Tag: "Rochester Boys Soccer"
BOYS SOCCER ROUNDUP: Clarkston blanks Adams on DeFinis’ two tallies; Rochester blanks Berkley; Avondale edges Seaholm
FOR MORE SOCCER COVERAGE: http://northoaklandsports.com/?s=soccer&x=0&y=0 CLARKSTON — Joey DeFinis is in his third year with Clarkston. He has developed into one of the area’s premier snipers on the soccer pitch. The junior forward reillerated that to Rochester Adams Tuesday. DeFinis scored a goal in each half to lift the Wolves to a 2-0 OAA […]
BOYS SOCCER: District dandy: Adams scores twice in final 10 minutes to rally past Rochester
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ROCHESTER HIJLLS — No lead is safe. Rochester found that out the hard way Tuesday evening on the big stage. Holding a 2-1 lead with less than 10 minutes remaining, the host Falcons watched arch-rival Rochester Adams score twice down the stretch and rally for a […]
BOYS SOCCER: Rochester gains revenge on Adams
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ROCHESTER HILLS — It’s hard to even fathom that a Rochester-Rochester Adams boys soccer match not having much meaning on the big scale. With the OAA Red Division title already decided last week — Troy Athens clinched the title — there was no league glory on […]
BOYS SOCCER: Adams gains much-needed win over Rochester
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ROCHESTER HILLS — Fielding a young team, wins have been hard to come by this season for Rochester Adams on the soccer pitch. The Highlanders gained an important win over one of its rivals Thursday to ease the pain of a uncharacteristic slow start. The Highlanders […]
BOYS SOCCER: Short-handed Rochester scores late to hand Troy first loss
BY JAKE LOURIM STUDENT CORRESPONDENT j.lourim@comcast.net ROCHESTER HILLS — Troy’s boys soccer team got stung in the offseason when four players decided to play for their club team this fall instead of the Colts. Fortunately for Rochester, its star hung around. Rochester went a man down in the 60th minute of a scoreless game, […]
BOYS SOCCER: Emotion-filled Adams, Stoney Creek battle to 1-1 draw
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ROCHESTER HILLS — Whenever rivals meet, there is a pause in time where emotions can sometimes get the best of athletes. Emotions were at a high point Thursday night when Rochester Adams hosted rival Rochester Stoney Creek in an OAA Red Division boys soccer match. The […]
BOYS SOCCER: DeFinis’ late goal lifts Clarkston past previously unbeaten Rochester
DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ROCHESTER HILLS — Joey Difinis had a chance to do something his father did several times back in the 1980s: Score a goal on Rochester’s field. The only difference for the younger generation Definis is that he is a sophomore sniper on Clarkston boys soccer team. His […]
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 […]
2011 ALL-NORTH OAKLAND AREA BOYS SOCCER TEAM: Gifted players deliver on the pitch
(EDITOR’S NOTE: Due to some technical difficulties, NOS is reposting some of its fall and winter sports All-Area teams from the 2011-12 school year.) BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com One state championship team. One state runner-up squad. Three more teams in the Final Four. One additional team in the Elite Eight. That […]
2011 ALL-OAA BOYS SOCCER TEAMS
2011 ALL-OAA BOYS SOCCER TEAMS ALL-OAA RED DIVISION DIVISION STANDINGS — 1. Troy; 2. Troy Athens; 3. Rochester Adams; 4. Clarkston; 5. Rochester Stoney Creek; 6. Bloomfield Hills Lahser; 7. Rochester; 8. Lake Orion. Bloomfield Hills Lahser — Keegan Kelly, Connaugh McLaughlin, Michael Rietmyer; Clarkston — Spencer Pawlik, Connor Bright, Nick Dahl, Jordan Kleft; Lake […]
2011 ALL-NORTH OAKLAND AREA BOYS SOCCER TEAM: Gifted players deliver on the pitch
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com One state championship team. One state runner-up squad. Three more teams in the Final Four. One additional team in the Elite Eight. That is just the beginning of the of some of the success put forth by boys soccer teams and individuals this past fall inside the www.northoaklandsports.com coverage […]
Cristobal’s game-winner sends Stevenson past Rochester
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com UTICA — Special players may not get many scoring opportunities throughout the flow of a game. When they do, they can often make a difference. Jerome Cristobal is one of those type of players. He rose to the occasion Wednesday night to become huge a difference maker on the […]
Athens gains revenge on Chippewa Valley; Rochester advances, Stoney Creek collapses
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com CLINTON TOWNSHIP — Clinton Township Chippewa Valley opened the season with a 2-0 victory over Troy Athens. The Red Hawks got a shot at redemption as the second season began Monday night. Athens rallied back from a 1-0 deficit midway through the first half to oust the Big Reds […]
Revamped Rochester regroups to edge Clarkston
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com CLARKSTON — Having injuries to key players is part of sports. All teams have to deal with injuries of all sorts. Some are bumps and bruises, some are long term. Rochester High’s boys soccer team has had to deal with injuries, more than most teams. In fact, the Falcons […]
BOYS SOCCER ROUNDUP: Falcons end skid by downing Crestwood
ROCHESTER HILLS — Rochester ending a 0-5-1 skid and scored a season-high of goals in downing Dearborn Heights Crestwood, 5-1, Saturday in a non-league boys soccer game. Rochester, which was outscored 23-5 in its winless streak, scored three times in the first half and tacked on two more goals in the second half. Sophomore Evan […]
TUESDAY’S BOYS SOCCER ROUNDUP: Clarkston explodes on Rochester; Athens blanks Lake Orion
CLARKSTON — Behind three goals in each half, Clarkston came out of its scoring slump in a major way, topping Rochester 6-2 in a OA Red Division boys soccer match Tuesday. The Wolves only led 3-2 at the half on tallies by Nick Dahl, Jordan Keift and Brad Schultz, the latter that put Clarkston up […]
Troy routs Rochester; Notre Dame Prep, Avondale roll
TROY — Jason Leslie scored twice and Troy scored early and often in a 5-0 boys soccer victory over Rochester. Ian Fox, AJ Kalina and Steven Schmidt also scored for Troy (10-1-0, 5-1-0), while Fox also had an assist. Matt Smolinski, Craig Duggan and Andrew Farran shared the Colts’ ninth shutout. Rochester lost its second […]
Athens posts clean sheet in Heugh’s return to Rochester
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com ROCHESTER HILLS — Coaching against Rochester has some special meaning for Todd Heugh — and in more ways than one. The first-year Troy Athens boys soccer coach spent six seasons on the Falcons’ sidelines coaching Rochester’s boys (2000-05), while he also coached the Falcons’ girls program for 11 seasons […]
