Below is a list of all the games for teams, organized by league, covered by outlets in the MediaNews Group Michigan cluster — the Mt. Pleasant Morning Sun, the Macomb Daily, the Oakland Press, the Royal Oak Tribune, the Voice, the Dearborn Press & Guide, and the Southgate News Herald — for Friday, Oct. 3, 2025.

Check back throughout the night, to see as scores come in, with links to coverage from all of the papers in our cluster.

BLUE WATER AREA CONFERENCE

Algonac at Croswell-Lexington

Armada at Almont

Richmond at Imlay City

CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL LEAGUE

Allen Park Cabrini at Madison Heights Bishop Foley

Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood at Macomb Lutheran North

Detroit U-D Jesuit at Dearborn Divine Child

Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett at Riverview Gabriel Richard

Marine City Cardinal Mooney at Clarkston Everest Collegiate

Orchard Lake St. Mary’s at Detroit Country Day

Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes at Royal Oak Shrine

CENTRAL STATE ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATION

Big Rapids at Remus Chippewa Hills

CHARTER SCHOOL CONFERENCE

Detroit Leadership Academy at Arts & Technology Academy of Pontiac

Ecorse at Harper Woods Chandler Park

Melvindale AB&T at Southfield Bradford Academy

Redford Westfield Prep at Mt. Clemens

Romulus Summit Academy North at Detroit Old Redford

DOWNRIVER LEAGUE

Allen Park at Lakeland

Dearborn Edsel Ford at Woodhaven

Southgate Anderson at Gibraltar Carlson

FLINT METRO LEAGUE

Ortonville Brandon at Clio

Holly at Flushing

HIGHLAND CONFERENCE

Lake City at Beal City

HURON LEAGUE

Flat Rock at Riverview

Grosse Ile at Carleton Airport

New Boston Huron at Monroe Jefferson

INDEPENDENTS

Center Line Prep at Whitmore Lake

Orchard Lake St. Mary’s at Detroit Country Day

Pontiac Notre Dame Prep at Oak Park

Vestaburg at Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart

JACK PINE CONFERENCE

Beaverton at St. Louis

Gladwin at Shepherd

Sanford Meridian at Farwell

Standish-Sterling at Clare

KENSINGTON LAKES ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATION

Dearborn at Belleville

Livonia Stevenson at Dearborn Fordson

Novi at Salem

LAKES VALLEY CONFERENCE

Allen Park at Lakeland

South Lyon at Waterford Mott

South Lyon East at Milford

Walled Lake Central at Walled Lake Northern

Waterford Kettering at Walled Lake Western

MACOMB AREA CONFERENCE

Anchor Bay at Sterling Heights Stevenson

Center Line at Eastpointe

Chippewa Valley at Utica Eisenhower

Clawson at Clintondale

Grosse Pointe South at L’Anse Creuse North

Hazel Park at Madison Heights Madison

L’Anse Creuse at St. Clair Shores Lakeview

Macomb Dakota at Romeo

Madison Heights Lamphere at Marysville

Marine City at Sterling Heights

Port Huron Northern at Fraser

St. Clair Shores Lake Shore at Grosse Pointe North

St. Clair Shores South Lake at St. Clair

Utica at Roseville

Utica Ford at Port Huron

Warren Lincoln at New Haven

Warren Mott at Warren Cousino

MICHIGAN INDEPENDENT ATHLETIC CONFERENCE

Auburn Hills Oakland Christian at Sterling Heights Parkway Christian

Rochester Hills Lutheran Northwest at Lutheran Westland

OAKLAND ACTIVITES ASSOCIATION

Auburn Hills Avondale at Royal Oak

Berkley at Jackson Northwest

Birmingham Groves at Southfield A&T

Bloomfield Hills at Troy Athens

Lake Orion at Clarkston

North Farmington at Birmingham Seaholm

Pontiac at Ferndale

Pontiac Notre Dame Prep at Oak Park

Rochester at Harper Woods

Rochester Adams at Stoney Creek

Troy at Farmington

West Bloomfield at Oxford

SAGINAW VALLEY LEAGUE

Mt. Pleasant at Bay City Western

TRI-VALLEY CONFERENCE

Flint Powers at Alma

Ithaca at Saginaw Valley Lutheran

WESTERN WAYNE ATHLETIC CONFERENCE

Melvindale at Dearborn Heights Crestwood

Redford Thurston at Dearborn Heights Robichaud

Redford Union at Dearborn Heights Annapolis

Romulus at Garden City

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8-PLAYER FOOTBALL

Fulton at Breckenridge

St. Charles at Carson City-Crystal

Montabella at Coleman

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SATURDAY GAMES

Detroit Voyageur College Prep at Warren Michigan Collegiate, 2 p.m.

Warren Fitzgerald at Warren Woods Tower, 1 p.m.

MARYSVILLE – Marysville won the Macomb Area Conference Blue Division tournament title to earn a share of the overall crown with Utica.

The Vikings collected a team score of 415 at the play-six, count-four tournament at Marysville Golf Course on Tuesday, topping the seven-school field and winning the tournament by four strokes over Utica (419).

