Michigan

[DrDetroit]

any thoughts on the upcoming season in michigan?

[joeyOlax]

my alma matter will suprise people... troy athens... now dont get all confrontational dr detroit... im jsut saying they'l do better than last year for sure

[DrDetroit]

this is an unbiast thread. just interested in what everyone has to say

[MrTibs]

Im new to lax in michigan...what are some of the bigger Lax schools here?

[michlaxman]

Michigan Division 1 (ability, not necessarily size)

1. Brother Rice (Birmingham, private/Catholic)

2. Cranbrook Kingswood (Bloomfield Hills, private)

3. Detroit Country Day (Birmingham/private)

4. University of Detroit Jesuit (private/Catholic)

5. De La Salle Collegiate (Warren/private/Catholic)

6. East Grand Rapids (public)

7. Birmingham Unified (public)

8. Catholic Central (Redford, moving to Novi in 2005, private)

9. Pioneer (Ann Arbor, public)

10. Athens (Troy, public)

11. Forest Hills (Grand Rapids, public)

[TheKeeper]

wow bro, i don't know about those rnakings right there...based on skill level and ABILITY of the players and the team it'll rank somewhere like this...

1)Brother Rice
2) UofD Jesuit and Birmingham Unified(for all intensive purposes, Seaholm)
3)Cranbrook Kingswood
4)Detroit Country Day (in close with Cranbrook though)
5)East Grand Rapids
6)De La Salle
7)Ann Arbor Pioneer
8)Forest Hills
9)Troy Athens
10)Detroit Catholic Central

Those are probably the top 10-12 teams in the state. And yes, i realize that DCD just beat UofD, but UofD was also missing the two top scorers on the team, an injury mid-game to one of the starting D-Poles...and you also have to take into account that the game happened right after UofD got back from the Jesuit Lacrosse Tournament in Maryland where they played 4 games in 3 days against some of the best teams in the nation, including the #1 team Georgetown Prep, so needless to say the majority of the team was exhausted.

[michlaxman]

Sorry about the confusion, but I wasn't ranking them, just listing Division 1 in no particular order. State tournament is based on Class (A/B) and not Division (1-5).

[michlaxman]

For whatever it's worth, I'll give make a general prediction for Division 1.

1. Brother Rice

2. Cranbrook Kingswood, Detroit Country Day, University of Detroit, and Birmingham

3. East Grand Rapids

4. Forest Hills, Ann Arbor Pioneer

5. Troy Athens

6. Catholic Central, De La Salle


By the way "The Keeper", the term is "for all intents and purposes". A common mistake/misunderstanding because it's said quickly and sounds like "intensive purposes".

[TheKeeper]

haha, fair enough...thanks for clearing that on, i'll spread the word.

[Emidd27]

F-Michigan (...lol...guess where I am from)

Just messing with you guys. Yeah, there are some good schools up there. We played DCC, Bro Rice, and a few other's in fall ball tourny a few years ago. Unfortunatly we were never able to play during regular season.

[joeyOlax]

Since when did ann arbor pioneer become d1?

[joeyOlax]

Michigan State VS Oakland University
Thursday, April 8th @ 7:00
The game is at Notre Dame Prep high school

Both teams are fighting for a playoff spot.
Come out and watch some good lax and a great game.

[MrTibs]

aw man...i wish i could go. I saw you guys play at that fall ball tourney here.

[DrDetroit]

CCLA Championships this weekend

[joeyOlax]

Yup CCLA Championship all weekend at Notre Dame Prep
Schedual can be found at www.cclax.org

[joeyOlax]

Oakland University are the 2004 CCLA Champs.

Oakland 14 pitt 7

Oakland 12 Michigan 11 (2 OT)

Oakland 11 Miami OH 10 (OT)

Couldn't have been a more suspenseful tournament. Thank you to everyone who came out to watch some good lacrosse.

[MrTibs]

Thats awesome. Way to go man.

[ChIcAgO LaX MiD]

My Dad went to brother rice... I never knew they were such a good lacrosse school...

[novi26]

well..this year should be pretty interesting with the new league/division changes and set ups

[LCNlaxman]

it's pretty exciting for me to know that lax is semi big in MI. i never knew any one outside of my school that played lax in MI. only because of the damn temp changes.

December 31st, i was outside in 50+ degree weather! this coming Thursday is supposed to be 48 degrees!

[Lansecreuselax]

lcnlaxman i read one of your posts on here and you said you feared de la salle they were a pretty strong freshman team but lanse creuse has a very good freshman team

[Lansecreuselax]

we beat your team just 2 games ago 14-3