Category: Soccer
GIRLS SOCCER: Return offender: WOLL gains third Final Four trip in four years
FOR MORE SOCCER COVERAGE: http://northoaklandsports.com/?s=soccer&x=0&y=0 NOTE: Have photos or video of this event you would like to share with digital daily www.northoaklandsports.com?Email pertinent information to results@northoaklandsports.com or to Senior Editor Dan Stickradt at Dan.Stickradt@northoaklandsports.com BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans MADISON HEIGHTS — Some programs and athletes can only dream of ever […]
GIRLS SOCCER: Halftime lineup switch sparks Troy past North Farmington for regional semifinal win
MORE SOCCER COVERAGE: http://northoaklandsports.com/?s=soccer&x=0&y=0 BY JAKE LOURIM STUDENT CORRESPONDENT j.lourim@comcast.net GROSSE POINTE — Through one half, OAA White foe North Farmington provided Troy a stiff challenge, stopping four shots and holding the Colts scoreless. But halftime provided Troy coach Brian Zawislak to make some quick adjustments, and this time they gave him […]
PDL SOCCER: Michigan Bucks leapfrog past Toronto, into first place
TORONTO, Ont. — The Michigan Bucks leapfrogged from third to first place on Wednesday afternoon with a matinee shutout win in Toronto over the Lynx, 1-0. The Bucks (3-1-0, nine points) used a fresh lineup to attack the young Canadian side from the opening whistle, while goal keeper Adam Grinwis registered his second shutout […]
GIRLS SOCCER: Rochester blanks Grand Blanc to reach regional finals
NOTE: Have photos or video of this event you would like to share with digital daily www.northoaklandsports.com?Email pertinent information to results@northoaklandsports.com or to Senior Editor Dan Stickradt at Dan.Stickradt@northoaklandsports.com FOR MORE SOCCER COVERAGE: http://northoaklandsports.com/?s=soccer&x=0&y=0 BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans WEST BLOOMFIELD — Maddie Moote has chosen the opportune time […]
GIRLS SOCCER: WOLL moves onto regional finals with shutout of Riverview Richard
MORE GIRLS SOCCER COVERAGE: http://northoaklandsports.com/?s=soccer&x=0&y=0 MADISON HEIGHTS — Only a half decade ago, Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes-Clarkston Everest Collegiate Unified kickstarted its own girls soccer program. The Lakers have enjoyed tremendous success in the postseason since those inaugural days. Top-ranked WOLL-CEC captured its sixth straight district this season and continued its pace […]
GIRLS SOCCER: Rochester delivers unbelievable comeback to thwart Adams in district finals
FOR MORE SOCCER COVERAGE: http://northoaklandsports.com/?s=soccer&x=0&y=0 BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ROCHESTER HILLS — Comebacks are common in all level of sports. Rochester’s miraculous comeback Saturday on the soccer pitch was one for the ages. The seventh-ranked Falcons staged a late rally, scoring twice in the final 1:57 of regulation to force […]
GIRLS SOCCER: Notre Dame Prep dominates Clawson for district crown
BIRMINGHAM — It took Pontiac Notre Dame Prep double overtime to down second-ranked Birmingham Detroit Country Day, 1-0, in a Division 3 girls soccer district semifinal. The fighting Irish did not have work extra long Saturday. Notre Dame Prep captured its second straight district crown Saturday at Country Day, topping Clawson, 8-1, to advance to […]
GIRLS SOCCER: Troy tops Athens for fifth straight district title, sixth straight rivalry win
BY JAKE LOURIM STUDENT CORRESPONDENT j.lourim@comcast.net TROY — The Troy baseball team had hammered Troy Athens that morning, 13-5. The Troy softball team started its 8-0 dominance of Athens just before the start of the Troy girls soccer team’s game against Athens. And the soccer team completed the clean sweep Saturday. Troy won its […]
GIRLS SOCCER: WOLL remains unbeaten with district triumph
