Hartland boys lacrosse gets revenge with win over Brighton

Brighton's Abby Kissel (30) fights through the pressure of Hartland''s Liv Flatt Wednesday, May 6, 2026.

Hartland's Amanda Norton (right) attempts to slide past Brighton's Kelly McKaig Wednesday, May 6, 2026.

Brighton's Anna Sparks looks for an opening during a victory over Hartland Wednesday, May 6, 2026.

Hartland's Ashlan Sullivan rushes past Brighton's Kelly McKaig Wednesday, May 6, 2026.

Hartland's Ashlan Sullivan looks to pass during a loss to Brighton Wednesday, May 6, 2026.

Hartland's Ashlan Sullivan fires a shot on goal during a loss to Brighton Wednesday, May 6, 2026.

Hartland's Ashlan Sullivan looks to pass during a loss to Brighton Wednesday, May 6, 2026.

Brighton's Isabella Orton carries the ball up the field during a victory over Hartland Wednesday, May 6, 2026.

Brighton's Isabella Orton swings wide during a victory over Brighton Wednesday, May 6, 2026.

Brighton's Kelly McKaig (4) steps in to defend Hartland's Madelyn Jenkins Wednesday, May 6, 2026.

Brighton's Lauren Simms pushes the ball up the field during a victory over Hartland Wednesday, May 6, 2026.

Hartland's Liv Flatt looks to pass during a loss to Brighton Wednesday, May 6, 2026.

Hartland's Mackenzie Haverstick reaches high to haul in a pass during a loss to Brighton Wednesday, May 6, 2026.

Hartland's Madelyn Jenkins rushes into the zone during a loss to Brighton Wednesday, May 6, 2026.

Brighton's Maggie Burchfield drives around Hartland's Anna Pace Wednesday, May 6, 2026.

Brighton's Maggie Burchfield drives around Hartland's Anna Pace Wednesday, May 6, 2026.

Brighton's Maggie Burchfield pushes the ball up the field during a victory over Hartland Wednesday, May 6, 2026.

Brighton's Mia Balogh (18) ducks around Hartland's Molly Arens Wednesday, May 6, 2026.

Brighton's Quinn Holdridge sets at the point during a victory over Hartland Wednesday, May 6, 2026.

Brighton's Quinn Holdridge, who had four goals and two assists, rushes up the field during an 11-5 victory over Hartland Wednesday, May 6, 2026.

Brighton's Quinn Holdridge looks for a pass during a victory over Hartland Wednesday, May 6, 2026.

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Brighton's Abby Kissel (30) fights through the pressure of Hartland''s Liv Flatt Wednesday, May 6, 2026.

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Brighton's Abby Kissel (30) fights through the pressure of Hartland''s Liv Flatt Wednesday, May 6, 2026.

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Hartland's Amanda Norton (right) attempts to slide past Brighton's Kelly McKaig Wednesday, May 6, 2026.

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Brighton's Anna Sparks looks for an opening during a victory over Hartland Wednesday, May 6, 2026.

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Hartland's Ashlan Sullivan rushes past Brighton's Kelly McKaig Wednesday, May 6, 2026.

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Hartland's Ashlan Sullivan looks to pass during a loss to Brighton Wednesday, May 6, 2026.

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Brighton girls lacrosse freshman shows track speed against Hartland

Hartland's Ashlan Sullivan fires a shot on goal during a loss to Brighton Wednesday, May 6, 2026.

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Hartland's Ashlan Sullivan looks to pass during a loss to Brighton Wednesday, May 6, 2026.

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Brighton's Isabella Orton carries the ball up the field during a victory over Hartland Wednesday, May 6, 2026.

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Brighton's Isabella Orton swings wide during a victory over Brighton Wednesday, May 6, 2026.

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Brighton's Kelly McKaig (4) steps in to defend Hartland's Madelyn Jenkins Wednesday, May 6, 2026.

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Brighton's Lauren Simms pushes the ball up the field during a victory over Hartland Wednesday, May 6, 2026.

