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: 10/28/24
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
October 28, 2024
1. CROSS COUNTRY The No. 9 Central Montcalm boys won their first Regional championship in this sport since 1975, in Lower Peninsula Division 3 – Greenville Daily News
2. BOYS SOCCER No. 7 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern downed top-ranked Fruitport in a shootout to claim a Division 2 Regional title – Local Sports Journal
3. BOYS SOCCER Grand Rapids Christian also clinched a Division 2 Regional title in an upset, 1-0 over No. 4 Allendale – Grand Rapids Press
4. VOLLEYBALL Division 3 No. 9 Bronson clinched a shared Big 8 Conference championship with Division 4 No. 10 Concord with a league tournament title – Coldwater Daily Reporter
5. VOLLEYBALL Division 4 top-ranked Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart finished an outright championship run in the Mid-State Activities Conference with a tournament title – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun
6. VOLLEYBALL Fruitport claimed the outright title in the Ottawa-Kent Conference Silver with a league tournament championship – MuskegonSports.com
7. CROSS COUNTRY The top-ranked Romeo girls and Macomb Dakota boys ran to LPD1 Regional titles – Macomb Daily Girls | Boys
8. CROSS COUNTRY Benzie Central swept LPD3 Regional championships; Benzie’s girls are ranked No. 5, and the boys are No. 10 – Benzie Record Patriot
9. CROSS COUNTRY The LPD4 No. 12 Bear Lake/Onekama girls cross country team won its first Regional title in a decade – Manistee News Advocate
10. BOYS SOCCER No. 2 Warren De La Salle Collegiate edged Dearborn Divine Child 2-1 to claim a Division 2 Regional title – Macomb Daily