Diamond Inspiration (Oakland Press)
April 30, 2012
Kate Rendi's biggest contributions to the Walled Lake Central baseball team formerly came with a pencil and scorebook.
But the Oakland Press' Keith Dunlap tells us about the inspiration Rendi is providing this spring as she battles Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma.
Dunlap sums it up:
Yes, her teammates no doubt appreciate her chronicling things such as doubles, stolen bases or strikeouts, but these days they appreciate even more something Rendi provides that can’t simply be written down on a scoresheet.
Instead, Rendi’s big contributions have been how she’s touched the hearts and minds of the players and been an inspiration, providing a life example that the baseball players will likely never forget.
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Walled Lake Central's Rendi inspiring baseball team (Oakland Press)
Today in the MHSAA: 1/15/26
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
January 15, 2026
1. GIRLS BASKETBALL Genesee’s Averie Zinn became the 34th girls basketball player in MHSAA history to score 2,000 career points during her team’s win over Clio – WJRT
2. BOYS BASKETBALL Caden Carriveau reached 1,000 career points in Elkton-Pigeon-Bay Port’s 58-48 win over Reese – Bay City Times
3. ICE HOCKEY Division 2 No. 6 Livonia Stevenson downed Division 1 No. 3 Hartland 6-3 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
4. ICE HOCKEY Caden Nemeth’s 100th career point was the game-winning goal in Midland Dow’s 4-3 win over Saginaw Heritage – Midland Daily News
5. WRESTLING Leslie defeated Brooklyn Columbia Central 47-28 and Division 4 No. 9 Manchester 50-27 – Jackson Citizen Patriot
6. BOYS BASKETBALL Macomb Dakota won a matchup of leaders in the Macomb Area Conference Red, downing Port Huron Northern 81-56 – Macomb Daily
7. WRESTLING Traverse City West came back from a 22-0 deficit to defeat Traverse City Central 42-33 – Traverse City Record-Eagle
8. GIRLS BASKETBALL Taylor DeKuiper had a triple-double in Fremont’s big win over Muskegon Western Michigan Christian – Muskegon Chronicle
9. ICE HOCKEY Grosse Ile downed Gibraltar Carlson 3-2 after they tied in their previous meeting – Southgate News-Herald
10. WRESTLING Remus Chippewa Hills downed Big Rapids 50-30 – Big Rapids Pioneer