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Hartland's Liv Flatt looks to pass during a loss to Brighton Wednesday, May 6, 2026.

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Hartland's Mackenzie Haverstick reaches high to haul in a pass during a loss to Brighton Wednesday, May 6, 2026.

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Hartland's Madelyn Jenkins rushes into the zone during a loss to Brighton Wednesday, May 6, 2026.

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Brighton's Maggie Burchfield drives around Hartland's Anna Pace Wednesday, May 6, 2026.

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Brighton's Maggie Burchfield drives around Hartland's Anna Pace Wednesday, May 6, 2026.

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Brighton's Maggie Burchfield pushes the ball up the field during a victory over Hartland Wednesday, May 6, 2026.

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Brighton girls lacrosse freshman shows track speed against Hartland

Brighton's Mia Balogh (18) ducks around Hartland's Molly Arens Wednesday, May 6, 2026.

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Brighton's Quinn Holdridge sets at the point during a victory over Hartland Wednesday, May 6, 2026.

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Brighton girls lacrosse freshman shows track speed against Hartland

Brighton's Quinn Holdridge, who had four goals and two assists, rushes up the field during an 11-5 victory over Hartland Wednesday, May 6, 2026.

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Brighton's Quinn Holdridge looks for a pass during a victory over Hartland Wednesday, May 6, 2026.

If Hartland ever took winning KLAA boys lacrosse championships for granted, that mentality ceased one year ago.

The Eagles came away with no KLAA hardware for the first time since 2016 when their 76-game league winning streak ended last season with a 9-7 loss to Brighton.

Hartland waited a year to exact revenge on a Brighton team that lost only one this season, scoring the first nine goals in a decisive 14-6 victory on Wednesday, May 6.

The Eagles won the KLAA West championship and earned a berth in the KLAA title game against Plymouth at 7 p.m. Monday, May 11 at Hartland.

“(Revenge) was obviously a factor,” Hartland coach Steven Petersen said. “It had been a while since we lost a conference title. Last year was just a bitter loss, one that they earned. It definitely felt a little bit better tonight coming away wit that win, sort of avenging that, especially for some of our seniors. This time of year, it’s a game you just have to have.”

Hartland's Connor Gilbert had three goals and three assists in a victory over Brighton.

After a 1-4 start against a challenging nonleague schedule, Hartland has won 10 straight games. But Petersen is still looking for more from his team with the state tournament two weeks away.

“We’ve been getting better incrementally through the year,” Petersen said. “Frankly, we haven’t put four quarters of lacrosse together and keeping our foot on the gas in game where we have success offensively or defensively. We’re string to play complementary lacrosse. Small stretches of minutes seem to stand in our way of doing that. We’re not quite where we need to be. We’ve seen glimpses of it. We’re getting there; it still feels a little way off.”

Connor Gilbert had three goals and three assists, while Clayton Penzien and Coen Chwalek each had four goals to lead Hartland. Trevor Phillips had two goals, while Drew Schaecher had a goal and one assist. Jackson DeLaBarre caused five turnovers and picked up six ground balls for the Eagles.

Joey Skoczylas had three goals for Brighton (12-2).

Howell 10, Salem 4

Ryan O’Dea had three goals, while Tobias Midlam, Wyatt Mitchell and Kody Stubleski each had two for Howell.

Softball

Northville 6-11, Howell 3-5

Howell had an opportunity to move into first place in the KLAA West, but was swept by fourth-ranked Northville.

Northville and eighth-ranked Salem are tied atop the West at 9-1, followed by Howell at 7-3.

Zoey Overton of Howell hit her eighth homer of the season in the second game. Kate Anderson threw 3 2/3 innings of shutout relief in the opener.

Temperance Bedford 14-6, Pinckney 5-6

Pinckney freshman Hailey DuRussel was 3-for-3 with a home run and double in the first game.

