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Why sports are so important in high school
Closure for the state's top lacrosse athletes
Novi Varsity Lacrosse steps it up for the
playoffs
Novi
Varsity Lacrosse
falls to #2 ranked Holt
Novi Track wins conference title yet again
Novi Track now 4-0 for the season
Novi Varsity Baseball season looking up
Novi
Girls Varsity
Soccer upset by #3 ranked Northville
Varsity Lacrosse works on consistency
Remembering Dave Hartman
Varsity Lacrosse shows they have what it takes
Strange but true
Spring brings a new Varsity Track season
Wildcat Varsity Lacrosse gets a new coach
Hockey achieves more than others could only dream of
Thanks to the Boosters!
Novi Hockey reinvents themselves to succeed
Novi
Varsity Pom: Lessons learned improving the sport
Wildcat Wrestling changes up practice routine
The beginning of a successful season?
Joe
Paterno:
Sometimes blessed,
sometimes cursed
Wildcat Hockey changes things up, goes 16-0
Patience is a virtue for Novi Boys Basketball
A great escape for Novi Varsity Hockey
No stone unturned
The October Freese
What Novi Boys Varsity Basketball needs to do
Varsity Hockey reunites to raise the banner
New season, coach for Boys Varsity Basketball
New season underway for Hockey Wildcats
Determination and commitment: Novi Varsity Pom
Novi Varsity Volleyball: Staying focused
The end is the beginning of all things
Why unity and teamwork is so important
The good hands people at Novi High School
What the Jug Game really means to the Wildcats
Novi Boys Soccer battles injuries,
and
referees
It's all part of the journey
Novi Varsity Volleyball succeeds
Novi Girls Soccer the
#1 team in America
Curt Ellis: A good man
Novi Boys Soccer adjusts to the new class
Flipping the script: Where are they now?
Novi Football: Ready to take down
the opposition
Sports: The great unifier
Novi Varsity Football: Changes for the better
He made his Mark, and he left his Mark
Wherever you go, for the rest of your life
Novi Girls Soccer: An effort to be recognized
He's vested no more; that's a shame
Epic Lacrosse Battle:
Novi HS vs. Novi CC
Wildcat Varsity Lacrosse adjusts, and wins big
The extra degree keeps us free
Communication key to Soccer 'Cats success
A
redeeming victory for Novi Varsity Lacrosse
Cat fight on Novi's track turns into a mow
down
The freedom to cheer for the Green and White
How to move from good, to great
The need to play all four quarters
Distance workouts over Spring Break
Varsity Lacrosse - the rumors are true
Teamwork of the highest order
Changing seasons with Novi Varsity Lacrosse
March Madness in Michigan; Heartfelt Experience
Finely tuned Hockey 'Cats
Hardwood hard knocks
When the unexpected occurs
The Super Bowl from A to Z
Novi hoops star pleased he's never lost to
rival
Where 6,637 is great than 109,901
Wildcats rule at the birthplace of pro hockey
The Winter Blues - looking back at Novi Hockey
Girl's Basketball wins the 'Cat fight
Dixieland Detour
Pay to Play - costing the 'Cats
Turning 10 - what a ride!
Wildcat Hockey ices their Baseline rival
Should he stay or should he go?
When a two goal lead isn't a good thing
Meatheads in Vegas
Wildcat Volleyball should be proud
When all things are not equal
The better team lost
No Cavalier
attitude here!
Wildcat Varsity Volleyball having
a great season
Do Michigan Fans Cause Disappointment?
