Fall sports recap

The boys tennis team ended their regular season 6-8-3 and 2-2 in the MAC red. They placed second in their region, finishing only behind University of Detroit Jesuit. In the Division II state tournament, the team found success as four of their eight flights made it to the quarterfinals. The number one doubles team of seniors Jack Williams and Ben Zacharias saw the most success, finishing 27-3. The pa...

Coming into the season, a lot of the members of the boys soccer team didn’t have high expectations. Their main goal was to beat Grosse Pointe South both times they faced them. Despite tying and losing to South in the regular season, the team was able defeat them on their way to winning a district championship. “My favorite moment was definitely winning the district championship. Either betwee...

After winning regionals last year, senior leaders graduated, leaving a young, less experienced team. That inexperience led to a 14-24-2 record. However, the team went on to win the district championship, where they beat Lakeview in the finals. Senior Stephanie Roy said the team improved a lot since the beginning of the season. “I think this year as a team, we had a few struggles just with kind of keeping our m...

Like many other teams at North, the girls’ field hockey faced some tough opponents this year but made it to the state quarterfinals after beating eighth seed Brighton 3-2 in overtime. They were knocked out of the playoffs by Detroit Country Day. They finished 4-8-1 in division and 4-9-1 overall, ending ninth in the regular season and made the top eight teams in playoffs for the second straigh...

The boys cross country team went 8-6 in the MAC Red and finished second in the district race this year. The team was able to take first place in the Algonac invitational, third at the Oxford invitational and finished fifth in Wayne County. The team was able to achieve their number one goal of qualifying for the state meet by placing third in their regional race. “My favorite moment was at first, w...

Girls cross country: The girls cross country team finished their season 12-3 overall and 11-3 in the MAC Red. They finished third in their division and fourth in their region. With Birmingham Seaholm dominating their region this season, the team just looked to improve their record from last year and qualify for states for the 24th time in a row. Although they didn’t qualify for states, missing i...

Despite a challenging season that ended 0-6 in the MAC Red, the team finished sixth out of 18 teams in their regional tournament. While that wasn’t enough to make the state tournament, sophomore Meghan Gallagher was able to qualify as an individual. “Hard work and understanding what they needed to do to improve was really important,” coach Pete Kingsley said. This was Kingsley’s firs...

The girls’ swimming and diving team ended their regular season with a record of 3-6 with the MAC Red championship coming up this weekend. Their hard work at practice isn’t reflected in their record according to first-year head coach Dan Hafner. “The girls worked really hard this year. I know it’s been different than in the past years, so I think that was the key,” Hafner said. “They w...

The varsity football team finished the regular season 7-2 with losses to only Romeo and Cousino, good enough to make the state playoffs. Senior running back Jared Jordan rushed for 1,999 yards and 27 touchdowns through 10 games, including a school record for most yards in a single game with 341.   Coming into the season, the team had three goals, to North beat Grosse Pointe South in the annual ...