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: 9/19/25
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
September 19, 2025
1. BOYS SOCCER Division 1 No. 4 Okemos finished an outright title run in the Capital Area Activities Conference Blue with a 3-2 win over Grand Ledge – WILX
2. BOYS SOCCER Traverse City Central ended a 20-game losing streak against Division 1 No. 10 West with a 1-0 victory – Up North Live
3. VOLLEYBALL Division 3 No. 4 Kingsley defeated honorable mention Manton, Lake City and Reed City all in two sets – Traverse City Record-Eagle
4. VOLLEYBALL Marysville defeated Fraser in four sets in a matchup of Macomb Area Conference White leaders – Macomb Daily
5. CROSS COUNTRY Frankenmuth swept girls and boys races at its invitational; Frankenmuth’s girls are ranked No. 14 in Lower Peninsula Division 2 – Saginaw News
6. VOLLEYBALL Fruitport remains undefeated in the Ottawa-Kent Conference Silver after a five-set win over Hopkins – MuskegonSports.com
7. BOYS TENNIS LPD2 top-ranked Birmingham Seaholm downed Rochester Hills Stoney Creek 6-2 – Oakland Press
8. VOLLEYBALL Kingsford remains undefeated after sweeping Marquette – Upper Michigan’s Source
9. BOYS TENNIS Gibraltar Carlson handed Trenton its first Downriver League loss, 6-2 – Southgate News-Herald
10. BOYS SOCCER Division 1 No. 5 Hartland improved to 15-0-1 with a 4-2 win over Brighton – Livingston Daily Press & Argus