devils. Imlay City 15 21 16 13 - 65 Richmond 11 5 14 8 -...

BOYS BASKETBALL: Law & order
Updated: 2/4/2012 12:00:10 PM EST

Connar Tava has a succinct theory on basketball. “If they don’t score, they can’t win,” the De La Salle senior said. “So if you play good ‘D,’ you’re going to win.” Tava, a 6-foot-6 forward, practic...

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Bennett records 500th career win
Updated: 2/3/2012 10:34:53 PM EST

GROSSE POINTE WOODS – All Gary Bennett asks of his players is that they work hard. His teams have certainly done that over his 30-year varsity coaching career, 29 at Grosse Pointe North. The Norseme...

BOYS BASKETBALL: Griffin scores career high 41 points to lift New Haven to victory
Updated: 2/2/2012 11:33:29 PM EST

It takes the little things to win important basketball games. It certainly doesn’t hurt, however, to have a big game from a key player. New Haven had both Thursday night as the Rockets beat Macomb A...

HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP: Feb. 2, 2012
Updated: 2/2/2012 11:23:53 PM EST

Boys Basketball MAC RED DIVISION ROMEO 69, L’ANSE CREUSE 43: It was Romeo to the Max Thursday night. Senior guard Max Phillips scored 18 of his 24 points in the first half as the Bulldogs raised ...

SWIMMING: Depth could lead Chippewa Valley to county title
Updated: 2/2/2012 8:51:24 PM EST

Dave Smith doesn’t plan to give any fiery motivational speeches to his Ford swimming team before Saturday’s Macomb County Boys Invitational Swimming and Diving Championships. He doesn’t think the Fal...

BOWLING: Fitzgerald sweeps New Haven
Updated: 2/2/2012 8:43:22 PM EST

Boy oh boy, did the boys and girls from Marysville, South Lake and Fitzgerald bowl well Wednesday. In boys’ competition, Marysville defeated Lincoln 15.5 to 14.5; South Lake beat Center Line 27 to 3...

GIRLS BASKETBALL: GP North defeats Ford
Updated: 2/2/2012 8:42:04 PM EST

MAC RED DIVISION GROSSE POINTE NORTH 47, FORD 19: Sophomore Maria Liddane scored eight points and added seven rebounds, seven assists and four steals to spark Grosse Pointe North. Taryn Kiah had 16 p...

BOYS BASKETBALL: Bishop Foley defeats Lutheran North
Updated: 2/2/2012 8:39:58 PM EST

MADISON HEIGHTS - With two minutes left to play in the third quarter of their Catholic League AA Division game against Lutheran North Wednesday night, Bishop Foley junior DeAndre Jackson led a ...

HOCKEY: Eisenhower, St. Clair Shores tie
Updated: 2/1/2012 11:58:08 PM EST

With a chance to all but wrap up the MAC Red Division title with a win Wednesday night, you could understand why Eisenhower’s boys hockey coach Bob Hall was upset after tying St. Clair Shores Unified ...

WRESTLING: Summaries, Feb. 1
Updated: 2/1/2012 11:39:35 PM EST

NON LEAGUE Lutheran North 48, Hamtramck 30 103: Sherzod Mohammediev, H, pinned Kyle Leonard, 1:01. 112: Najinelddine Aljallad, H, pinned Matt Whittlesey, 1:18. 119: Abdohagg Saucedo, H, pinned Nick ...

BOYS BASKETBALL: Utica defeats Grosse Pointe North
Updated: 1/31/2012 11:15:23 PM EST

It took Utica boys basketball coach Gerry Kramer’s halftime speech a little time to sink in for his players but it finally did. The Chieftains took over a little past midway through the third quarter...

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Fitzgerald throws scare into GP South
Updated: 1/31/2012 11:02:57 PM EST

GROSSE POINTE FARMS –– Grosse Pointe South’s girls basketball team breezed through the first half of the Macomb Area Conference White Division schedule with no problems. If Tuesday’s game with...

BOYS BASKETBALL: Clawson puts clamps on Clintondale, defeats Dragons
Updated: 1/31/2012 10:59:32 PM EST

CLAWSON - As he gathered his team at the end of the first quarter, Clawson boys basketball coach Billy Shellenbarger grabbed his dry-erase board and instead of drawing up a play he simply wrote...

BOWLING: L'Anse Creuse North, Stevenson teams sweep
Updated: 1/30/2012 11:31:53 PM EST

MAC RED DIVISION To borrow from Abner Doubleday; L’Anse Creuse North and Stevenson turned the double play at Sunnybrook Lanes Monday afternoon. Both the boys’ and girls’ teams from those schools eme...

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Memphis, Armada fall
Updated: 1/30/2012 11:30:09 PM EST

NCTL SOUTH DIVISION CARSONVILLE-PORT SANILAC 61, MEMPHIS 45: Prince who? Erika Lentz was the big hitter for the Tigers with 25 points. CPS teammate Sarah Albrecht scored 14. Kristie Gadecke had a bi...

BOYS BASKETBALL: Bench leads WWT past Sterling Heights
Updated: 1/30/2012 11:37:46 PM EST

Sometimes a negative can turn into a positive. Several times during the first half of the season, Warren Woods-Tower coach Nick Evola was forced to juggle his lineup. That might have cost the Titans ...

BOYS SWIMMING -- In The Wake 1/30/2012
Updated: 1/30/2012 6:37:20 PM EST

IN THE WAKE 200 Medley Relay De La Salle (Rancillio, Pfeuffer, Pasternak, Rapp) 1:46.23 Chippewa Valley (Bender, Bagans, Pertler, Curtiss) 1:47.73 Eisenhower (Hudson, Kwasnik, Hector, Aspelund) 1:...

