Bucs' Standout Earns Raves for Saves
June 25, 2018
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
After spending four seasons stopping opponents from finding the net, former Grand Haven boys lacrosse goalie Gabe Liebetreu can be found 28 times in the MHSAA record book.
As a junior (269) and again as a senior (277), Liebetreu set the single-season saves record, and he ended up second all-time with 897 career saves from 2004-17.
Liebetreu also shares the record for most single-game saves after making 30 against Mattawan as a junior. He is continuing his career at Queens University in Charlotte, N.C.
In addition for the Buccaneers, former teammate Ian McClain was added for five assists in a 14-4 win over Muskegon Reeths-Puffer in 2016. McClain was a senior this spring.
Click to see all of the boys lacrosse record book, and read on for recent MHSAA records entries in baseball, girls and boys basketball, girls lacrosse, boys soccer and softball. Click on the sport headings below to see those record books in full.
Baseball
A pair of Holt standouts finished this spring on career record lists. Spencer Baldwin capped a three-year varsity career with a batting average of .455, while Burrell Jones finished his four-year career with an ERA of 1.84. Baldwin will continue at Kalamazoo College, while Jones will continue at Wabash Valley Junior College in Indiana.
Girls Basketball
Battle Creek Calhoun Christian’s Eliana Wilson will enter her freshman year already listed in the MHSAA record book. Wilson grabbed 32 rebounds in the Cougars’ 47-46 win over Colon on Feb. 17. Although the 5-foot-11 forward’s season total won’t count toward any career records – only numbers accumulated in grades 9-12 can be included – her single-game rebounds are listed in a tie for fourth most in that category.
McBain’s Hamlet sisters had quite a run over a decade that ended with Meredith’s high school graduation in 2015, and together she, Elizabeth Hamlet and AnnMarie Hamlet combined for nine record book entries. All three made the career free throws made list – Elizabeth with 451 from 2005-09 (to rank ninth), Meredith Hamlet with 422 from 2012-15 (to rank 14th) and AnnMarie with 323 from 2009-12. Meredith also made the career assist list with 549 (ranking 12th), and Elizabeth (102) and AnnMarie (101) both made the games played list. All three went on to play at Valparaiso University, Elizabeth and AnnMarie after starting their college careers at Oakland.
Boys Basketball
Calhoun Christian’s Andrew Eckhart capped his career with a record book entry as well this winter. The 6-foot-5 senior blocked 115 shots over 21 games.
Girls Lacrosse
Junior Erin Kloostra and senior Kelli Bailey helped Grand Rapids Forest Hills United reach the Division 1 Regional Semifinals this spring with record book-level scoring. Kloostra, a student at Forest Hills Eastern, set an MHSAA record with 99 assists (including 10 in a game against DeWitt) and finished with 134 total points. Bailey scored 53 goals this season. Bailey’s 54 goals and Kloostra’s 61 goals, 84 assists and 145 points in 2017 also were added to the record listings. Grand Rapids Forest Hills United as a team scored 346 goals in 2017 and 253 this season. Bailey, from Forest Hills Central, will continue her career at Kent State University.
Rochester Adams junior Elexi Boladian netted eight goals in a 14-4 win over Royal Oak on May 7. She’s one of only 19 players to score at least eight in a game.
A pair of Grand Rapids Catholic Central juniors stamped their names in the record book with big scoring seasons. Lauren Marosi had three games with eight or nine goals to finish with 101 and 117 points total – her single-season goals are the sixth most in MHSAA history. She also became the fourth player with at least 12 points in a game, when she had six goals and six assists May 29 against Mattawan. Teammate Annie Gilbert was added for eight goals in a game, and 85 goals and 93 points this spring. As a team, Grand Rapids Catholic Central had 246 goals. Marosi has committed to play collegiately at Virginia Commonwealth University, while Gilbert is committed to University of Detroit Mercy.
Boys Soccer
Cobe Lund will enter his senior season this fall coming off a historic junior performance – his 42 goals and 62 points over 25 games both earned record listings. Leland as a team scored 126 goals – tying for 11th-most all-time – on the way to making the Division 4 Regional Finals.
Softball
New Lothrop’s Emma Muron had such a rare season at the plate this spring, it led to the creation of a new section of the softball record book. Muron was hit by pitches 22 times over 36 games, and three times apiece in two games. A junior, she also hit .387.
