You are viewing this article in the AnnArbor.com archives. For the latest breaking news and updates in Ann Arbor and the surrounding area, see MLive.com/ann-arbor
Posted on Sat, Jun 2, 2012 : 7:23 p.m.

Skyline tops Dexter, 6-2, in consolation game of water polo state finals

By AnnArbor.com Staff

Lexie Beemer scored two goals and the Skyline High School girls water polo team shut out Dexter for the final three periods of a 6-2 win in the consolation game of the Michigan Water Polo Association finals on Saturday.

Dexter led 2-1 after the first quarter at East Lansing High School, but Skyline scored two unanswered goals in the second to take a 3-2 lead. The Eagles (25-4) sealed the win with three straight goals in the fourth quarter.

SUPER SATURDAY

Saturday was one of the busiest days on the high school sports calendar. A roundup of Washtenaw County results:

Poll: Vote for the top individual performance

D1 track finals: Training partners Cindy Ofili (Huron), Drake Johnson (Pioneer) shine; Ypsilanti sprinter Austin Sanders wins twice

Track roundup: Bryce Bradley wins 3,200 state title, leads Chelsea to 3rd place at D2 final

D1 tennis finals: Two Pioneer doubles teams battle back to claim championships

Tennis roundup: Greenhills' Kasey Gardiner, Colleen O'Brien sweep top spots at D4 finals

Girls lacrosse regional: Pioneer holds off Huron to advance to state semifinals

Soccer districts: Saline, Dexter, Father Gabriel Richard win girls soccer district titles

Baseball/softball districts: 4 county baseball teams claim titles, Milan lone softball winner
Kim Graziano, Susie Stevens, Riley Beemer and Tierney Isaac scored Skyline's other goals.

Katie Kleinhenz and Kourtney Sattler scored for Dexter (21-15-2).

The teams ended up in the third-place game after losing semifinals to the tournament's top-seeded teams earlier in the day.

Okemos beat Skyline, 9-4, behind six goals from sophomore Katie Dudley. Beemer and Stevens each scored twice for the Eagles. (Boxscore)

Rockford led Dexter 8-1 after three quarters before fending off a late Dreadnaught rally in a 9-6 win. Alicia Klocek scored three goals for Dexter. (Boxscore)

Huron finished seventh at the eight-team tournament, beating East Kentwood 9-8 in its final game. Maia Bolhuis and Jamie Hibbs scored three goals apiece for the River Rats.

Hibbs also had three goals in Huron's first game of the day, an 8-6 loss to Hudsonville.

Rockford (36-4) beat Okemos (28-6) in the title game, 7-5, to end the Chieftains' title streak at two seasons.

No team has won more than two consecutive championships since Huron won seven straight between 1993-99.

Comments

ekimecir

Sun, Jun 3, 2012 : 1:21 p.m.

Congrats, Skyline ladies!