June 11, 2010: StudentandAthlete.com -- MHSAA girls lacrosse semifinals Rockford beats Grosse Pointe South, Brighton tops Grand Blanc, Okemos tops Cranbrook and Flint Powers Catholic beats Farmington

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Area senior players net one last chance

Nearly 200 show their skills in fron of college coaches at fourth annual foundation event

A couple of hundred Metro Detroit senior boys basketball players got one final opportunity to impress college coaches Saturday at the Horatio Williams Foundation’s fourth annual Second Chance Basketball Games held at Detroit Renaissance High School.

The event was designed to highlight the skills of area seniors who have not yet received college scholarship offers in front of Division II, Division III, junior college, and community college coaches from around the state. Division I coaches cannot participate due to NCAA recruiting restrictions.

The majority of players participating came from Detroit high schools, but others came from as far as Flint, Port Huron, and Grand Blanc to play.

Nearly 200 boys played ins front of 27 college coaches during the event.

Senior girls will play next Saturday, April 17, at the Northwest Activity Center in Detroit beginning at noon. Girls can register by going to www.horatiowilliams.org.

"The idea was to give a kid an opportunity to play who might not have that opportunity," Williams told the Detroit News. "The key thing is to have college coaches have a look at these players. Maybe they hadn't seen them before. They get a chance to watch them compete and meet them, one on one."

Last year, 16 boys and six girls received college scholarships after the event.

Madison Heights Bishop Foley continued their hot start sweeping a baseball doubleheader Tuesday over Catholic High School League C-D Division foe Pontiac Notre Dame Prep, 6-3 and 12-2.

The Ventures improve to 9-3 on the young season. Jeff Schalk got the win in the opener, striking out seven. Daniel Zuchowski had a single, triple, home run and two RBI in game one. Zuchowski picked up the win on the mound in game two, striking out seven. Brad Schalk had a double and two RBI in the six-inning nightcap.

Bishop Foley looks to make a run at their first-ever CHSL C-D baseball title with only three seniors graduated from last year’s team.

Notre Dame Prep falls to 3-7 on the year.

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The final matchups are set.

Rockford will battle Brighton for the Michigan High School Athletic Association Division 1 girls lacrosse championship on Saturday, June 12 Troy Athens.

Rockford and Brighton will both be looking for their first MHSAA lacrosse title. Neither has reached the title game since the MHSAA began sanctioning the finals in 2005.

Rockford (17-4) eliminated Grosse Pointe South 13-5 in their semifinal matchup Thursday, June 10. South (10-12) was Division 1 state champion in 2005 and 2006.

Brighton (15-5) downed Grand Blanc 16-11 in their semifinal to reach the final. Grand Blanc finished a fine season at 19-5.

In the Division 2 finals, undefeated Okemos will be the heavy favorite to defend their state title against Flint Powers Catholic.

Okemos eliminated Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood 16-3 in their semifinal Wednesday at Hartland.

Flint Powers Catholic downed upstart Farmington 20-10 in their semifinal.

Okemos beat Flint Powers 12-6 in last year’s final and have not lost a game in two seasons. Okemos was also state runner-up in 2007.

Flint Powers was state champion in 2008 and also state runner-up in 2006.

The Division 1 final will begin at 2 p.m. Saturday. The Division 2 final starts at 4:30 p.m.

Below you will find links to lacrosse semifinals media coverage from throughout the state.

June 11, 2010: StudentandAthlete.com -- MHSAA girls lacrosse semifinals Rockford beats Grosse Pointe South, Brighton tops Grand Blanc, Okemos tops Cranbrook and Flint Powers Catholic beats Farmington