Five down and seven to go.
The Catholic High School League has crowned five champions in the first half of “February Frenzy.” However, that’s just the beginning. There is a lot more action coming.
The champions so far:
Competitive Cheer Champion: Dearborn Divine Child for the ninth year in a row.
Pom Pon and Dance Champion: Warren Regina
Wrestling Champion: Novi Detroit Catholic Central for the 17th consecutive time.
Boys Ski Champion: Catholic Central.
Girls Ski Champion: Bloomfield Hills Marian, their third straight title.
Here’s the “frenzy” in store:
Feb. 19 – Boys and Girls Bowling Championship at Drakeshire Lanes, Farmington Hills. Madison Heights Bishop Foley is the defending boys champion, and Warren Regina, the defending girls champs. Preliminary rounds begin at 9:30 a.m.; the championship round begins at 2 p.m.
Feb. 19 – Girls Hockey Championship at Orchard Lake St. Mary’s. Livonia Ladywood, the defending champion for the past four years, will face off against Warren Regina at 5 p.m. (Please note: there’ll be hockey all day starting at 10 a.m. with Royal Oak Shrine against Madison Heights Bishop Foley; at 12 noon, Riverview Gabriel Richard against Pontiac Notre Dame Prep; and at 2:30 p.m., U-D Jesuit takes on Dearborn Divine Child.)
Feb. 20 – Girls Basketball Championship Finals at U-D Mercy Calihan Hall. C-D Division game at 1 p.m. pits the defending C-D champ, Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes, against arch-rival Mt. Clemens Cardinal Mooney. At 3 p.m., Farmington Hills Mercy and Livonia Ladywood will play for the A-B Division title.
Feb. 20 – Boys Hockey Championship at Orchard Lake St. Mary’s Prep. At 2:30 p.m., Ann Arbor Fr. Gabriel Richard and Allen Park Cabrini will vie for the Division II title followed at 5 p.m. by Catholic Central, the defending Division I champion, dueling Warren DeLaSalle for the Division I crown. (Note: Hockey action begins at 12 noon between Orchard Lake St. Mary’s and Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice.)
Feb. 27 – Boys Basketball Championship at U-D Mercy Calihan Hall. C-D Division at 1 p.m., A-B at 3 p.m. Warren DeLaSalle is the defending A-B champion, and Detroit Loyola, the defending C-D champion.
The boys will begin determining who will be in the championship game with quarterfinal games on Feb. 19. The A-B Division will play at Bloomfield Hills Marian, while C-D Division games will be played at Southgate Aquinas Learning Center. Tip-ff times at both sites are 12 noon, 1:30 p.m., 3 p.m, and 4:30 p.m.
Boys basketball semi-finals at Marian will be held Feb. 22 and 23 at 6 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. both days.
Feb. 25 – “Operation Friendship” girls basketball championship at Marian between the Catholic League and Detroit Public School League champions.
March 3 – “Operation Friendship” boys basketball championship at Detroit Cass Tech between the Catholic League and Detroit Public School League champions.
March 5 – Boys Swimming Championship at Livonia Recreation Center. The preliminaries are held a day earlier. Brother Rice has won the event for the past 18 years.

