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: 3/10/26
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
March 10, 2026
1. GIRLS BASKETBALL Belleville avenged a loss to Howell two weeks earlier with a 58-44 Regional Semifinal win in Division 1 – Detroit News
2. GIRLS BASKETBALL Petoskey handed Negaunee just its second loss this season, 49-42 in Division 2 – Petoskey News-Review
3. GIRLS BASKETBALL Tecumseh got past Haslett 60-44 in Division 2 – Adrian Daily Telegram
4. GIRLS BASKETBALL Evart advanced in Division 3 with a 50-36 win over Beaverton – Cadillac News
5. GIRLS BASKETBALL Kent City came back from a 17-point deficit to defeat Saugatuck in Division 3, 72-67 – Local Sports Journal
6. GIRLS BASKETBALL Frankfort advanced in Division 4 with a 65-34 win over Mio – Traverse City Record-Eagle
7. GIRLS BASKETBALL Utica Eisenhower moved past Orchard Lake St. Mary’s 48-33 in a matchup of ranked teams in Division 1 – Macomb Daily
8. GIRLS BASKETBALL Plymouth Christian Academy ended the season for last year’s Division 3 runner-up Rochester Hills Lutheran Northwest, 60-55 – Oakland Press
9. GIRLS BASKETBALL Sandusky downed Genesee 44-27 in Division 3 to advance to a fifth-straight Regional Final – Port Huron Times Herald
10. GIRLS BASKETBALL Portland St. Patrick advanced in Division 4 with a 41-20 win over Climax-Scotts – Lansing State Journal
Also of note …
BOYS BASKETBALL East Lansing’s KJ Torbert was named winner of this year’s Mr. Basketball Award – Detroit Free Press