Tag: "Clarkston Everest Collegiate Boys Soccer"
BOYS SOCCER: Everest Collegiate won’t be ‘nervous’ in Final Four tussle with Lenawee Christian
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans CLARKSTON — If you would have asked John Haezebrouck before the 2019 season if Clarkston Everest Collegiate would be making back-to-back Final Four runs in the near future, he might not have believed it. “I wouldn’t have believed it because we had never been that far before,” […]
BOYS SOCCER PICKS: The Final Four has some intriguing matchups
The boys soccer team has boiled down to the final week with the MHSAA state semifinals up next. And there are some ultimate matchups on the docket for this Wednesday night, where all eight of the Final Four clashes will take place. Many of the Mr. Soccer and Dream Team candidates are still playing, having […]
BOYS SOCCER: Everest shocks Liggett for second straight regional title
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans MADISON HEIGHTS — Sometimes soccer can come down to finishing opportunities. That couldn’t be any more true than for Clarkston Everest Collegiate on the soccer pitch Thursday at Madison Heights Bishop Foley Catholic. The Mountaineers only had three shots on frame against perennial state powerhouse Grosse Pointe […]
BOYS SOCCER: Everest Collegiate peaking at right time, advances to second straight regional finals
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans MADISON HEIGHTS — It’s not how you start, but how you finish. Clarkston Everest Collegiate is living proof to that theory. After graduating two key defensemen and starting goalkeeper from a team that finished 15-4-1 last year, the Mountaineers had to do some quick retooling of their […]
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: Liggett ends Everest’s dream run in D-4 state semifinals
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans TROY — It’s been two decades since Grosse Pointe Woods University-Liggett ruled the roost in Division 4 soccer. The second-ranked Knights are headed back to the Division 4 finals for the first time since 1999, which is also the last time University-Liggett won a state title. The […]
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: 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: 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: Oakland Christian rolls Everest Collegiate for district crown
CLARKSTON — For the seventh straight season, Auburn Hills Oakland Christian has claimed a boys soccer district championship. The Lancers claimed the title with a 7-0 victory over host Clarkston Everest Collegiate. Daniel Smith scored three goals to lead Oakland Christian. Chris Polite followed with two goals, while David Lewis and John VanNoord also scored […]
MONDAY’S BOYS SOCCER DISTRICT ROUNDUP: Oakland Christian, Everest, Notre Dame Prep, Athens all open tournament with wins
AUBURN HILLS — Daniel Smith made sure that Auburn Hills Oakland Christian would not be a first-round upset victim. The midfielder from Auburn Hills Oakland Christian notched the hat trick Monday afternoon in leading the state-ranked Lancers past visiting West Bloomfield Jewish Academy, 4-1, in a Division n4 pre-district boys soccer match. Oakland Christian, which […]
BOYS SOCCER: Lutheran Northwest, Lake Orion, Everest climb to win column
PLYMOUTH — Rochester Hills Lutheran Northwest climbed above the five-hundred mark with a 2-0 MIAC Blue Division shutout of host Plymouth Christian Thursday. Ontonio McDonald scored both goals in leading the attack. Philip Rynearson made 15 saves for Lutheran Northwest (4-3, 2-0). LAKE ORION 3, ROYAL OAK 1: Lake Orion captured its second straight win […]
TUESDAY’S BOYS SOCCER ROUNDUP: Rochester, Everest open with wins
ROCHESTER — For the first time since the mid-2000s, Rochester has entered the boys soccer season with high expectations. The Falcons proved just why on Tuesday night in their season opener with Waterford Kettering. Rochester scored five goals in the first half and added two second-half markers in recording a 7-0 shutout of the visiting […]
Oakland Christian lackadaisical in ousting Everest Collegiate
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com AUBURN HILLS — Caleb Combs had a message to his Auburn Hills Oakland Christian boys soccer team Tuesday evening, warning his team of some potential stormy waters coming up in the postseason. “If we play the way we did tonight, we could lose to (Rochester Hills) Lutheran Northwest,” beamed […]
VanNoord’s hat trick lifts Oakland Christian past Everest Collegiate
AUBURN HILLS — Sophomore John VanNoord scored three goals Saturday and that was part of a six-goal outburst by Auburn Hills Oakland Christian, as the Lancers rolled over Clarkston Everest Collegiate, 6-0, in a non-conference boys soccer match. VanNoord scored the final three goals for Division 4 third-ranked Oakland Christian (9-1-1-). Daniel Smith added two […]