HOCKEY: Ike pours it on in third
Updated: 1/29/2012 11:08:51 AM EST

The much anticipated match-up of the top two teams in the MAC Red Division turned out to be a one-sided affair. Brock Brothers scored twice and Tyler Wakefield made 20 saves in Eisenhower’s 6-1 win o...

WRESTLING: Oakland County outlasts Macomb at Gold Duals
Updated: 1/28/2012 8:05:47 PM EST

This round goes to Oakland County. Four of the county’s five wrestling participants went 4-1 as the area’s teams outlasted Macomb County’s competition at Saturday’s Oakland/Macomb Gold Duals meet at ...

BOWLING: Big Reds win ‘warmup’ to regionals
Updated: 1/28/2012 7:12:30 PM EST

Chippewa Valley’s boys bowling team did more Saturday than just win its second straight tournament. The Big Reds also created a pleasant memory for the next time they visit 5-Star Lanes in Sterling H...

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Bishop Foley hits 26 shots from foul line to beat Lutheran North
Updated: 1/27/2012 11:33:59 PM EST

It's not a good idea to send Bishop Foley's girls basketball team to the free throw line. The Ventures can be deadly from the stripe. "We take pride in our free throws," said Foley coach Dave Joseph...

BOYS BASKETBALL: Roundup Jan. 27, 2012
Updated: 1/27/2012 11:25:26 PM EST

BWAC YALE 56, ARMADA 40: Rob Henderson had 17 points and Trevor Holston had 11 points in a losing effort for the Tigers. Armada next plays Croswell-Lexington on Tuesday. Yale 22 4 12 19 - 56 Armad...

HOCKEY: L’Anse Creuse tops Fraser 4-1
Updated: 1/27/2012 11:18:09 PM EST

The L’Anse Creuse and Fraser High School hockey teams are tied atop the MAC Blue standings with 3-1-0-0 records, but there was no question who the better team was on Friday night. The Lancers were do...

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Roundup for Jan. 27, 2012
Updated: 1/27/2012 11:08:46 PM EST

BWAC RICHMOND 45, ALMONT 22: Samantha Wolschleger had two points and six rebounds and Haley Schweiger had four points, five rebounds, five assists and four steals to lead Richmond to their 10th win o...

BOYS BASKETBALL: Clawson outlasts Lakeview 47-38
Updated: 1/27/2012 11:07:02 PM EST

Remember the Tom Hanks’ movie “Big?” That’s the flick where Hanks all of a sudden is transformed from a youngster to an adult with the help of a fortune telling slot machine. Hanks works as an exec...

BOYS BASKETBALL: Griffin leads Rockets past WWT
Updated: 1/27/2012 10:54:33 PM EST

Two losses in eight days could have defused New Haven’s hopes of contending for the boys basketball championship in the Macomb Area Conference Gold Division. But coach Tedaro France liked the Rockets...

BOYS BASKETBALL: Cousino surprises Utica
Updated: 1/27/2012 10:51:21 PM EST

Utica coach Gerry Kraemer admitted his team had a target on its back after this season’s 9-1 overall mark and 4-1 start in the MAC White record. Cousino just hit a bull’s eye. The Patriots made a st...

GIRLS BASKETBALL: A perfect first half for Cougars (With Video)
Updated: 1/27/2012 10:21:47 PM EST

The Dakota Cougars have completed a perfect run through the first half of the league schedule after staving off a ferocious Ford rally on Friday night before coasting to a 57-42 win. Dakota is now 6-...

WRESTLING: Abes collect Gold a second straight year
Updated: 1/26/2012 11:19:32 PM EST

Three years ago, the lowly Lincoln wrestling team was left for dead. On Thursday, this year’s Abes reminded everyone why the program should never be counted out. Lincoln faced a 13-point to St. Clai...

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Crusaders slip past Stallions (With Video)
Updated: 1/26/2012 11:21:44 PM EST

A well-known parcel delivery company's slogan is "ask what brown can do for you." L'Anse Creuse North's girls basketball team found out again Thursday what Brown can do for it. Jazmine Brown sc...

SWIMMING, WRESTLING, BOWLING: Roundup for Jan. 26, 2012
Updated: 1/26/2012 10:51:49 PM EST

Wrestling MAC WHITE DIVISION Dakota 60, L’Anse Creuse North 12 145: Alexander Bozinovski, D, pinned Adam Acker, 1:51. 152: Jared Wilks, D, dec. Derek Gaitor, 16-11. 160: Josh Burnham, D, pinned Bra...

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Mount Clemens holds on to beat Stallions (With Video)
Updated: 1/26/2012 11:20:54 PM EST

Mount Clemens’ girls basketball team has had large leads at halftime before this season. But like many in the MAC Gold Division have learned this year, no lead is safe when Lincoln’s Brittany Streetm...

VOLLEYBALL: ‘Vibe’ helps Snyder pick Florida
Updated: 1/26/2012 9:15:55 PM EST

Carli Snyder has taken some of the suspense out of her final two seasons of high school volleyball. The Dakota sophomore made a verbal commitment this week to accept a scholarship offer from the Univ...

HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP: Jan. 25, 2012
Updated: 1/25/2012 10:16:51 PM EST

Boys Basketball ROMEO 65, FORD 40: Max Phillips had 20 points and Drew Cushingberry had 13 points to lead the Bulldogs to their sixth win of the season. Shayne Willette scored eight points for Ford....