Utica finished 10-1 in dual matches to win that portion of the standings and finished up with 13 total points. Marysville finished second in dual matches but won the tournament to also finish up with 13 total points. 

St. Clair, third in dual at 9-3, finished third at the tournament (444), followed by Clawson (472), Fraser (501), Madison Heights Lamphere (501) and Port Huron (534).

St. Clair recorded 10 points to finish third in the overall standings, while Clawson, Fraser and Lamphere all finished with six points and to tie for fourth and Port Huron was seventh with just two points.

At the tournament, Clawson junior Joslynn Ramirez was medalist with an 83, while St. Clair senior Sofia Russel finished second with an 89. Marysville senior Samantha Allen claimed third with a 90, while Utica senior Dalaney O’Connor (101), Marysville sophomore Kaycie Zaunner (104), Utica senior Miley Reaves (104), Marysville junior Raegan Horan (106), Utica senior Cali Kaczmar (106), Utica senior Riley Burton (108), Lamphere senior Ava Denmark (110) and St. Clair junior Delaney McDonald (114) also finished in the top 10 in the medalist standings.

Marysville freshman Emma Hurley (115), St. Clair junior Ashlynn Stockwell (115), Fraser junior Hailey Beauchamp (119), Utica senior Violet Smith (121) and Clawson freshman Addie Reynolds (121) also finished in the top 15.

CHSL CENTRAL DIVISION >> Toledo (Ohio) St. Ursula Academy dominated the talent-rich CHSL Central Division this season and wrapped it all up with a conference championship.

St. Ursula won the conference tournament Tuesday at the Flint Golf Course, putting together a play-six, count-four team score of 305 to win in convincing fashion over many Michigan programs with storied histories.

Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood finished 15 strokes behind at 320, while Birmingham Marian (335), Macomb Lutheran North (354), Toledo Notre Dame Academy (354) and Farmington Hills Mercy (357) followed suit.

St. Ursula had three finishers in the top five, four in the top seven and six golfers in the top 15, with the last two finishers not even contributing to the team score.

St. Ursula senior Sydney Socha won the medalist title with a eve-par round of 72. Mercy junior Megan Guerrera was second (75) and St., Ursula junior Olivia Rodgers (76) and Cranbrook-Kingswood sophomore Sintine Charnelet tied for third (76). St. Ursula senior and Toledo Notre Dame Academy snior Macy Valentine tied for fifth (77), while St. Ursula freshman Mia McIntyre (80), Cranbrook-Kingswood junior Josie Vardenhaute (80), Cranbrook-Kingswood senior Sydney Behnke (81) and Marian senior Pippa Dawson (82) followed in the top 10.

Elsewhere, St. Ursula sophomore Kopelyn Kessler (83), Cranbrook-Kingswood senior Harlet Cortez (83), St. Ursula senior Kennedy Donnelly (84), Cranbrook-Kingswood senior Alina Vuan (84) and Marian junior Gabby Wenzel (84) were also top-15 finishers in the deep field of competitors.

Lutheran North was the sole Macomb County school at the event and were led by freshman Nina Hanley in 18th (86), seniors Gabby Cardenas (88) and Maria Fortuna (88) and senior Victoria Ratajczyk (92) who all finished in a competitive top 25.

ROCHESTER HILLS – Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett backed up its status as No. 1 in the state in Division 4 by defeating fifth-ranked Royal Oak Shrine 4-2 in the Catholic High School League Cardinal Division Championship Wednesday evening.

“We had our best game ever,” Liggett head coach David Dwaihy said. “I think Shrine is such a quality opponent and they work so hard, and they are organized. We knew we had to bring our best game, and I think the boys were extra-motivated. This was a magical night, a night I hope everybody will remember fondly. It’s a beautiful facility (at Oakland University), such a cool venue, and we really appreciate the Catholic League for putting on a show.”

Liggett dominated the game from start to finish, but for all its possession, it took them a while to break down Shrine. Finally, Brady Ancona found the net midway through the first half, taking a quick pass and slotting home an equally quick shot to give Liggett a 1-0 lead with 19:51 until halftime.

University Liggett doubled its advantage just after halftime when Liam Gady found the net barely two minutes into the second half.

That seemed to open the game up a bit as Shrine had to take its chances to get back in the game. Both teams would take advantage. Liggett got a pair of second-half goals from Brendan Logan that alternated with a pair of Shrine goals scored by Caesar Soma.

But ultimately, the quick-strike Shrine offense found itself stymied more often than not by the play of Liggett’s midfield.

“Ollie Cooley and Landon Wysocki as our two defensive midfielders were all over the field. I thought they made it really hard for Shrine to play the game they wanted to play. Brady Ancona was as dynamic as I’ve ever seen him tonight,” Dwaihy said.

Photos of Royal Oak Shrine vs. Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett in the CHSL Boys Soccer Cardinal Division Championship

“I don’t think we strung more than two or three passes together the whole game. You’re not going to win a game when you aren’t aggressive, aren’t physical, aren’t talking, aren’t stringing passes together,” Shrine head coach Mark Soma said.

