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GIRLS SOCCER: Troy’s Irene Young wins Miss Soccer award
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans TROY — Irene Young had a secret that she had to hold onto for a few days. The recent Troy High graduate found out the day of Troy’s state semifinal on June 13 that she was to receive the highest honor of any high school soccer […]
GIRLS SOCCER STATE FINALS: Calvin Christian drowns Lakes-Everest for D-4 crown
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans EAST LANSING — Seemingly, Grandville Calvin Christian had the Midas touch Saturday afternoon. Everything the Squires struck turned to gold. Fourth-ranked Calvin Christian scored six times at Michigan State University’s Old College Field the Squires struck that was more than enough to drown sixth-ranked Waterford Our […]
GIRLS SOCCER STATE FINALS: Okemos blanks Troy, leaves no doubt on state’s best team
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans EAST LANSING — Simply put, Okemos left no doubt who the best girls soccer team in the state was in 2012. The Chieftains finished up an improbably season, finishing 24-1-1, yielding six goals and pitching 20 shutouts. The final chapter came in Saturday’s Division 1 state […]
GIRLS SOCCER: Lakes-Everest upends Bishop Foley to reach second state finals in three years
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans PONTIAC — While Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes-Clarkston Everest Collegiate Unified might have one of the state’s longest names for a high school athletics program in the state of Michigan, the Lakers do have one of the shortest time periods for its girls soccer team. […]
GIRLS SOCCER: Too ‘Powers’ful: Top-ranked Chargers blank NDP in state semis
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans LAKE ORION — There are some puzzles that just can’t be solved. For Pontiac Notre Dame Prep, the Fighting Irish simply could not solve top-ranked and defending state champion Flint Powers Catholic on the soccer pitch on two separate occasions this season. After falling to Powers […]
GIRLS SOCCER: Troy stymies Canton to get back to state finals
BY JAKE LOURIM STUDENT CORRESPONDENT j.lourim@comcast.net FARMINGTON — There was one key difference between Troy and Plymouth Canton heading into their girls soccer state semifinal matchup Wednesday. “(Coach Brian Zawislak) said before the game — we’ve been here before and they haven’t,” Troy forward Madison Hirsch said. “So let’s show them how to play […]
GIRLS SOCCER: Okemos cashes in overtime goal to oust Adams in state semifinals
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans HOLT — Sometimes soccer can come down to one big play. Okemos had a grand opportunity in overtime Wednesday and seized the moment. The second-ranked Chiefs picked up a goal in the first overtime period and the defense made it stand in a 1-0 victory over […]
GIRLS SOCCER: Troy shuts down Grosse Pointe South to win regional
BY JAKE LOURIM STUDENT CORRESPONDENT j.lourim@comcast.net FRASER — It’s hard to beat a good team two or three times in one season. But, as the Troy girls soccer team is proving, it’s even harder to beat the Colts in the playoffs. Troy senior Irene Young poked in the game-winner in a Division 1 regional […]
PDL SOCCER: Bucks maintain Great Lakes League with 1-0 victory over Fire Premier
BY DAN DUGGAN CORRESPONDENT NOVI — Different venue, same result. Last Tuesday the Michigan Bucks welcomed the Chicago Fire of Major League Soccer to over 2,000 fans at Ultimate Soccer Arenas and sent them home with a one goal defeat. Saturday night the Bucks played the Fire Premier (PDL) in front of nearly 800 fans at Novi […]
GIRLS SOCCER: Lakes-Everest avenges Nouvel, reaches D-4 Final Four
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans BURTON — Five seasons, three district championships, two regional titles and one state crown. And the fifth season isn’t even done just yet. That’s the success story for the Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes-Clarkston Everest Collegiate Unified girls soccer team. In just its fifth season of […]
GIRLS SOCCER: Notre Dame Prep wins first regional since 2000
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans BEVERLY HILLS — It wasn’t a matter of when Pontiac Notre Dame Prep would score on Grosse Ile Friday night. It was more of a matter of how often. The Fighting Irish pelted Grosse Ile for most of 80 minutes and ousted the Red Devils, 4-1, […]
GIRLS SOCCER: Troy downs Grosse Pointe South to claim ninth regional title
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans FRASER — Troy ventured through a slight postseason drought from 2006-2008, not winning a district title in girls soccer. As a state powerhouse program hailing from a conference annually regarded as the state’s best, that three-year dry run was a low spot of a proud program not […]
GIRLS SOCCER: Unlikely hero lifts Adams to ninth regional title
LAKE ORION — Hannah Grieb picked the right time to score her first varsity goal. The sophomore scored in the 96th minute of the second overtime session to spark Rochester Adams to a 2-1 victory over Midland Dow in a Division 1 regional final at Lake Orion High School. Fourth-ranked Adams (18-4-2) advances to the […]
GIRLS SOCCER: Notre Dame Prep edges Gabriel Richard, advances to regional finals
BEVERLY HILLS — Taylor Timko notched the game winner in the second half, and that proved to be the game-winner in Pontiac Notre Dame Prep’s 2-1 victory over Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard in a Division 3 girls soccer regional semifinal at Birmingham Detroit Country Day. Timko scored in the 52nd minute off a free […]
GIRLS SOCCER: Lakes-Everest keeps unbeaten season alive, drains Harbor Beach in regional semifinals
BURTON — Still unbeaten. Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes-Clarkston Everest Collegiate showed no signs of slowing down Tuesday, recovering little resistance in an 8-0 shutout of Harbor Beach in a Division 4 regional semifinal at Burton Atherton. Lindsey Straw scored bookend goals and both Rachelle Topolewski and Ava Doetsch also scored two goals to […]
PDL SOCCER: Michigan Bucks’ ends historic Open Cup run in Sweet 16
BY DAN DUGGAN CORRESPONDENT ROCHESTER HILLS — The run is over. The Michigan Bucks run towards Open Cup history ended Tuesday night when the home team was defeated by the Dayton Dutch Lions 2-1 in a game that reached double overtime and a shootout in a contest played in front of 1,100 fans at Oakland […]
GIRLS SOCCER: Troy cruises past Anchor Bay into regional finals
FRASER — There could be something magical about 2-0 scores and Troy’s girls soccer team this postseason. The Colts captured their fourth straight win of the postseason Tuesday, the third straight by a 2-0 count, by topping New Baltimore Anchor Bay in a Division 1 regional semifinal at Fraser High School. Troy, which has now […]
