Sisters Lexi Robak, left, and Lauren Robak joke together before the start of the game against Foley.

The Robak sisters, coached by their father, Steve, who’s entering his 11th season on the sidelines this fall, led the Lakers to the top of the CHSL and Class D girls basketball mountain, winning three championships at each level. Both were long-distance sharpshooters, draining 392 three-point buckets — among the top 35 all-time in the state — between them: Lexi 232, Lauren 160.

Lauren Robak started her post-prep career at Oakland University, but was red-shirted by a hip injury. She transferred to Northwood University, where she made an immediate impact on the basketball scene, eventually scoring 1,456 points, nine shy of the school’s all-time record — an achievement that would certainly have been hers if not sidelined for 10 games with a stress fracture in her foot her junior year.

Read the full article by Don Horkey of The Michigan Catholic here.