WRESTLING: Romeo fans turn out in force for former state wrestling champion
Updated: 1/25/2012 10:16:02 PM EST

Tayron Womble has never met Scotty Norton but the former state wrestling champion from Romeo is inspiring Womble to follow in his footsteps. Romeo's wrestling community turned out in big numbers for ...

WRESTLING: De La Salle blows past competition
Updated: 1/25/2012 9:24:18 PM EST

You could hear a pin drop at De La Salle on Wednesday night, but it wasn’t due to any kind of silence. The Pilots racked up 12 pins while finishing 2-0 in their Catholic League tri-meet with Pontiac ...

BOYS SWIMMING -- In the Wake 1/23/2012
Updated: 1/25/2012 3:30:44 PM EST

200 Medley Relay De La Salle (Rancillio, Pfeuffer, Pasternak, Rapp) 1:46.23 Chippewa Valley (Bender, Bagans, Pertler, Curtiss) 1:47.73 Eisenhower (Hudson, Kwasnik, Hector, Aspelund) 1:48.03 Romeo...

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Lincoln bounces Lake Shore
Updated: 1/25/2012 12:22:59 AM EST

Only four Lincoln players registered points in the Abes’ home contest with Lake Shore on Tuesday. Still, two of them nearly outscored the entire Shorian roster. Seniors Brittany Streetman and Jacque...

BOYS HOOPS ROUNDUP: Madison whips Fitz
Updated: 1/25/2012 12:11:10 AM EST

Gerod Maples knew what host Fitzgerald needed to do to stop Madison Heights Madison’s prolific scorer Damon Bozeman in Tuesday night’s MAC Silver Division tilt. “We knew what he was going to do,” Map...

BOYS BASKETBALL: L'Anse Creuse North downs Dakota
Updated: 1/24/2012 11:49:13 PM EST

L'Anse Creuse North's basketball team finally gave coach Jay Seletsky his birthday present Tuesday -- but not before giving him a few uneasy moments along the way. "It's everything I wanted and more,...

SCHEDULE: Tuesday's prep action
Updated: 1/24/2012 12:08:53 PM EST

TUESDAY, JAN. 24 Bowling MAC Gold Division at Harbor Lanes Boys Basketball Anchor Bay at Fraser Chippewa Valley at Grosse Pointe South Clintondale at Lamphere Cousino at Port Huro...

ROUNDUP: Fitzgerald knocks off Utica in girls basketball
Updated: 1/23/2012 11:02:01 PM EST

Mark down Utica as another Macomb Area Conference school that won’t be disappointed when Dajourie Turner graduates from Fitzgerald. Turner gave the Chieftains headaches for over three quarters, scori...

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Stingy Lancers stave off LCN
Updated: 1/22/2012 10:01:25 AM EST

L’Anse Creuse might look inexperienced down the stretch offensively, but the Lancers certainly make up for it on the defensive end. The Lancers staved off a potential last-second game-winning shot an...

BOWLING: Big Reds make some big shots
Updated: 1/22/2012 9:57:56 AM EST

Chippewa Valley’s boys bowling team is undefeated in the Macomb Area Conference White Division, but some elusive 10 pins have been annoying Big Reds coach Chuck Schultz and his team. They appeared t...

BOWLING: Stevenson rolls to county title
Updated: 1/22/2012 9:52:57 AM EST

George Bogden had to look twice to make sure that was his Stevenson girls bowling team that was beating Dakota in the final match of the Macomb County Invitational Bowling Championships Saturday at Su...

BOYS BASKETBALL: LCN flexes might
Updated: 1/22/2012 10:07:51 AM EST

Just a few seconds after the opening tip of L’Anse Creuse North’s home contest against rival L’Anse Creuse, Tyler Conklin slammed down a monster alley-oop dunk that sent the crowd into a frenzy. Befo...

HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP: Jan. 21, 2012
Updated: 1/22/2012 9:47:41 AM EST

Hockey MAC BLUE DIVISION FRASER 10, WARREN-MOTT 3: Senior Killian Hannon scored two goals and assisted on four others to lead the Ramblers (3-0-0, 7-6-1). Connor Gordley had a goal and three assists...

CHEER: Top ranked Blue Devils out cheer all competition
Updated: 1/21/2012 8:45:10 PM EST

ROCHESTER -- The Richmond competitive cheer team jumped, stomped, flipped and shouted its way to a first place Division 3 finish at the third annual Rochester Royal Rumble Saturday afternoon. And thr...

WRESTLING: Former wrestler Scotty Norton looks for new lease on life
Updated: 1/21/2012 3:57:55 PM EST

A total of nearly 20 hours on the operating table. Former wrestler Scotty Norton paid the surgeons two visits as they worked furiously to remove much of a softball-sized tumor from his brain. As if ...

HOCKEY: L'Anse Creuse North outlasts L'Anse Creuse 6-3
Updated: 1/20/2012 11:46:21 PM EST

Not many folks look forward to going to work on Mondays. Next Monday can’t come soon enough for Jon Nader. Nader coaches hockey at L’Anse Creuse North and he’s a teacher at L’Anse Creuse. He’ll be a...

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Jan. 20, 2012, Roundup
Updated: 1/20/2012 11:37:02 PM EST

Brittany Streetman’s fourth triple-double of the season will be a memorable one. Streetman tossed in a school record 46 points to go along with 15 rebounds and 13 steals to lead Lincoln over Center L...

