Source: MI Prep Zone

Author: MATTHEW B. MOWERY

Abby Krzywiecki’s fifth-inning, three-run home run against South Lyon East on Thursday put the Farmington Hills Mercy Marlins at the mercy-rule margin to finish the game.

Coupled with an earlier solo shot, it also put Krzywiecki just one shy of the state’s single-season home run record.

Source: Hometown Life

Author: Dan O'Meara

Farmington Hills Mercy won its playoff opener in girls lacrosse Thursday with a 16-8 victory over Ann Arbor Skyline in a Division 2 regional game.

Senior Lilly Blake led the host Marlins, who were state semifinalists last year, with five goals and three assists, and senior Caitlin Somerville contributed three goals.

Source: Hometown Life

Author: Dan O'Meara

Sophomore Mia Flynn was Farmington Hills Mercy’s top athlete in the Catholic League A-B Division girls track and field championship meet Tuesday at Catholic Central High School.

Flynn won two events, running 16.16 seconds in the 100-meter hurdles and jumping 16 feet, 2 inches in the long jump.

Source: Hometown Life

Author: Dan O'Meara

It was the Andrea and Anna Show in the Catholic League championship softball game Monday evening at the University of Detroit Mercy.

The combination of senior pitcher Andrea Elmore and sophomore catcher Anna Dixon powered Mercy High School to a 10-0 win over Pontiac Notre Dame Prep.

Source: MI Prep Zone

Author: MATTHEW B. MOWERY

DETROIT >> Batteries make things go, especially in the world of softball.

And the battery — pitcher Andrea Elmore and catcher Anna Dixon — was about all No. 2-ranked Farmington Hills Mercy needed to beat Pontiac Notre Dame Prep in Monday’s Catholic League A-B championship game.

Source: C & G News

Author: Mike Moore

DETROIT — Andrea Elmore walked the first batter she faced.

She sent the next 18 down in order.

Anna Dixon had never hit a home run before.

By the time things were settled, she had two.

Source: MI Prep Zone

Author: MATTHEW B. MOWERY

BYRON CENTER — No. 2-ranked Farmington Hills Mercy went 3-0 at the Blue Chip Michigan Tournament on Saturday, beating Grandville, 6-1, Kalamazoo Christian, 5-0, and No. 3-ranked Caledonia, 6-1.

Andrea Elmore had the big blow against Grandville, driving in two runs in a three-run first inning, in support of Abby Krzywiecki, who struck out nine in a one-hitter.

Source: Hometown Life

Author: Dan O'Meara

Andrea Elmore has contributed greatly to the Mercy High School softball team’s success with her pitching.

She showed another side of her athletic ability Thursday, demonstrating she also can hit the ball.

Elmore’s three-run homer helped separate the Marlins from visiting Allen Park Cabrini and propel them to a 6-2 victory in a Catholic League semifinal game.

Source: Hometown Life

Author: Dan O'Meara

Mercy sophomore Mia Flynn broke a 35-year-old school record in the long jump Tuesday when she reached a distance of 16 feet, 111/2 inches.

The previous record was 16-11 by Cathe Bridges in 1981.

It had been seven years since a Mercy record was broken. The last to do it was Abbey Lovat, who broke Kristi Ramsey’s high jump record in 2009.

Source: Hometown Life

Author: Dan O'Meara

Mercy High School clinched the Catholic League Central Division softball championship and earned a first-round bye in the tournament Wednesday.

The Marlins finished 12-0 in the division by winning a doubleheader from host and defending league champion Warren Regina, 11-4 and 6-4 in eight innings.

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