Wildcat J.V. Soccer's new tactics pay off
They call him coach
Denard Robinson- Fantastic Football Player, Better Guy
A belated thank you to Pudge
Rodriguez
Sky's not falling on Novi Football
Spectacular Spring
Ends With a Bang
Novi Track Wraps Up Successful Spring in Rockford
June 3, 2010 - a day that will be remembered
Novi Track sends huge contingent
Are We There Yet? “LeBron Mania” is
here to stay
Never say never, ever
Changing the Sports Media Landscape
We've seen this before
A
Cliché Worth Repeating
Spring sports preview: Baseball and Track and
Field
Spring sports preview: Women’s Softball; Men’s
Golf
Bernie sends greetings from Vegas
Shawn Hunwick
Winter was still with
Wildcats
Moving On Up: Blaszczyk and Egner
Why Hoosiers can't happen in Michigan
A new outlet for sports passion
Novi’s Gargantuan Sporting Footprint
The underestimated power of sports
Bernie's farewell
Shamrock radio
Never say never
Title IX gone awry
One step beyond
The Marshall Plan
It takes more than a village
The smallest deed
The life of Brian
A site for sore eyes
Not a bye week for the Shamrocks
Be true to your two schools
You bet it's a real sport
A game plan for life
The color purple
Only in the world of sports
Another source of pride
A source of pride
Into every season, a little rain must fall
A sign of respect
No doubting Thomas here
What an impression
The Penguins march
Fields of Green
T.E.A.M.
Working for Scales
The Extra Mile
You can always come back
Finding the right Mark
Charlie Manuel… Manuel Labor
Spring is official
Madness in April too
Wildcats rejoice
Madness... it's a good thing
Hail to the Victor
The magic is in believing
Justice in Novi
Today the world, tomorrow Wildcats
A message to Michael
"Ben" there, done that
An event that's Super in more ways than one
Obama - on this 30th he becomes the 44th
Sometimes it is a laughing matter
Be true to your school, and community
'Tis the season, for family
Talent is overrated
Growing pains are natural
A real choke job
A rare mink
November a Wildcat anniversary month
10/27/08
Getting out the vote
10/20/08
Life imitates art
10/13/08
The Novi Express
10/6/08
Be true to your school
9/29/08
Props to the Novi Athletic Boosters
9/22/08
Student becomes the teacher
9/15/08
The business of covering sport
9/08/08
Girl's Soccer cupboard is well stocked
8/24/08
Greatness needs no self-promotion
8/18/08
Green and White
8/11/08
KVC you later
8/04/08
Mitch Maier, from
Wildcat to Royalty
08/18/08
Green and White
08/11/08
KVC you later
08/04/08
Mitch Maier, from
Wildcat to Royalty
07/28/08
First Novi, then the world
07/21/08
A Taxing Schedule
for Rachele Folino
06/29/08
Success is in the journey
06/23/08
Tim Russert
06/16/08
More than just a game
06/08/08
The stuff legends are made of
06/02/08
The Class of '08 - simply great
05/23/08
Land of the free because of the brave
05/19/08
Winning an Oscar
05/12/08
Life is short, play hard
05/05/08
Only as good as your weakest link
04/28/08
More Moe-Mentum
04/21/08
True courage falls extinct
04/14/08
I remember you
04/07/08
Spring ahead - time to go outdoors
03/31/08
Spring Break musings
03/17/08
Winning respect
03/10/08
This is the big deal about steroids
03/01/08
A battle between church and state
02/24/08
More district musings
02/18/08
District Déjà vu all over again
02/11/08
The bleeding Hart
02/04/08
Greatness needs no self-promotion
01/28/08
Making the grade
01/21/08
More than just a sport
01/14/08
In the Zone
01/06/08
The Summer House Experiment
12/21/07
Making it in America, and right here
12/14/07
Winners never quit
12/09/07
More than just a game
12/02/07
The Dynamic Path
11/25/07
The Ford Field of Dreams
11/19/07
Battle in the Creek
11/12/07
The great unifier
11/03/07
Novi still in the hunt
10/29/07
It really is deja vu
10/22/07
Deja vu
10/13/07
Taking the platform
10/7/07
Who says you can't go home again
9/30/07
Under pressure...
9/23/07
The Eagles have been grounded
9/17/07
When sporting worlds collide
9/09/07
Four will restore the roar
8/29/07
Getting their kicks
8/25/07
Our pal Joey
8/20/07
It's that time of year again
8/13/07
Futbol or Football...