BOYS BASKETBALL: Jan. 20, 2012, Roundup
Updated: 1/20/2012 11:34:32 PM EST

BWAC RICHMOND 37, YALE 21: Jerrid Pent had 14 points and Cody Schmidt had 12 points and seven rebounds to lead Richmond. Richmond 6 9 5 17 - 37 Yale 4 4 2 11 - 21 RICHMOND: Jerrid Pentz 14, Jame...

BOYS BASKETBALL: De La Salle runs past Brother Rice (With Video)
Updated: 1/20/2012 11:39:23 PM EST

De La Salle coach Greg Esler admitted his team had some pregame jitters before the Pilots’ contest with Birmingham Brother Rice, and it showed early in the contest. The nerves quickly turned into b...

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Sterling Heights outlasts Mount Clemens
Updated: 1/20/2012 11:08:10 PM EST

Even though Mt. Clemens senior Sheyna Deans got her ninth double-double of the girls’ basketball season Friday night, it was Sterling Heights sophomore Julianna Trombley who enjoyed the outcome of the...

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Churches grabs 11 rebounds to lead Dakota (With Video)
Updated: 1/20/2012 11:43:12 PM EST

Dakota girls basketball coach Phil McCune has been waiting all season for his post presence to emerge. Kylie Churches took care of that Friday night. The junior center was strong under the basket al...

WRESTLING: Everything coming up Red for Tars
Updated: 1/19/2012 11:32:15 PM EST

Jim Morisette looked like he had just completed a grueling climb to the top of a mountain. In a way, the Anchor Bay coach and his wrestling team had done just that. By beating L'Anse Creuse 61-6...

BOYS BASKETBALL: Jan. 19, 2011Roundup
Updated: 1/19/2012 11:13:35 PM EST

MAC RED DIVISION L’ANSE CREUSE 56, FORD 46: Pounding the boards led to the Lancers nailing their first victory. Scott Pozolo had five points, seven rebounds. Collecting six rebounds each were John Jo...

BOYS BASKETBALL: Madison spoils Stevenson's comeback
Updated: 1/19/2012 11:10:26 PM EST

It was the perfect storybook scenario for Stevenson: Erase a 16-point second half deficit at the hands of Madison, send the crowd home happy and go into the weekend with a legitimate chance at making ...

WRESTLING: Jan. 19, 2012, Roundup
Updated: 1/19/2012 11:05:39 PM EST

Wrestling MAC RED DIVISION Anchor Bay 61, L’Anse Creuse 6 103 pounds: Adam Wiscombe, AB, dec. Dan Colon, 8-5. 112: Chad Medley, AB, pinned Tyler Sexton, 1:22. 119: Joe Dombrowski, AB, pinned Erik Z...

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Blue Devils crush Patriots
Updated: 1/19/2012 11:03:56 PM EST

GROSSE POINTE – If there was any doubt Grosse Pointe South’s girls basketball team was the team to beat in the MAC White Division this season, this week all but eliminated it. Two nights after a 31-p...

BOYS BASKETBALL: Sterling Heights wins showdown with Bathers
Updated: 1/19/2012 11:01:42 PM EST

Chalk, crayon or marker, it didn’t matter: Anything that left a bold impression was in play for the Sterling Heights boys basketball team. “We built this week up, we circled it on the calendar,” St...

High School Roundup, Jan. 18, 2012
Updated: 1/18/2012 10:42:13 PM EST

Boys Basketball MAC BLUE DIVISION WARREN-MOTT 70, PORT HURON 64, OT: Tommy Bell had 21 points and Keith Phillips had 15 points and eight offensive rebounds to lead the Marauders to their fifth win o...

HOCKEY: Grosse Pointe South cruises to 8-0 win over Regina
Updated: 1/19/2012 4:23:37 PM EST

On the schedule it was a marquee matchup between the defending Division 1 state champion and the defending Division 2 state champion. It didn’t quite turn out that way as host Grosse Pointe South, th...

BOWLING: Big Reds hand Anchor Bay first bowling loss
Updated: 1/18/2012 10:16:18 PM EST

Bowling is more than rolling the ball down the lane and hitting the pocket. Like any sport, mental toughness plays a major role. That’s one of the things Chippewa Valley coach Sandy Schultz said h...

BOWLING: Kurtz hot as Titan boys stay undefeated
Updated: 1/18/2012 9:28:28 PM EST

Nick Kurtz’ hot hands and cool head were key in the Warren Woods-Tower victory Wednesday night as he helped the Titans remain undefeated this bowling season. Warren Woods-Tower defeated Roseville 17-...

FOOTBALL: Ford lineman joins East honors squad (With Video)
Updated: 1/18/2012 9:15:05 PM EST

What’s that saying about running with the big dogs? Well, that was a mighty big dog racing down the football field at Dakota High School when the Ford Falcons came visiting in the fall of 2010. “Our...

BASKETBALL: Girls, boys Macomb County rankings (With Video)
Updated: 1/18/2012 7:30:17 PM EST

Jan. 18 GIRLS 1. Dakota 2. Romeo 3. Cousino 4. Warren Woods-Tower 5. Sterling Heights BOYS 1. De La Salle 2. Utica 3. East Detroit 4. L'Anse Creuse N...

GIRLS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Streetman scores 41 in Lincoln victory
Updated: 1/17/2012 11:40:39 PM EST

Lincoln senior Brittany Streetman never heard of the Jordan Rules. It shouldn’t be a surprise since she wasn’t born yet when the Bad Boys era Pistons deployed the defensive scheme that basically dict...

