Thirty-one years after he returned to Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes to serve as an assistant to Head Coach Mike Boyd, Assistant Coach Joe Seeterlin, 55, is now alongside Boyd in the Michigan High School Football Coaches Association (MHSFCA) Hall of Fame. Seeterlin was one of 14 Hall of Fame inductees honored at the MHSFCA’s Induction Banquet at the Four Points Sheraton Hotel in Ann Arbor on Saturday, March 26. University of Michigan Head [...]

It’s one thing to win a championship, but it’s another to win two championships in a row. Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes is now one of the few teams that can claim that distinction. The Lakers (22-5) claimed their second consecutive Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) Class D state title Saturday, March 19 with a 53-35 victory over Bark River Harris in the state finals at the Breslin Center in East Lansing. It [...]

After a rough regular season and a second-place finish in the Detroit Catholic League Central Division, it was hard to predict how Orchard Lake St. Mary’s would fare in the state tournament. But the Eaglets are now three wins away from winning their fourth state championship. St. Mary’s (15-9) claimed its first regional championship since 2008 with a 49-48 victory over Catholic League rival Novi Detroit Catholic Central in a Michigan High School Athletic Association [...]

The defending Class D state champions are still defending as the Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes Lakers overcame their biggest rival en route to a regional championship. The Lakers defeated Marine City Cardinal Mooney, 43-41, in a Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) Class D regional semi-final at Auburn Hills Oakland Christian on Tuesday, March 8, on a game-winning shot by Lauren Robak with just over a second left in regulation. “This was the [...]

Walled Lake Northern shocked one group of Eagles, but another group of Eagles proved too much for them to overcome. The Knights stunned their Bogie Lake Road brothers, Huron Valley Lakeland, 58-57, on the Eagles’ home floor in a Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) District semi-final on Wednesday, March 9 on a game-winning 3-pointer by Jared Sheena. However, Northern’s season would come to an end two nights later as the Knights fell to Hartland [...]

Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes fell last week in a Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) district final to Auburn Hills Oakland Christian, 56-39, at Clarkston Everest Collegiate. The Lakers (14-8) lost by two to Oakland Christian back on Dec. 6, 2010, to open the season, and trailed 9-8 after the first quarter last Friday before being outscored by Oakland Christian, 15-5, in the second quarter. Our Lady trailed 24-13 at halftime, a deficit [...]

After a season to forget in 2010, Orchard Lake St. Mary’s can make some more room in its trophy case for a district championship. The Eaglets avenged last year’s district loss to North Farmington by defeating the Raiders, 43-38, in a Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) district final at Farmington on Friday, March 11. “We’re playing well and we’ve gotten better,” St. Mary’s Head Coach George Porritt said. “I’m pretty pleased with our team.” [...]

A memorable turnaround season for West Bloomfield ended prematurely with a 54-49 loss to North Farmington in a Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) district playoff tournament game at Farmington on Monday, March 7. “I think every time there was a loose ball or bounce, the North Farmington kids were diving to the floor and they got a lot of good shots,” said Lakers Head Coach Jeremy Denha. “They shot well from the free-throw line [...]

Huron Valley Lakeland defeated rival Huron Valley Milford, 45-35, in a Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) District Tournament game on Monday, March 7 at Lakeland. Lakeland (11-11) led 14-10 at the end of the first quarter and 19-18 at halftime. The Eagles then outscored the Mavericks 26-17 in the second half to pull away and secure the victory. Ryan Zukowski led the Eagles with 14 points while Joey Rossi had 9 points and Casey [...]

Orchard Lake St. Mary’s returned to the Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) Division 1 state final after a three-year absence, but it was an upstart Novi team that derailed the veteran Eaglets to break through for its first state title. St. Mary’s was shutout by Novi, 4-0, in the Division 1 final at Compuware Arena in Plymouth on Saturday, March 12. After a scoreless first period, the Wildcats (24-5-1) struck less than two minutes [...]