High School Sports

Posted: Wed May 16 11:47 a.m. by AnnArbor.com Staff

Ypsilanti High School graduate Jacob Rhodes helped the Murray State baseball team beat No. 2 Kentucky, the highest-ranked team the Thoroughbreds have beaten in school history. His three-run double in the eighth inning Tuesday snapped a 3-3 tie. Murray State would win 7-3. Rhodes, the 2008 Ann Arbor News Player ...

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Posted: Wed May 16 9:14 a.m. by AnnArbor.com Staff

It was a day of shutouts on the Southeastern Conference girls soccer schedule. Along with Pioneer’s 1-0 win against Huron on Tuesday, all other reported SEC scores were also by shutout: Skyline 5, Temperance Bedford 0 (Boxscore | Story) Saline 6, Monroe 0 (Boxscore | Story) Dexter 8, Adrian 0 ...

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Posted: Tue May 15 10:33 p.m. by Matt Durr Sports reporter
Posted: Tue May 15 9:25 a.m. by AnnArbor.com Staff
High school roundup: Pioneer tops Dexter in battle of boys lacrosse unbeatens and more Monday results

Dylan Swanson had two goals and four assists to lead the Pioneer High School boys lacrosse team to an 11-5 win at Dexter in a battle of unbeaten teams. The 16-0 Pioneers, No. 3 in the MHSAA Division 1 laxpower.com rankings, pulled away in the second half after holding a ...

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Posted: Sat May 12 10:11 p.m. by AnnArbor.com Staff

The Huron High School girls water polo team won a district title Saturday, edging Skyline 9-8 in the title game at Birmingham Seaholm. Jamie Hobbs and Maia Bolhuis each had four goals to help the No. 4-ranked River Rats top their No. 3-ranked cross-town rival. "We've had some really close ...

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Posted: Fri May 11 10:27 p.m. by Matt Durr Sports reporter

Pioneer High School boys lacrosse coach James Corey could be heard from the top of the stands, screaming at his team after a lackluster first quarter. “We couldn’t have played worse,” he yelled, telling his team it was the worst quarter they played all season. Corey’s words may not have ...

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Posted: Fri May 11 8:29 a.m. by AnnArbor.com Staff

Five of the top 10 Division 1 teams in the state participated at the Pioneer Invitational at the University of Michigan Golf Course on Thursday. No. 1 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central protected its spot by shooting a 297, beating unranked Detroit Catholic Central by seven strokes. Saline’s sixth-place finish ...

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Posted: Thu May 10 5:36 p.m. by Pete Cunningham
Former Skyline quarterback Andrew Copp to play college hockey for Michigan

As quarterback for Skyline, Andrew Copp was a two-time All-State honorable mention selection. He will play hockey for the University of Michigan next year. It wasn’t long ago that Andrew Copp was living a nightmare as he laid on the Skyline High School football field, writhing in pain after breaking ...

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Posted: Thu May 10 8:43 a.m. by AnnArbor.com Staff

The Pioneer and Dexter high school boys lacrosse teams each remained unbeaten with wins on Wednesday night. Pioneer beat Sylvania (Ohio) Southview 6-3 to improve to 13-0. Dylan Swanson and Taylor Zdanowski scored two goals apiece for the Pioneers, who are ranked No. 3 in Division 1 according to laxpower.com ...

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Posted: Wed May 9 11:33 a.m. by Pete Cunningham
Huron AD Dottie Davis on the impact of Title IX: 'We were just considered tomboys'

On Wednesday, world champion boxer Laila Ali will kick off the University of Michigan's three-day conference on Title IX. Forty years ago, the groundbreaking legislation made it law that “No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits ...

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Posted: Wed May 9 9:07 a.m. by AnnArbor.com Staff

The girls tennis teams from Pioneer and Huron high schools went head-to-head on Tuesday and evenly split eight matches. Huron, No. 7 in the latest Michigan High School Tennis Coaches Association state rankings, won all four singles flights and No. 3 Pioneer swept the doubles flights in a 4-4 tie ...

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Posted: Tue May 8 10:43 p.m. by Matt Durr Sports reporter
Breaking into the SEC's upper-echelon a difficult task, Dexter baseball team learns in Saline sweep

It’s been three years since Don Little took over the Dexter High School baseball program. All along, his goal has been to make the Dreadnaughts the king of the Southeastern Conference. Little and his team got a taste of just how hard it is to knock the proverbial king off ...

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