STERLING HEIGHTS — Sterling Heights Stevenson senior bowlers Alison Pike, Megan Redmond and Jenna Rohloff have been at the forefront of Stevenson bowling since their freshman year, and they’re ready to graduate on the right note.

FARMINGTON — Farmington coach Laura Guzman wanted to give her team a challenge early on in the season before league play began.

WARREN — It only takes watching one game to realize what makes Warren Michigan Collegiate boys basketball so lethal on the court.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — Utica Eisenhower senior Mario D’Annunzio came into the season with one thing on his mind — a 34-year-old school record on the 11-dive that has stood the test of time.

DETROIT/SHELBY TOWNSHIP — Battling injuries, coaching changes and Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference competition, Wayne State University junior diver Mikaela Senkus’ resilience paid off this year at the GLIAC Championships.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — If sweeping the Macomb Area Conference-Red Division wasn’t enough, Utica Eisenhower boys bowling’s performance at the Michigan High School Athletic Association Region 4 Championship on Feb. 24 at 5-Star Lanes in Sterling Heights was nothing short of impressive.

ROYAL OAK — Semi-professional soccer is back in Royal Oak, and it’s looking to be one action-packed summer of soccer for the city.

MACOMB TOWNSHIP — For the second-straight year, Macomb Dakota’s boys and girls varsity bowling teams have punched their ticket to the Michigan High School Athletic Association’s Division 1 state finals.

ST. CLAIR SHORES — As St. Clair Shores Unified freshman goalkeeper William Young attempted to score in full pads during a shootout at practice on Feb. 27, his teammates cheered him on every step of the way.

ST. CLAIR SHORES — St. Clair Shores Lakeview wrestling may not have qualified as a team for the Michigan High School Athletic Association Division I state finals, but their progress this season was nothing short of successful.

WEST BLOOMFIELD — It wasn’t that long ago, six years to be exact, that West Bloomfield boys basketball was one game away from reaching the Michigan High School Athletic Association Class A State Finals.

BLOOMFIELD HILLS — Most teams don’t have an identity crisis after winning back-to-back Oakland Activities Association-White league titles, but Bloomfield Hills boys basketball went through its fair share of trials and tribulations after its previous head coach, Phil Kurajian, stepped down after last season.

BLOOMFIELD HILLS — There was a lot to be excited about for Birmingham Brother Rice boys basketball last season behind a trio of all-State talent.

BIRMINGHAM — Boise State University perfected one of the most iconic Statue of Liberty plays during the 2007 Fiesta Bowl against the University of Oklahoma, but what if I told you that a group of girls in the SNAP Flag Football League did it better?

GROSSE POINTE WOODS — Continuing its legacy as the No. 1 golf club for Evans Scholars, the Western Golf Association awarded three Evans Scholarships to caddies at the Lochmoor Club in Grosse Pointe Woods.

UTICA — Defense wins championships, and in the case of Utica boys basketball, it results in the school’s first league title since 2012.

TROY — Troy boys basketball has been through their fair share of trials and tribulations their past two seasons, sporting a 19-18 record over a two-year span.

MACOMB TOWNSHIP — Christian Hilton plays many sports. Like other kids his age, he plays basketball and was once active in football, though he has since stopped playing.

MACOMB TOWNSHIP — It’s been a long time coming for L’Anse Creuse High School-North wrestling, but North is back on top in the Macomb Area Conference’s Silver division.

FRASER — He was always the fastest kid around growing up, and it was in large part to his elite-level acceleration.