8/06/07
Novi capitalizes again
7/30/07
Character is who you are...
7/23/07
Baseball, hotdogs, apple pie and
07/09/07
More than just a title
06/25/07
61 days...
06/17/07
Happy Fathers Day
06/11/07
You have to be there to see it
06/04/07
Upset City
05/29/07
The Cislo Kid, Part II
05/21/07
Cats Claw Dogs
05/14/07
61 - 1 - 2
05/04/07
Ain't no place like home
04/30/07
Playing to win
04/23/07
You can always count on it
04/15/07
The American Gauntlet
04/07/07
Senior Year
03/31/07
All tied up
03/25/07
Important to be representin'
03/18/07
Most of you are going pro
03/12/07
Enjoy the ride
03/03/07
Local 'Cats have it covered
02/26/07
Experience is still the best
02/19/07
In like a Lion
02/10/07
A new leaf
02/04/07
A voice that resonates
01/30/07
A message from Michael
01/21/07
Competition should be fun
01/15/07
A Rocky tale
01/08/07
Crazy is good
01/02/07
2007 - bring it on
12/22/06
Under the Christmas Tree
12/17/06
We All Start Somewhere
12/11/06
The best of the rest
12/04/06
A true ESPN highlight
11/22/06
A belated Thanksgiving...
11/20/06
A change of scenery
11/13/06
Only in America
11/05/06
#1 on our hearts
10/30/06
No weak sisters here
10/23/06
KVC you later
10/16/06
Dance like nobody's watching
10/09/06
With Coach "O"...
10/02/06
There is no 'I' in team
09/22/06
Predictions come true
09/18/06
The Twelfth Man
09/11/06
Where Are They Now
09/05/06
Convinceable…
and Invincible
08/28/06
Most of you are going pro
08/21/06
Do we have it backwards?
08/14/06
Out of acorns grows oaks
08/07/06
Great is good; good is better
07/28/06
Floyd's foible, what's next?
07/24/06
Title IX gone awry
07/17/06
Second to None
07/10/06
Novi Hoopsters
06/25/06
The big boys of summer
06/19/06
How sweet it is
06/12/06
Cooler than the other side...
06/05/06
They couldn't stand the Heat
5/30/06
Baseball,
Hot Dogs....
05/20/06
The Power Within
05/14/06
As easy as 4-5-6?
05/07/06
A Tiger's Tale
05/01/06
The defense never rests
04/24/06
Out of acorns...
04/17/06
The end of one era...
04/10/06
An amazing sister act
04/03/06
Spring has spring
03/26/06
Coach O'Leary...
03/19/06
In-line is online
03/12/06
A new field of green
03/06/06
Inspector Rousseau
02/27/06
The second season
02/18/06
Things going swimmingly well
02/13/06
You've gotta have Hart-man
02/06/06
Hockey's in Novi's blood
01/30/06
Captaincy is a
Tall Order
01/23/06
Coaches coach, players play
01/16/05 Reagan went to Eureka
01/09/06
Super Novi Sunday
01/02/06
Catching up and restarting
12/26/05
Deserving of a Tony Award
12/18/05
It stands for fanatic
12/12/05
2005 defined
12/05/05
Unbelievable but true
11/28/05
1-2-3 for the Lady Cats
11/21/05
The mark of success
11/14/05
KVC... Champs
11/07/05
Miranda's Rights
10/31/05
A lost weekend? Hardly
10/24/05
The Second Season
10/18/05
Size Really Does Not Matter
10/10/05
It Still Runs Thorough
10/3/05
The Family Unit
9/26/05
10 second to glory
9/19/05
The Fab Four
9/12/05
2005: A nice ring to it
9/6/05
He'll be alright
8/29/05
Football 2005 - cyberspace
8/22/05
Football fever
8/15/05
The future arrives ahead...
8/08/05
Once a Wildcat, always a Wildcat
8/01/05
The bad news bearers
7/25/05
Maier's promotion well deserved
7/18/05
Tradition never graduates
7/11/05
Cardinal David, All Star
7/03/05
The land of the free...
