Defending Division 4 state champion Clarkston Everest Collegiate is back in the state final after a semifinal sweep of Hancock while St. Joseph Our Lady of the Lake is in the final for the first time after a five-set win over Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart on Thursday at Kellogg Arena in Battle Creek.
In their semifinal, Sacred Heart won a wild first set before St. Joe Our Lady bounced back and took the next two. Sacred Heart again pulled out a close fourth set to force a fifth, but the Lakers led for the entire fifth set, getting the final point on a Nora Proos kill and a 24-26, 25-22, 25-11, 26-28, 15-8 win…