Walled Lake Western 15, Oxford 6. Walled Lake Western had a 10-2 halftime lead and cruised to the easy win.
Flint Powers 19, Bay City Central 1. Dominic Hamper had a Dexter-like performance with five goals and eight assists for Powers.
Chelsea 16, Romulus 4. Nick Rosol had a hat trick and two assists for Chelsea.
Tecumseh 7, Ann Arbor Greenhills 6. Goalie Tyler Hooper made 14 saves for Tecumseh.
Lapeer West 11, Saginaw Heritage 5. Trevor Krehel starred for Lapeer West.
South Lyon 5, Ann Arbor Skyline 4.
Grand Rapids Christian 12, Portage Northern 5. A stout D from Christian held Portage Northern off the scoreboard in each of the first and third quarters.
Lapeer West 7, Bay City Western 2.
“Our defense kept Bay City Western scoreless during the first half,” Lapeer West coach Bill Krehel said. “We allowed only five shots on goal during the second half.”
Killer quote.
DeWitt 16, Swartz Creek 2. Mark Tratt had four goals and five assists.
Tecumseh 20, Temperance Bedford 3.
Tecumseh’s Shane Lewandowski had six goals and one assist, and Austin Slick-Linn and Stephan Bloxam added four goals and an assist apiece as Tecumseh advanced to the second round of the Division 2 state tournament.
Prolific offensive day.
Battle Creek Pennfield 8, Northview 7 (2OT). Tate Ferris had two goals and three assists for Northview. Not impressed yet? He’s typically the team’s starting goalie…
“It was a well played game by both teams,” Chelsea coach Joe Koengeter said. “We battled back and dug down deep. Especially in that second half. [Goalie Josh Galbreath] really played well by making a couple big saves near the end of the game.”
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Ann Arbor Skyline 3, Plymouth 1. Jordan Hickman made 18 saves for Skyline. In a game that featured a grand total of 14 goals. Just throwin’ that out there.
Holland West Ottawa 17, Kalamazoo United 1. West Ottawa rushed out to an 8-0 lead in the first quarter and cruised the rest of the way.
Zeeland East 17, Grand Rapids South Christian 7. Bryce Gruppen had five goals for whichever of the Dux/Chix this team is.
Chelsea 5, Temperance Bedford 3.
“We came out flat and just didn’t have a very good game,” Chelsea coach Joe Koengeter said.
Ah, but you earned the win, and that’s what counts.
Brother Rice 8, Culver Academy (Ind.) 11. I’ve been meaning to post a full recap of the NALI (in addition to just the photos). We’ll see when I get around to it.
The Colts overcame a 1-0 deficit in the opening two minutes with a resounding 14-7 victory over L’Anse Creuse in a Division 1 boys lacrosse pre-regional.
Oh my, how ever did they come back from such an enormous deficit?
Midland 11, Lake Orion 7. Alex Zahn had three goals and an assist for Midland.
Forest Hills Central 19, Lowell 2.
“We played well,” said FHC coach Tony Quinn. “Lowell has a lot of good athletes, and we were able to have a lot of guys contribute. You learn a lot from every game, and we will look at the tape and learn from this one. We need to work on our ground balls, so that’s what we will look at.”
Etc.
Rockford 15, Hartland 3. Eight combined saves for two Rockford goalies (including UDM-bound Connor Flynn).
Ann Arbor Pioneer 17, Macomb L’Anse Creuse North 2. Detroit-bound midfielder Dylan Swanson scored five goals for Pioneer.
Battle Creek Pennfield 7, Portage Central 5. It was a game of runs. Pennfield built a 3-0 lead, Portage Central battled back for a 4-3 halftime lead, but couldn’t hold on for the win.