Lots of Fight in Pontiac Notre Dame Irish
June 7, 2012
Last week was the busiest on the MHSAA school schedule. And it was a great one for Pontiac Notre Dame Prep.
Over three days, the Fighting Irish won three District and one Regional championship, plus two more track and field individual Finals titles.
Successes were celebrated across six sports.
Thursday: Notre Dame’s boys golf team won its District, led by individual medalist Aaron Knutson; the senior shot a 71.
Friday: The boys lacrosse team won its third straight Regional title with an 11-2 win over Warren DeLaSalle in Division 2. (The Irish since have lost to Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central in a Semifinal.)
Saturday: Senior Sara Barron finished an outstanding track career by winning the 1,600-meter run with a Division 2 Finals record time of 4:51.67. She also won the 800 in 2:15.83 and teamed with Taylor Timko, Sarah LewAllen and Candice Mark to finish third in the 1,600 relay.
Timko also scored the game-winning goal as Notre Dame’s girls soccer team beat Detroit Country Day 1-0 in a Division 3 District championship game.
The Irish’s softball team beat Bloomfield Hills Lahser and Detroit Country Day by a combined score of 25-1 to win its sixth straight District title. Notre Dame had only one error on the day and didn’t give up a hit in the five-inning win over Lahser.
Finally, the girls tennis team posted its best MHSAA Finals finish to cap its best season ever. Notre Dame placed seventh in Division 4, keyed by runner-up finishes by Erin Moncrief (No. 4 singles) and Maddie Riley and Gabby Bering (No. 4 doubles). Notre Dame ended with a 10-1 dual record, losing only to eventual Division 4 champion Bloomfield Hills Academy of Sacred Heart.
PHOTO: Pontiac Notre Dame Prep’s softball team won its sixth-straight District championship Saturday. (Photo courtesy of Lynn Wroubel).
Today in the MHSAA: 5/22/26
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
May 22, 2026
1. GIRLS SOCCER Gaylord clinched a share of its first Big North Conference title since 2002 with a 4-0 win over Petoskey – Petoskey News-Review
2. SOFTBALL Division 1 No. 3 Saline clinched a fourth-straight Southeastern Conference Red title with a sweep of second-place Temperance Bedford – Saline Post
3. BASEBALL Division 1 No. 13 Hartland defeated No. 16 Novi 1-0 to clinch its first overall Kensington Lakes Activities Association title in this sport since 2011 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
4. BOYS GOLF Bath finished an outright championship run in the Central Michigan Athletic Conference with a league tournament win – Lansing State Journal
5. BOYS GOLF Muskegon Mona Shores – No. 10 in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – placed the top two individuals in winning the Ottawa-Kent Conference Green Tournament – Local Sports Journal
6. SOFTBALL Division 1 No. 8 Grand Blanc shut out Midland 2-0 in the Saginaw Valley League championship game – Midland Daily News
7. BASEBALL Division 2 No. 5 Richmond swept Croswell-Lexington to finish undefeated in the Blue Water Area Conference
8. SOFTBALL Midland Dow swept Freeland with Dow’s Marley Hughes becoming the Midland County career home run leader – Midland Daily News
9. BOYS LACROSSE Oxford will play in a Regional Final for the first time after defeating Grand Blanc 15-7 in Division 1 – Oakland Press
10. SOFTBALL Division 2 No. 9 Essexville Garber swept Division 4 No. 4 Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun