Sports
UPDATE: Lakers Lacrosse Record Falls to 1-1
Lacrosse, baseball, soccer and tennis share the spotlight at West Bloomfield High School as spring sports begin this week.
The week ahead promises exciting action as several teams at begin the 2011 season. Please check back throughout the week, every week, as West Bloomfield Patch updates with the latest results and statistics from the games.
Saturday
The WBHS varsity lacrosse team fell behind early and could not make up enough ground as the Lakers fell to Harrison Township L'Anse Creuse 7-5. "If our team had one more quarter, we would have beaten them," head coach Ed Anderson said in an email afterward of a game in which Harrison Township L'Anse Creuse raced out to a 4-0 lead in the first quarter and were outscored 5-3 the rest of the game.
Nathan Rabens scored two goals on seven shots in defeat to lead the Lakers.
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Wednesday
The WBHS varsity lacrosse team kicked off its season with an overtime victory against Grosse Ile High School, which head coach Ed Anderson described as never in doubt.
The Lakers trailed 13-10 at the end of the third quarter, but West Bloomfield got the win from a team that beat them twice last season. Senior attacker Nathan Raben had eight goals on nine shots and senior midfielder Alex Lauri had four goals, including the game-tying goal with three seconds left in the fourth quarter as well as the game-winning goal in overtim. Goaltender Harry Smith's defense inspired Anderson to say Smith "basically shut them down in the fourth quarter."
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"Great team effort up and down the field on offense and defense," Anderson said in an email Thursday. "We were in way better shape than them."
Meanwhile, which is coming off three straight regional championship seasons, was rained out in its season opening game against Allen Park High School. The WBHS boys baseball team was also rained out in its season-opening doubleheader against Waterford Mott High School, originally scheduled for Friday beginning at 4 p.m. The WBHS girls soccer team was snowed out in its opening game against Waterford Mott, scheduled for Friday. No make-up dates have been announced.
Correction: West Bloomfield lost to Harrison Township L'Anse Creuse.
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