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Banta returns as Detroit Catholic Central football wins regional title
CLARKSTON — Duke Banta led Detroit Catholic Central out of the locker room. Then the senior quarterback led the defending state champions to their third straight Division 1 regional title. Banta returned from a broken collarbone suffered in a Week 6 win over Toledo Central Catholic. He completed eight passes for 66 yards, a touchdown and an interception in a 21-7 win Friday, Nov. 13, at Clarkston. Catholic Central (11-1) advances to the Nov. 21 state semifinal against East Kentwood or Portage Central at a neutral site yet to be announced. More: Subscribe to “Michigan Sidelines,” our high school sports newsletter Banta looked rusty in his first game back, but that was understandable. He was also without Texas Tech commit and four-star senior Gideon Gash, who was ruled out with an injury in a game-time decision. But Catholic Central’s defense, special teams and running game had his back. After Clarkston grabbed a 7-0 lead on Ty Duffy’s 3-yard run, Catholic Central kept giving Banta short fields. Late in the first quarter, Kaden Gonzales blocked a punt to give the offense possession at the Clarkston 7. Moments later, Jalen Montlouis scored on a 1-yard run. Midway through the second quarter, A’Mari
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Suspect in murder of missing Warren woman refuses to attend own trial
MOUNT CLEMENS — What happened to Ashley Elkins of Warren? It's a question Macomb County Assistant Prosecutor Carrie Seward left the jury with during opening statements on Nov. 13 in Macomb Circuit Court at the trial for Deandre Booker, Elkins' ex-boyfriend and the man accused of killing her. Elkins, a mother of two, was last seen Jan. 2, 2025, entering Booker's apartment complex. Her blood was later found all over his bathroom. Her hair, an earring and a fired bullet were found in the drain of his bathtub. Police were never able to find any video of Elkins leaving Booker's apartment, but found surveillance video of Booker using a shopping cart to transport large trash bags to a dumpster multiple apartment complexes over, which showed him struggling to lift the bags into the dumpster. When police checked the dumpster a few days later, they found Elkins' blood pooled at the bottom. But Elkins' body has never been found. "Deandre Booker killed Ashley Elkins on January 2, 2025, cleaned up the scene to get rid of any evidence, put her body in garbage bags, put her in a dumpster, never to be seen again, then lied to police about it," Seward