Troy -- Division 1 No. 2-ranked Troy Athens staged a dramatic comeback from down 2-0 to beat cross-town rival Troy 3-2 on May 27 to win their Michigan High School Athletic Association District playoff opener on a cold, blustery night at Athens.

   The Colts were in command for much of the first half with senior Jill Sullivan and sophomore Madeline Wideman scoring to put the Colts with a commanding 2-0 lead.

   Senior Hannah Bauhof was able to narrow the gap to 2-1 with a goal near the end of the first half.

   The second half was all Red Hawks and junior Tiffany Bell tied the game at 2-2 with 33:34 left in the game.

   Senior Jordyn Bazin scored the game-winner with 22:09 left after a scramble in front of the net.

   Athens moves on to face Sterling Heights Stevenson Thursday, May 29 at 5 p.m. at Troy. Stevenson beat Clinton Township Chippewa Valley 2-0 to advance and eliminated Athens in last year's playoffs. The lost to Stevenson was the end of a very disappointing 2007 season forAthens as they finished 6-9-4 overall and finished in last place in the Oakland Activities Association Division 1.

   This season though has been one of redemption for the Red Hawks, as they improved to 14-1-3 overall and won their division.

   Troy finishes their season at 9-5-5, with three of their losses coming at the hands of Athens.

Additional MHSAA district highlights/scoreboard

Division 1

Northville 2, Livonia Churchill 1

No. 1-ranked  Northville used goals from Sarah Stern and Lauren Lokey to beat No. 5-ranked Churchill. Northville improves to 17-0-2. Churchill ends their season at 14-3-2.

Novi 6, Farmington Hills Mercy 0

Three-time defending MHSAA champion Novi pounded Mercy in their district opener. Seniors Jenna Carosio, Veronica Salens and Shannon Cody scored the first three goals for Novi (13-3-3)

Division 2

Bloomfield Hills Lahser 1, Bloomfield Hills Marian 0 (OT)

The Knights ended the No. 1-ranked Mustangs' season with an overtime goal for the second straight year. Sophomore Anna Zambricki scored the game-winner with 3:57 in overtime. Lahser beat Marian last year 1-0 in the state semifinals.

Marian finishes at 16-1-2. Lahser improves to 9-8-1.

Auburn Hills Avondale 4, Oxford 0

Kayla Mannino scored two goals and Leslie Carter and Kim Siebert added goals for the No. 4-ranked Yellow Jackets. Shannon Coley and Andrea Strauss shared the shutout in goal.

Division 3

Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood 1, Madison Heights Lamphere 0 (3-1 shootout)

Sefora Armstead, Rosalia Pembroke and Ariel Roddy scored for Cranbrook in the shootout, and Abby Cohen stopped three of four penalty kicks for the Cranes (12-1-3).

Division 4

Madison Heights Bishop Foley 9, Birmingham Roeper 1

Division 4 No. 3-ranked Bishop Foley scored early and often. Sophomore Kyla Cross and senior Alex Schalk led the attack with six points each. Cross scored four goals, giving her 16 on the season, to go with two assists. Schalk scored her seventh and eighth goals of the season and added four assists. Juniors Beth Ann Hill and Sarah Kator would each added goals in the first half. For Hill, it was her first and Kator her third of the season. Freshman Cyndney McCheseny added two assists. Kator would add her second of the game and fourth of the season to end the game in the second half. With the win, Bishop Foley advances to the district championship Friday at 4:30 at Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett against Liggett, a 1-0 shootout winner over Royal Oak  Shrine.  

Other scores

Anchor Bay 1, Romeo 0

Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard 3, Riverview Gabriel Richard 0

Auburn Hills Oakland Christian 8,Sterling Heights Parkway Christian 0

Birmingham Seaholm 9, Pontiac Central 1

Brighton 6, South Lyon 1

Brownstown Woodhaven 7, Southgate Anderson 0

Chelsea 4, Marshall 0

Clawson 8, Madison Heights Madison 0

Dearborn 8, Taylor Kennedy 0

Eaton Rapids 2, Jackson Northwest 1 (OT)

Farmington 8,Hamtramck 0

Flint Kearsley 6, Clio 0

Flint Powers Catholic 8, Lakeville 0

Garden City 1, Livonia Franklin 0

Grosse Pointe South 8, Dearborn Fordson 0

Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett 1, Royal Oak Shrine 0 (3-2 shootut)

Harper Creek 1, Loy Norrix 0 (2 OT)

Jackson Lumen Christi 2, Columbia Central 0

L’Anse Creuse North 8, Port Huron 0

Lake Orion 5, White Lake Lakeland 0

Livonia Ladywood 8, Ypsilanti 0

Macomb Twp. L'Anse Creuse North 8, Port Huron 0

Mason 3, Charlotte 1

New Boston Huron 3, Monroe Jefferson 0

Oakland Christian 8, Sterling Heights Parkway Christian 0

Ovid Elsie 3, Portland 1

Plymouth 3, Wayne Memorial 0

Plymouth Christian Academy 8, West Bloomfield Frankel Jewish Academy 0

Pontiac Notre Dame Prep 7, Marine City 0

Redford Thurston 1, Hazel Park 0

Rochester Adams 8, Waterford Mott 0

Rochester Hills Stoney Creek 13, Pontiac Northern 0

Royal Oak 1, Fraser 0

St. Clair Shores Lake Shore 2, St. Clair Shores Lakeview 1

Traverse City Central 3, Alpena 0

Trenton 8, Carlton Airport 0

Troy Athens 3, Troy 2

Utica Eisenhower 8, Walled Lake Northern 0

Walled Lake Central 2, Pinckney 0

Walled Lake Western 5, Hartland 0