With the win, Liggett remains unbeaten on the season at 13-0. University Liggett will have a few final games to prepare for playoffs before facing Hope of Detroit Academy next Wednesday to open districts.

“It’s gone really well. We’ve won a lot but we’ve dealt with some adversity along the way, and we had some tricky games we had to push through,’ Dwaihy said. “But it all changes in the state tournament. Every game is going to feel like this. Every game is going to be super intense, and a lot of the teams in front of us are going to be very difficult to break down, so we’ve got to enjoy a moment like this when we can because it’s all fleeting.”

Royal Oak Shrine falls to 16-2. Up next for Shrine is Plymouth Christian on Friday before opening the playoffs next Thursday against Southfield Manoogian.

ROCHESTER HILLS – The Detroit Catholic Central Shamrocks claimed another Catholic High School League Bishop Division title with a 4-0 win over the Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood Cranes Wednesday evening.

“It feels great. We worked so hard for this, and finally for the first time, we can see our hard work paying off. It feels amazing,” Catholic Central co-captain Grant Mooradian said.

The Shamrocks came out hot, scoring twice in the first nine minutes to take control.  Adrian Palushaj got things started when he juggled a ball once, then volleyed it in for a spectacular opening goal.

Less than a minute later, Kei Zarco found a rebound in front of the Cranbrook goal and deposited it in the net to double Catholic Central’s lead.

“Obviously, not the best start,” Cranbrook head coach Jacob Nunner said. “But it is what it is. You can’t go back and change anything. You just have to take it on the chin and be ready for districts and everything up ahead.”

It was a stark reversal from their last game against Toledo St. John’s Jesuit when the Shamrocks fell behind early and could not claw their way back.

“It doesn’t take much. If you get off to a poor start, that’s what happened there,” Catholic Central head coach Gene Pulice said. “That was exactly our meeting. At this time of year, every game counts. Every game is going to be a dogfight, so you just have to come out, play your best, do your best, leave it all on the field, don’t have any regrets on the field with your play, and get through it,” he added.

Cranbrook settled in after the slow start and played better for the remainder of the half. But they could not dent the scoreboard. With Kai Xu leading the breakout, the Cranes were able to get forward a bit more, though they never possessed the ball very well. Their transition attack often showed promise, but what it couldn’t do was figure out a way past Shamrocks center back Ralu Ibegbu, who just swallowed up every counterattack that came anywhere near him – and with the range he displayed, that was most of them.

“Ralu is unshakeable. He’s got nerves of steel,” Pulice said. “Ralu has been fantastic all year. I can’t say enough good things about Ralu.”

Once Catholic Central added on two more goals early in the second half – one each from Grant Mooradian and Gavin McLenaghan – the Cranes were down four goals and had no way back into the game.

Photos of Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood vs. Detroit Catholic Central in the CHSL Boys Soccer Bishop Division Championship

Detroit Catholic Central improves to 12-3-3 on the season and claims its first Bishop title since beating the Cranes for it in overtime back in 2022. The Shamrocks will play Troy Athens on Monday as they finish preparations for the state tournament which starts next Wednesday. They'll will face South Lyon in the opening round of the playoffs.

“Let me start by congratulating Jake for getting Cranbrook over here. They were a well-trained team. They were very organized. They were great kids. I thought it was a well played, clean game. So congratulations to Jake and Cranbrook for putting together a great squad and coming out,” Pulice said.

Cranbrook (10-2) suffers just its second loss of the season. The Cranes get an opening-round bye before playing the winner of Pontiac and Waterford Mott in the district semifinals.

“The goal is to be here every year, which obviously we’re a successful program," Nunner said. "But I think a lot of guys came into this game with stage fright. So now that we’re here, we have this experience, especially (when) we have a lot of freshmen and sophomores on the roster. So when we’re back again next year, they’ll be able to walk with their chest out a little bit and have a bit of confidence.

”We just need to reset, hit the drawing board. The goal is to grow from this game and to remember this feeling and use it to fuel the trainings for all the games coming up."

Two goals in the final 20 minutes proved to be just a consolation for Royal Oak Shrine, who fell 4-2 to Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett in the CHSL Cardinal Division Championship on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025 at Oakland University.

Detroit Catholic Central scored two in the opening 10 minutes, then added another pair of goals on the other side of the break to defeat Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood 4-0 in the CHSL Bishop Division Championship on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025 at Oakland University.

WHITE LAKE – Some teams are just built for knockout soccer.

Walled Lake Northern edged its way past the White Lake Lakeland Eagles 1-0 in the Lakes Valley Conference Tournament Final on Monday night.

It marks the third time that the Knights have won the tourney this decade despite not being the league’s regular season champion.

“It’s been two or three years since we won it, and it feels great. We played a really hard brand of soccer today, and we’re really happy with the win,” Northern tri-captain Nate Bruss said.

