Michigan High School Sports News

By Bob St. John Sports Editor Grosse Pointe North has had its share of tough losses in recent years to arch rival Grosse Pointe South, including several in the state playoffs.

With eight strikeouts and only one earned run allowed in a complete-game effort Wednesday, Lincoln Park's Alexis Santos helped lead the Railsplitters to a 4-1 victory against visiting Allen Park.

On a cold, frigid night, the Trenton girls' soccer team played defense that was just as stifling as the weather.

Farmington Harrison enjoyed a successful start to the 2014 baseball campaign Monday with a 4-3 victory over visiting West Bloomfield.

JACKSON On Saturday morning, East Jackson High School will honor one of the greatest athletes to walk through its halls.

It was a good week to be a member of the girls track and field team over at Northville High School.

The Raiders defeated host Birmingham Seaholm in an OAA White Division game, 7-3, behind the one-hit pitching of Alex Darden during a five-inning stint.

All three Plymouth-Canton Educational Park varsity baseball teams opened the week with impressive victories, including a blowout and two nail-biters.

Garden City's Madison Lilla breaks through the Redford Union defense during a first-half rush Monday night.

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Looks like the strange weather has the Northville baseball team a little confused - traditionally, a team typically wins the games in which they are leading and loses the games in which they are trailing in the late innings.

When the Northville boys track team started its dual meet against Detroit Country Day last week, the sun was out and warm weather greeted the teams.

The tone of the day was set immediately. Leadoff batter Brooke Senkbeil smacked a stand-up triple and trotted home two batters later when Lindsay Lutton doubled.

The Northville Mustangs girls tennis team was not thrilled with the fact that they took a loss last week, even if it was against the No.

In that game Nickrent didn't see much action, as she scored one run as a courtesy runner, but it didn't matter.

The Spartans lost the opener, 1-0, but bounced back to take the nightcap, 8-1, as freshman starter Branden Posky, who worked the first 413 innings, teamed up reliever with Gordon Ferguson on a three-hitter.

The Chargers were expected to get a stiffer challenge in Friday's Public Schools of Livonia Girls Track Invitational, but when the final scores were all added up, it was Churchill for the 10th consecutive year scoring a team-high 90 points.

Sam Riga and Mikeyla Hawkins tallied two goals apiece Saturday as host Livonia Ladywood blanked Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard, 6-0, in a Catholic League girls soccer crossover victory.

After getting down 1-0, the Woodhaven Warriors scored five straight to add another DRL notch in the win column Wednesday night when they traveled to Trenton.

But Western Michigan Christian played over Monday night's wintry conditions for an 8-0 victory against Whitehall in the season opener for both teams.