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DETROIT COUNTRY DAY GIRLS LACROSSE WINS STATE TITLE WITH OVERTIME WIN BY SCOTT BENTLEY sbentley@candgnews.com
BEVERLY HILLS — The Detroit Country Day girls lacrosse team won the 2025 Michigan High School Athletic Association Division II state championship by a score of 10-9 June 7 at University of Michigan Lacrosse Stadium in Ann Arbor. The final was a rematch from the 2024 title match, when Grand Rapids Catholic Central defeated Detroit Country Day by a score of … 10-9. “I think the season started last year the day after we lost to DRCC,” Country Day head coach Liz Nussbaum said. “By the time March rolled around… I feel like the team was already really gelling.” This year, the title game went into overtime, and the girls did enough to avenge the loss from a year ago. “For us seniors and for the players that we had last year it really meant a lot to us,” Detroit Country Day senior Georgia Pavlou said. “It’s not revenge … but I wanted to be back on top, and it motivated me every single day.” The team shared those thoughts, and everyone in and around the program has emphasized
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ABOVE: From the left, Georgia Pavlou, Jackie Calso and Adriana Zuk hug during a stoppage in play. RIGHT: Georgia Pavlou runs up field mid game with Brooke Winowich looking on. Photos provided by Detroit Country Day students Coco Lowman and Riley Raznick
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BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP — Qualifying residents in Bloomfield Township now have the option to defer their annual water/sewer or road special assessment through the Special Assessment Deferment Program. Roads in Bloomfield Township are owned by Oakland County, meaning the township can not levy a tax to reconstruct roads. However, the county prioritizes reconstruction of major roads rather than neighborhood roads. “Our neighborhood roads, being an older community, have reached the end of their useful life, and so a lot of neighborhoods want new roads,” Michael Schostak, Bloomfield Township treasurer, said. Through the special assessment process, a neighborhood can decide to tax themselves to pay for a new road. In this process, the township sells bonds to pay for the roads, and the tax assessments that they collect over 15 years go towards paying back the bond, according to Schostak. When the township started doing special assessment districts
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