The game was a defensive battle from the start. It took over 20 minutes for either team to get a shot off – let alone one that was on frame.

Eventually, the game opened up a little bit and the teams started to create some chances in the later part of the first half. That was when the game’s only goal was scored. Lucas Wilson slipped a diagonal ball behind the defense and Ryan Donato ran onto it, quickly one-timing the ball past the goalkeeper with 15:03 remaining in the first half.

The teams traded a few more good chances with both keepers coming up with a couple of good saves each before halftime. Lakeland goalie Elijah Bohanon and Northern keeper Chase Colasanti did some of their best work of the game as it neared the interval.

When the teams came out after the half, it was back to a defensive battle. The teams once again were shutting down anything that resembled an efficient offensive chance. The Eagles put on a late push, trying to force the issue and find a late-tying goal, but the Knights were able to do enough to see off Lakeland and capture their first LVC Tournament title since 2022 — they also won it the year before that — after going out early in the LVC Tournament the last two years.

“I think we’re all connected as a team,” Knights senior tri-captain Brandon Honkala said. Everyone is friends with each other. We all have laughs with everything. Everyone is included in everything. I think our chemistry is at another level besides the other two or three years I’ve been a part of this program.”

Photo gallery of Lakeland vs. Walled Lake Northern in the 2025 LVC Boys Soccer Tournament Championship

“Being a part of this team for four years now, I think that what makes this team so different from the other teams playing in this tournament is just our grit, solely our grit. No matter how many times we get kicked down, no matter how many times we get scored on, we always keep our goals set high, and we always come out with a win,” added Tim Udovichnko, another Northern tri-captain.

Now 10-3 on the year, Lakeland's only losses in LVC play this season have come to the Knights. Northern beat the Eagles 5-0 in Walled Lake back on Aug. 28. Lakeland's only other defeat was at the hands of Holly, 3-1, in the team's season opener.

Both teams will now prepare for the state tournament, which starts next week. Walled Lake Northern (9-3-2) opens the playoffs at home against West Bloomfield next Wednesday. The Eagles host North Farmington on the same evening. If both teams win, they would play each other for a third time this season in the district semifinal.

It took 20 minutes to record the first shot on goal, and Lakeland appeared to dominate the play in the second half, but in the end Walled Lake Northern came away with a 1-0 victory and the LVC Tournament trophy Monday, Sept. 29, 2025 in Lakeland.

Michigan statewide girls volleyball preseason rankings from the Michigan Interscholastic Volleyball Coaches Association

As of Sept. 22, 2025

DIVISION 1

1 Rockford

2 Bloomfield Hills

3 Farmington Hills Mercy

4 Bloomfield Hills Marian

5 Jenison

6 Utica Eisenhower

7 Grand Haven

8 South Lyon East

9 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern

10 Clarkston

HONORABLE MENTIONS: Brighton, Northville, Hudsonville, Lowell, South Lyon, Byron Center, Zeeland East, Dexter, East Grand Rapids

DIVISION 2

1 Detroit Country Day

2 North Branch

3 Grand Rapids Christian

4 Holland Christian

5 Imlay City

6 Grand Rapids Catholic Central

7 Frankenmuth

8 Grand Rapids South Christian

9 Tecumseh

10 Edwardsburg

HONORABLE MENTION: Battle Creek Harper Creek, Parma Western, Ionia, Marshall, Lansing Catholic

DIVISION 3

1 Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central

2 Roscommon

3 Plymouth Christian Academy

4 Kingsley

5 Pewamo-Westphalia

6 Kalamazoo Christian

7 Hanover-Horton

8 Traverse City St. Francis

9 Saginaw Valley Lutheran

10 McBain

HONORABLE MENTION: Manton, Cass City, Bronson, Beal City

DIVISION 4

1 Mendon

2 Ubly

3 Battle Creek St. Phillip

4 Adrian Lenawee Christian

5 Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart

6 Fowler

7 Clarkston Everest Collegiate

8 Concord

9 Crystal Falls Forest Park

10 Hancock

HONORABLE MENTION: Onekama, Hillsdale Academy, Ishpeming, Suttons Bay

MILFORD – After returning most of its 2024 roster this fall, the South Lyon volleyball team wasn’t shy when it came to one of its key goals.

That was winning the Lakes Valley Conference for the first time in program history.

While the season is still young, the Lions took a big step toward that goal on Tuesday night, besting Milford 25-20, 25-19, 25-20 to establish themselves as the lone remaining unbeaten LVC team.

“It’s something we talk about every year, but we really want it this year,” South Lyon coach Deena Maher said of the LVC title. “We are going to fight for it, and this was a big win for us toward achieving that goal. There’s a lot of matches still to play, but we are excited to see what happens.”

Milford (12-3-1, 3-1 LVC) came into the match with a win over the two-time defending conference champions, South Lyon East. The Mavericks were looking to take command of the league, but the Lions had other ideas.

Each set was competitive, but the Lions (17-5, 2-0) utilized a surge late in each set to keep the Mavericks at bay. In the first, a 6-1 rally with the score at 18-16 propelled the Lions toward the win. Junior Kennedy Duncan had three kills in the rally to start a strong night for herself.

