Once upon a time, St. Paul High School in Grosse Pointe Farms had a football team. You’re thinking, I must mean basketball. The Lakers were state champs twice, state runners-up twice, and Catholic League champs three years in a row. In football, St. Paul served as Catholic League doormats for most of 16 autumns, between…
Once upon a time, St. Paul High School in Grosse Pointe Farms had a football team. You’re thinking, I must mean basketball. The Lakers were state champs twice, state runners-up twice, and Catholic League champs three years in a row. In football, St. Paul served as Catholic League doormats for most of 16 autumns, between…
Mother Nature rules! Catholic League boys and girls skiers found that out with the cancellation of the season-ending tournament due to a lack of snow. Here’s a rundown of CHSL champions for the other 2016-17 winter sports: COMPETITIVE CHEER: Divine Child, St. Catherine For Dearborn Divine Child, winning the Bishop Trophy in competitive cheer was…
Where is the bowling capital of the Catholic League? Hint: the schools are located just a mile apart on the east side of the metropolitan area. More specifically, in Macomb County. That really narrows it down. You only have four schools to pick from. You are correct if you guessed De La Salle and Regina.…
Tom Mach made quite an impression on his first day on the job in 1976 as the new football coach at Novi Detroit Catholic Central. “He was a 28-year-old version of Vince Lombardi,” said one of his former players. The gripes of yesteryear about practices were the toughest part of playing for Mach — “Games…
It’s moving time for Catholic League student-athletes and coaches. First, the kids. In the fall, some 88 of them — and that number will likely double in the next three or four months — will be taking their academic and athletic skills to colleges mostly in Michigan or Ohio, but as far south as Alabama,…