PHOTO: Gabe Liebetreu defends the goal for Grand Haven during the 2016 season. (Photo courtesy of the Grand Haven Tribune.)
South Lyon United's Perfect Run Keyed by Record-Setting Defense, Powerful Attack
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
April 23, 2026
South Lyon United put together one of the most dominating seasons in MHSAA girls lacrosse history last spring, finishing 21-0 as the Division 1 champion and setting the record for fewest goals given up during one season with 80.
The team also scored 299 to make that single-season list. Reagan Shields was added for seven goals in a game and 55 goals and 89 points for one season, while Shaelyn Perry was added for 58 goals and Gabriela Lucchesi made the single-game assists list with six.
Shields is a junior this school year, and Perry and Lucchesi are seniors. Their team is off to a 9-0 start this season.
See below for several recently-added listings to the girls lacrosse record book, and click the heading to see the record book in full. Several more applications have been received and are in the process of being confirmed.
Girls Lacrosse
Portage United was added for totaling 336 goals in 2021 – ranked sixth-most for one season – and 237 goals in 2023, with highly-productive scorers leading the way. Calista Richmond made the goals (69), assists (61) and total points (130) lists in 2021, and Lauren DeHaan also made the single-season goals list (54) that spring. Stella Hensley made the goals (63) and points (90) lists in 2023, as did goalie Jozette Rimkus with 179 saves. Richmond went on to play at Trine, Simkus played at Charleston (W.Va.) and Hensley plays at Central Michigan.
A trio of Lake Orion standouts made the records for work in 2022, led by Quinn McElroy and her 61 goals over 16 games. Morgan Vasquez was added for 50 goals and seven in one game against Utica Eisenhower, and Paige Walker finished her varsity career with 470 career saves despite playing only three seasons because 2020 was canceled due to COVID-19. McElroy plays at Grand Valley State, and Vasqez played at Kalamazoo College.
Several more entries from the last 15 years of Lake Orion history have been added, with 2018 grad Ali Lazzara leading the way with eight including with the fifth-most career goals, 293, from 2015-18. Darcy Muns was added six times including for 178 career goals from 2014-16, and three goalies also ranked high on lists – Maria Davila (269) and Susan Osborne (263) for the second and third-most saves in one season, respectively, and Davila (474) and Tiffany Smrtnik (407) for the fifth and ninth-most career saves, respectively. Muns went on to play at Albion College.
Holly’s Tatum Stuemke and Ortonville Brandon’s Lainey Lasky were among the first from the 2024 season to make the record books. Lasky scored seven goals for Holly/Ortonville Brandon and Stuemke had 22 saves in a 9-8 over Flushing on April 8 of that season. The goalie for the Holly/ Brandon team, Stuemke also made 15 saves in an April 9 game against Swartz Creek and 17 in an April 29 win over Lake Fenton/Goodrich. Both were seniors, and Lasky plays now at Saginaw Valley State.
Emma Rushing led a high-scoring Ann Arbor Father Gabriel Richard team in 2023 that netted 308 goals over 22 games to make the team record book. Rushing made individual lists eight times including with 124 goals and 137 points total, and a high of 11 goals in one game. Teammate Lilli Vera also made the single-season goals (67) and points (85) lists, and Annika Anderson joined her on the goals list with 57 and also made the single-game assists list with five in one contest. Goalie Mel Karls was added as well for 166 saves over 22 games that season. Rushing plays at Benedictine College in Kansas.
During her first two seasons at Farmington Hills Mercy, goalie Mackenzie Conway posted two of the top 16 saves totals in MHSAA history. After beginning with 186 as a freshman in 2022, Conway tallied the third-most as a sophomore with 230 over 16 games in 2023. She plays now at Brown.
East Grand Rapids’ Olivia Shaw made the records five times as a junior in 2023 – three times for single-game goals, with a high of nine. She also made single-season lists with 71 goals and 85 points over 26 games. Vivian LaMange graduated from East Grand Rapids in 2024 with 21 record book listings, including for 300 career goals (ranking seventh all-time), 203 career assists (ranking second) and 503 career points (ranking fifth). She began her college career at Robert Morris and plays currently at Massachusetts.
Rochester Adams made the single-season goal list in 2023 with 244 over 18 games, and a pair of standouts were added multiple times in leading that effort. Lucy Lagman finished her third season with 56 goals and also is on the career goals list with 207 and career points list with 251. Raegan Jerrell finished her second season with 65 goals that spring and had 135 career goals and 225 career points to that point. Both also were added for several single-game achievements, as was teammate Madison Fish for 16 saves in goal against West Bloomfield.
