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: 5/20/26
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
May 20, 2026
1. SOFTBALL Springport clinched a share of the Big 8 Conference title for the first time since 2014, sweeping Stockbridge – Jackson Citizen Patriot
2. TRACK & FIELD McBain’s girls – No. 6 in Lower Peninsula Division 3 – and the top-ranked Manton boys extended their Highland Conference reigns with league meet wins – Cadillac News
3. GIRLS SOCCER Traverse City West clinched a share of the Big North Conference title with a 3-0 win over Gaylord – Up North Live
4. TRACK & FIELD Chesaning swept girls and boys championships in the Mid-Michigan Activities Conference – Saginaw News
5. BASEBALL Division 3 No. 20 Springport finished a perfect run through the Big 8 Conference with a sweep of Stockbridge – Jackson Citizen Patriot
6. TRACK & FIELD The Milan girls and Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central boys won Huron League meets – Monroe News
7. TRACK & FIELD The Breckenridge girls and LPD4 No. 9 Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart boys were champions in the Mid-State Activities Conference – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun
8. TRACK & FIELD The LPD3 No. 9 Brighton Charyl Stockwell girls and Plymouth Christian Academy boys won league meets in the Michigan Independent Athletic Conference – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
9. BASEBALL Division 3 No. 3 Lansing Catholic earned a 7-6 walk-off win over Division 2 No. 4 Williamston in the Dean Shippey Capital Diamond Classic opener – Lansing State Journal
10. SOFTBALL DeWitt and Division 3 No. 9 Lansing Catholic advanced in the Greater Lansing Hall of Fame Softball Classic – WLNS