By Wendi Reardon Price
wprice@mihomepaper.com
Brandon Twp. — The Redhawks wrapped the spring season with a 12-8 loss to Oxford in the first round of the MHSAA Division 1 Boys Lacrosse Region 3.
The Brandon-Holly Boys Varsity Lacrosse team opened the home game jumping to a 2-0 lead with goals from senior Stefan Austin and junior Nolan Wood, May 17.
Oxford’s Hunter Wittebort cut the lead with his goal with 5:17 remaining in the first quarter.
With 38 seconds remaining in the quarter, Austin put the Redhawks up 3-1.
Senior Isaac Miller added one more to the lead less than two minutes into the second quarter.
With seven minutes remaining in the first half, Austin scored his third goal of the night.
Oxford closed the gap and tied the game with 1:27 left in the half with a goal from Aiden Brown.
Less than a minute later, Redhawk sophomore Jayson Norris broke the tie with an assist from senior Drew Hickmott, 6-5.
A few minutes into halftime, the game was delayed due to weather and finished on Monday evening with Oxford outscoring 7-2 to take the win.