Did you see that?
May 7, 2012
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Michigan high school athletes are accomplishing great things so quickly this spring, we're missing one every once in a while -- which is why we'll kick off this week's "Did you see that?" with a finish from 10 days ago that we found out more about last week.
Girls Track and Field
Moving up fast: The Grosse Pointe South 3,200-meter relay team of Haley Meier, Hannah Meier, Ersula Farrow and Kelsie Schwartz ran a blistering 8:59.69 to lead their team to a championship at the Michigan State Spartan Invitational on April 27. That's nearly six seconds faster than Rochester's all-MHSAA Finals record set in 2010. (Mlive Detroit)
Golf
This time, it’s FHC: Top-ranked Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central and No. 2 Muskegon Mona Shores are waging a back-and-forth battle not just to be called west Michigan’s top team, but the best in Division 1 overall. Forest Hills Central won the Ranger Invitational by seven strokes Saturday over Mona Shores. (Grand Rapids Press)
Ram tough: The Capital Area Activities Conference includes four teams ranked either in Division 2 or 3 – Division 2 No. 1 DeWitt, Division 2 No. 4 East Lansing, Division 3 No. 1 Jackson Lumen Christi and Division 3 No. 4 Lansing Catholic. But it was unranked Division 1 team Holt that claimed the CAAC Open by four strokes Friday. (Lansing State Journal)
Soccer
Streak over: Scoring two goals in each half Tuesday, Traverse City Central broke Petoskey’s 35-game Big North unbeaten streak with a 4-0 win over the still first-place Northmen. (Petoskey News)
Football
Changes coming in the PSL: School closings and mergers this June will significantly change the football landscape in the Detroit Public School League, home of reigning Division 1 champion Detroit Cass Tech. The formerly four-division league will switch to two divisions. Two schools are closing and two more are forming a new school. (Detroit News)
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Story in Photos: 2026 Ice Hockey Semifinals
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
March 6, 2026
PLYMOUTH – The 2025-26 ice hockey season will conclude Saturday with all three reigning champions in position to repeat at Plymouth's USA Hockey Arena – but not without facing one more major challenge.
Division 2 will start Saturday’s MHSAA Finals at 11 a.m. with Flint Powers Catholic (26-5) seeking a second-straight title and facing Livonia Stevenson (20-9-1) for the second-straight season. Orchard Lake St. Mary’s (25-4) will play for a repeat in Division 3, but must get past top-seeded Houghton (24-6-1) at 3 p.m. The Division 1 Final will once again feature Detroit Catholic Central (28-1-1), this time playing for a seventh-straight title, against first-time finalist Northville (23-8), with the puck dropping at 7 p.m. to finish the day.
Hockey Weekly Action Photos captured plenty of action from the Semifinals – Division 1 and 2 photos below are by Lilanie Karunanayake and Division 3 photos are by John Castine.
Detroit Catholic Central’s Matthew Naida (12) and Dominic Testani (20) monitor the action on the ice during their team’s 8-0 win over Rockford (21-9-1) on Friday.
Rockford goalie Nolan Willams moves to protect his net as DCC’s Costa Karadimas approaches. Karadimas had a goal and an assist.
Northville's Tommy Marinoff sends a loose puck during Utica Eisenhower's net during his team's 3-2 double-overtime Division 1 Semifinal win Friday. Marinoff scored during the second period.
Eisenhower (24-7) closes in on a loose puck in front of Northville's net. The Eagles scored twice during the third period to send the game to overtime.
Orchard Lake St. Mary’s Emmett Pilch (15) leads a rush during his team’s 7-2 win over University Liggett (25-6) in Division 3 on Friday. He assisted on the Eaglets’ go-ahead goal during the second period.
The puck rests in the back of the Knights’ net as Charlie Roberts (3) scores one of his two goals. He also had an assist.
Houghton goalie Cooper Flachs makes one of 16 saves during his team’s shutout of Traverse Bay Reps (16-13-1) on Friday.
Livonia Stevenson’s Caden Mason scores with 4:12 left in the first period to tie his team’s Division 2 Semifinal with Caledonia (21-6-1) at 1-1 on Thursday. Bennett Eckerman and Nic Agar assisted on the goal, and Stevenson went on to win 3-2.
Spartans goalie Drew Allen (34) turns away a Caledonia shot to preserve the 1-1 score during the opening period. He made 24 saves.
Flint Powers Catholic players and fans celebrate their first goal during a 3-0 Division 2 Semifinal win over Detroit U-D Jesuit (13-16) on Thursday.
Carter Gogate’s shot goes just wide of the Powers net and Chargers goalie Hunter Clark, who had 13 saves in the shutout.
TOP PHOTO Houghton’s Connor Arko (19) and Jack Sayen (11) celebrate a goal during their Division 3 Semifinal win Friday at USA Hockey Arena. (Photos by Lilanie Karunanayake and John Castine.)