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: 5/7/26
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
May 7, 2026
1. GIRLS TENNIS East Lansing – No. 5 in Lower Peninsula Division 2 – clinched a second-straight Capital Area Activities Conference Blue championship – Lansing State Journal
2. TRACK & FIELD Frankenmuth swept girls and boys championship meets in the Tri-Valley Conference Red; the Eagles boys are top-ranked in LPD2 – Saginaw News
3. TRACK & FIELD The LPD3 No. 3 Benzie Central girls and Maple City Glen Lake boys claimed Northwest Conference titles – Traverse City Record-Eagle
4. BOYS LACROSSE Hartland clinched the Kensington Lakes Activities Association West title with a 14-6 victory over Brighton – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
5. GIRLS SOCCER Division 2 No. 10 Otsego is alone atop the Wolverine Conference thanks to a 2-1 win over No. 12 Plainwell – Kalamazoo Gazette
6. GIRLS SOCCER Richmond advanced to the Blue Water Area Conference Tournament championship match with a 2-0 win over Armada – Macomb Daily
7. SOFTBALL Midland Dow got past Division 2 honorable mention Essexville Garber 6-5 on a walk-off homer – Midland Daily News
8. GIRLS SOCCER Milan downed Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central 4-0 – Monroe News
9. GIRLS SOCCER Midland shut out Flint Powers Catholic 3-0 – WNEM
10. BASEBALL Kingsford downed Gladstone 11-1, adding to last week’s win in the series – Upper Michigan’s Source