While the Cass Tech Football program continues to bask in the glory of last year’s state championship, there’s one program at the Detroit Public School that has been winning for years. Over the last eight years, the Cass Tech girls volleyball program been a winning tradition. This year was no different as the Lady Technicians won their sixth title in eight years, defeating their biggest archrival, Renaissan ...

Coaching the sport of volleyball since 1993, head coach Brenda Henry was to bring the pride and dignity to the girls’ volleyball program at Western International High School. The Cowgirls (10-2) recently finished third place at this year’s PSL Championship held at Western. Although they ultimately lost, the Cowgirls made it to the semi-finals this year, defeating the Denby Lady Tars in three straight matche ...

Martin Luther King High won its first PSL Title since 2009 at this year’s Detroit Public School Championship at Ford Field Oct. 19. The newly crowned champion Crusaders and the defending champions, the East English Village Academy Bulldogs — formerly Finney High — put on a game that kept the sparse but energetic crowd on the edge of their seats. ...

At this year’s Detroit Public School Championship football game at Ford Field, the same squads from last year will play. But this year one squad has a different name. Formerly Crockett Tech, The East English Village Academy will face the same opponent they defeated for the PSL Crown, Martin Luther King. ...

The playoff games for this weekend’s Detroit Public School playoffs have been set. Cass Tech (5-0, 6-1) won the PSL West Crown while East English Prep Academy (5-0, 6-1) won the PSL East. Both the Technicians and the Bulldogs will be the number one seeds heading into this Friday’s matchups. Cass Tech had no problems with Mumford as the Technicians clobbered the Mustangs 49-0 in a game played at Renaissance ...

Pershing High senior Nijzah Hill has been the Detroit Public School League’s premier girls’ cross country runner the last two seasons, and freshman Brittany Hill is following in her big sister’s footsteps — literally. ...

Southeastern High’s William Morgan needed only three quarters to make a full impact as the Detroit Public School League Proud Strong Learner of the Week. ...

Prep Football Roundup — Week 3 East English, King also win big By Harry M. Anderson, Jr. Special to the Michigan Citizen DETROIT — The alleged showdown between Cass Tech and Renaissance was anything but as sophomore quarterback Jayru Campbell threw four touchdown passes as the Technicians routed the Phoenix 44-0 in front of their home crowd Sept. 7. The win puts Cass Tech at 3-0 on the season, 2-0 in the PS ...

Ricky Green, in his fourth year on the varsity for Central High’s football team, has been named the Detroit Public School League’s first Proud Strong Learner of the Week for 2012-13. “I’m excited. I feel good about it,” Green said of the honor, representative of the PSL’s top boys and girls athletic performers as nominated by their coaches. The award is presented by the DPS Office of Athletics and sponsored ...

Cass Tech 57, Northwestern 0; East English Village 34, King 26; Cody 54, Ford 0; Pershing 16, Osborn 0; Douglass 28, Central 12; Renaissance 41, Western 6; Denby 20, Southeastern 12; (nonleague) Warren Collegiate 48, Mumford 12 PSL East Highlight: Village Prep wins big over King DETROIT — East English Village Prep’s Desmond King led his team to a 34-26 victory over the Martin Luther King Crusaders in the PS ...