LAPEER – Lake Orion edged out rival Oxford 2-1 in a postseason overtime thriller Tuesday night, avenging last season’s district championship shootout loss to the Wildcats in the process.

“That was a battle,” said Dragons head coach Jason Wise, whose team now advances to the district finals. “I wasn’t expecting anything less – a rivalry game. We’ve already played once, a lot of friends. So you knew it was going to be a good one. But I didn’t know it was going to be that good. They know each other’s tendencies, a lot of action because there is not a lot of space.”

Oxford head coach Adam Bican spoke about the level of quality as well and how both teams gave it all between the lines. “I thought we all had opportunities, but the pace of play was end to end the whole time, so it was a great

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