“Kennedy is really stepping up as a leader for us this year,” Maher said of Duncan. “She continues to grow her game and is finding the open shots for us. I am really proud of her growth.”

In the second set it was another junior, Kate Sulkowski, who came through with some timely kills down the stretch to put South Lyon up two sets.

In the final set, the Lions scored five straight when the score was tied 16-16 to help themselves pull away. Duncan had another two kills and a block during the stretch.

Closing sets have been a big emphasis for South Lyon, as the Lions suffered most of their losses this year to ranked teams, coming up just a few points shy of pulling out the wins.

“We love playing top competition because it really helps us as a team,” Maher said. “We had some close losses to good teams early on and I think it showed us what we needed to work on, and we’ve been able to grow from that.”

Photo gallery of Milford vs. South Lyon in LVC volleyball action

The growth of the team also is a credit to the play of senior setter Lucy Stoll. She has over 350 assists on the season following Tuesday’s win where she spread the ball out well to the Lions’ capable hitters.

“Lucy is amazing. She’s not afraid of anything” Maher said of her senior setter. “She can handle anything that is thrown at her. She gives a good sense of calm to her teammates and she’s helped build that in our program.”

Duncan capitalized the most from Stoll’s play with 15 kills, while Sulkowski had seven kills with two blocks and two aces. Sophomore Julia Kavaliauskas added six kills.

Milford was led by junior Lexa Pierson, who had 17 kills, while junior Brynlei Gunn had six kills and a block.

South Lyon will look to maintain its hold on the LVC lead on Thursday when it hosts Walled Lake Western. The Lions still have an upcoming slate with rival South Lyon East on Oct. 7, but the team is very motivated to finish the job in the conference race after finishing second to the Cougars in 2024.

“We were really close last year, so the team has been really focused on winning the conference,” Stoll said. “We have a lot of players back from last year and we feel we are a much stronger team now. We just want to keep playing at a high level and get to that title.”

South Lyon defeated Milford in a battle of Lakes Valley Conference unbeatens on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025. The Lions prevailed 25-20, 25-19, 25-20 at Milford High School.

UTICA — Orchard Lake St. Mary’s proved Friday night at Jimmy John’s Field that it is one of the most dominant teams in the state, earning a 49-10 Catholic League Central Division win over Warren De La Salle.

De La Salle sophomore quarterback Grayson Thurston looked impressive on the first drive, hitting on 5 of 7 passes for 56 yards to set up a 37-yard field goal that missed the mark.

St. Mary’s then tightened its defense to give Jabin Gonzales short fields to work with and he did the rest, leading to a 28-point second quarter and a 28-3 halftime lead.

First, Gonzales scored on a 3-yard run to cap off a 57-yard, eight-play drive which included one play where St. Mary’s offensive line helped push Jamari Givhan for a 15-yard gain.

St. Mary’s opened up a 14-3 lead when it blocked a punt and Reece Hurst scooped the ball up at the 5-yard line and ran into the end zone less than two minutes later.

St. Mary’s showed its explosive big-play offense on the next two drives, both led by Gonzales.

Gonzales showed his arm strength on St. Mary’s next drive that started at its own 25, going up top on the first play and finding Daniel Taylor for a 75-yard touchdown and a 21-3 cushion.

“D.J. can do it all. I honestly looked to the wrong side so I kind of threw it late, but D.J. ran a great route and I threw it, kind of took a hit, and he grabbed it. Big play,” Gonzales said of his long TD pass to Taylor.

St. Mary’s defense again stepped up, forcing a Thurston fumble that Gage Nessen recovered at the St. Mary’s 35-yard line. On the ensuing play, Gonzales broke loose for a 65-yard touchdown run to make it 28-3 with 35 seconds remaining in the half.

“My O-line opened up the hole great for me, I ran through and made a couple of guys miss, ran somebody over and took it to the crib,” Gonzales said.

De La Salle advanced into St. Mary’s territory during the final minute, but defensive end Ryan Harrington stopped the drive with his third sack of the half.

“We were unstoppable,” Harrington said. “They couldn’t run the ball on us and when they were trying to pass, we were getting back all the time. We practiced hard all week and it paid off.”

And, on his sacks?

“I was just thinking, get off the ball and get to the QB. We hadn’t beaten these guys in five or six years and I’m sick of having that feeling of not beating them, so I’m happy to beat them 49-10, which is crazy,” Harrington said.

Thurston was 12-for-15 passing for 131 yards in the first half, but he was also sacked five times, leading to just 18 yards on the ground on 16 carries for De La Salle.

St. Mary’s received the ball to start the second half and continued its dominance, marching more than 90 yards for another score. Gonzales hit Brandon Adams for 35 yards to set up a 45-yard TD pass to Lorenzo Barber on the following play for a 35-3 lead with 10:48 left in the third quarter.

So, just how impressive was St. Mary’s?

