Hartland Overcomes Weather,Opponents for Fun Weekend

By Aaron Skomial

Varsity

The Hartland Women’s lacrosse team went out to Rockford to play three games against some of the best competition the state offers. Hartland was slated to square off against Catholic Central at 10am, Rockford at 12pm, and Troy Athens at 3pm. Catholic Central and Rockford were rated in the top 10 in the state prior to the weekend festivities.

Hartland went after Catholic Central right out of the gate. Both teams traded goals throughout the game with Hartland leading by two with 4:30 left in the game. Catholic Central fought back and tied the game late. Hartland tried to maintain control of the ball, but succumbed to the pressure from Catholic Central. Hartland unfortunately lost the ball late and Catholic Central capitalized on the turnover by putting a goal in the net with less than a minute left in the game.  

Catholic Central bested Hartland with a 8-7 win. Both teams played hard and the effort was noticed by both teams.

Hartland took on Rockford at noon and this was an exciting game from the get go. The pace was quick with shots coming from all over the field.  Both goalies did a good job of stopping a lot of shots and keeping the score close.  Rockford went up late in the game, but Hartland managed to fight back and take the win.  A goal was removed from the scoreboard after it was questioned by Rockford. The players stick was illegal with the pocket being too deep. 

Hartland worked past that and was able to be triumphant at the end with an 8-7 win.

The final game of the day was against Troy Athens.  This was a one sided affair and Hartland dominated this game throughout. Athens could not solve Hartland’s defense or the multi-player attack on the offense. 

Hartland won this game 13-2.

This was a tournament of ups and downs. The seniors on the team led the way with Haley Crouse having a fantastic weekend. She scored a lot of goals and led the team to victory. Rachael Sharpe and Courtney Lee also shined on a dreary cold day. Amy Longe had a good tournament contributing on the offensive end and midfield defense. 

Hartland travels to Grand Blanc on Wednesday to take on the Bobcats in a rematch of the 17-1 Hartland win two weeks ago.

Junior varsity

The girls JV team took on Catholic Central, Rockford, and Grosse Pointe South on Saturday. The team played hard and managed to win, tie, and lose in the three games.  They lost to Catholic Central 5-3. They beat Grosse Pointe South 8-7, and they tied Rockford 8-8. Kristina Hollis led all scorers with eight goals. Annelise Kulpanowski led with five assists and eight groundballs. Brooke Eicher played well in goal and made a lot of saves in two games.