6/18/05
The Cat's Meow
6/12/05
Never Strunk Out
6/06/05
Enough already
5/31/05
In Memoriam… and Memory
5/23/05
You can come home again
5/16/05
No Mercy
5/08/05
One down, 49 to go
4/25/05
The Magic is Believing
4/18/05
Poetry in Motion
4/11/05
Mickie Vaults to New Heights
4/02/05
The Road to Recovery
3/28/05
The Cislo Kid
3/14/05
It's Official
3/07/05
The Victory Within
2/27/05
Winter Winners
2/21/05
A Life Cut Short
2/14/05
Nothing Fake About This Event
2/6/05
The Total Package
1/30/05
Mark your calendars
1/25/05
Double-trouble!
1/17/05
What's your 68?
1/10/05
No rest (needed) for the road soldiers.
1/4/05
Tradition might not graduate, but it does leave town
12/28/04
He was the Man
12/20/04
Novi - Northville; so what else is new?
12/13/04 Something
to Really Cheer About
12/7/04 Where Else
Would You Rather Be?
11/30/04 The Games
Do Count
11/21/04 I Hear
You Knocking; November Madness?
11/16/04 Novi
Fans, Take Heart
11/6/04 Home Sweet
Home
10/31/04 CC
Redefined and Revisited
10/25/04
Novi in 3D - Again
10/17/04 The
Second Season Looms
10/8/04 Friday
Night Lights
10/3/04 Homecoming
Week
9/27/04 Seeing is
Believing
9/20/04 Just for
Kicks
9/13/04 Hurricane
Wildcat
9/6/04 These guys
(I mean girls!) can play!
8/30/04 Reigning
Cats and Bulldogs
8/23/04 Wildcat
Football - 5 more things you oughta know
8/16/04
A Rare Breed of Cat
8/10/04
Novi-Chelsea; five things you oughta know
8/2/04 Novi
Dreamin
7/26/04
Hey Moe, Hey Moe
7/21/04 A Ray of
Sunshine
7/12/04 The Big
Buck
7/5/04 We're Going
to Disney World
6/30/04 The Roar
of '04 Revisited
6/21/04 Hardly a
Grand Blank
6/14/04 It ain't
over until it's completely over
6/7/04 Only a Game
6/1/04
3's are Wild
5/24/04 Don't
Discount Seniors
5/17/04 Novi -
Northville, the Rivalry Looms
5/10/04 It
Stands for TEAM
5/6/04
Will Beats Skill
4/25/04 P.T. -
Redefined
4/20/04 Chew on
This
4/13/04 Master
Phil
4/5/04 Fields of
Green
3/23/04 I Dub Thee
Knight
3/18/04 Tale of
Two Seasons
3/13/04 Three-Pat
3/4/04
Yo, Adrian
2/28/04 You Can Go
Home Again
2/21/04 Singing
Their Praises
2/16/04 They Don't
Ask How
2/7/04 The Road
Less Traveled
1/31/04 The Lions
Didn't Sleep Tonight
1/24/04 Travelin'
Men
1/14/04 The Rich
Get Richer
1/7/04 A Rose by
Any Other Name
12/29/03
The Greatest Generation
12/22/03 The
Grateful Gadsby
12/14/03
BCS, or BS
12/7/03 Old School All
the Way
12/1/03 The Family
Unit
11/24/03 Nov. 22
Will Live Forever
11/16/03 That
Friday Night Feeling
11/7/03
How You Played the Game
11/1/03 Can't go Home
Yet
10/23/03 When in Rome
10/18/03
Bright Lights, Big Games
10/13/03
#2 on the Roster, #1 in our Hearts
10/4/03
Dressing for Success
9/28/03 This Season's
Weather
9/20/03
Road Kill Being Served
9/14/03 Lightning
Striking Again
9/9/03 The Devil
is in the Details
9/3/03 Cats, and
Dogs
8/26/03 It's a
Numbers Game
8/19/03 Getting Some
Rays
8/12/03
Roger That!
