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Spotlight: Pioneer’s Lleyton Lage Tosses No-Hitter – And Hits A HR In 1-0 Win Over Canton  

May 17, 2023 AAPS News Editor

By Terry Jacoby/weloveannarbor.com Here is a script that Hollywood executives would laugh at before throwing a fastball into the bin – even The Natural was more believable than what happened on May 12 on the […]

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Longtime Pioneer golf coach Steve Rodriguez to be inducted into the Michigan High School Coaches Association Hall of Fame

August 11, 2022 AAPS News Editor

For 41 years until his retirement in 2018, Rodriguez was a popular golf coach, PE teacher, and mentor By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor To the surprise of no one connected to Pioneer sports for […]

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Tennis: Pioneer girls’ tennis team wins D-1 State title by one point over Bloomfield Hills

June 8, 2022 AAPS News Editor

By Terry Jacoby/weloveannarbor.com Every serve, volley and backhand count. Every game, set and match are important. And the Pioneer girls’ tennis team not only learned all that but needed every point they could get in […]

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Indoor Track: Pioneer relay team breaks U.S. record at New Balance Nationals in NYC

March 23, 2022 AAPS News Editor

By Terry Jacoby/weloveannarbor.com After breaking records at indoor meets in Ohio and Michigan in February, Pioneer’s team of Sarah Forsyth, Emily Cooper, Cookie Baugh, and Rachel Forsyth headed to one of the biggest and most […]

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Boys Swimming: Pioneer finishes perfect season with another Division 1 State Title

March 15, 2022 AAPS News Editor

By Terry Jacoby/weloveannarbor.com There are only four walls surrounding the Hill natatorium at Pioneer High School. But at some point, the school district is going to have to approve funding to build a fifth wall […]

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Huron River Rat Rowing team rows in prestigious Head of the Charles International Regatta

November 5, 2021 AAPS News Editor

By Margaret Backer for weloveannarbor.com The Huron River Rat Rowing team, coached by Mike Taft, participated in history recently, racing in the Head of the Charles International Regatta on the Charles River in Cambridge, Massachusetts. […]

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Former Lions star is excited to lead the Pioneers as new football coach

May 18, 2021 AAPS News Editor

For former Lions linebacker/Cornhuskers legend Jimmy Williams, it’s all about the team Story, photos and video by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Jimmy Williams’ resume as an NFL football player, college and high school coach, and one […]

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Profile: Skyline’s Courtright sisters find success with a little help from each other

February 24, 2021 AAPS News Editor

By Terry Jacoby/weloveannarbor.com Anyone fortunate enough to watch the Skyline field hockey team play this past season might have noticed three players who looked pretty similar. They actually were hard to miss because they were […]

Features

State champions! Pioneers leave little doubt in dominating girls’ swimming/diving Division 1 state finals

January 20, 2021 AAPS News Editor

By Terry Jacoby/weloveannarbor.com The Pioneer swimming and diving team came within a point of winning the state meet last year so they made a point of racking up enough points where one point wouldn’t matter. […]

High School News

Profile: Senior Tierney Fraidenburg is Pioneer kicker AND swim team co-captain this fall—but is most proud of 3.98 GPA

September 23, 2019 AAPS News Editor

By Terry Jacoby/WeloveAnnArbor.com Tierney Fraidenburg is simply an amazing young woman. And the word “amazing” isn’t something to kick around lightly, but in this case it fits in more ways than one. The senior is […]

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