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The LSU Tigers-Iowa Hawkeyes 2023 Women's National Championship rematch more than lived up to the hype.

When recently crowned Division 1 champion West Bloomfield begins its hunt for glory next season, the weaponry will look vastly different.

West Bloomfield, which needed a game-tying 3-pointer from Indya Davis at the end of regulation in the semifinals, shot well from deep and preyed on turnovers to handily defeat Grand Blanc 60-30 for the Division 1 state championship Saturday afternoon at the Breslin Center.

Since the alarm clock went off for returning members of the West Bloomfield girls basketball team on March 19 of last year, their focus has been on one thing. Getting back their title.

Top-ranked West Bloomfield held a double-digit advantage going into the fourth quarter and stayed locked in defensively to defeat No. 6 Detroit Renaissance in a Division 1 girls basketball regional semifinal Monday night.

Newly signed Ramblers join the ranks of seven sports.

WEST BLOOMFIELD — “Contagious” was the main word West Bloomfield head coach Darrin McAllister used to describe his team chemistry.

The No. 1-ranked West Bloomfield Lakers rolled to a 60-19 win over the host Stoney Creek Cougars on Tuesday night in a battle of unbeaten teams.

The West Bloomfield Lakers held Madison Morson to 14 points, hounded the Salem Rocks into more than 25 turnovers in the first half, and posted a running-clock, 67-27 win over the defending KLAA champions to make the rematch of last year's D1 semifinal into a statement win.

None of the key participants in Wednesday’s signing-day ceremony in West Bloomfield High School’s media center ever doubted that the day would come, but that doesn’t mean their journeys to that moment didn’t take some unexpected turns.