April 27, 2025

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Saline Soccer Claims District Title

Photo from Saline Athletics The Saline soccer team battled through two of its biggest rivals this week to claim the Hornets third straight district title Thursday night. The Hornets claimed the title by taking down Ann Arbor Huron 3-0 in the district finals Thursday night just a week after defeating Huron to claim the SEC ...

Saline’s Forfeiture of 3 Games of the Varsity Football Season Will Stand

Saline Area Schools appeal to the MHSAA asking it to overturn the forfeited games has been denied. At the direction of the Saline Board of Education, SAS Superintendent Stephen Laatsch submitted an appeal to the Michigan High School Athletic Association on Oct. 9. The Sun Times News asked the school district on Oct. 17 if there was ...

Saline Area Schools Submits an Appeal to the MHSAA

Saline High School varsity football players went before the board of education again to urge the school district to appeal the decision to forfeit three games of their season. At the Oct. 8 Saline Area Schools (SAS) Board of Education meeting, a handful of players attended with some of them speaking during public comment. This ...

Saline Overcomes Slow Start to Rout Bedford

The Saline football team overcome a week of frustration and a slow start to rout rival Bedford 48-3 in the 2024 Homecoming game Friday night. The Hornets found out this week that they will be forced to forfeit their first three games due to a residency conflict with one of their players. The Hornets were ...

Saline Continues to Roll in SEC Red

The Saline football team rolled to its fourth straight SEC Red win and improved to 5-0 overall with a 48-0 thrashing of Ann Arbor Huron Friday night. The Hornets used a balanced scoring attack through the air and on the ground to easily toll past Huron. Isaiah Harris scored from a yard out to put ...

Saline Soccer Takes SEC Red Title 

Photo from Saline Athletics The Saline boys’ soccer team wrapped up an undefeated conference season with a 1-0 win over Ann Arbor Huron Thursday night to claim the SEC Red title with a 6-0-4 record.  The Hornets entered the match trailing Huron by one point and needed a win to win the title.  Like the ...

Doug Marrin

Hornets Trapshooting Team Takes Third at Fall Brawl

Photo: Evan Seegert topped the Saline leaderboard, hitting 96/100. Photo from Saline Trapshooting Facebook The Saline Trapshooting Team competed in the Fall Brawl this weekend and placed 3rd in the event, scoring 475. Ida and Armada edged out the Hornets, who took 1st and 2nd place, with scores of 484 and 481, respectively. The 2024 ...

Saline Water Polo Wins Hornet Invite

The Saline mens’ water polo team came up big at its home invitational this weekend going 4- to claim the tournament championship. The championship game was one for the ages as the Hornets pulled out a 22-21 double overtime shootout win over number-one ranked Ann Arbor Pioneer. Saline built a 10-7 lead at the half, ...

Saline Rolls Over Pioneer to move to 3-0 

The Saline football team left no doubt that there would be no letdown after a big win at Dexter last week, rolling to a 50-0 trouncing of Ann Arbor Pioneer Friday night.  The Hornets were on fire from the opening kick and did not let their foot off the pedal in the rout of their ...

Saline Field Hockey Rolls to Pair of Routs

The Saline field hockey team improved to 3-1 on the season after a pair of mercy wins. The Hornets defeated Pinckney 9-1 Monday night. Saline took a 3-0 lead after one period, including a penalty corner with no time left on the clock. Saline continued to pull away in the second with four goals to ...

Saline Girls Win Bath XC Invite. Boys’ Second 

Another big weekend for the Saline cross country teams as the girls won the D1 title and the boys were second at the Bath Invitational Saturday.  The girls finished with 45 points to beat out Northville with 76.  The freshman duo of McKinley Jones and Savannah Staton once again led the Hornets to the win.  ...