8/7/03 The Wildcat
Moniker
7/29/03 Taking the
5th
7/23/03 Surprise,
Surprise
7/16/03 This Race
is a Real Adventure
7/9/03 On the
Record With Sam
7/4/03
The Girls of Summer
6/17/03 Built Novi
Tough
6/11/03
School's Out - Forever
6/4/03 From Wildcat to
Rocket to Royalty
5/27/03 Wildcats
in 3-D
5/21/03 Novi's Own
CC
5/14/03 The Magic
Wizard
5/7/03
Just Win Baby
4/26/03 The Wild
Ducks
4/16/03 Local Boys
Make Great
4/6/03 This War is
Real
4/2/03 March
Madness
3/20/03
The Road to Glory
3/12/03 These 14
Came Within 14 of Perfection
3/7/03 The Freedom
to be Valiant
3/2/03 Flexing
Some Wildcat Muscle
2/23/03
The Big Three
2/16/03
The Patron Saint
2/10/03
The Next Level
2/3/03 One, Two,
Three
1/26/03
It's Quite a Site
1/20/03 A Sign of
Respect
1/12/03 Just You
and Me
1/5/03 Fun with
Numbers
12/26/02
How I Spent My Summer Vacation
12/16/02 Santa
Delivers the Heisman
12/8/02
Tis the Season... for Family
12/2/02
They May Not be Perfect, but They're Official
11/22/02 Back on
the Air
11/18/02 The Irony
of It All
11/12/02 The Road
Warriors
11/4/02 The Last
Team Standing
10/29/02
October’s Magical
Matchups Lead to
Lightening in a Bottle
10/19/02 A Star
May Win You One Game...
10/15/02 This Defense Never Rests
10/8/02 These
Hawks Can Really Fly
10/1/02 Sometimes
it is a Laughing Matter
9/24/02 Sometimes
Lightning Does Strike Twice
9/17/02 Johnny U
Was Quarterback U
9/10/02 More Than
Just a Title
9/3/02
Novi’s Classy Fans Could Teach Philly Fanatics a
Thing or Two
8/28/02 Novi's Top
Ten List
8/20/02 The Sophomore Season
8/13/02 It's Like
the Twilight Zone
8/6/02 Want to be
in the Movies?
7/28/02 This is a
World Series I hope they never cancel
7/22/02
These Bulls Ain't From Chicago
7/17/02
A Hole in ... Won?
7/7/02 Chewing Tobacco... or Cheeseburgers?
6/22/02 Buy Me Some Peanuts and...
6/18/02 A Real Dream Team
6/7/02 Great Scott, or Greatest Scott
5/16/02 Send Over Some of Your Old Motown Records
5/6/02 Boys (and Girls) of Summer
4/30/02
From Puerto Rico to Battle Creek
4/15/02 Cross Country, Cross the Country and the World
4/8/02 The Puck Stops Here
3/31/02 A Break in the Action
3/24/02
Like Father, Like Son(s)
3/12/02 Say Hello to Randy Auler
3/5/02
Curt Ellis -- A Man for All Seasons
2/25/02
Where are they now? Where are you now?
2/16/02
Awards and Accolades for Novi, still going
Strong
2/10/02
The
Business of Covering Sport, may be even bigger than sport
itself
1/29/02
A Sport? Pom-Pon is
not only a sport, It's all that and much more…
1/20/02
A visit to Copper Country made for some golden memories, as Novi Wildcat
Hockey once again reached a new dimension.
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Bernie Fratto is a freelance writer, radio personality, and
motivational speaker. His passion for sports comes in part from
his experience as a former Cincinnati Red farm- hand. "Behind
every sports story lies the hearts and minds of real human beings"
said Fratto. "These athletic endeavors often serve as a
metaphor for the game we call life."
Bernie is also the voice of Novi Wildcat Hockey
and host of Wildcat Face-off, a local
radio program dedicated to youth sports in Novi.
~ The
Editor
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