Tag: "Rochester Adams Boys Soccer"
BOYS SOCCER: Clarkston once again delivers knockout blow to Rochester Adams
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans CLARKSTON — It’s safe to say that Clarkston really does have Rochester Adams’ number. For the fourth time in five seasons the Wolves ousted Adams from the Division 1 state tournament, this time coming in the form of a 2-0 victory Thursday in a pre-district contest. It […]
BOYS SOCCER: Troy Athens topples Rochester Adams, celebrates 18th league championship
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans TROY — It’s only fitting that Troy Athens celebrates 40 seasons of boys soccer with another league championship. The Red Hawks moved to 6-0-0 in OAA Red Division play Tuesday with a 3-1 victory over visiting Rochester Adams. No other team in the eight-school division can catch […]
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: 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 […]
BOYS SOCCER: Clarkston has Adams’ number to ousts Highlanders
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans Instagram: stickradtdan Snapchat: Dan.Stickradt CLARKSTON — It’s safe to say that Clarkston has Rochester Adams’ number on the soccer pitch. The unranked Wolves pulled off the upset of Adams in a Division 1 pre-district Monday — the second straight season Clarkston pulled off that feat. This time […]
BOYS SOCCER: What can ‘Brown’ do for you? Adams senior goalkeeper delivers in clutch to become best in school history
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ROCHESTER HILLS — One player’s departure was a blessing in disguise for Dylan Brown. When Brown was a freshman at Rochester Adams, the Highlanders’ returning goalkeeper, Spencer Ward, opted to play with the Vardar Academy and not for Adams for the remainder of his high school days. […]
BOYS SOCCER: Rochester Adams blanks Troy Athens to clinch OAA-Red title
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans TROY — Last year, Rochester Adams had a chance to capture the OAA Red Division title outright before a couple of late-season mishaps ended up with the Highlanders tying for the title along with Clarkston. This year there will be no more sharing. Fifth-ranked Adams made quite […]
BOYS SOCCER: Avondale clinches OAA-White title; Rochester schools, Athens engage in battle for OAA-Red crown
BY DAN STICKRADT CORRESPONDENT dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans AUBURN HILLS — Five years ago, Auburn Hills Avondale made an improbable run to its first boys soccer Division 2 state title. With a senior-heavy team ranked in the top 10 in D-2 this season, coach Doug Steinard hopes that the Yellowjackets can find the same magic as […]
BOYS SOCCER: Canton edges Adams to reach state final
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR DAn.Stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans TROY — David McGrath was given a call to duty Wednesday night — on short notice. The sophomore goalkeeper still delivered in his brief few minutes on the soccer pitch. McGrath, who did not play in regulation or overtime, made a save in a shootout and […]
BOYS SOCCER: Adams edges Utica Ford for second straight regional crown
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans FRASER — In a tightly-contested regional final game, Josh Hickey did not want anyone else to stand between the pipes other than Dylan Brown. The seventh-year Rochester Adams boys soccer coach does not want anyone else facing a penalty kick against a Mr. Soccer candidate, either. […]
BOYS SOCCER: Adams advances to Elite Eight with win over Bloomfield Hills
BY DAN STICKRADT CORRESPONDENT dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans FRASER — Experience is an ingredient that one cannot teach in practice. It’s also one of the true strengths for Rochester Adams on the soccer pitch this season. The Highlanders, a senior-laden team, kept their postseason hopes alive Wednesday, topping short-handed and unranked Bloomfield Hills, 1-0, in […]
BOYS SOCCER: Adams trips up Stoney Creek for 10th district crown
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ROCHESTER HILLS — A year after winning the school’s first state title in 1999, members of Rochester Adams boys soccer team started a fad that each member of the state tournament roster would die his hair in blonde to signal team unity. Perhaps there is something […]
BOYS SOCCER: Plymouth Canton edges Rochester Adams for D-1 state title
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.Stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans BRIGHTON — Jason Ren wasn’t called upon to provide much offense for Plymouth Canton this season. In fact, the junior midfielder only found the back of the net only twice in 26 games entering Saturday. His third tally of the season was by far the biggest of […]
BOYS SOCCER: Rochester Adams, Plymouth Canton are mirror images of one another entering state championship match
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR Dan.Stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans BRIGHTON — If Rochester Adams’ and Plymouth Canton’s boys soccer players could collectively stare down at each other for a moment, it would be like looking into a mirror. The perennial state powers have survived brutal paths to get to the season’s final day and will […]
BOYS SOCCER: Adams upends unbeaten Fraser to reach D-1 state finals
Highlanders edge Ramblers on penalty kicks to reach championship match for first time since 2001 BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.Stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ROCHESTER HILLS — Dylan Brown admits that his team is playing with quite a swagger these days, especially when his team participates in penalty kicks. Brown, a sophomore goalkeeper from […]
BOYS SOCCER: Highlanders Spine: Lencioni brothers are the backbone of Rochester Adams’ run to Final Four
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.Stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ROCHESTER HILLS — When the Lencioni brothers were all in middle school, they often had discussions around the house or soccer pitch of what it would be like to play together at the high school level and lead their school to a deep run in the […]
BOYS SOCCER: Adams goes eight deep in shootout to oust Clarkston and win fifth regional crown
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.Stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter:@LocalSportsFans UTICA — Dylan Brown was on the ground for two significant occurrences Saturday evening. One was involuntary — the other was voluntarily. The Rochester Adams sophomore goalkeeper was knocked over inside 20 minutes of the second half against Clarkston, spending a few minutes on the bench to […]
BOYS SOCCER: Posawatz’s heroics lift Clarkston past Oxford and into regional finals; Adams slips past Traverse City Central
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.Stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans UTICA — Sometimes heroes can be found in the most unlikely sources. For Clarkston, the hero has come in the form of defenseman David Posawatz. After not scoring a single goal during the regular season in both 2013 and 2014, the 6-foot-1 senior scored in his […]
