Tag: "Rochester Boys Soccer"
BOYS SOCCER: Mell’s overtime tally lifts Rochester Stoney Creek over Rochester
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ROCHESTER HILLS — Ayden Mell has only scored four goals all season long. None have been bigger than his late tally Wednesday night. The junior midfielder from Rochester Stoney Creek scored with 3:24 left in the second overtime season in leading the Cougars to a thrilling, 2-1, […]
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: Oxford sneaks past Rochester in 1-0 upset
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans OXFORD — Soccer can often be an odd, quirky game. A team can dominate play and control possession only to come up on the wrong side on the scoresheet. Such was the case Tuesday night at Oxford. The host Wildcats were forced back on their heels for […]
BOYS SOCCER: Walled Lake Central upsets Rochester in shootout; Grand Blanc edges Midland Dow in OT
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans Instagram: stickradtdan Snapchat: Dan.Stickradt FLINT — It wasn’t until the opening week of the postseason that Walled Lake Central even broke into the Division 1 top 20. Now the Vikings are surely on everyone’s radar. Ranked 15th, Walled Lake Central took 10th-ranked Rochester, a state semifinalist last […]
BOYS SOCCER: Soccer regionals mix of usual suspects, Cinderella stories, unknowns and forfeits
Boys soccer has reached the regional round of the postseason and will feature many enticing matchups. But within the pairings, there is a side story of bad news for Hamtramck. After going unbeaten through the district week, the Cosmos self-reported they had used an ineligible player and had to forfeit the season, the same fate […]
BOYS SOCCER: Rochester rallies past Clarkston to claim second straight district title
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans Instagram: stickradtdan Snapchat: Dan.Stickradt ROCHESTER HILLS — Rochester’s boys soccer team is very thankful these days that it has a three-sport athlete playing in goal. Luke Kastran made a difference Friday night for the Division 1 10th-ranked Falcons. Host Rochester tested its mettle and rallied past Clarkston, […]
BOYS SOCCER: Rochester blanks Stoney Creek in district showdown
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans Instagram: stickradtdan Snapchat: Dan.Stickradt ROCHESTER HILLS — With each passing game, Rochester hopes to prove the theory that defense does win championships. The Falcons moved to one win away from repeating as a Division 1 district champion with perhaps their best effort to date. The host Falcons […]
BOYS SOCCER: Rochester not sneaking up on anybody this time around
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans Instagram: stickradtdan Snapchat: DanStickradt ROCHESTER HILLS — Last season Rochester sprung onto the scene with its best campaign since winning the Division 1 state championship in 2002. The Falcons did so with stingy defense and opportunistic offense. Rochester still only cracked the D-1 top 20 in the […]
BOYS SOCCER: Athens edges Rochester in shootout to advance to state finals
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans TROY — Mason Maziasz relishes the moment every time he gets to play in a shootout. “I love them. I live for them,” said the Troy Athens senior goalkeeper. “I don’t mind playing in them at all.” Maziasz got his chance to play in his second straight […]
BOYS SOCCER: Behind family chemistry, Rochester enjoying magical ride to first Final Four since 2002
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ROCHESTER HILLS — The last time Rochester made a run to the Division 1 Final Four, the Falcons ended the season on a high note. Rochester captured its first and only state title in school history in 2002. That was a year where the Falcons entered the […]
BOYS SOCCER: Final Four-bound: Rochester slips past Grand Blanc to win first regional crown since 2002
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ROCHESTER HILLS — Grant Ellison had but one chance Thursday evening and the sophomore seized it. Ellison scored the biggest goal of his high school career and it was enough to lift Rochester to a 1-0 victory over Grand Blanc in a Division 1 regional final at […]
BOYS SOCCER: Rochester advances to Elite Eight with 2-1 win over Hartland
BY DAN STICKRADT CORRESPONDENT dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ROCHESTER HILLS — After winning its first district title in nine years, Rochester has decided to stick around for a while in the postseason. Rochester scored a goal in each half and held on for a 2-1 victory Tuesday over Hartland in a Division 1 regional semifinal at […]
BOYS SOCCER: Rochester stuns Stoney Creek to win first district title since 2007
BY DAN STICKRADT CORRESPONDENT dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ROCHESTER HILLS — Social media can serve as a platform of motivation to the opposition when athletes and parents talk trash and somewhat guarantee victory in a high stakes game. Rochester caught wind of such chants and served noticed that the Falcons are far from a “junior-varsity B […]
BOYS SOCCER: Rochester collects 12th shutout in rout of Waterford Mott; Stoney Creek rolls Kettering; Lake Orion blanks rival Oxford
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ROCHESTER HILLS — Over the past couple of years, Rochester had its fair share of struggles in the goalkeeping department. That has changed this season. Behind the much-improved play of Brad Carlson and Luke Kastran, the Falcons have posted their best record in a decade and are […]
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: Lake Orion upsets shorthanded Rochester
NOTE: Have photos or video of this event you would like to share with digital daily www.northoaklandsports.com?Email pertinent information to results@northoaklandsports.com or to Senior Editor Dan Stickradt at Dan.Stickradt@northoaklandsports.com FOR MORE SOCCER COVERAGE: http://northoaklandsports.com/?s=soccer&x=0&y=0 BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans LAKE ORION — In the Star Wars trilogy, […]
AOTW: Flock Leader: Rochester’s Pilakos looking to lead Falcons deep in state tournament
NOTE: Have photos or video of this event you would like to share with digital daily www.northoaklandsports.com?Email pertinent information to results@northoaklandsports.com or to Senior Editor Dan Stickradt at Dan.Stickradt@northoaklandsports.com FOR MORE SOCCER COVERAGE: http://northoaklandsports.com/?s=soccer&x=0&y=0 BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ROCHESTER HILLS — Ask Spiro Pilakos when was the last […]
BOYS SOCCER: Lecioni’s late goal helps Adams gain tie with Rochester
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ROCHESTER HILLS — Sometimes it can be like flicking on a switch. After being outplayed for most of the first 60 minutes of play Thursday, Rochester Adams upped its intensity level immediately after an injury and the switch proved to pay dividends. The Highlanders outshot Rochester […]
