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Birmingham Groves senior RB Jeremiah Whitley and Detroit Country Day senior TE Anthony Cartwright III were named to MLive's 25 Michigan high school football offensive playmakers to watch in 2026, giving the area two players on the statewide preseason list as fall camp opens.
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Bloomfield Hills Schools will hold a three-day pre-season football camp Sept. 1-3 at South Hills Middle School for 7th and 8th graders from both BHS middle schools, teaching fundamentals and BHHS plays before official practice begins the following week.
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Bloomfield Hills football coach Scott Merchant has returned to the sidelines months after life-saving open-heart surgery and is advocating for mandatory heart screenings for all Michigan high school athletes and coaches.
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Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood alum Chris Smith, a 26-year-old undrafted nose tackle, drew public praise from Lions coach Dan Campbell after a heads-up play in Detroit's preseason opener against the Bengals.
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Birmingham Groves opens fall tryouts Monday, Aug. 10 across 11 sports programs, with registration, physicals and Pay to Participate fees of $160–$195 required.
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Bloomfield Hills residents Abraham Rosett and Ricky Jeong are competing at the USTA Boys Nationals in Kalamazoo, where the 18U singles champion earns a U.S. Open wild card.
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Bloomfield Hills midfielder Bridget Kopmeyer, who plays for Michigan Tigers, is the only Michigan player named to the 24-player U.S. U-17 Women's National Team training camp roster ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup in Morocco.
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Six Birmingham United boys lacrosse players earned MHSLCA Division 1 all-state honors across attack, midfield, and defense, placing the program among Oakland County's most-recognized in 2026.
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Bloomfield Hills junior goalie Jonah Frank earned MHSLCA second-team all-state honors as more than 75 Oakland County players were recognized following a dominant 2026 boys lacrosse season that included state titles by Detroit Country Day and Detroit Catholic Central.
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Bloomfield Hills mini-tour pro Grant Haefner returns to the Tournament of Champions at Boyne Mountain July 27-29 after pushing defending champion Jay Jurecic to a sudden-death playoff last year.
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Birmingham Groves will face North Farmington in the Amazon Prep Kickoff Classic at Wayne State University on Friday, Aug. 28, as head coach Brendan Flaherty prepares the Falcons for a marquee season opener.
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Top-seeded Americans Trey Hilderbrand and James Tracy face Pablo Llamas Ruiz and Abedallah Shelbayh in a doubles quarterfinal Friday, July 24, at the Cranbrook Tennis Classic in Bloomfield Hills as the ATP Challenger 125 tournament enters its final weekend.
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