SWIMMING: Summaries, Jan. 17
Updated: 1/17/2012 11:33:45 PM EST

NON-LEAGUE Hazel Park 93, Fitzgerald 73 200 MEDLEY RELAY: Hazel Park (Kiel Bucher, Charles Hemple, Craig Dilano, Kody Gearlock) 2:15. 200 FREESTYLE: John Fisher, F, 2:03. 200 IM: Wynn Kempton, HP, 2...

BOYS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: East Detroit rallies to defeat Romeo
Updated: 1/17/2012 11:31:53 PM EST

East Detroit basketball fans who worried that the Shamrocks wouldn’t be able to replace Ethan Blackwell at point guard should fret no more. Rob Davenport looks like a worthy successor to the All-Coun...

BOYS BASKETBALL: Lake Shore beats Clintondale in 4 OT
Updated: 1/17/2012 11:29:11 PM EST

Lake Shore’s boys basketball team will have a light practice Wednesday. “They earned it,” coach Todd Stevens said. “They played an extra half of a game.” Kyle Medley scored 23 points and Charron McC...

ROUNDUP: GP North downs Chippewa Valley in girls hoops
Updated: 1/16/2012 11:15:39 PM EST

A basketball game is rarely decided in the first three minutes but that’s when Grosse Pointe North laid the groundwork for its Macomb Area Conference Red Division victory Monday against Chippewa Valle...

BOYS HOCKEY: Disciplined Dakota prospers
Updated: 1/16/2012 11:28:25 PM EST

There was admittedly a time last season when Justin Sanchez would lose his cool during a game, then commit a selfish penalty that left his team shorthanded. This year, there’s no way the senior forwa...

BOYS BASKETBALL: De La Salle trounces Detroit Ford (With Video)
Updated: 1/15/2012 9:34:07 AM EST

De La Salle didn’t have to worry about having a senior moment on Saturday. The Pilots had several of them. Pilot veteran Brad Law had 16 points, six rebounds and four assists and Connar Tava added 1...

HOCKEY: St. Clair Shores beats Dakota in OT (With Video)
Updated: 1/15/2012 9:26:50 AM EST

Russ DiCristofaro is certainly glad he has a defenseman with as much offensive ability as Michael DiFranco. That's because DiFranco's goal with 43.2 seconds left in the 8-minute overtime period gave ...

BOWLING: Anchor Bay girls continue winning trend at Baker's Dozen tournament
Updated: 1/14/2012 8:25:45 PM EST

The girls championship trophy from the L'Anse Creuse North Baker's Dozen bowling tournament seems to be making Anchor Bay its permanent home. Saturday the Tars defeated East Detroit 193-169, 191-209,...

BOWLING: Dakota claims championship in Baker's Dozen tournament
Updated: 1/14/2012 8:23:38 PM EST

Dakota's boys bowling team has reached the top of the mountain. Now it's going to be difficult to knock the Cougars off. "We got to the final four in a lot of tournaments last year, but couldn't get ...

FOOTBALL: Jason Byers takes over coaching duties at Anchor Bay
Updated: 1/14/2012 5:07:16 PM EST

Huddles don’t just take place on the 35-yard line and precede a third and five situation. There was another huddle of sorts at Anchor Bay High School Friday afternoon. More than 50 student-athletes ...

BOYS BASKETBALL: L'Anse Creuse North stops Eisenhower comeback
Updated: 1/13/2012 11:49:49 PM EST

Ah, it’s time again for Macomb Area Conference divisional basketball. Visiting L’Anse Creuse North let a 10-point lead evaporate in the final frame, but junior Tyler Conklin sank two free throws with...

HOCKEY: Fraser rumbles over L'Anse Creuse 4-1
Updated: 1/13/2012 11:50:30 PM EST

Fraser, for the most part, was able to keep its cool Friday night. The Ramblers beat L'Anse Creuse 4-1 at Great Lakes Sports City in the a showdown for first place in the MAC Blue Division. Fraser i...

BOYS BASKETBALL: Graus returns to coaching, takes over Marauders (With Video)
Updated: 1/13/2012 11:31:17 PM EST

Officer Graus has another title: Coach Graus. Jeff Graus gave up coaching basketball two years ago to devote time to his young family, but when Warren-Mott had a sudden and unexpected opening followi...

BOYS BASKETBALL: Friday, Jan. 13, Roundup
Updated: 1/13/2012 10:45:16 PM EST

MAC RED DIVISION DAKOTA 48, ROMEO 46: Sophomore D.J. Lazarus hit an eight-foot bank shot as time expired as the Cougars (1-1, 3-4) snapped a two-game losing streak. Lazarus finished with 12 points. ...

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Friday, Jan. 13, Roundup
Updated: 1/19/2012 6:05:57 PM EST

BWAC ARMADA 49, ALGONAC 28: Katelyn Holston scored 18 point to go along with seven rebounds and four steals to lead the Tigers (4-1, 6-3). Emily Pierson netted 13 points and took down seven boards. ...

BOYS BASKETBALL: Stallions remain undefeated in MAC Gold (With Video)
Updated: 1/13/2012 11:37:57 PM EST

If defense wins championships, expect to see Sterling Heights at the top of the MAC Gold Division standings by season’s end. The Stallions held opponent South Lake to 13 second half points – which in...

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Cougars knock off previously unbeaten Bulldogs (With Video)
Updated: 1/13/2012 11:34:00 PM EST

Phil McCune has always admired the tenacious defense that has been a trademark of Gary Bennett’s girls basketball teams at Grosse Pointe North. Friday night Dakota’s coach had his team playing exactl...

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Bathers pull out scrappy win over Lake Shore
Updated: 1/12/2012 11:24:56 PM EST

Jason Monk thought he had the perfect game plan for his Mount Clemens girls basketball team to hand Lake Shore its first defeat of the season. Turns out it wasn’t. However, the story still had a hap...

