Volleyball

Rylee Zimmer lightened her winter workload during her sophomore year, taking the basketball season off to focus more on volleyball. It turned out to be a short-term move.

For this Throwback Thursday, we're looking back at more 2008 championship highlights compiled by FOX Sports Detroit, this time in girls volleyball and swimming & diving.

Lake Orion outside hitter Paige Briggs was one of the state’s top players this fall, and led her team to an unprecedented accomplishment.  Briggs put together back-to-back unforgettable performances during last weekend’s Division 1 Semifinals and Final...

Maria Bos’ eyes locked onto the MHSAA Division 2 volleyball championship trophy Saturday like they had locked onto every ball set her way that afternoon. Although rather than spike it to the ground like she successfully did 21 times in the championship match, she...

With 10 seniors on the roster, it’s fitting this year’s version of the Lake Orion volleyball team was the one to bring the school its first MHSAA volleyball title.  And while they’re plenty talented, that group brought a trait coach Tony Sca...

With one set standing between them and a fourth straight MHSAA championship Saturday, several members of the Bronson volleyball team spent the break doing the “Cha Cha Slide.”  They were very clearly comfortable in Kellogg Arena.

It took the Mendon volleyball team only one tournament to realize how good it was this season, and the Hornets certainly weren’t shy about making big proclamations.  “We started really early,” senior outside hitter Hayley Kramer said. &ldquo...

Lake Orion will play for its first MHSAA volleyball championship Saturday. The No. 2-ranked Dragons, previously Class A runners-up in 2011, downed top-ranked Farmington Hills Mercy in five sets in their Semifinal on Friday to earn a spot in this season’s Division...

It would make sense that Bronson’s most important win to date this season would come in Thursday’s Division 3 Semifinal at Kellogg Arena. It’s also fair to assume that the No. 2-ranked Vikings’ comeback 3-2 win over No. 1 Monroe St. Mary Catholi...

There are important changes to note as we move into the final weekend of the 2018 Michigan high school girls volleyball season. First, remember that Classes A, B, C and D are no longer. This weekend will see the first champions of Divisions 1, 2, 3 and 4. And while Pon...

Karen O’Brien took the whole “rankings-don’t-matter” approach and threw it out the window this year. And, for her Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central volleyball team, the method has worked.

Camden-Frontier junior Jordan Stump did a lot of many things well in leading Camden-Frontier on Saturday to clinch its first league championship in more than a decade, filling the stat sheet with 36 kills, 46 assists, six aces and 38 digs during the Southern Central Ath...

Wrestling practice begins two weeks from Monday. But planning for a special military appreciation event at Coopersville is well underway and promises to be memorable.

Pontiac Notre Dame Prep capped the first fall volleyball season in MHSAA history in 2007 with a Class B championship – the first won in any class by an Oakland County high school.  Before that season, teams from the county had reached title matches just six ...

This edition of “Clip of the Week” sponsored by Great Clips and produced by State Champs! Sports Network features Allen Park's fifth-set dig and then match-winning point against rival Trenton.

Kiera Lasky has been part of three Class C championships, and the Bronson libero has her team pointing toward another run.  Lasky had 16 digs, an ace and 12 passes in serve receive without an error as her Vikings downed Division 1-ranked Battle Creek Lakeview to w...

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Two of the greatest athletes ever to compete for Novi High School finished two of the most memorable volleyball careers in school and state history Saturday at Kellogg Arena.  Setter and Miss Volleyball Award winner Erin O’Leary and outside hitter Abryanna C...

Betty Wroubel is closing in on 1,000 victories at Pontiac Notre Dame Prep. Victory No. 990 always will be special. It gave her a third MHSAA Finals title at the school since 2007.

Laingsburg passed the eye test, but Bronson proved to be the real thing. The Wolfpack stood out athletic and tall, and playing in the Class C volleyball championship match against two-time reigning champion Bronson didn’t seem to intimidate them. But after losing...