Givhan ran for 36 yards to set up Gonzales’ touchdown toss to four-star junior receiver Chad Willis, but the score was wiped out due to a penalty. Givhan took the handoff on the next play and scored on a 33-yard run for a 42-3 lead with 8:22 left, putting the running clock into play against a De La Salle team that won Division 2 state titles in 2021 and 2022 and lost in the state championship game in 2023.

De La Salle moved the ball inside St. Mary’s 40-yard line, but a fumble on the handoff exchange ended the drive as Treighjan Gibson recovered it.

St. Mary’s quickly took advantage of the turnover when Givhan broke loose for a 32-yard run to De La Salle’s 31, setting up Gonzales’ TD pass to Angelo Chapman on the next play for a 49-3 advantage.

Gonzales was 5 of 6 passing for 196 yards and three TDs and ran for two scores through three quarters.

De La Salle didn’t get into the end zone until Damion King’s 3-yard TD reception with 7:45 remaining.

OXFORD – The Birmingham Seaholm Maples dominated the Oxford Wildcats 9-1 in Oakland Activities Association Red Division action Thursday night.

It’s the most goals the Maples have scored in a match as far back as MHSAA’s online records go, which is at least a dozen complete seasons.

The Maples started hot and never looked back. Seaholm opened the scoring just under five minutes into the game when Leo Ballini Piedrahita’s corner kick found Maxwell Collins in front, and Collins powered a header home to make it 1-0. Seaholm doubled its lead on a penalty kick goal from Patrick McCarthy with 29:46 to play in the first half then added another goal when McCarthy crossed a ball that Rowan Hanoosh one-timed home. That gave the Maples a 3-0 lead at halftime.

The Maples had been in a similar position on Tuesday when they faced Berkley, only to give up the lead and lose 5-4. This game was different. Seaholm stayed focused, kept the pressure on, and kept pouring in goals. Any thought of an Oxford comeback fizzled out when Bryan Pohl tapped in a loose ball less than two minutes after halftime to extend Seaholm’s lead even further.

Oxford had flashes of offense, including hitting the inside of the post early in the second half. But outside of a late penalty kick goal from Ryan Clark, the Wildcats’ offense did not find the net as they struggled to consistently threaten the Maple goal.

Seaholm, meanwhile, was getting goals from everyone. McCarthy and Collins each added second-half goals to their first-half tallies, and Marco Rodrigues, Carson Wilner, and T. J. Kotila also scored in the second half.

“I didn’t expect that, obviously. I don’t think anybody did. We just needed a reaction because, to be quite honest, they are no worse than Berkley,” Seaholm head coach Greg Perkins said. “We talked the other day just about how anything can happen. You’re up 3-0 and end up losing 5-4, so there is never a time you can rest. It couldn’t be any better.”

With the win, Seaholm stays on the heels of division leading Troy Athens. The Maples (8-2-2 overall, 2-1-1 OAA Red) host second place Clarkston in another key league game on Tuesday.

Photo gallery of Birmingham Seaholm vs. Oxford in OAA Red boys soccer action

“We’ll go in and try to do what we can. It’s going to be a very different kind of team to play against, and we know a bit about them,” Perkins said. “We’ll be ready, and we’ve got a few days to prepare, so we’re looking forward to it.”

Oxford (5-6-1 overall, 2-2 OAA Red) will now attempt to regroup after dropping two straight league games. The Wildcats host Grand Blanc on Monday and then face Berkley on Tuesday in their next league game.

“Everything they (Seaholm) touched turned to goals. They’re a great team,” Wildcats head coach Adam Bican said. “We won’t have any problem with motivation. We’ll be alright. We’re just a brand new team figuring stuff out,” he added.

Birmingham Seaholm defeated Oxford 9-1 in the OAA Red matchup played on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025 at Oxford.

WARREN – Sometimes soccer can boil down to finishing and not finishing scoring opportunities.

It’s that simple.

Novi Detroit Catholic Central only had eight shots on frame Thursday, but scored on four of them and ended up earning a 4-1 victory over host Warren De La Salle in Catholic High School League Central Division play.

The Shamrocks (7-2-2, 6-0-0), listed as honorable mention in the Division 1 polls, led 2-1 at the half before tacking on a pair of insurance tallies in the second half.

“We started off a little bit slow. But once we scored we were alright. We took advantage of a little bit of misfortune on them (with the two rebound goals). Their goalkeeper made the initial save but we followed (the shots) up and were able to score on them” noted Catholic Central coach Gene Pulice. “Thaier still has them doing a good job. And yes we did finish our opportunities tonight. I think it’s one of those things that if you can take the wind out of their sails a little. Bit. The first team to score helps you achieve that. They cut it down to 2-1 but we pulled it back a little bit in the second half with two more goals and started to get things done. “

More importantly, CC now had a two-game lead on Detroit U-D Jesuit and a three-game lead on De La Salle in the seven-school Central Division and are now comfortably in the driver’s seat in terms of winning the division and grabbing the No. 1 seed for the CHSL Bishop Tournament in October.

