April 26, 2025

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Saline Softball Off to Quick Start

Cover-STN File Photo The Saline softball team is off to a quick start to the new season after a 3-0-1 record in its first week. The Hornets opened 2024 by rolling to a doubleheader sweep of Jackson Northwest Friday April 5. Saline took a 1-0 lead in the first with an RBI single by Karli ...

Slow Start Dooms Saline Boys’ Lacrosse

The long spring break recess seemed to carry over for the Saline boys’ lacrosse team as the Hornets fell to Anthony Wayne High School of Ohio 16-8 Saturday. The Hornets struggled at both ends of the field in the first half as the Generals took a 10-0 lead into halftime. Saline would get things going ...

Saline Baseball Opens with Three Wins

The Saline baseball team opened 2024 in strong fashion with three straight wins this week. The Hornets took the season opener 8-4 over Grosse Pointe North Friday. GPN scored three in the top of the first, but Saline answered with three in the second with Austin Abbate tripled in two runs and scoring on a ...

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Saline Swim and Dive Second at SEC Red Finals

The Saline swim and dive team gave everything they had and then some, but it still wasn’t enough to catch the states number one team in Ann Arbor Pioneer as the Hornets finished runner-up at the SEC Finals at Ann Arbor Huron Saturday. The Hornets swam state cut times in 11 of 12 events, but ...

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Saline Girls’ Stay in SEC Red Title Hunt

The Saline girls’ basketball team did what it needed to do to stay in the SEC Red title hunt by defeating Ann Arbor Huron 57-22 Tuesday night. The win kept the Hornets within one game of Bedford after the Mules took down Dexter 43-38. Saline will need to beat Skyline Tuesday and hope for a ...

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Sanderson Buzzer-Beater Lifts Saline Past Onsted

It was a battle until the end, and it was Saline that came out on top when sophomore Jonathan Sanderson sank a long three-pointer at the buzzer to lift the Hornets past Onsted 57-56 Thursday night. The game was a match-up between two of the states best players with Sanderson and the Wildcat’s senior Ayden ...

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Saline Hockey Claims SEC Red Title

Photo by Saline Athletics An up-and-down regular season ended on a high note for the Saline hockey team when the Hornets clinched the SEC Red title last week. The Hornets defeated Bedford 4-1 Thursday night to finish with 22 points and claim the conference title with a 7-3-2 record. Mateo Iadipaolo put the Hornets on ...

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Hornet Wrestlers Send Three to D1 State Finals

The Saline wrestling team had a strong showing at the D1 regionals hosted by the Hornets Saturday. Saline came away with three wrestlers moving on to the D1 state finals at Ford Field with the other three coming up just one win short of a state finals berth. Noah Barnett earned a second-place finish at ...

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Saline Wrestlers Third at SEC Finals

After a disappointing dual meet season, the Saline wrestling team is getting healthy and had a strong showing at the SEC Finals with a third-place finish in Adrian. The Hornets finished fourth in the final SEC Red standing, but got a key piece to the puzzle back with the return of D1 state runner-up Brice ...

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Saline Pulls Away from Dexter in SEC Red Battle

Saline used a big third quarter to pull away from Dexter in a SEC Red battle to help the Hornets keep pace with Ann Arbor Huron in the conference standings with a 64-48 win Friday night. Huron leads the Red with an 8-1 record with Saline a half game back a 7-1. Saline jumped out ...

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Saline Girls’ Win Fourth Straight

The Saline girls’ basketball team is kicking it into gear at the right time after three big wins this week. The Hornets had lost three of four, but have bounced back with four straight wins, including a revenge win against a Dexter team that had beaten Saline earlier this season. The Dexter match was two ...