GIRLS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Titans outlast Tars in MAC Blue showdown (With Video)
Updated: 1/19/2012 6:07:14 PM EST

The Titans weren’t going to let bad defense do them in twice. With that in mind, Warren Woods-Tower took it to Anchor Bay on the defensive front Thursday night hoping that would lead to some offensiv...

SWIMMING: Summaries, Jan. 12
Updated: 1/12/2012 10:58:05 PM EST

NON-LEAGUE Fraser 95, De La Salle 91 200 MEDLEY RELAY: De La Salle (Nick Rancilio, Andy Pfeuffer, Patrick Guyon, Matt Markham) 1:48.71. 200 FREESTYLE: Hunter Greene, F, 1:54.57. 200 IM: Aryell Past...

WRESTLING: Summaries, Jan. 12
Updated: 1/12/2012 10:59:03 PM EST

MAC RED DIVISION L’Anse Creuse 52, Roseville 21 103: Dan Colon, LC, d. Luis Santana, 5-4. 112: Tyler Sexton, LC, won by void. 119: Doug Zundel, R, pinned Eric Zadick, 2:48. 125: Nino Basik, R, p...

WRESTLING: MAC Red is wide open after Titans claim two home wins (With Video)
Updated: 1/12/2012 11:19:51 PM EST

The MAC Red Division is officially wide open. Warren Woods-Tower avenged an 0-2 start to its conference season with two home wins Thursday, including a 37-32 victory over conference front-runner L’An...

FOOTBALL: Dakota’s Giannone selected to coach in All-Star game
Updated: 1/12/2012 6:04:00 PM EST

Dakota football coach Mike Giannone has been selected to be the head coach of the East team in this summer’s 32nd annual East-West All Star Game. Giannone, who has a career record of 120-42, says he’...

BOYS BASKETBALL: Huskies come from behind to outlast Lamphere
Updated: 1/11/2012 11:20:19 PM EST

The boys basketball teams at Lakeview and Lamphere reside at opposite ends of the Macomb Area Conference Silver Division standings, yet their coaches are faced with a similar dilemma -- getting their ...

HOCKEY: Pilots have no luck with Shamrocks (With Video)
Updated: 1/11/2012 11:08:27 PM EST

De La Salle’s hockey team knew what kind of mood Detroit Catholic Central would be in Wednesday at Great Lakes Sports City in Fraser, just a few nights after the Shamrocks were handed their first loss...

WRESTLING: Stallions remain atop MAC Blue
Updated: 1/11/2012 11:21:07 PM EST

Sterling Heights may have been shorthanded, but it didn’t stop the Stallions from rolling right along. With just a fraction of their regular lineup competing, the Stallions joined Fraser as a 2-0 tea...

BASKETBALL: Girls, boys Macomb County polls (With Video)
Updated: 1/11/2012 10:55:06 PM EST

Jan. 11 GIRLS 1. Romeo 2. Chippewa Valley 3. Cousino 4. Lake Shore 5. Eisenhower BOYS 1. De La Salle 2. Utica 3. Romeo 4. Fitzgerald 5. Mount Clemens...

GIRLS BASKETBALL -- Jan. 10, 2012, Roundup
Updated: 1/19/2012 6:08:59 PM EST

BWAC RICHMOND 44, ALGONAC 24: Rachel Baumgarten scored a game-high 19 points and Samantha Wolschleger grabbed seven rebounds to lead the Blue Devils (2-2, 6-3). Brittany Schmidt added 10 points and f...

GIRLS BASKETBALL -- Hernden has a career night to lead Romeo past Stevenson
Updated: 1/10/2012 11:25:56 PM EST

Lindsey Hernden was red hot for the undefeated Romeo Bulldogs Tuesday night. The sophomore guard nailed a career-high 23 points in Romeo’s 48-30 victory over Stevenson in the Macomb Area Conference R...

GIRLS BASKETBALL -- Clutch free throws lead Cousino to OT win over Eisenhower
Updated: 1/19/2012 6:09:51 PM EST

By Michael J. Feld Special to The Macomb Daily Cousino’s girls basketball struggled to make a free throw for four quarters in its MAC White Division opener against visiting Eisenhower on Tuesday. T...

BOYS BASKETBALL -- Shamrocks remain unbeaten in MAC White
Updated: 1/10/2012 11:21:33 PM EST

East Detroit’s boys basketball team showed its experience when it was necessary. The Shamrocks outscored Roseville 24-13 and beat the Panthers 58-48 at East Detroit High School on Tuesday night. “Co...

BOWLING -- Jan. 10, 2012, Roundup
Updated: 1/10/2012 11:15:02 PM EST

Boys EASTERN MICHIGAN BOWLING CONFERENCE RICHMOND 29, MEMPHIS 1: Jonathan Kovalcik topped the winners with a 182-226 (408) as the Blue Devils get ready for the L’Anse Creuse Baker’s Dozen Tournament...

BOYS BASKETBALL -- Jan. 10, 2012, Roundup
Updated: 1/11/2012 7:25:35 PM EST

MAC RED DIVISION EISENHOWER 54, DAKOTA 49: Alek Frascone scored 20 points to lead the Eagles (2-0, 3-3). Chad Howell tossed in 12 points and Ryan Brunk added 10 points to go with nine rebounds. Coac...

