The 100- and 200-meter dashes are typically races dominated by seniors at the high school level. So when Willow Run High School freshman Brandon Morgan won the 200 and finished runner-up in the 100 at the Division 3 regional championship at Erie Mason High School on Friday, his coach was encouraged.

Morgan has the sixth-fastest time recorded in the 100 in Division 3 at Athletic.net so far this season (11.20 seconds) and is the only ninth-grader in the top 20. Morgan’s best 200 time (23.45) doesn’t stack up as well with the state’s best, but there is only one other ninth-grader in the Division 3 with a better time.

"I was happy with Brandon Morgan's performance today," Ypsilanti Willow Run coach Joseph Channey said on Friday. "For a 14-year-old freshman to take first in the 200 and second in the 100 in a regional meet is pretty impressive. He listens well, and comes to practice driven to do better."

Ann Arbor takes over water polo state championships

Nearly half of the field at next weekend’s Michigan Water Polo Association girls high school state championships will be Ann Arbor teams. Huron, Skyline and Pioneer all advanced to the state finals after finishing first, second and fourth, respectively, in the East Region championships at Saline High School on Saturday.

Huron beat Skyline 7-6 to win a regional championship. It’s the seventh time the two teams have played this season.

Eight teams will compete at the state championships at Rockford High School May 31 and June 1.

Athletes of the week

Marry Hanna, Saline tennis: Won the No. 1 singles flight at the Division 1 regional championships at Plymouth Canton Educational Park on Friday. Hanna, a senior, is undefeated on the season and will likely be the No. 1 seed at next weekend’s state finals. Hanna was the top seed at No. 1 singles as a junior, but lost in the semifinals to the eventual champion.

Lester Lancaster, Milan golf: Shot a one-over-par 73 at the Monroe County Championships at Monroe Golf and Country Club on Friday to take home medalist honors. Milan won the team title also with a team score of 314, 15 strokes better than second place Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central.

By the numbers

3: Goals by Kylie Power-Sullivan in Huron’s 7-6 regional championship win over Skyline on Saturday.

5: Events won by the Father Gabriel Richard boys track and field team in its Division 3 regional championship victory at Erie Mason on High School on Friday.

6: Goal scorers in the Dexter girls soccer team’s 8-0 win over Adrian on Thursday.

11: RBIs by Saline softball player Laura Vaccaro on Saturday in five games at the Ann Arbor Tournament on Saturday. Saline went 4-1 on the day, losing to St. Clair in the quarterfinals.

27: Combine runs scored in the Manchester baseball team’s 16-11 win over Michigan Center on Saturday.

131: Margin of victory by the Chelsea High School boys track and field team in its regional championship win on Friday, the Bulldogs’ first title since 1969.

Potent quotables

"We've won eight games in a row now. We're playing extremely well. Our athletic director instituted a new rule that if you miss an hour of class, you're not allowed to practice or play in the game that day and I think that's instilled discipline and expectations that have helped us."

-- Willow Run baseball coach Blake Nordman.

Pete Cunningham covers sports for AnnArbor.com. He can be reached at petercunningham@annarbor.com. Follow him on Twitter @petcunningham.