ROCHESTER HILLS – Atonement couldn’t have felt better for Troy Athens forward Lauren DeJonckheere.

Following a forgettable moment in the second half of Friday night’s game against Dakota, the senior scored both goals in the latter overtime period, lifting the Red Hawks to a 3-1 victory for a D1 regional championship at Rochester High School.

“We’ve been down, up, through a lot of different situations that really prepared them for this,” Athens head coach Jason Clark said. “We got a little frantic, but they always believe, because we’ve been there before, we’re there for each other, we believed in each other, and that’s what really mattered tonight.”

Teammates rallied around DeJonckheere after a potential game-tying penalty kick skidded just wide of the left post with 24 minutes left in

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