A pair of longtime teammates on the baseball diamond made their respective college decisions final on Wednesday as part of the early signing period festivities.
Woodhaven High School players Lucas Farner and Cam Thorning will be taking their talents to the next level. Farner will stay local and attend Wayne State University, while Thorning will trek down to Ohio and play for Wright State University.
Slated to play their fourth year of varsity baseball in as many years, both Farner and Thorning have been part of a Woodhaven program that a season ago reached the Division 1 state semifinals for the third time in the last eight years.
A two-time all-News-Herald honoree, Farner was named all-state in 2026 after putting together a junior campaign that included over 50 hits as the team’s primary leadoff hitter, while also posting a 1.34 ERA in close to 50 innings pitched.
Thorning meanwhile received all-area honors for the third time in as many seasons, as well as all-state recognition, after hitting well over .400 with 50 runs batted in, while also serving as the Warriors’ No. 1 catcher defensively.
Prior to the high school circuit, both Farner and Thorning were already garnerning success in the sport at the younger levels.
The two were teammates on the Taylor North Little League team that took home the Little League World Series championship in the summer of 2021. Two years later, that same group from Taylor North then made its way to the grand finals of the Junior League World Series at its home field of Heritage Park in Taylor.