CLARKSTON — Behind a goal in the first half and two more in the second half, top-ranked Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes-Clarkston Everest Collegiate Unified remained perfect on the girls soccer season with a 3-1 victory over Royal Oak Shrine Catholic Saturday. The Lakers (18-0-0) advanced to Tuesday’s regional semifinals for the fifth straight […]
GIRLS SOCCER: Surging Troy continues streak with 3-0 rout of Utica
BY JAKE LOURIM STUDENT CORRESPONDENT j.lourim@comcast.net STERLING HEIGHTS — The Troy girls soccer team arrived at Sterling Heights Stevenson Friday night just in time to see its crosstown rival Troy Athens advance to the district final. It was only fair the Colts held up their end of the bargain. Powered by two more set-piece goals […]
GIRLS SOCCER: Mazur’s OT heroics lift No. 3 Notre Dame Prep past No. 2 Country Day
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans BEVERLY HILLS — Timing is everything. Pontiac Notre Dame Prep forward Sarah Mazur couldn’t have picked a better time to score her first goal of the season. Mazur knocked in the game’s only goal in the first overtime, as Division 3 third-ranked Notre Dame Prep stymied No. […]
GIRLS SOCCER: The Gatekeepers: Rochester’s Heber, Troy’s Holland are two of state’s best between the pipes
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans When Stephanie Heber was in elementary school, she was usually the one that would stand in goal during soccer practice. She hasn’t left. Either has Alison Holland, who began in a similar way many years ago.. The two felt quite comfortable between the pipes — and now […]
GIRLS SOCCER: Adams bumps off No. 3 Stoney Creek
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ROCHESTER HILLS — Rochester Adams proved once again that it has Rochester Stoney Creek’s number in the postseason. The Highlanders, who recently fell from the Division 1 state rankings, opened up the girls soccer postseason Tuesday night with one of the state’s bigger upsets, shocking the […]
MEN’S SOCCER: Rovers’ late goals down Bucks
BY DAN DUGGAN CORRESPONDENT CANTON — What started out to be a glorious day at the 31st annual Canton Cup Memorial Weekend Soccer Tournament ended in disaster for the Michigan Bucks on Saturday as they gave up two goals in the game’s final minutes to give the River City Rovers their first win of the season, […]
TRACK AND FIELD: Rochester Adams, Lake Orion race to Oakland County titles
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans HOLLY — One thing that eluded Rochester Adams’ best girls track and field team during their best season last spring was an Oakland County championship. The Highlanders gained that distinction this season. Adams won its fourth county title in school history Friday on the grand oval of […]
PREP STATE RANKINGS
PREP STATE RANKINGS Baseball (By the coaches association) Division 1 — 1. Bay City Western; 2. Brighton; 3. Portage Central; 4. Sterling Heights Stevenson; 5. Howell; 6. Birmingham Brother Rice; 7. Macomb Dakota; 8. Temperance Bedford; 9. Clarkston; 10. Saline; 11. Lake Orion; 12. Mattawan. Division 2 — 1. Bay City John Glenn; 2. […]
GIRLS SOCCER: Troy executes to blank rival Athens
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com FOR MORE SOCCER COVERAGE: http://northoaklandsports.com/?s=soccer&x=0&y=0 TROY — A season of misfortune finally took the right turn Thursday night for Troy’s girls soccer team. The Colts, sacked by countless injuries this season, finally had their full lineup and that equation helped brew up a 2-0 victory over arch-rival […]
GIRLS SOCCER: Wideman’s late tally helps Troy salvage tie with Rochester
TROY — Rochester needed a win and a Rochester Stoney Creek loss Tuesday to gain the OAA Red Division girls soccer league title. Troy made sure that didn’t happen. Wideman scored with 1:05 left off a pass from Madison Hirsch to help the Colts gain a 1-1 tie with visiting Rochester. Freshman Zo Schultz scored […]
