BOYS SOCCER: Romeo ousts Oxford; Brandon blanks Lake Fenton; Goodrich downs Avondale
ROMEO — Host Romeo picked up a two-goal lead at the half and was able to squeak past OAA White Division champion Oxford Thursday night in a Division 1 pre-district contest.
Austin Taseski and Ranier Lopez both had goals and Taseski also drew an assist for Romeo (8-4-2), which reached the district semifinals for the second straight season. Last year the Bulldogs were ousted by Rochester Adams, 1-0.
Zach Townsend, who has committed to Division I Oakland University, had the goal for Oxford and Tristan Bennett made nine saves for the Wildcats (5-7-3), who were missing four starters.
“It was a strange game, and not the way we hoped to finish,” said Oxford coach Adam Bican. “We had four guys out (for various reasons) and we had to move some guys around. The ball was in the air a lot — not a ton of possession. We tried to tie it up but couldn’t. And Tristan made a couple of nice saves to give us a chance. We are very young and to have guys out hurt us quite a bit.”
Romeo will face Clarkston at home at 5 p.m. Monday in the district semifinals. Clarkston ousted Rochester Adams 2-0 on Thursday.
DIVISION 2
ORTONVILLE BRANDON 2, LAKE FENTON 0: The host Blackhawks won for the 11th time in their last 12 games after blanking Lake Fenton Thursday in this Division 2 pre-district contest.
Brandon has outscored its opposition 47-5 during that 12-game stretch and 53-18 for the season spanning 16 games.
The Blackhawks moved to 12-4-0 and will face league rival Goodrich at 5 p.m. Monday at Linden in the district semifinals.
Lake Fenton finishes 7-7-2.
GOODRICH 3, AUBURN HILLS AVONDALE 0: Goodrich had little problems advancing Thursday with this shutout of Avondale in this Division 2 pre-district.
Sophomore Caeden Russell scored all three goals for the Martians. Nate Olson notched the shutout.
The Martians improved to 13-1-1 and advance to Monday’s 5 p.m. district semifinal at Linden against Ortonville Brandon.
PONTIAC 3, HOLLY 0: Pontiac cruised past host Holly in this Division 2 ore-district Thursday.
Pontiac moved to 9-4-0 and will face Orchard Lake St. Mary’s Monday at 7 p.m. at Linden in the district semifinals.
Holly finishes the season 2-14-0.
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