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Source: Hometown Life
Author: Dan O'Meara
Mercy High School has found a most capable and qualified individual to take charge of its enormously successful swimming and diving program.
Mike Venos, who has had parallel results in his 17 years with the Brother Rice boys, will coach the Mercy girls, too.
He replaces Shannon Dunworth, who resigned recently after 12 seasons with the Marlins to take a non-coaching job in Texas.
Source: Hometown Life
Author: Dan O'Meara
For the second year in a row, the Miss Softball Award for position players goes to a member of the Farmington Hills Mercy team.
Abby Krzywiecki received the honor at the end of an outstanding senior season in which she set a state record for home runs with 20.
Source: Mercy High School
Author: Mercy High School
Source: Hometown Life
Author: O & E Media
More than 200 graduates crossed the stage at the Detroit Opera House during Mercy High School’s 71st commencement exercise Sunday, June 5.
According to school officials, the Mercy High Class of 2016 earned more than $23 million in college scholarships and served more than 27,000 hours of community service.
Source: Hometown Life
Author: Dan O'Meara
Anna Dixon saw the ball drop in center field and never stopped running. When she finally did, she was on home plate.
The sophomore catcher’s inside-the-park home run helped Farmington Hills Mercy clinch an 11-7 victory over Lake Orion in a Division 1 quarterfinal softball game Tuesday.
Source: State Champs Sports Network
Author: Jeff Dullack
Farmington Hills Mercy’s Abby Krzywiecki named 2016 Total Softball Michigan High School Softball Player of the Year
Source: MI Prep Zone
Author: MATTHEW B. MOWERY
DETROIT >> The key to surviving in the postseason isn’t to think you’ll never get hit hard — it’s merely to avoid being the one that gets squished.
While both teams in the Division 1 softball quarterfinal at Wayne State may feel like bugs on a windshield after Tuesday’s dual offensive maulings, only one of them flew away from the encounter.
Source: MI Prep Zone
Author: MATTHEW B. MOWERY
FARMINGTON HILLS >> It’s not always easy to remember your first home run, when you’ve hit so many that each new one attracts attention like it’s your first.
For Abby Krzywiecki, Michigan’s newly-minted home run queen after breaking the state’s single-season record in districts, an early one still resonates as one of the most memorable.
Source: Hometown Life
Author: Dan O'Meara
Farmington Hills Mercy hitters produced 21 hits in support of senior pitcher Andrea Elmore to win a Division 1 regional softball tournament for the second straight year Saturday.
The Marlins (40-2) had a dozen of those hits in the championship game as they rolled over Walled Lake Northern in five innings at Novi High School, 11-1.
Source: MI Prep Zone
Author: MATTHEW B. MOWERY
DETROIT >> Sometimes, it’s not as much about how hard you hit, but rather about how hard you hit back.
Walled Lake Northern got to the regional championship game by counter-punching when Novi threatened to tie it up in Saturday’s first semifinal.
