Monroe County Region high school athletes delivered strong performances across multiple sports during the first week of November 2026.
Swimming
At the Southeastern Conference Red championships in Ann Arbor on November 7, Monroe freshman Karis Beaton qualified for the Division 1 state finals in a third event, posting a 25.15-second lead-off split in the 200-yard freestyle relay. She also placed fifth in the 100 and seventh in the breaststroke, events in which she had already achieved state qualifying times. Monroe finished fifth in the final league standings. Sophia Smith recorded a lifetime-best 1:09.1 in the breaststroke for ninth place, narrowly missing state cuts in that event and the 50 freestyle. Emma Boyd, Morgan Kleinow, and Andie Eby also finished in the top 15. Coach Erin Dowen praised the team's progress, noting every relay achieved a best time and every swimmer reached finals.
Bedford's Samantha Smith, Sydnee Knaggs, and Kendra Bland each cracked the top 16.
In a Last Chance Meet hosted by Milan on November 5, Evelyn Gill posted lifetime bests to win the individual medley (2:17.97) and butterfly (25.44). Jemma Kovach hit a state-qualifying time to win the breaststroke, while Tori Kimberly also qualified for state with a second-place finish in that event and won the 50 freestyle. Ashtyn Bergstrom and Emma Brown recorded lifetime bests. For Flat Rock, Aileen McNamara and Vanessa Neace won their respective events.
Dundee edged Erie Mason-Ida 100-86 on November 5 behind victories from Genavieve Bylow (backstroke), Jillian Layman (breaststroke), Sloan Branum (individual medley), and Katherine Hess (500 freestyle). Mason-Ida's winners were Alexis Etue (200), Clara Hearl (50), Addy Oberhaus (diving), Meridith Hasley (butterfly), and Myztical Dusseau (100).
Soccer
New Boston Huron's Matthew Hussey, Marlon Krajcz, and Maverik Bazzy earned first-team All-Huron League honors as selected by league coaches. First-team selections also included Livius Guellmeister and Wyatt Hurd (Milan), Carson Welker (St. Mary Catholic Central), Mac Mlotha (Flat Rock), Cooper Jones (Jefferson-Erie Mason), and Adam Ortega (Airport). Second-team and honorable mention lists featured numerous players from each school.
In the Lenawee County Athletic Association, league co-champion Ida placed five players on the first team: unanimous choices Dane Holycross and Weston Allen, along with Connor Watterworth, Cameron Cogan, and Ryan Buuck. Dundee's Jaxson Arecheja and Mason Cousino also earned first-team recognition.
Cross Country
At the Michigan Independent High School Championships in Allendale, Monroe Milers' Colton Childress finished seventh. Nola Morgan logged a personal-best time, and Harper Childress posted a season-best.
Golf
Jim Groshowski aced the 140-yard 17th hole at Giant Oak Golf Club in Temperance on November 3, using a 6-iron.
Adult Soccer
Payton Toth scored a hat trick, while Emily Ashenroder and Kyle Smith each added two goals to lead Victoria Secret to a 9-4 victory over Atletico on the opening night of the Fall Session II in the Monroe Adult Coed Indoor Soccer League at LevelUp Training on November 8.