BOYS BASKETBALL -- Maples sparks Fitzgerald past Stevenson
Updated: 1/10/2012 11:13:05 PM EST

Joe Kopicki expects a lot from Gerod Maples. Tuesday night the 6-foot-3 senior gave Fitzgerald’s boys basketball coach just what he was looking for. Maples’ scoring and rebounding sparked a 20-6 sta...

WRESTLING: Anchor Bay's Morisette reaches 500-plateau
Updated: 1/9/2012 10:34:05 PM EST

Tars coach picked up his 500th Saturday By Chuck Klonke Special to The Macomb Daily Jim Morisette gathered his Anchor Bay wrestling team in a circle Monday afternoon and gave a brief critique of e...

BOWLING: Well-Red performances
Updated: 1/9/2012 10:17:32 PM EST

The Stevenson boys bowling team (4-0) continues to lead the pack and remain undefeated in the Macomb Area Conference Red Division by defeating Utica 22-8 Monday night. But it wasn’t an easy night for...

FOOTBALL: New coach at Eisenhower
Updated: 1/9/2012 9:12:17 PM EST

An Irish proverb says that you’ll never plow a field by turning it over in your mind. That is also a truism acknowledged by many, including Chris Smith, the new head football coach at Eisenhower High...

BOWLING -- Jachcinski bowls a 300 to lead Dakota boys team
Updated: 1/9/2012 8:48:33 PM EST

Ed Jachcinski was 31 years old when he bowled his first of five 300 games. His son Mike just cut into his bragging rights by 15 years. The Dakota bowler rolled a perfect game and scored a match-high...

BOYS SWIMMING -- In the Wake 1/9/2012
Updated: 1/9/2012 4:56:44 PM EST

200 Medley Relay De La Salle (Rancillio, Pfeuffer, Pasternak, Rapp) 1:46.23 Eisenhower (Hudson, Kwasnik, Hector, Aspelund) 1:48.03 Romeo (Anderson, Watson, Abbott, Winn) 1:48.53 Ford (Rykaczewski...

Prep Roundup for Saturday, Jan. 7
Updated: 1/19/2012 6:10:53 PM EST

The Chieftains meant business Saturday as they made short work of the Eisenhower Eagles 51-32 to improve to 4-1 on the year. Josh Hart was the leading scorer for Utica, knocking down 14 points and ha...

BOYS BASKETBALL: Marnon, Titans hand Fraser its first loss (With Video)
Updated: 1/6/2012 11:20:38 PM EST

His father was a standout football player at Stevenson a quarter-century ago. Now, Kevin Marnon is making a positive impact on the Titans’ basketball program. The 6-foot-6 senior center had nine poi...

BOYS BASKETBALL: Madison cruises past Marauders 70-54 (With Video)
Updated: 1/6/2012 11:41:51 PM EST

There’s something about Madison guard Damon Bozeman and the Warren-Mott gym. The senior, coming off a 42-point performance in the Marauders’ gym last season, dropped 38 on the home team as the Eagles...

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Shorians remain unbeaten after win over Stallions (With Video)
Updated: 1/6/2012 11:46:48 PM EST

The Lake Shore High School girls basketball team outplayed Sterling Heights for most of the first three quarters, but a lapse late in the third quarter that continued into the fourth almost cost the S...

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Romeo strong in league opener (With Video)
Updated: 1/6/2012 11:22:26 PM EST

Expectations are usually high after a basketball team wins a league championship. When a team exceeds those expectations, it can even catch the coach by surprise. “I can’t say enough about this team...

WRESTLING: Big Reds open MAC competition with win over WWT (With Video)
Updated: 1/5/2012 11:21:03 PM EST

Any victory against one of the wrestling teams in the tough Macomb Area Conference Red Division is something special. However, Chippewa Valley’s veteran coach, Gary Brundirks had even more reason tha...

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Grosse Pointe South downs Fitzgerald in MAC White opener (With Video)
Updated: 1/5/2012 11:07:52 PM EST

Basketball might be a team sport, but sometimes an individual just steals the show. Fitzgerald’s Dajourie Turner scored 36 points -- more than double the next closest player to her -- but the Spartan...

BOYS BASKETBALL: Junior's late FG lifts Bathers over Anchor Bay (With Videos)
Updated: 1/5/2012 11:46:16 PM EST

Jeremy Landers heard some “motivational words” from his coach after a recent Mount Clemens basketball practice. The Bathers’ junior guard must have taken them to heart. Landers sank a jump shot from...

SWIMMING: Patriots victorious in swim division opener
Updated: 1/5/2012 11:21:48 PM EST

Cousino took its first stroke Thursday night in defending their Macomb Area Conference gold division swim crown for the third consecutive year by defeating Center Line 105-75. In the division opener ...

HOCKEY: St. Clair Shores rolls over Utica
Updated: 1/4/2012 11:36:21 PM EST

MAC RED DIVISION ST. CLAIR SHORES UNIFIED 6, UTICA 1: Russ never sleeps. Who said that first, Neil Young or opponents of coach Russ DiCristofaro’s hockey team? The Lakers raised their record to 3-0-...

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Roundup, Jan. 4
Updated: 1/4/2012 11:33:17 PM EST

MAC CROSSOVER LAKE SHORE 60, EAST DETROIT 24: Ever heard of jimmying a lock? Well, it was a lock for Jimmy’s squad Wednesday night. Coach Jimmy Roehm’s Shorians busted out to a 27-11 halftime lead a...

BOYS BASKETBALL: Roundup, Jan. 4 (With Video)
Updated: 1/4/2012 11:32:12 PM EST

MAC CROSSOVERS EAST DETROIT 59, LAKE SHORE 45: The Shamrocks spread the ball around offensively to earn their first win, with nine of 10 players scoring throughout the contest. Robert Davenport had ...

