Girls Lacrosse

East Grand Rapids had won five straight Division 2 girls lacrosse championships when it met Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood in the Final for the third-straight season June 10, 2017. The victory wasn’t exactly “sudden” as the Cranes needed nearly ...

The Vander Molen sisters have been constants over Rockford’s record string of seven consecutive Division 1 girls lacrosse championships.  The 2016 Final was the last high school game for oldest sister Alexandra. And middle sister Mekenzie made sure her mento...

Eight times, Birmingham United’s girls lacrosse team had to come back against Hartland during the 2012 Division 1 Final. Finally, with eight seconds to play in overtime, Kathy Quigley put Birmingham ahead to stay.

Nearly a decade later, the 2011 Division 2 Final between Grand Rapids Catholic Central and Bloomfield Hills Academy of the Sacred Heart remains tied for the highest-scoring in the MHSAA’s 15-year girls lacrosse history. And Haley Brennan’s goal with 6.4 sec...

Senior attack Audrey Whiteside had seven goals and three assists as East Grand Rapids regained the Division 2 championship Saturday with 22-7 win over Bloomfield Hills Marian, earning her the MHSAA “Performance of the Week.”  Whiteside finished this sp...

Rockford ran its Division 1 girls lacrosse championship streak to seven straight titles Saturday. The Rams got past Brighton 21-6, following up a similarly dominant 25-5 win over the Bulldogs in the Final a year ago.

Less than a minute into Saturday’s Division 2 Girls Lacrosse Final at Novi High School, East Grand Rapids began to assert its dominance against Bloomfield Hills Marian. And playing a flawless, turnover-free first half, the Pioneers piled up 18 goals on the way to...

The favorites will be familiar and the challengers are on their way heading into Saturday’s Girls Lacrosse Finals at Novi High School. Division 1 top-ranked Rockford and Division 2 top-ranked East Grand Rapids have won a combined 12 MHSAA Finals titles, and even ...

This week, officials coordinator Sam Davis explains a rule change in girls lacrosse designed to smooth out starts and stops in game play.

Many of the players on the field to start the second half of Saturday’s Division 2 Girls Lacrosse Final had played major roles when Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood won its first championship in the sport a year ago. They weren’t about to settle for les...

As the rain lifted Saturday afternoon, a third consecutive group of Rockford seniors capped their high school girls lacrosse careers with a fourth straight Division 1 championship. And then some.

A pair of past contenders are back and will attempt to take down the reigning champions at Saturday’s MHSAA Girls Lacrosse Finals at Grand Ledge High School. Brighton and Okemos have raised title trophies as well in the past, but will be seeking their first since...

Already Michigan’s all-time leading high school goal-scorer with a season to play, Isabelle Scane finished her junior year with seven goals – tying for second most in an MHSAA Final – as Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood won in sudden victory 17-16 ...

For the first time in the history of the MHSAA Lacrosse Tournament on Saturday, all four finalists for both girls and boys from the previous year returned to square off in championship game rematches, with two teams continuing their winning ways.  Here are highlig...

Rockford girls lacrosse coach Mike Emery has built a dynasty in Division 1, and Saturday’s 17-7 championship victory at Brighton High School over Birmingham United made it five straight MHSAA titles for the program. Get ready for more.

For the third year in a row Saturday, Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood stood in the way of East Grand Rapids winning a Division 2 lacrosse championship. Winners of five straight titles heading into this championship game, the Pioneers had beaten Cranbrook 8-6 in Ap...

There appears to be a pattern forming here.  For the second straight season, Rockford and East Grand Rapids from the west and Birmingham United and Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood from the east will converge to decide the MHSAA girls lacrosse championships, t...

Rockford girls lacrosse coach Mike Emery wants his team to obtain experiences they will never forget. It’s the foundation of the program, and it has catapulted the Rams into a perennial state powerhouse over the past decade.

The MHSAA Girls and Boys Lacrosse Finals honored their 12th series of champions last month as four of the most successful programs in the sports' young histories added to their respective legacies. Today's "Through the Years" takes a look at some of the prevailing st...

This was supposed to be a season of transition for the East Grand Rapids girls lacrosse program. Gone were 12 seniors and seven starters from the team that last year won the program’s record fourth straight Division 2 championship.