Tag: "girls soccer"
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: 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 […]
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: 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 […]
GIRLS SOCCER: Adams blanks Grand Blanc to reach regional finals
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans LAKE ORION — There’s a lot to be said about experience in the state tournament. Rochester Adams has plenty of such experience on the soccer pitch — and that experience has been a much-needed commodity for the injury-plagued Highlanders, who may have to change their nickname […]
GIRLS SOCCER: Troy frustrates Anchor Bay in regional, 2-0
BY JAKE LOURIM STUDENT CORRESPONDENT j.lourim@comcast.net FRASER — As a freshman, Troy midfielder Sarah Troccoli is playing in her first state tournament. That fact didn’t seem to bother her Tuesday when a cornerkick came to her. “Sometimes, I get really nervous,” Troccoli admitted, adding that she usually feels better after her first solid touch. […]
GIRLS SOCCER DISTRICTS: Troy, Oakland Christian, Notre Dame Prep, Clarkston all advance to district finals
TROY — Behind a goal in each half, Troy advanced to the district finals with a 2-0 shutout of visiting Utica Ford Thursday. The Colts, who will face Royal Oak Saturday at 1 p.m. picked up a first-half goal from Phylisha Drayton and a second-half marker from Sarah Troccoli in recording the win. Madison Hirsch […]
GIRLS SOCCER DISTRICTS: Iaderosa’s late goal lifts Adams past Rochester
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans UTICA — As far as the Rochester-Rochester Adams rivalry goes, the two have played out many classic games on the soccer pitch spanning some 30 years. That continued Thursday night in a Division 1 girls soccer district semifinal at Utica’s Swinehart Stadium. Lara Iaderosa scored in […]
GIRLS SOCCER DISTRICTS: Troy ousts rival Troy Athens
TROY — Troy High opened the girls soccer season the same way the Colts opened the postseason Tuesday — with a 2-0 shutout of rival Troy Athens. Host Troy scored a goal in each half to advance to Thursday’s 5 p.m. district semifinal against Utica Ford II. Irene Young opened the scoring in the first […]
GIRLS SOCCER DISTRICTS: WOLL shuts out Lutheran Northwest; Adams blanks Romeo
CLARKSTON — The unbeaten season continues. Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes-Clarkston Everest Collegiate Unified’s advanced to the second round of the Division 4 girls soccer state tournament with an 8-0 shutout of visiting Rochester Hills Lutheran Northwest. WOLL scored six times in the first half and tackled on two more goals after halftime. Anna […]
GIRLS SOCCER DISTRICTS: Stoney Creek upsets Eisenhower
UTICA — Two top 10 teams facing off can usually provided for a memorable postseason opener. Rochester Stoney Creek and Utica Eisenhower did not disappoint Tuesday in their Division 1 girls soccer pre-district contest. Hannah Darin scored what proved to be the game-winner with three seconds left in the first overtime session to lift 10th-ranked […]
GIRLS SOCCER: Clarkston takes first step with district win over Carman-Ainsworth
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans FLINT — Clarkston has never captured a district crown in girls soccer. The Wolves would love nothing more than to change that this season. Clarkston took the first step in that direction Tuesday in its Division 1 district opener at Flint Carman-Ainsworth. The Wolves rallied back […]
