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: 11/10/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

November 10, 2025

1. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL No. 2 Bloomfield Hills came back after losing the first set and nearly the second to defeat No. 4 Bloomfield Hills Marian in four in a Division 1 District Final – Oakland Press

2. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING Battle Creek Harper Creek – No. 9 in Lower Peninsula Division 3 – clinched its first league championship in this sport since 1983, winning the Southwestern & Central Conference title – Battle Creek Enquirer

3. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Chesterfield Austin Catholic won its first District title in this sport, sweeping Sterling Heights Parkway Christian in Division 4 – Macomb Daily

4. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL No. 8 Battle Creek St. Philip swept Climax-Scotts in Division 4 to clinch a 26th-straight District title – Battle Creek Enquirer

5. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING LPD3 No. 3 Hudsonville Unity Christian finished as outright champion in the O-K Lakeshore after tying No. 6 Grand Rapids Christian at the league meet – Holland Sentinel

6. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING LPD3 honorable mention Chelsea won a fifth-straight Southeastern Conference White championship – Chelsea Sun Times News

7. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING The Traverse City Tritons cooperative program won a fifth-straight Coastal Conference title – Traverse City Record-Eagle

8. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING LPD1 honorable mention Grand Blanc edged LPD2 honorable mention Midland Dow to win the Saginaw Valley League championship meet – Midland Daily News

9. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING LPD1 No. 6 Rockford was first and Grand Haven second at the Ottawa-Kent Conference Red championship meet – Grand Haven Tribune

10. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING Gibraltar Carlson completed an outright championship in the Downriver League – Southgate News-Herald