METRO DETROIT — The CHSL is assured that at least one member school will be fighting for a state championship in boys soccer.
On Wednesday (Oct. 30), Clarkston Everest (15-3-1) meets Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett (17-2-1) at 7 p.m. at Troy Athens in a Class D semifinal. Liggett is the CHSL boys soccer champion.
The same night, at 6 p.m., Macomb Lutheran North (15-3-1) tangles with Grosse Ile (22-2-1) at Parker Stadium in Howell in a Class C semifinal match.
The winners move on to the finals on Saturday (Nov. 2).
Saturday is also the date for 110 Catholic League runners — 45 boys, 65 girls — for the MHSAA boys and girls cross country finals at the Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn.
Thirteen schools who finished among the top three in their respective regionals last weekend will be sending a full team complement.
In Division 1, Novi Detroit Catholic Central won the regional at Willow Metropark. Warren De La Salle finished third at the Chandler Park Golf Course regional site.
In Division 2, Bloomfield Hills Marian won the Linden High School regional. Warren Regina was first and Macomb Lutheran North girls third in the Algonac regional. Dearborn Divine Child boys and girls teams finished in second place in their respective races at Lake Erie Metropark.
In Division 3, Madison Heights Bishop Foley won the boys regional, and Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett girls third at the Algonac location.
In Division 4, at Chandler Park golf course, Allen Park Cabrini won the boys race. The CHSL swept 1-2-3 in the girls races: Clarkston Everest, Cabrini, and Royal Oak Shrine.
In addition, other runners of teams that did not wind up in the top three qualified for the individual races.
Noteworthy: Divine Child’s senior twins Anthony and Michael Hancock and freshman Michael Hegarty finished 1-2-3 in their regional. Sophomore Grace Zdankiewicz’s first-place effort led Regina’s regional triumph. Shrine’s senior Ellie Kendell won her regional race.
TEAM QUALIFIERS
Detroit Catholic Central: Luke Perelli, Michael Horn, Matthew Atkinson, Alexander Dugas, Brett Leidal, Daniel Cernak, Cooper Buckley.
De La Salle: Zachary Jarski, Preston Earl, Andrew Renaud, Peyton Ross, Thomas Lanzi, Nicholas Schmidt, Anthony Youngblood.
Marian: Maya Harb, Erin Siver, Isabella Agrusso, Ainslie Vanneste, Isabella Prezzato.
Regina: Grace Zdankiewicz, Jessica Jarski, Sabrina Kroll, Grace Audisho, Samantha Brown, Ella Jenkins, Mckenzie Witt.
Lutheran North girls: Amanda Wood, Allison Starkey, Anne May, Peyton Tobola, Maya Hielscher, Rachel Guiles, Skyela Gehrke-Forbes.
Divine Child boys: Anthony Hancock, Michael Hancock, Michael Hegarty, Ryan Ware, Adam Polakowski, Griffin Steffes, Shaun McGrath.
Divine Child girls: Erin Hegarty, Brooke Aho, Haley Aho, Ashley Avant, Nina Pizzo, Katherine Christiansen, Lyndsey Aho.
Bishop Foley: Jack Decker, Mitchell Mandziuk, Jacob Rusch, Owen Munk, Joey Kennedy, Brendan McGlinchey, Jay Maynard. University Liggett girls: Grace Govier-Laparl, Penelope Griffioen, Maggie Dunn, Ava Henness, Emilia Bronk, Sophia Ma.
Cabrini boys: Dylan Ortiz, Carson Muglia, Bram Wolf, Christopher Russelburg, Joey Berro, Gregory Pomponio, Brayden McKay.
Everest girls: Caroline Cross, Avery Herrgott, Theresa Waller, Alyse Felix, Erin Booms, Molly Milosch, Stephanie Suran.
Cabrini girls: Lily Heath, Ella Nowc, Ania Ghazzawi, Meghan Carr, Niamh O'Connell, Angel Ghazzawi, Alana Maffesoli.
Shrine girls: Ellie Kendell, Clara Losey, Anna Murphy, Katherine Mutschler, Zoe Mutschler, Caroline Colby, Maura Gum.
INDIVIDUAL QUALIFIERS
Division 2 — Joshua Cundy (Lutheran North boys), Peter Papapolymerou (Cranbrook boys), Izzie Lashaway, Gioanna Hoving, Caroline Bodary, Elise Bodary, Anna Opiteck, Katelyn Villa and Jenna Locricchio (Ann Arbor Fr. Gabriel Richard girls), Olivia Bowden (Cranbrook girls).
Division 3 — Alan Atkinsmith and Alex Allman (Ann Arbor Greenhills boys), Alexander Meszaros (Riverview Gabriel Richard boys), Ashton Pongratz (Liggett boys), Avery McNally (Bloomfield Hills Academy of Sacred Heart), Allie Nishi (Greenhills girls), Lily Green (Riverview Richard girls), Kathryn Podolan (Bishop Foley).
Division 4 — Cian Dotson and Dennis Graveline (Shrine boys), Aaron Raffaelli (Chesterfield Austin Catholic boys), Noah Rodriguez (Waterford Lady of Lakes boys), Bailee Pfahl (Lady of the Lakes girls).
