Farmington Hills Mercy softball wallops 8 homers to win Catholic League A-B title

Farmington Hills Mercy coach Brandon Malinowski was at a loss for words after Mercy hit eight home runs, including five in one inning, en route to a 12-5 victory over rival Livonia Ladywood in the A-B Catholic League championship game

Monday’s high schools roundup: Detroit Western rolls to another PSL title

Jose Morales tossed a two-hitter and Detroit Western won its sixth consecutive Detroit Public School League title by defeating Detroit King, 11-1, on Monday at Comerica Park.

Detroit Western still pushing for pinnacle in baseball

Western will go for its sixth straight Detroit Public School League title against Detroit King at 7 p.m. Monday at Comerica Park. The goal is to become the first PSL team to reach a state final since 1972, when Western lost to Royal Oak Kimball, 3-1, in the Class A final.

DeLaSalle hoops star A.J. Turner transferring to New Hampshire school

Turner, a junior guard, will transfer to a prep school in New Hampshire, DeLaSalle varsity coach Greg Esler said Saturday. Turner was considered to be among the top candidates for the 2014 Mr. Basketball award.

Saturday’s prep roundup: Carmen Benedetti becomes G.P. South’s home run king

Benedetti's 22nd career homer came in a 13-3 victory over Detroit Country Day in the final game of the Grosse Pointe South Invitational. He had two RBIs in the game for South (16-13-1), which went 2-1 on the day.

Friday's high schools roundup: Grosse Pointe South girls track dominates regional

As expected, senior twins Hannah and Haley Meier and their teammates at Grosse Pointe South ran away with the girls track and field title at the Division 1 regional at South on Friday, but many other athletes had their day in the sun as well.

Thursday's high schools roundup: Brother Rice’s bats back starter in A-B title game

Matt Ruppenthal is still searching for his groove. Ruppenthal walked five and hit a batter in six innings Thursday as Birmingham Brother Rice’s rolled to a 12-2 victory over Detroit Catholic Central in the Catholic League A-B Division final at Comerica Park.

• Photos: Brother Rice wins Catholic baseball championship

Wednesday’s high schools roundup: S.H. Stevenson captures fourth straight title

In a clash of two of the top Division 1 baseball teams in the state, No. 4 Sterling Heights Stevenson escaped a bases-loaded jam in the top of the seventh inning Wednesday to knock off No. 1 Macomb Dakota, 10-7.

Tuesday's high schools roundup: Cousino edges Lake Orion in baseball

The lone run of the day came in the third inning, when P.J. Zocharski hit a bases-loaded sacrifice fly to score Joey Naleszyk for Cousino (18-5). "We had some great defense today," Cousino coach Justin Newcomb said.

Top prep basketball prospect Andrew Wiggins chooses Kansas

Wiggins signed a letter-of-intent with the Jayhawks at a private ceremony Tuesday afternoon in Huntington. He previously narrowed his choices to Kentucky, North Carolina and Florida State.

Monday's high schools roundup: Liggett edges Brother Rice in baseball

Connor Fannon singled home Cole Zingas from second base in the top of the seventh inning to lift Grosse Pointe University Liggett, the top-ranked team in Division 4 baseball, to a 6-5 come-from-behind victory over Birmingham Brother Rice on Monday.

School board hears from supporters of fired Mattawan High basketball coach

Two dozen people have stepped up to publicly support a high school basketball coach in southwestern Michigan who was fired for his aggressive style with players.

Walled Lake Central athletes star in field events

Ask Ned Stojkovic about Walled Lake Central's success and he will tell you it’s about technique. That’s the short answer, but it takes more than the proper technique for athletes like Cullen Prena and Josephine Jackson to become so successful.

Saturday’s prep roundup: Novi baseball scores 32 runs in doubleheader sweep

It didn’t take long for the Novi baseball team to put its new pink wood bats to use as it took both games of the doubleheader against Detroit Country Day in its second annual “Fight Against Breast Cancer” fundraiser.

Friday's high school roundup: Warren DeLaSalle wins with long ball

In the opener, Alex Fultz smacked a two-run home run and Dominic DiPuma hit a solo shot to lead DeLaSalle. In the nightcap, DeLaSalle’s offense erupted behind ...

Thursday's prep roundup: Warren Woods-Tower rallies past Fraser in softball

Sarah Mertz had two hits, including the winning RBI single in the ninth inning that scored Sidney Homic, as Warren Woods-Tower came back for a 4-3 Macomb Area ...

Wednesday's high schools roundup: St. Clair Shores Lake Shore softball sweeps

Timely hitting was the key Wednesday night for St. Clair Shores Lake Shore, which took both games of a doubleheader against Grosse Pointe North, 7-3 and 16-4.

Tuesday's high schools roundup: Mumford cruises in baseball sweep

Pitcher Brandon Washington led Mumford (8-2) in the opener, striking out 10 on the mound, while going 4-for-5 at the plate with four RBIs. Darius Jones struck ...

Romulus High coach Nate Oats talks to Buffalo about assistant job

Oats, 38, is considered by some as one of the leading candidates for the opening at Detroit Country Day now that Kurt Keener announced his resignation ...

Monday’s high schools roundup: Northville golfers surprise field to win Seaholm tournament

Junior Andrew Sarokin shot a 3-under 67 to tie for top honors, leading Northville to the Birmingham Seaholm Invitational title Monday at Oakland Hills Country ...

Farmington’s Sarah Gutknecht continues to be one tough out

Gutknecht, a senior third baseman for Farmington High, has struck out just once in the last two years. She hit .590 (.646 on-base) with five home runs and 60 ...

Unknown among Kurt Keener's best he's coached at Detroit Country Day

Keener was asked to name the top players he coached at Country Day. He said Chris Webber, Shane Battier, Ray McCallum Jr. and Rodney Gilbert.

Saturday’s prep roundup: Allen Park sweeps baseball doubleheader

Allen Park won a doubleheader in baseball against Redford Thurston on Saturday. In the opener, Nick Willetts tossed a complete game with five strikeouts and ...

Friday's high schools roundup: Walled Lake Northern baseball tops White Lake Lakeland

Walled Lake Northern was too much for White Lake Lakeland, taking a doubleheader sweep Friday.

Country Day basketball coach Kurt Keener resigns after 35 years

Keener, 57, was one of the most successful coaches in state history, having coached nine state champions, second all-time to Lofton Greene (12) of River Rouge. ...

Detroit loses more than a coach in the slaying of Charles Knott

Knott, Cody’s girls basketball and softball coach, was killed late Tuesday night when the driver of another vehicle pulled alongside his car in the 11500 block ...

Thursday's high schools roundup: Crestwood pitcher no-hits Dearborn in baseball

Tanner Doumont allowed one runner and struck out 13, throwing his first career no-hitter Thursday as Dearborn Heights Crestwood shut out Dearborn, 3-0. ...

Vigil honors victims of fatal Grayling crash

Grayling — A vigil has been held for those killed and hurt in a traffic crash involving the Grayling High School golf team.

Veteran girls basketball coach Charles Knott shot to death

At 11:20 p.m. Tuesday, according to a Detroit Police report obtained by The News, Knott was killed when the driver of another vehicle pulled alongside his car ...