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Hartland Youth Lacrosse Team Wins 'D-Town' Tournament
Fifth- and sixth-graders net victories over teams from Midland, Metro Detroit and Canada.
By Kim Rinna
The Hartland fifth and sixth grade boys lacrosse team went undefeated to take first place at the D-Town Tournament in Pontiac on Dec. 27. The boys won seven straight games to take the championship. They dominated teams from Midland, Grosse Pointe, Ann Arbor, Macomb, Saline, and Canada.
The tournament team is made up of some the of best HAYAA (Hartland Area Youth Athletic Association) lacrosse players from last spring/summer regular season team (fifth and sixth grade). This same tournament team took first place at the 18th Annual 7 X 7 Northville Tournament at Northville Community Park on Nov. 5. The team does not play in any other tournaments (at least not any that are scheduled) until they play together for regular season in the late spring.
Hartland Youth Lacrosse has spring registration scheduled for Jan. 11 from 6-8 p.m. at Hartland Middle School at Ore Creek for boys and girls in first through eigth grades. For more info visit the website: http://www.eteamz.com/HartlandEaglesLacrosse/news/.
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Editor's note: Kim Rinna is a parent of one of the players.
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