APRIL 4
1965
Airport pitcher Bob Johnston no-hits Monroe Catholic Central 3-0.
Norm Ullman gets hat trick in Detroit’s 4-2 playoff win.
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1975
Jerry Held bowls 300 game in Toledo.
Detroit opens season by getting three hits off Jim Palmer of Baltimore.
1985
Karen Hagan, Mabelle Grundman, Vi Miller inducted as charter member of Monroe Women’s Bowling Association Hall of Fame.
Charlie Hough of the Texas Rangers pitches no-hitter for six innings but is removed from game after walking eight.
1995
Rob Redmon tosses three-hitter with 12 strikeouts as Monroe sweeps Jefferson in baseball doubleheader.
Stephanie Dye pitches no-hitter for Ida softball team.
2005
Detroit Tigers’ Dmitri Young becomes third player in baseball history to hit three home runs on Opening Day.
North Carolina beat Illinois 75-70 for NCAA basketball championship.
2015
Joey Weimer delivers game-winning hit as Bedford beats Milan in finals of Bernie Frick Memorial Tournament.
Greg Adair wins Frenchtown Senior Citizens Winter 9-ball Billiards League.
2024
Kolby Masserant sets Whiteford school record with long jump of 21-7.
Sophomore Sophie Short scores twice as SMCC soccer team tops Ida 3-0.
MARCH 28
1965
Junior Bob Kroeger named Dundee’s basketball MVP.
Fordy Anderson fired as MSU basketball coach.
1975
John Hollingsworth pitches 4-0 win for Monroe County Community College baseball team.
Joe Coleman pitches five strong exhibition innings for Detroit Tigers.
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1985
Eric Faust named Whiteford’s basketball MVP.
Keith Cousino of Erie on U.S. Junior National Gymnastics team.
1995
Jack Michael of Erie Mason named Monroe County Region boys swimming Coach of the Year.
Gibraltar Carlson graduate Scott Swearengin named MIAA baseball Player of the Week for Olivet College.
2005
New Boston Huron product Lauren Clark drives in six runs for EMU softball team.
SMCC volleyball team earns Academic All-State with four girls over 4.0 GPA.
2015
Bedford’s Mark Smith inducted into the Michigan Interscholastic Golf Coaches Association Hall of Fame.
Ryan Brow and Scott Bird of Frenchtown Township help their team win a state hockey championship.
2024
Braiden Whitaker of Dundee and Flat Rock’s Graham Junge make AP All-State Boys Basketball Team.
Tarik Skubal and three relievers combine on three hitter as Detroit Tigers beat Chicago White Sox 1-0 in season opener.
This article originally appeared on The Monroe News: Friday’s Sports Memories
Reporting by Niles Kruger, The Monroe News / The Monroe News
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