Captain Salata leads Whitmore Lake (AnnArbor.com)

May 22, 2012

Emma Salata twice has been named all-league and her golf team's Most Valuable Player, and holds the school's 9 and 18-hole records. And she's done all of that playing each spring for the boys team at Whitmore Lake, which does not have a girls golf team.

AnnArbor.com's Matt Durr tells how Salata got started playing the game with her grandparents, and then became a star of the spring after playing her first season of high school golf during the fall with the Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard girls. Salata has signed to play next season for the Western Michigan University women's team. 

Whitmore Lake girls golfer earns college scholarship by playing with the boys (AnnArbor.com)

Today in the MHSAA: 10/16/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

October 16, 2025

1. BOYS SOCCER No. 9 Frankenmuth earned a Division 3 District championship with a 2-1 win over No. 3 Flint Powers Catholic – WJRT

2. BOYS SOCCER Fenton claimed its fourth District title in five seasons with a 2-1 win over No. 15 Ortonville Brandon in Division 2 – Flint Journal

3. CROSS COUNTRY The Mesick boys – No. 11 in Lower Peninsula Division 4 – and No. 6 Grand Traverse Academy girls won West Michigan D League championship meets, Mesick earning its first league title in this sport – Cadillac News

4. BOYS SOCCER Division 1 honorable mention Troy Athens clinched its 21st District title downing Sterling Heights Stevenson 4-0 – Oakland Press

5. BOYS SOCCER No. 10 Leland ran its District title streak to four with a 4-1 win over Maple City Glen Lake in Division 4 – Traverse City Record-Eagle

6. BOYS SOCCER No. 7 Alma clinched a Division 3 District title with a 4-0 win over honorable mention Freeland – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

7. CROSS COUNTRY The Grass Lake girls and LPD3 No. 9 Hanover-Horton boys clinched Cascades Conference championships – Jackson Citizen Patriot Girls | Boys

8. BOYS SOCCER Honorable mention Dearborn Divine Child clinched a Division 2 District title with a 5-0 win over Madison Heights Lamphere – Dearborn Press & Guide

9. BOYS SOCCER No. 9 Melvindale claimed a Division 2 District title with a 4-1 win over Detroit Cesar Chavez Academy – Southgate News-Herald

10. BOYS SOCCCER Plainwell downed Battle Creek Harper Creek 2-0 in a Division 2 District Final – Battle Creek Enquirer