BOYS BASKETBALL: Ike presides over Ford
Updated: 1/4/2012 11:06:47 PM EST

By Chuck Klonke Special to The Macomb Daily Calling someone a “pain in the butt” isn’t often a flattering remark. When Eisenhower coach Brandon Lemley described senior guard Ross McKay that way We...

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Gallop poll favors Stallions (With Video)
Updated: 1/4/2012 11:13:00 PM EST

For a team that was supposed to be young and inexperienced, Sterling Heights sure is playing like a veteran squad. The Stallions started their road contest against Clawson with an 11-0 run and never ...

BASKETBALL: Boys, girls Macomb County polls (With Video)
Updated: 1/4/2012 8:25:03 PM EST

Jan. 7 BOYS 1. De La Salle 2. Utica 3. Fraser 4. New Haven 5. Romeo 6. Stevenson 7. Warren-Mott 8. Mount Clemens 9. Chippewa Valley 10. Lincoln GIRLS 1. Romeo 2. Chippewa...

BOYS SWIMMING -- Roundup (VIDEO)
Updated: 1/3/2012 11:37:54 PM EST

. 200 IM: Jack Dischler, F, 2:05.20. 50 FREESTYLE: Mike Rykaczewski, F, 22.94. DIVING: Adam Zmijewski, E, 164.80 points. 100 BUTTERFLY: Hector, E, 58.83. 100 FREESTYLE: Rykaczewski, F, 50.05. 500 FREE...

BOYS BASKETBALL -- Armada brings out the best in Richmond
Updated: 1/3/2012 11:10:36 PM EST

There’s nothing like a good old-fashioned rivalry game to get a basketball team back on the right track. “We didn’t play very well last week,” said Richmond coach Jim Barnes after the Blue Devils ope...

GIRLS BASKETBALL -- Jan. 3, 2012, Roundup (VIDEO)
Updated: 1/3/2012 11:36:36 PM EST

MAC CROSSOVERS LINCOLN 53, LAMPHERE 34: Brittany Streetman continued her early season offensive outburst, netting a game-high 22 points to go along with 11 steals and five rebounds to lead the Abes (...

GIRLS BASKETBALL -- Poor third quarter costs Ford (VIDEO)
Updated: 1/3/2012 11:37:15 PM EST

Considering Ford never trailed in the first half, the Falcons looked well on their way to picking up their fourth win against visiting Troy on Tuesday. What the Falcons didn’t expect was the Colts ne...

BOYS BASKETBALL -- Jan. 3, 2012, Roundup
Updated: 1/3/2012 10:58:06 PM EST

MAC CROSSOVERS FITZGERALD 63, CENTER LINE 15: All work and some play over the holiday led to a big win for Fitzgerald, Spartans coach Joe Kopicki said. The win “was a direct reflection of everyone c...

BOYS BASKETBALL -- Utica rallies, remains undefeated (VIDEO)
Updated: 1/3/2012 11:38:12 PM EST

By George Pohly Macomb Daily Sports Editor Here are sobering thoughts for boys basketball teams from the Macomb Area Conference White Division: Utica has 10 seniors on its roster, seven players “wh...

BOYS BASKETBALL: Rockets continue tor roll, beat Michigan Collegiate 69-53 (With Video)
Updated: 1/4/2012 7:05:09 PM EST

New Haven's basketball team studied its three R's in preparation for Friday's championship game in the Michigan Collegiate tournament. It wasn't the traditional "Reading, 'Riting and 'Rithmetic" that...

BASEBALL: Stevenson edges CV
Updated: 5/7/2012 11:59:28 AM EST

MAC RED DIVISION STEVENSON 3, CHIPPEWA VALLEY 1: Winning pitcher Brandon Hughes tossed a three-hitter over six innings of work, striking out seven and walking two for the Titans (2-0, 12-5). Brandon ...


Athletes of the Week

  • Mackenzie Nemitz

    Softball
    Lake Shore

    In six games last week, Nemitz battled 524 (11-for-21) with two doubles and two triples, while driving in eight runs and scoring nine runs. She also had 12 putouts and 20 assists with no errors.

  • Sarah Moen

    Track And Field
    Lake Shore

    Moen is still undefeated on the season in both the 100- and 300-meter hurdles. Last Tuesday she broke her own school record in the 300 hurdles with a time of 45.59 seconds. She is just a junior.

  • Jessica Berner

    Softball
    Stevenson

    The senior first baseman went 12-for-18 with four homers and 16 RBI last week. Berner, who was named First Team All-State last season, has the Titans a half-game out of first in the MAC Red.

  • Megan Fedolak

    Softball
    L'Anse Creuse

    Fedolak helped lead the Lancers over Romeo at the Bulldogs' tournament on Saturday, tossing a two-hitter and hitting a homerun in their 2-0 win. She also had a three-hitter in a 2-1 win over Grosse Pointe North and added a triple. The freshman is 16-2 this season.

  • Mack Forsyth

    Baseball
    Ford

    The senior right hander tossed his third complete game of the season in a 7-0 win over Lake Shore. He has a 1.70 ERA in 37 innings as a pitcher with 42 strikeouts and 18 walks. He's also batting over .400 with nine doubles, two triples, one homer and 18 RBI.

  • Rachael Kopenick

    Softball
    Warren Woods-Tower

    Kopenick threw a perfect game on April 12 against Roseville, striking out eight in leading her team to a 12-0 victory. She was 2-of-3 at the plate with a double and an RBI.

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