Jake Yono MHSAA Winter Recap and Spring Preview

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3/14/24

This marks the 1st week of spring sports in the Michigan High-School Athletic Association (MHSAA) which means many athletes in the state of Michigan will be embarking on the sports of Baseball, Golf, Lacrosse, Girl's soccer, tennis, softball, and Track and Field. In this article, I will be talking about the MHSAA how winter sports are still going on, and how this is the start of my track and field journey this season.

The winter high school sports season is wrapping up and most of the sports are complete. In boys Hockey Detroit Catholic Central took home the Division 1 state title. Girls Hockey is not an MHSAA Sanctioned sport but Groose Point South beat the heavily favored university Liggett in the girls hockey state championship. Ann Arbor Pioneer won the swimming championship. In the D1 Skiing championship, Traverse City Central and West dominated the boys' and girls' sides as the 1 and 2 spots. The 2nd final division champions on the boy's side Petoskey Won and my school OLSM came in second, on the girl's side Cadillac won and Harbor Springs came in second place. This is a major problem with MHSAA skiing as teams from up north dominate both of the divisions. To solve this MHSAA Skiing problem I think all the “up-north” teams should be in D1 because of their geographical advantage and the “metro greater Flint area” should be in division 2. Last but not least Detroit Catholic Central dominated the wrestling final.

In spring sports let’s start with my school Orchard Lake St. Mary’s, on the baseball side new head coach Nick Diponio is trying to get them back to the state championships and win just like the wildcats of Novi did last year. In boy's Golf St. Mary’s will be contending for a state title. Coming off a regional title and a subpar performance at the state championship last year are going for all the glory. This is D2 through, in division 1 Catholic Central is the powerhouseing favorite as they have the most state titles in state history. In boys LAX it’s going to be Brother Rice and CC facing off again in the state title game. In Track and field on the girl's side, I will be selecting Farmington Hills Mercy for the girls' state championship and the Northville Mustangs for the boys' state title in division 1. I picked both of these teams because they practically lost nobody and all their significant runners jumpers and throwers are all coming back. 

To close this out I would like to say good luck to all boys and girls basketball teams battling it out in the quarter-finals tonight, especially for St. Mary’s my home school. Also since I am competing in division 2 track and field I will not be commenting on it as I am trying to qualify for the state championship meet in the 4x800 relay, the 800m, or the 1600m runs. Let’s have a fun season MHSAA athletes and congratulations to all winter sport athletes on their achievements. 

God Bless,

Jake Yono