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: 4/24/26
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
April 24, 2026
1. SOFTBALL Division 4 No. 2 Unionville-Sebewaing and Division 3 honorable mention Cass City split a doubleheader – Huron Daily Tribune
2. SOFTBALL Division 2 No. 9 Escanaba and Negaunee split, with the Miners winning the opener 3-2 and Escanaba taking the second game 10-5 – Marquette Mining Journal
3. BOYS GOLF DeWitt – No. 8 in Lower Peninsula Division 2 – carded a 312 and Traverse City West a 313 to top the Grand Blanc Invitational standings – Traverse City Record-Eagle
4. BOYS LACROSSE Romeo defeated Grosse Pointe South 13-8 in a matchup of league title contenders – Macomb Daily
5. BASEBALL Solomon Wegmeyer threw a no-hitter to send Holland West Ottawa past Division 1 No. 19 Rockford 2-1 – Holland Sentinel
6. GIRLS SOCCER Division 4 top-ranked Clarkston Everest Collegiate held on for a 1-1 draw against Ann Arbor Greenhills – Oakland Press
7. SOFTBALL Avery Cipa hit two inside-the-park home runs during the same inning for Livonia Stevenson in a win over Garden City – Hometown Life
8. BASEBALL Kalamazoo Central and Loy Norrix split with the games decided in extra innings and then a walk-off – Kalamazoo Gazette
9. SOFTBALL Zoey Overton had a combined four home runs and 13 RBIs during Howell’s sweep of Milford – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
10. SOFTBALL Division 2 honorable mention Saginaw Swan Valley swept North Branch, winning the second game on a walk-off – Saginaw News