Tag: "high school girls soccer"
2011 ALL-AREA GIRLS SOCCER: Highly-touted players showcased on postseason squad
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com It has been said time and time again that in the sport of prep soccer, sometimes it’s harder to make the All-Area First Team or even the All-County team in Oakland County that it is to reach the all-state lists in one of the four divisions. That didn’t change […]
Athens’ Brannon is 28th recipient of Miss Soccer award
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com TROY — In its storied 30-year history, the Troy Athens soccer program has earned much respect and dozens of noteworthy accolades. It continued Sunday afternoon with another right honor. The Red Hawks and retiring coach Tim Storch learned that senior midfielder Olivia Brannon was named the recipient of the […]
Lonely at the top? Novi tops Troy to win fifth D-1 crown in seven years
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com EAST LANSING — For Novi, could it ever be lonely at the top? The Wildcats, the state’s top-ranked girls soccer team all season, posted yet another Division 1 state championship Saturday at Michigan State University’s DeMartin Stadium. Novi won its second straight state title and fifth in seven seasons […]
Colts ready to face top-ranked Novi in state title clash
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com EAST LANSING — Sometimes in sports a school will lose to an opponent and never get a chance to gain a measure of revenge, at least not in the same time period as the current athletes are still in school. Troy, however, will get that chance. After losing to […]
Shot at redemption: Troy gains rematch with Novi, first state finals berth since 2003
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com HOLT — For two years, Troy’s girls soccer team has been knocking on the door to the state finals. In 2009, the Colts lost in the state semifinals to Utica Eisenhower, while Troy came up short in losing in the regional finals to eventual state champion Novi last season. […]
Unfinished business: Fourth-ranked Troy looking to reach state finals for first time since 2003
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com TROY— A year ago a loss to Novi left a bitter taste in mouth of Irene Young and her teammates. Now, Young and Troy are doing something about it. The Colts, ranked fourth in Division 1 and a top-five team all season, will play in the Division 1 girls […]
Tournament tested: Colts continue stampede into Final Four
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com LAKE ORION — Troy has many elements on its girls soccer team that any coach can’t teach: speed, size and postseason experience. The Colts have a bevy of each and that has helped carry them back to the Final Four. Troy outshot Grand Blanc 18-8, including 10-6 with shots […]
Eisenhower rallies for shootout win over Athens
(Editor’s note: Jay Stephens is part of the www.northoaklandsports.com Student Correspondence Program, open to all future journalism students at the high school or collegiate level. Interested, contact Senior Editor Dan Stickradt at dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com or Sales/Marketing Manager Dennis VanWingerden at dennis@northoaklandsports.com) JAY STEPHENS STUDENT CORRESPONDENT TROY — Soccer games, like most other sports, are games of […]
GIRLS SOCCER REGIONAL PREVIEW: Adams, Troy know each other all too well; Athens set for clash with Ike
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com When regional play in girls soccer commences Tuesday night, two familiar programs will face off in a battle of top-10 teams at Lake Orion. Troy and Rochester Adams know each other all too well, playing at least once every season going back to the early 1980s when the schools […]
Early goal helps Athens topple Rochester
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com STERLING HEIGHTS — Troy Athens has had a knack of scoring early goals and then never allowing the opposition to claw back. The Red Hawks did just that in Saturday’s Division 1 girls soccer district finals at Sterling Heights Stevenson. Athens, ranked third, scored in the fifth minute then […]
Young caps seven-goal week to aid Troy’s district cause
Editor’s note: Jake Lourim is part of the www.northoaklandsports.com Student Correspondence Program, open to all future journalism students at the high school or collegiate level. Interested, contact Senior Editor Dan Stickradt at dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com or Sales/Marketing Manager Dennis VanWingerden at dennis@northoaklandsports.com) BY JAKE LOURIM STUDENT CORRESPONDENT TROY — Business is business. Junior Irene Young led the […]
Troy wins third straight district crown
Troy wins third straight district crown BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com TROY — After finishing third in a tight OAA Red Division girls soccer race, Troy is trying to make up for it in the Division 1 postseason. The Colts picked up their third straight district title Saturday, topping visiting Waterford Mott, 5-0, to […]
Adams cruises past Clarkston for district championship
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com LAKE ORION — Since losing in the league-title deciding math three weeks ago, Rochester Adams has turned its attention to another important matter: making a return trip to the final Four. The Highlanders completed the latest step Saturday at Lake Orion, Adams is 6-0-1 since the loss to Troy […]
GIRLS SOCCER: Rochester, Athens, Troy all reach district finals; Lamphere stuns Avondale
STERLING HEIGHTS — Troy Athens escaped Utica Ford’s upset bid, picking up a 2-1 victory over the district host Falcons, 2-1, in a Division 1 district semifinal at Sterling Heights Stevenson. Athens led 1-0 at the half and 2-0 in the second half before Ford was able to net a late tally to close the […]
Clarkston works overtime to finally dispatch Kettering
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com LAKE ORION — Members of Clarkston’s girls soccer team may have shown up for the big dance Thursday a little tardy. The wolves had good reason. Clarkston had to work a little overtime before knocking out Waterford Kettering, 2-1, in a Division 1 district semifinal at Lake Orion. With […]
Adams eliminates Stoney Creek to reach district finals
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com LAKE ORION — Rochester Adams broke a season-long hex Thursday night. The Highlanders scored on a cornerkick. While finishing on set pieces has been a glaring weakness this season, the cornerkick goal was part of a four-goal explosion, as Adams ousted Rochester Stoney Creek, 4-0, in a Division 1 […]