In the second game, Pinckney scored in extra innings twice to tie the game. Jade Chelenyak’s sacrifice fly in the bottom of the eighth tied it 5-5 and Addison Wroblewski’s single in the bottom of the ninth made it 6-6. The game was called due to darkness. Wroblewski was 3-for-3 with a homer and four RBIs in the game.

Fowlerville 15-18, Lansing Eastern 0-2

Brynn Goulding was 3-for-4 with four RBIs and Ava Rose was 2-for-4 with three RBIs in the second game for Fowlerville (16-8). The Gladiators are 8-0 in the CAAC Red.

Canton 13-14, Hartland 4-4

Hartland’s Emme Kottong was 3-for-7 with a triple and two stolen bases for Hartland.

Baseball

Hartland 6, Canton 4

Dylan Crowe was 2-for-3 with three RBIs at the plate and pitched 1 2/3 innings of shutout relief to earn the save for Hartland.

Brighton 10, Salem 1

Aden Bailey was 2-for-5 with three RBIs, Luke Ribble was 3-for-4 with two doubles, and Ben Holster hit a home run for Brighton. Nathan Houck threw a three-hitter for the Bulldogs (15-7).

Northville 9, Howell 8

Northville took a 6-0 lead after two innings before Howell fought back to within a run by scoring three times in the seventh.

Pinckney 17, Ypsilanti 1

Owen Zylka went 3-for-4 for Pinckney in a three-inning game.

Fowlerville 14-16, Lansing Eastern 2-4

Dylan Soli, Travis Wroblewski and John Cram drove in three runs in the first game, while Luke Docusen had three RBIs in the nightcap for Fowlerville.

Boys golf

Brayden Gregg shot 40, leading Brighton to a victory over Howell.

Brighton 167, Howell 176

Brighton had five of the six lowest scores, led by junior Brayden Gregg’s 40. Brighton’s Adam Forcier and Brandon Lovejoy tied Howell’s Egan Sturos for second with 42s.

Ann Arbor Huron 160, Pinckney 164, Ypsilanti 217

Pinckney’s Alex Swinton and Ben Karolak tied for second with 38s.

CAAC Red jamboree

Tommy Cox and Axel Daavettila of Fowlerville tied for ninth with 38s. The Gladiators shot 161 to finish fourth out of five teams.

Boys track and field

Howell 77, Canton 60

Howell’s Krystian Kubicz won the 110 hurdles in 16.05 and the 300 hurdles in 43.49, while Frank Kanka won shot put at 41 feet, 11 inches and discus at 133 feet.

Northville 82.5, Brighton 54.5

Brighton junior Blake Kulesza was second in the 800-meter run in 1 minute, 53.89 seconds, making him the fourth-fastest Livingston County boy ever in that event. Northville’s Ryan Stojov won in 1:52.20.

Mason Gay won the 100-meter dash in 11.40 seconds and the 400 in 50.25, while Sawyer Switalski won the 110 hurdles in 16.36 and the 300 hurdles in 40.68.

Salem 98, Hartland 39

Hartland’s Logan Bergkoetter achieved two personal bests to win shot put at 47-5 and discus at 136-11.

CAAC Red meet

Junior Gavin Rager was Fowlerville’s only champion, winning high jump with a leap of 6-2. The Gladiators were fourth out of six teams.

Girls track and field

Hartland 72, Salem 65

Hannah DePestel won the 400 in 59.84, the 200 in 27.01 and was on two winning relays. Elliana Neuer won the 1,600 in 5:12.53 and the 800 in 2:19.96 for the Eagles.

Howell 87, Canton 46

Howell sophomore Joyce Zhang won shot put at 25-11 and discus at 72-3.

Northville 103, Brighton 34

Juliet Lewis won the 400 in 59.60, Kaydence Hoolsema won high jump at 5 feet and Katie Gray won pole vault at 9-9 for Brighton.

CAAC Red meet

Peyton Brooks took second in long jump at 14-11 for Fowlerville’s best finish. The Gladiators were last out of six teams.

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