Chase Duncan played an impressive junior season for Troy in 2024 into multiple record book listings, including four for single-game goals with a high of 12 against Whitehouse Anthony Wayne of Ohio. She also made the single-game points list that day with 14, and the season goals (93) and points (118) lists over 18 games. Aly Matuza, also a junior in that spring, made the single-game saves list with 16 and single-season list with 151 over 18 games. Troy as a team made the single-season goals list with 225. Duncan plays now at Maryville in St. Louis (Mo.), and Matuza plays basketball at St. Mary’s College (Ind.).
Troy Athens’ goalie Claire Balintfy capped her varsity career in 2024 with 14 record book listings – including one of the most significant for her position. The senior added 157 saves over 19 games and finished with an MHSAA-record 679 over four seasons and 70 games. She’s continuing her career at Northwood. Morgan Stamatakis made the record book twice as a junior in 2024, for 10 goals in a game against Rochester Adams and 51 goals total for the season. She plays at Detroit Mercy. Katie Malone earned three record book listings last season, including a pair on successive days. She made the single-season goals list with 81, which included eight in back-to-back games in April.
Madeline Kreiger finished her Grandville career in 2024 all over the record book, with 15 listings total. Most notably she ended with 242 goals over four seasons and 63 games, ranking 14th in that category. She totaled 294 career points and had a high of 11 goals among her single-game entries.
The goals piled up by Mileena Cotter in 2024 – and throughout her high school career at Salem – will be incredibly tough to match. Cotter graduated with 68 record book entries, as a senior tying her single-game record of 18 goals, setting the single-season scoring record with 213 over 19 games, and setting the career scoring record of 470 over just 49 games over four seasons. She also made the single-game assist list for the first time, set the single-season points list record with 231 and finished third on the career points list with 506. She’s continuing at Syracuse.
Claire Marosi capped her high school career in 2024 by leading Grand Rapids Catholic Central to the Division 2 championship. She also finished among the all-time leading scorers in Michigan, totaling 10 record book listings including the third-most single-season goals (160 in 2024), career goals (418) and career points (515) over her four seasons and 72 games played. She’s continuing her career at Northwestern.
Bloomfield Hills’ Ella Lucia finished her career in 2024 with 45 entries in the MHSAA girls lacrosse record book, adding season entries as a senior with 118 goals, 43 assists and 161 points and finishing her career sixth on the goals list with 304, sixth on the assists list with 156 and tied for sixth on the points list with 460 over 74 games. Teammates Aubrey Agbay, also a senior that season, made the single-season goals list with 63, and they were joined by another senior teammate Sydney Butler, who finished with 171 saves that spring and second on the career list with 646 over four seasons and 83 games. As a team, Bloomfield Hills made the single-season goals list with 287. Lucia is playing ice hockey at Harvard.
Solei Ewing reached the single-season goals list with 73 and points list with 90 for the Black Hawks in 2025, and teammate Lainey Stewart also made the goals list with 51. Goalie Brooke Sanders made single-game and season saves lists. Bloomfield Hills again made the team goals list with 266. All three were seniors.
Then-junior Janie Mitter set a Howell record with eight goals in a 2025 game against Canton.
Grand Rapids Northview became one of only five teams to be listed for scoring at least 25 goals in a game when it did so in a 25-9 win over Holland West Ottawa on April 30, 2025.
Hudsonville’s Scarlett Coulter has reached the career goals record list with 171 over her first three seasons and with one more to play. She made the single-season list last spring for the second time, with 79 goals, and also the total points list for one season with 106. Coulter also made the single-game goals list with nine against Grandville. Anniston Farrell, now a junior, joined Coulter on the single-season goals list with 55. Farrell has committed to continue at Radford (Va.).
Lansing Catholic’s Vivienne Hagen earned eight record book entries during her sophomore season, including for 86 goals and 108 total points over 16 games, with a high of 12 points in a win over Tecumseh. Teammate Josie Sarata joined her on the single-game goals list. Hagen is a junior this spring and has committed to Longwood (Va.), and Sarata is a senior and has committed to Charleston (W.Va.)
PHOTO South Lyon United's Reagan Shields (7) leads an attack during last season's Division 1 Final.