Category: Soccer
Flint City Bucks ‘wascher’ away Detroit United for another clean sheet
DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans FLINT — During most of his soccer career, Javier Steinwascher has spent most of his field time in the midfield setting up teammates or up top finding the back of the net. Sunday, his skillset found a new home. Returning the Flint City Bucks after a two-week hiatus, […]
TOP BOYS SOCCER TEAMS: Who will run the gauntlet in this shortened season?
Traverse City West, Salem, Brighton, Mattawan, Anchor Bay are Michigan’s top prep teams — Sept. 18, 2020 BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans A simple task you say? Cram as many games as possible into six short weeks — eight weeks for teams in northern Michigan — in order to try to win […]
BOYS SOCCER: Oxford sneaks past Rochester in 1-0 upset
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans OXFORD — Soccer can often be an odd, quirky game. A team can dominate play and control possession only to come up on the wrong side on the scoresheet. Such was the case Tuesday night at Oxford. The host Wildcats were forced back on their heels for […]
BOYS SOCCER: Troy Athens opens up OAA-Red title defense with shutout of Stoney Creek
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans TROY — Winning the OAA Red Division championship in any sport is not an easy task. Winning it in two or more consecutive years is even more difficult. That’s what Troy Athens is trying to accomplish this season. The Red Hawks, who have captured the last two […]
Tambe’s hat trick leads unbeaten Flint City Bucks past Livonia City
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans FLINT — This time around, the Flint City Bucks floored the pedal from the opening kickoff. This time around, the Bucks refused to take the pedal off the metal. Ayuk Tambe, who scored the game-winner during the Bucks’ U.S. Soccer—League II North American title game last August, […]
Flint City Bucks find right ‘Channell’ to sail past Inter Detroit FC
DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans FLINT — Apparently, Tyler Channell still has his touch. His scoring touch that is. Channell, a 2011 Troy Athens graduate and 2016 Saginaw Valley State University grad, was back to his old ways Sunday afternoon at Flint’s Atwood Stadium. Channell scored what proved to be the game-winner in […]
Flint City Bucks get defensive on Carpathia in 2-1 win
DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans FLINT — A team is only as good as its defense. For the Flint City Bucks, that defense has been pretty sterling after two weeks of exhibition play. The defending US Soccer-League 2 North American champions have only yielded only 14 shots on frame after two matches and […]
Flint City Bucks regain form on the pitch with shutout of Midwest United
DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans FLINT — Sunday’s soccer match didn’t mean anything towards any type of standings, cup or tournament. But for the players, coaches and management, it meant the world to be back out on the pitch again. The Flint City Bucks, the 2019 U.S. Soccer League II North American champions, […]
FOOTBALL: Reaching new heights: Everest Collegiate reaches postseason all seven seasons, enjoying unbeaten regular season
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans CLARKSTON — In most cases, when a school starts a football program, it takes a few years to lay the ground work in order to enjoy the taste of success down the road. Someone forgot to tell this to those at Clarkston Everest Collegiate. The Mountaineers are […]
BOYS SOCCER: Troy Athens overcomes demons, cruises past Plymouth Salem in state semifinals
Red Hawks put up five goals to reach state finals for eighth time BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans TROY — Plymouth Salem did something that few teams have been able to do during the past two seasons against Troy Athens: Take an early lead on the Red Hawks. Unranked Salem scored […]
COLUMN: BOYS SOCCER: Final Four games provide some intriguing matchups
BY DAN STICKRADT CORRESPONDENT dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans The wild world of the boys soccer state tournament will conclude this week. After 2.5 weeks of close affairs, overtimes, shootouts, upsets and shockers in the revamped tournament which featured partially-seeded districts, the MHSAA has dwindled down to its Final Four in each of the state’s four divisions. […]
BOYS SOCCER: Myftari’s game-winner with 6 seconds left gives Athens 11th regional title
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans TROY — Talk about waiting for the last minute. Andri Myftari had a shot at redemption Thursday night and the Troy Athens senior made the most if it. In a storied program’s 39-season history, scored one of the biggest goals in Athens lore in the process. After […]
COLLEGE MEN’S SOCCER: Morrell’s goal helps Oakland defeat Michigan State for first time since 2014
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ROCHESTER HILLS — A year ago, Luke Morrell earned Horizon League All-Freshman Team honors after a solid debut collegiate campaign. The sophomore from Plainwell, Mich., added to his resume on Tuesday night. Morrell scored in the 46th minute and Oakland University’s defense made it stand in a […]
BOYS SOCCER: Everest Collegiate blanks Roscommon to reach regional finals for first time
CHESANING — Clarkston Everest Collegiate is navigating through unchartered waters and is doing so quite successfully. Three days after capturing their first Division 4 district championship in school history on Saturday, the Mountaineers advanced to the regional finals for the first time as well. Everest Collegiate downed unranked Roscommon, 3-0, Tuesday in the regional semifinals at […]
BOYS SOCCER: Athens cruises past Warren DeLaSalle to reach regional finals; Chippewa Valley edges Rochester Adams in 2OTs
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans TROY — After losing in the district finals last season as the state’s undefeated and No. 1-ranked squad in Division 1, Troy Athens is making the most of its postseason opportunity this time around. The second-ranked Red Hawks cruised past unranked Warren DeLaSalle, 4-0, Tuesday night in […]
BOYS SOCCER: Everest Collegiate finally reaches district summit with first postseason crown
Mountaineers topple Oakland Christian 2-0 to advance to regional semifinals . BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans AUBURN HILLS — Back at the start of summer, John Haezebrouck was quick to remind his team of an obvious void up on the school’s gymnasium walls. It was a challenge, really, to the members of […]
BOYS SOCCER: Grand Blanc holds off Oxford for district title
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans GRAND BLANC — Graduating 15 players and still perform at a high level is never easy. Somehow Grand Blanc has done just that on the soccer pitch. State semifinalists a year ago in Division 1, the unranked Bobcats advanced to the regional semifinals with a 2-1 district […]
BOYS SOCCER: Rejuvenated Adams trips Romeo to advance to district finals
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ROCHESTER HILLS — Better late than never. After a trying, major rebuilding regular season, Rochester Adams has finally found its groove. Five days after upsetting Division 1 10th-ranked and district top-seeded Rochester in a pre-district game (2-0), Adams found a way to win a second postseason game […]
