Catholic High School League
2021 Softball Championships
Tuesday, May 25, 2021 at University of Detroit Mercy
2021 CHSL Bishop Division Softball Champions: Farmington Hills Mercy
Head coach: Corey Burras Assistant coaches: Jerry Ashe, Jackie Murphy, Alex Sobczak, Nancy Malinowski
Players: Izzy Chaput, Asia Barbato, Sabrina Shea, Grace Nieto, Kendall Spivey, Kat Burras, Morgan Rood, Maggie Murphy, Gage Lambert, Katie Kowalyk, Maya Boertman, Meaghan Dick, Sophia Paluk, Alisa Elmore, Bella VanSolkema
Farmington Hills Mercy beats Allen Park Cabrini to earn CHSL Bishop Division title
Farmington Hills Mercy beat rival Allen Park Cabrini 10-0 in five innings to claim its first Catholic High School League Bishop Division Championship since 2016. Division 1 No. 6-ranked Mercy improved to 25-3 overall and finished a perfect 15-0 in the CHSL. Asia Barbato got the win on the mound, striking out five in four innings of work. Sophia Paluk earned a save, pitching the final inning and striking out two. Kendall Spivey hit a three-run home run and scored twice. Izzy Chaput had three hits, two RBI, and scored twice. Grace Nieto had a single and a triple and scored two runs.
> Catholic League softball finals: Mercy, Liggett capture crowns
> No. 6 Mercy claims first CHSL title since 2016 with 10-0 win over Cabrini
SEMIFINALS
Thursday, May 20, 2021
Farmington Hills Mercy 4, Riverview Gabriel Richard 0
Allen Park Cabrini 4, Warren Regina 2
Tuesday, May 25, 2021 at University of Detroit Mercy
2021 CHSL Cardinal Division Softball Champions: Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett
Head coach: Brock Dunn Assistant coaches: Robert Butler, Katie Sime
Players: Kia Borum, Fatima Jawad, Safiya Butler, Alexis Gormely, Sasha Deimel, Natalia Dragovic, Morgan Hamilton, Isabel Standish, Madeline McKee, Victoria Nugent, Olivia Dickey, Yasmeen Coakley, Samantha Krasnick, Desirai Mitchell, Briann Williams
Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett wins first CHSL Cardinal Division championship
Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett beat Macomb Lutheran North 8-7 in eight innings to claim its first Catholic High School League Cardinal Division Championship. Liggett had gone winless against Lutheran North in the regular season. Victoria Nugent's double in the top of the eighth scored Safiya Butler for the game-winning run. Nugent also got the complete-game victory on the mound and finished with four RBI.
> Catholic League softball finals: Mercy, Liggett capture crowns
SEMIFINALS
Friday, May 21, 2021
Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett 19, Royal Oak Shrine Catholic 1
Macomb Lutheran North 12, Wixom St. Catherine of Siena 0
Past TEAM champions
Bishop Division
Formerly AB Division
2021: Farmington Hills Mercy
2020: No tournament due to pandemic
2019: Warren Regina
2018: Warren Regina
2017: Warren Regina
2016: Farmington Hills Mercy
2015: Warren Regina
2014: Farmington Hills Mercy
2013: Farmington Hills Mercy
2012: Livonia Ladywood
2011: Livonia Ladywood
2010: Allen Park Cabrini
Cardinal Division
Formerly CD Division
2021: Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett1
2020: No tournament due to pandemic
2019: Macomb Lutheran North1
2018: Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes
2017: Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes
2016: Ann Arbor Father Gabriel Richard
2015: Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes
2014: Wixom St. Catherine of Siena1
2013: Royal Oak Shrine Catholic
2012: Ann Arbor Father Gabriel Richard
2011: Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes
2010: Marine City Cardinal Mooney
REV. JOHN ZWERS Award
The Reverend John Zwers Award is named in honor of the former Superintendent of Catholic Schools, who has shown a keen interest in fostering equal growth in girls' athletics. This award is presented annually to an outstanding female scholar-athlete in softball.
2020: Chelsea Collins, Riverview Gabriel Richard
2019: Marisa Muglia, Warren Regina
2018: Hannah Davies, Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes
2017: Jessica Munson, Warren Regina
2016: Rebecca Schultz, Marine City Cardinal Mooney
2015: Gina Munson, Warren Regina
2014: Mary Green, Wixom St. Catherine of Siena
2013: Danielle Lozon, Riverview Gabriel Richard Catholic
2012: Kaitlyn Roose, Pontiac Notre Dame Preparatory
2011: Stephanie Karlewski, Pontiac Notre Dame Preparatory
2010: Karyn McCarty, Allen Park Cabrini
2009: Catherine Walker, Dearborn Divine Child
2008: Kara Hammer, Bloomfield Hills Marian
2007: Ashley Shay, Dearborn Divine Child
2006: Jillian Schulz, Livonia Ladywood
2005: Carolyn Siomka, Warren Immaculate Conception
2004: Rosemary Wagner, Harper Woods Regina
2003: Lindsey Calme, Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes
2002: Megan Fediuk, Farmington Hills Mercy
2001: Sarah Lynch, Riverview Gabriel Richard
2000: Michelle Platt, Center Line St. Clement
1999: Angela Veronese, Riverview Gabriel Richard
1998: Kathleen Miller, Redford St. Agatha
1997: Cindy Chapp, Center Line St. Clement
1996: Karen O'Dea, Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes
1995: Colleen Bates, Marine City Cardinal Mooney
1994: Kathryn Bullach, Harper Woods Regina
1993: Katie Heffernan, Farmington Hills Mercy
1992: Amy Skoczylas, Dearborn St. Alphonsus
1991: Beth Wisniewski, Riverview Gabriel Richard
1990: Lisa Bielenda, Livonia Ladywood
1989: Jill Klein, Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes
1988: Annette Bates, Marine City Cardinal Mooney
1987: Amy Kloka, Pontiac Catholic
1986: Sandra Engelhardt, Harper Woods Bishop Gallagher
1985: Mary Kowalewski, Dearborn Divine Child
1984: Mary Costa, Farmington Hills Mercy
1983: Mary Ann Beaton, Wyandotte Mt. Carmel
1982: Anita Shea, Allen Park Cabrini
1981: Patty Maher, Farmington Hills Mercy
1980: Nancy Sulkowski, Detroit St. Andrew
1979: Laura Damiani, Harper Woods Regina
1978: Anne O'Callaghan, Birmingham Marian
1977: Patricia Pepp, Detroit Dominican
1976: Cynthia Bernas, Allen Park Cabrini
1975: Rita McGreevy, Harper Woods Regina
