Update, July 16: Natasza Dudek’s record-setting state final victory voted the Detroit Free Press Buffalo Wild Wings Girls Sports Moment of the Year.It’s time to vote for the Detroit Free Press Buffalo Wild Wings Girls High School Moment of the Season.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementThis week we’ll take a look at some of the best moments from the 2025-26 Michigan high school girls’ sports season.Voting will close at 3 p.m. on Thursday, July 16.Here are the nominees:Ann Arbor Pioneer cross country runner Natasza Dudek, 15, looks down at the trophy after she is awarded the 2025-26 Gatorade National Girls Cross Country Player of the Year award. Three-time Gatorade National Girls Cross Country Player of the Year Katelyn Tuohy presents Natasza the award at Ann Arbor Pioneer High School on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026.The sophomore from Ann Arbor Pioneer broke the girls’ course record at the Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn by nearly 20 seconds. Dudek finished the 5k race with a time of 16:09.5, breaking former Pioneer runner Rachel Forsyth’s time of 16:28.5 two years earlier. She won the Gatorade National Girls Cross Country Player of the Year at the end of the season.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementBloomfield Hills’ Kayla Nwabueze spikes during the Division 1 volleyball state championship on Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025, at Kellogg Arena in Battle Creek.Nwabueze, a Harvard commit and a Miss Volleyball finalist, dominated on the court and took Bloomfield Hills to its first Division 1 state championship appearance, but the team fell in a 3-1 loss to Farmington Hills Mercy in the final game. Nwabueze, who won the Gatorade Michigan Volleyball Player of the Year, accumulated 751 kills, 358 digs, 56 aces, 48 assists and 43 blocks with a .491 kill percentage and a .372 hitting percentage.Goodrich head coach Jason Gray leads his team during a timeout against Tecumseh during the MHSAA Div. 2 girls basketball finals at the Breslin Center in East Lansing, Saturday, March 21, 2026.Goodrich’s perfect season peaked after defeating Tecumseh in the Division 2 state finals at the Breslin Center in East Lansing and went undefeated (29-0). It’s the first team since Pittsford in 2016-17 to go undefeated and win a state title.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementSenior guard Kayla Hairston led the Martians with 21 points and went 4-of-5 from the 3-point line.The Martians are the first team in MHSAA history to win 29 games in a season due to the organization’s game limits.Kaili Manuel of Romeo defeats Adelaide Holderman of Middleville Thornapple Kellgg during the MHSAA Girl Division 170 pounds individual wrestling finals at Ford Field in Detroit on Saturday, March 7, 2026.Romeo’s girls wrestling team captured the program’s first-ever MHSAA state championship. After a slow start in the tournament, the team found its stride and won with 80 points, defeating Oxford by a margin of 1.5 points.Walled Lake Northern celebrates winning the Division 1 softball st
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