“We’re doing pretty good so far, and in the Catholic League they always pitch that we are one of the best leagues in the state out there. It’s a tough league and it’s a battle every game,” said Pulice. “Sometimes it’s better lucky than good. You have to respect all the teams in this league.”

Catholic Central scored the first two goals off of rebound opportunities. The first came with 24:12 still left in the first half when Luke Perry was near the doorstep to knock it home after Zachary Zahr’s first shot was knocked away by De La Salle backup goalkeeper Giovanni Vitale.

The Shamrocks scored the next goal in similar fashion when Grant Mooradian’s blast from the top of the box was knocked down by Vitale but this time it was Zahr in the right place at the right time to knock in the rebound with 19:51 remaining in the first half.

Andrew Corder finally got the Pilots untracked when he found some open real estate near the upper left corner of the box and uncorked a banger from 18 yards out with 17:27 left in the first half. It was Corder’s 21st goal of the season just one month into the campaign.

But Catholic Central had four opportunities in the second half and two were converted by Mooradian. The first came with 34:58 remaining in the game when Peters found Mooradian unmarked in the middle of the box and ripped a 14-yard banger into the net.

Mooradian later converted a penalty kick with 28:06 left to cap the scoring and open up a three-goal lead.

Defensively, Catholic Central did a great job on limiting Corder’s chances, allowing him only three shots on goal. Goalkeeper Jake Sievers turned aside a laser shot by Corder midway through the second half and finished with four saves for CC.

Catholic Central held a 12-11 overall shots advantage in the somewhat evenly- game and also had a 8-5 shots on goal advantage in the contest. De La Salle held a 4-2 edge off corners.

De La Salle, ranked third in the state in Division 2, slipped to 10-3-0 overall and 3-3-0 in league play. Although the Pilots are essentially out of the Central Division race and only Detroit U-D Jesuit can possible catch the Shamrocks.

“Hats off to CC. The better team won tonight. They outplayed us and scored on their opportunities,” said Thaier Mukhtar, whose team in the defending Division 2 state champion and reached the state semifinals in 2023. “They should win the (Central) and we can’t catch him. But there is still a lot for us to play for. We have to get better and get ready for the state tournament and try to go as far as we can. The ultimate goal is to win the state championship.

“This wasn’t one of our better games,” added Mukhtar. “We just got outplayed by CC tonight. We’ll bounce back.”

Statewide boys soccer rankings from the Michigan High School Soccer Coaches Association

For the week of Sept. 7, 2025

DIVISION 1

1 Portage Central

2 Ann Arbor Huron

3 Clarkston

4 Okemos

5 Hartland

6 Holland West Ottawa

7 Hudsonville

8 Traverse City West

9 Byron Center

10 Grand Haven

11 Ann Arbor Skyline

12 Detroit U-D Jesuit

13 Royal Oak

14 Troy Athens

15 Saginaw Heritage

HONORABLE MENTION: Berkley, Detroit Catholic Central, Livonia Stevenson, Birmingham Seaholm, Troy, Utica Eisenhower

DIVISION 2

1 Hudsonville Unity Christian

2 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central

3 Warren De La Salle

4 New Boston Huron

5 Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood

6 DeWitt

7 Holland

8 Allendale

9 Mason

10 St. Joseph

11 Orchard Lake St. Mary’s

12 Dearborn Divine Child

13 Holland Christian

14 Edwardsburg

15 Marquette

HONORABLE MENTION: Muskegon Reeths-Puffer, Cedar Springs, Haslett, Fruitport

DIVISION 3

1 Detroit Country Day

2 Pontiac Notre Dame Prep

3 Flint Powers Catholic

4 Frankenmuth

5 Elk Rapids

6 Grand Rapids West Catholic

7 Paw Paw

8 Ann Arbor Greenhills

9 Williamston

10 Grosse Ile

11 Saginaw Swan Valley

12 Alma

13 Ovid-Elsie

14 Grand Rapids Catholic Central

15 Kingsford

HONORABLE MENTION: Fennville, Hartford, Milan, Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian, South Haven, Tawas Area

DIVISION 4

1 Plymouth Christian

2 Grosse Pointe Woods University-Liggett

3 Lansing Christian

4 North Muskegon

5 Grandville Calvin Christian

6 Royal Oak Shrine

7 Muskegon Western Michigan Christian

8 Wyoming Potter’s House Christian

9 Harbor Springs

10 Clarkston Everest Collegiate

11 Detroit Cristo Rey

12 Bloomfield Hills Roeper

13 Maple City Glen Lake

14 Hillsdale Academy

15 Leland

HONORABLE MENTION: Kalamazoo Hackett Catholic Prep, Kalamazoo Christian, Brighton Livingston Christian

ORCHARD LAKE – Henry Dezler won the race to a loose ball and slammed a rebound into the open net with 2:40 to play, giving the Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood Cranes a 3-2 win over the Orchard Lake St. Mary’s Eaglets in a key Catholic High School League game Tuesday night.

