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: 9/22/26
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
September 22, 2026
1. GIRLS GOLF Macomb Dakota – ranked No. 3 in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – carded a 322 to win a third-straight Macomb County championship – Macomb Daily
2. GIRLS GOLF LPD4 No. 8 Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central repeated as Monroe County champion – Monroe News
3. BOYS SOCCER Division 3 No. 9 Grosse Ile edged Division 2 No. 10 New Boston Huron 2-1 – Southgate News-Herald
4. BOYS SOCCER Division 3 No. 7 Frankenmuth came back from an early deficit to down No. 13 Freeland 5-3 – WNEM
5. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Fruitport defeated Division 3 No. 8 Hart, North Muskegon and Shelby – MuskegonSports.com
6. BOYS SOCCER Suttons Bay downed Traverse City Christian 5-2, and Isaac Martin had three goals to pull within two of the school season record – Traverse City Record-Eagle
7. BOYS SOCCER St. Joseph Our Lady of the Lake Catholic ran its unbeaten streak to 10 with a 5-1 victory over Lawrence – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium
8. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Elle Savage had 21 kills as Midland Calvary Baptist swept Saginaw Nouvel Catholic Central – Midland Daily News
9. BOYS TENNIS LPD2 No. 3 Midland Dow improved to 18-0-1 with a win over Flint Powers Catholic – Midland Daily News
10. GIRLS TENNIS Marquette downed Kingsford 6-2 – Upper Michigan’s Source