Some 200 Catholic High School League students will extend their athletic careers to the collegiate level this fall. Allen Park Cabrini (4) FOOTBALL – Matt Bzura (Ave Maria). SOCCER – Ben Briegel (Ohio Northern). SOFTBALL – Holly Kimes (St. Clair CC). SWIMMING – Elizabeth Krawczyk (Wayne State). Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice (22) BASEBALL – Gabe…
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One ‘final run’ for Ladywood athletes as school closes its doors
by Don Horkey •
Athletes and spectators were in the process of departing from Macomb Lutheran North’s campus, where the Catholic League staged the C-D boys and girls track and field championship. On a marvelously sunny midweek afternoon, for some five hours, nearly 200 teens engaged in a spirited season-ending competition. In the shade of the setting sun, a…
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CHSL boys and girls lacrosse teams make a lot of history
by Don Horkey •
A lot of history was made on the Catholic League lacrosse fields last Saturday. The day came to a boisterous conclusion in Novi, where Detroit Catholic Central finally shook off the curse, the jinx, the whammy – whatever it was – that archrival Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice had wielded over the Shamrocks for two decades.…
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Intense contest between Central Division foes helps keep fans warm
by Don Horkey •
For about four hours last Saturday, it was mind over matter for the crowd of a couple hundred spectators entertained by the boys of Michigan-style springtime high school baseball battling the elements and each other. Appropriate winter clothing, not yet mothballed, helped the assembly of parents, friends and fans ward off the effects of a…
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Critical of the way referees do their job, he becomes one himself
by Don Horkey •
John Leidlein once threatened to push Michael Phelps into the water. More about that later. Leidlein, an energetic 78, has been officiating swim meets for 35 years, nearly year-round, at a variety of venues: summer country club leagues, the Detroit Boat Club (swim chairman), the Mid-American and Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic conferences, at Wayne State,…
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Work hard, pray hard, wrestle hard: CC’s championship formula
by Don Horkey •
It’s all about relationships — to each other, to the community, to God — for the state champion wrestlers at Novi Detroit Catholic Central. No team dominated an opponent as the Shamrocks did Brighton, winning all 14 weight classes — the third time for coach Mitch Hancock, only the sixth time in MHSAA history —…
