Mr. Versatility Mr. Versatility

Jack Cyrek named top lacrosse player in state

Michigan’s latest Mr. Lacrosse honoree can certainly be described as a Jack of All Trades.

Northville native Jack Cyrek proved why he was Detroit Catholic Central High’s Mr. Versatility --whether it was winning faceoffs or ground bounds, or scoring goals as he turned in a memorable senior season.

The 6-foot-3, 200-pound Cyrek, who attended Meads Mills Middle School before enrolling at CC, led the 19-3 Shamrocks all the way to the MHSAA Division 1 state finals only to be turned back in the championship by rival Birmingham Brother Rice, 14-11.

The vaunted league rivals met three times during the season with Rice winning the first meeting, 12-9, before CC took the second in the Catholic League finals, 9-8.

In that rubber match with everything riding on the line in the state championship, Cyrek finished with four goals and three assists, but it wasn’t quite enough to secure the title.

Needless to say it was bittersweet ending for Cyrek, who not only won the top individual honor bestowed by the Michigan High School Lacrosse Coaches Association, but also earned state player of the year honors from National Interscholastic Lacrosse Coaches Association, Detroit Free Press and State Champs Network!/Warrior Lacrosse.

He also was named NILCA All-American.

“I probably would have rather had a state championship, but all these kind of awards for myself . . . I guess it’s a good consolation prize,” said Cyrek, who finished the year

By Brad Emons

with 76 goals (4.2 per game) and 48 assists (2.6 per game).

Cyrek, who missed four games with a femur contusion, not only was a prolific scorer, but also did a lot of the dirty work as the team’s captain. He took face-offs and then switched back to the attack in an effort to preserve energy.

He posted a 72% win percentage on faceoffs (142 of 200) and captured 123 ground balls en route to first-team All-Catholic and D1 All-State honors.

After attending Meads Middle School, where he was housed by a billet family.

Cyrek was the starting face-off man for Calvert Hall where he posted a 65 percent win percentage. He added 52 ground balls while collecting one goal and six assists.

As a junior, Cyrek migrated back to his family in Northville where he has three younger sisters, all of whom play lacrosse. (His father Joe was a hockey player and played two years of JV lacrosse at CC.)

“The house I was living in (Baltimore) burned down,” Cyrek said. “Everybody was fine, it was just kind of a freak situation. And then the COVID restrictions were pretty bad, so I really couldn’t do a whole lot either. So, I just thought I’d come back home and a get little more comfortable.”

As a junior at CC, Cyrek finished with 51 goals, 25 assists, 119 ground balls, while winning 81% percent of his face-offs (143 of 176) en route to All-Catholic, first-team AllState and All-American honors.

Cyrek enrolled CC in the fall of 2019. He made the varsity squad in spring of 2020, only to have the season cancelled due to the COVID-19 epidemic.

Cyrek then made a bold move in 2021, heading to Calvert Hall College Prep in Towson, Md. for his sophomore season where he was invited to play for the No. 1 ranked high school team in the country

Cyreck signed an NCAA Division I letterof-intent with the University of MarylandBaltimore County, a DI school and member of the America East Conference. Under head coach Ryan Moran last season, UMBC finished 8-5 overall and fifth at 3-4 in the conference.

Carrying a 4.1 grade-point average at CC, the 2023 Academic All-Stater plans to major in Financial Economics at UMBC. And with his versatility as lacrosse player, he should be able to find his niche sooner than later.

“I’m happy where I am right now,” Cyrek said. “I’m in a good spot.”

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