“We knew it would be like that going in, especially after the history we had with this team last year,” said Cranes head coach Jake Nunner, referring to three one-goal games. “Keith runs a great program. They have a lot of good players.

“We prepared for that. The boys were just mentally switched on. They weren’t getting too high by the highs, too low by the lows. Then we just tried to do what we do best and enjoy it. They deserved it, and I’m really happy for them.”

Cranbrook and St. Mary’s came in occupying first and second in the CHSL Central Division. The Cranes were unbeaten and ranked No. 5 in Division 2 while St. Mary’s was unbeaten in the league and ranked No. 11. Add in a developing rivalry fueled by some close games and both teams up near the top of the division the last few years, and on paper this looked like a fantastic matchup.

The game itself lived up to the billing – and then some. Big goals, big saves, big tackles – this one had a little bit of everything.

Trailing 1-0 at halftime, St. Mary’s dominated the early part of the second half. Evan Porter tied the game for the Eaglets with 24:56 to play when he found a loose ball on the back side for a tap-in after a cross had deflected through a crowd. Barely five minutes later, St. Mary’s would take the lead when Owen Shippy’s shot from 30 yards out on the left wing hit the inside of the right post and went in.

The teams would trade chances the rest of the way, but it was Cranbrook who would find a way to convert.

Jackson Ober’s free kick with just under eleven minutes to play found its way to the back post where Wyatt Smith redirected it into the net, tying the game at 2-2.

St. Mary’s nearly scored a carbon copy of Shippy’s goal just moments later, but this time, the ball hit the post and spun along the goal line long enough for the goalkeeper to reach back and snatch it off the line, preserving the tie and setting the stage for Dezler’s game-winner.

“We played a much better second half. We weren’t passive at all. We were more aggressive,” Eaglets head coach Keith Jeffery said. “But at the end of the day, kudos to them (Cranbrook). You can’t give up goals early or late in the half, and that’s what happened.”

The Cranes had been the better team for much of the first half. In fact, Cranbrook dominated the early going, but it was to no avail as St. Mary’s goalie Mason Lafnear was outstanding, robbing Cranbrook outright on multiple occasions, including a fantastic leaping save on a shot through traffic that few goalies would have even seen in time to make a play on.

Photo gallery of Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood vs. Orchard Lake St. Mary’s in CHSL boys soccer action

“Mason is a heck of a goalie. We’re lucky to have him. He’s only a sophomore, so he’s only going to get better,” Jeffery said.

St. Mary’s would play better as the half wore on and started to create some chances of their own, but eventually Cranbrook found a goal late in the half. Apolo Markus fired a long switching ball from the left side of midfield near the center stripe that landed on the right wing for Charlie Gold to run onto and slot past the charging goalkeeper with just 3:59 left in the half.

With the win, Cranbrook (6-0 overall, 6-0 CHSL Central) takes firm control of the divisional race and stays unbeaten in the early season. The Cranes put their winning streak on the line Thursday when they travel to face Toledo Central Catholic in another league test. The Cranes last won the division in 2022 and finished second in each of the last two years.

“Honestly, it was a team effort from front to back. Everyone that came in, the entire program just guys were supporting each other, performing on the field,” Nunner said. “I’m really proud of everybody.”

St. Mary’s (4-3-1 overall, 3-1-1 CHSL Central) still sits in second place. The Eaglets will try to get back in the win column on Thursday in a road match against Ann Arbor Greenhills.

Orchard Lake St. Mary’s stormed back in the second half to take a 2-1 lead, but Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood didn’t roll over, scoring the final two goals of the night to take home a 3-2 victory in a crucial CHSL contest Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025.

Waterford Mott football dropped from 2-0 back to .500 with a change in its initial result from opening weekend.

The Michigan High School Athletic Association required the Waterford School District to forfeit the Corsairs game on Aug. 28 according to a release by the district on Tuesday.

It stated that the WSD discovered that it was provided false residency information to both its athletic and enrollment offices regarding one of its players.

“Unfortunately, the district was made aware of this falsification after the student had played in the Waterford Mott vs. Walled Lake Northern football game,” the release stated.

Committed to CMU as a WR, Mott QB Geno Seets filling his predecessor’s shoes admirably

That game was originally a 45-0 home victory in favor of the Corsairs, who had looked off to back-to-back wins to start the year after pulling out a 28-27 win over Milford in Week 2.

Tuesday's release from Mott assistant athletic director Shane Hynes via district stated that WSD notified MHSAA immediately, is fully cooperating with the investigation and is appealing the decision. It concluded, "We believe our students and athletic programs should not be penalized for the falsified actions of a third party. WSD is committed to upholding the integrity of our academic and athletic programs and will work with the MHSAA to resolve this matter."

The Corsairs will hope that regardless of the appeal's result, it won't impact postseason eligibility. When asked about the importance of starting with wins knowing its next pair of games would be against formidable opponents in Walled Lake Western and Pontiac Notre Dame Prep, Mott first-year head coach Tra'Jan Seay said, "We wanted to start out hot. We know who we have the next few weeks. We're just taking it one week at a time and doing what we can do."