April 19, 2025

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Articles for tag: Hornets, Saline Athletics, Saline volleyball

Saline Volleyball Clinches SEC Red Title

The Saline volleyball team has had a strong finish to its regular season and earned a sweep of the league jamboree last week to clinch the SEC Red title. The Hornets dropped a five-set match to Dexter in mid-November but has been on a roll ever since. Saline bounced back to sweep Ann Arbor Pioneer ...

Saline Cross Country Teams both Finish State Runners-Up

Photo from Saline Athletics Another stellar season for the Saline cross country program ended Saturday with both the boys’ and girls’ teams earning runner-up finishes at the D1 state finals at Michigan International Speedway. The second-place finish for the girls was the 23rd straight top ten finish for the Hornets and the 27th straight appearance ...

Saline Rolls to Rematch with Belleville

Despite being the road team, the Saline football squad left no doubt who was the better team Friday night with a convincing 37-7 win at Northville. The Hornets entered the state playoffs as the lower seed due to forfeiting the first three games of the season, but the road game was all Hornets after a ...

Saline Field Hockey Headed to the State Finals

The Saline field hockey team moved to Saturday’s D1 state championship game by holding off Novi with a 3-2 win Wednesday night. To say the ending was frantic, might be an understatement. The Hornets had a 3-2 lead over Novi and the defense had shut down the Wildcats for most of the second half, but ...

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 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 ...

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.  ...