December 11, 2025

Articles for author: Mike Williamson

Mike Williamson

Chelsea Field Hockey Knocks Off Defending State Champs 

Chelsea Field Hockey Knocks Off Defending State Champs 

The Chelsea field hockey team picked up one of its biggest wins in recent history last week when the Bulldogs knocked off the defending D1 state champions Ann Arbor Pioneer 2-1 Wednesday night.  The win over Pioneer was the first for the Bulldogs since 2015 and moved Chelsea to the top of the MHSFHL standings ...

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Chelsea Holds Off Pinckney in SEC White Opener 

Chelsea Holds Off Pinckney in SEC White Opener 

The Chelsea football team opened SEC White play by holding off a stingy Pinckney Pirate team 7-0 in a defensive battle Friday night.  Scoring opportunities were limited in the contest between the two White rivals.  Pinckney received the opening kickoff, and the Bulldogs defense forced a punt to take over on their own 30.  Chelsea ...

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Area Cross Country Teams Compete at First SEC Jamboree

Area Cross Country Teams Compete at First SEC Jamboree

The area cross country team competed in the first SEC jamboree of the season at Willow Metropark Tuesday. The first jamboree is different than the others because all the teams in the Red and White divisions compete against each other for points. In the boys’ race, Saline finished first with 43 points, while Dexter was ...

Saline Field Hockey Rolls to Pair of Routs

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 ...

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 Chelsea Volleyball Rolling in the Early Season

 Chelsea Volleyball Rolling in the Early Season

The Chelsea volleyball team continued its strong early season play by winning six of its last seven matches to improve to 11-3 overall on the season. The Bulldogs went 2-1 at the Ypsilanti Lincoln quad. They defeated Annapolis 25-13, 25-3 and took down Lincoln in three sets 20-25, 25-20, 15-10. Chelsea fell to Monroe in ...

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Chelsea XC Teams Strong at Warrior Invite 

Chelsea XC Teams Strong at Warrior Invite 

The Chelsea cross country teams had strong showings at Woodhaven’s Warrior Invitational with the boys finishing third and the girls fourth.  The boys finished with 89 points in the race won by Oxford with 32.   Henry Fredenberg paced the Bulldogs with a fifth-place finish in 17:11.7.  Linus Helzerman was 12th in 17:48.5 and Owen ...

Saline Girls Win Bath XC Invite. Boys’ Second 

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.  ...

Mike Williamson

Bulldogs Bounce Back with Rout in Home Opener 

Bulldogs Bounce Back with Rout in Home Opener 

The Chelsea football team bounced back from a season opening loss to rout Detroit East English 48-6 in the home opener Friday night.   The Bulldogs set the tone early with a big kickoff return by Drew Weinberg to start the game that set up a two-yard TD run by Caden Steele just 48 seconds ...

Saline Soccer Remains Unbeaten in SEC Red 

Saline Soccer Remains Unbeaten in SEC Red 

Saline Soccer Remains Unbeaten in SEC Red  The Saline soccer team remained unbeaten with a 2-0-2 record in the SEC Red after going 2-0-1 this week.  Skyline leads the Red with a 4-0 record, while Huron is 3-0-1.  Saline opened the week by taking down Ypsilanti Lincoln 8-0.  Zach Heisler netted a hat trick of ...

Mike Williamson

Chelsea Tennis Splits with Haslett 

Chelsea Tennis Splits with Haslett 

The Chelsea boys’ tennis team used a pair of big third set tiebreaking wins to earn a 4-4 tie with Haslett Wednesday.  Bradley Dunn pulled out a 6-3, 3-6, 10-8 win at four singles to help the Bulldogs, while the two-doubles team of Tristan Fern and took a 6-0, 2-6, 11-9 tiebreaking win to give ...

Milan Tennis Takes Down Tecumseh

Milan Tennis Takes Down Tecumseh

The Milan tennis team improved to 7-1 overall on the season by taking down Tecumseh in a non-conference match Tuesday. Gunnar Kruise (6-0, 6-0), Matthew Fink (6-0, 6-1), Alex Cicotte (6-3, 6-0), and Tyler Maravino (6-1, 6-0) dominted their singles matches against the Indians. Sawyer Johnson/Clark Friese (two doubles) Josh Denham/Henry Kliber (three doubles), and ...