Soccer

Published May 15, 2019

LCN girls soccer playing well in all phases

MACOMB TOWNSHIP — Macomb L’Anse Creuse North girls soccer coach Glen Ursaki said his team has played extremely well so far this season.

Published May 10, 2019

West Bloomfield Beacon

Hard work guiding Walled Lake Northern girls soccer

WALLED LAKE — The Walled Lake Northern girls soccer program has been about as consistent as you can be over the last few years.

Published May 10, 2019

Madison - Park News

Lamphere girls soccer young and battling

MADISON HEIGHTS — After winning a Macomb Area Conference Gold Division championship and a Division 2 district title last season, Madison Heights Lamphere girls soccer coach Mike Joa said his team is “reloading” this year. In the previous two seasons, Lamphere was 24-6-8 overall and 17-1-6 in MAC Gold play.

Published May 6, 2019

Royal Oak Review

Clawson high girls soccer succeeding under new coach

CLAWSON — Dan Wickham lived in Clawson for more than 25 years. He graduated from Clawson High in 2003 and played soccer at the school his senior year.

Published May 1, 2019

Southfield Sun

Southfield A&T girls soccer off to strong start

SOUTHFIELD — It didn’t take long for the Southfield A&T girls soccer team to bounce back from a poor 2018 campaign.

Published May 1, 2019

Rochester Post

Stoney Creek succeeding under program’s high standards

ROCHESTER HILLS — When the Rochester Hills Stoney Creek girls soccer team beat Forrest Hills Northern 1-0 in the 2016 state final, it was the culmination of all the hard work and dedication the team had put into the program.

Published April 30, 2019

Royal Oak Review

Shrine girls soccer playing at a high level

Through the first month and a half of the girls soccer season, life couldn’t get much better for Royal Oak Shrine from an on-paper standpoint.

Published April 26, 2019

Mount Clemens - Clinton - Harrison Journal

L’Anse Creuse girls soccer playing at a high level

HARRISON TOWNSHIP — So far this season, the Harrison Township L’Anse Creuse girls soccer team has been dominant, but coach Scott Perez believes the team still has room to improve.

Published April 22, 2019

Farmington Press

Farmington High soccer continuing to battle

FARMINGTON — It may not be the start the Farmington High girls soccer team had envisioned, but the Falcons are confident in their ability to get back on track.

Published April 18, 2019

C&G Newspapers

Oakland County FC has something to offer for all fans

OAKLAND COUNTY — It’s always nice to feel like a part of something, to feel included. Oakland County Football Club understands that feeling and has worked tirelessly to bring people together.

Published April 17, 2019

Grosse Pointe Times

Liggett soccer embracing early challenges

GROSSE POINTE WOODS –– It’s hard to picture a team that has made four consecutive Division 4 state semifinals as an underdog. But that’s how the Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett girls soccer team likes to view itself. Even with multiple trips to the final four and a state championship in 2016, the Knights often felt overlooked during those runs.

Published April 15, 2019

Roseville - Eastpointe Eastsider

Eastpointe High ready to get going

EASTPOINTE — The Eastpointe High girls soccer team is taking things day by day.

Published April 15, 2019

Fraser - Clinton Township Chronicle

Fraser High girls soccer looks to keep momentum going

FRASER — Last season was one that Fraser High girls soccer coach Paul Kepler said was “very, very special” for him.

Published April 11, 2019

West Bloomfield Beacon

West Bloomfield High girls soccer ready for next step

WEST BLOOMFIELD — After building over the last couple of years, the West Bloomfield High girls soccer team is ready to take the next step of becoming a team that is tough to knock off night in and night out.

Published April 1, 2019

Birmingham - Bloomfield Eagle

Marian soccer aiming for state champion three-peat

BLOOMFIELD HILLS — For the past two years, Bloomfield Hills Marian soccer has been on top with back-to-back state championships. In 2017, the Mustangs beat Forest Hills Northern 2-1 in the Division 2 state final. The teams met again in 2018, with Marian again coming out on top, this time by a 4-2 final score.

Published April 1, 2019

Shelby - Utica News

Utica High girls soccer off to strong start

UTICA — Through four games, the Utica High girls soccer team is 3-1 on the season. Coach Dave Moran’s team started off the season 3-0 before a loss to Utica Eisenhower March 27. During that win streak, the Chieftains scored 10 goals.

Published March 29, 2019

Royal Oak Review

Roseville soccer looking to grow and develop

ROSEVILLE –– Under coach Brad VandeVorde, the Roseville High girls soccer program has found success.

Published March 27, 2019

Troy Times

Troy High girls soccer aiming to be tops in D-1

TROY — After making it as far as a Division 1 semifinal last season, Troy High girls soccer coach Dan Troccoli doesn’t want to settle for anything less than being the top D-1 team in the state this season.

Published March 25, 2019

Shelby - Utica News

Eisenhower girls soccer looking for new challenges

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — Since 1999, the Utica Eisenhower girls soccer team has won its division 15 times. The Eagles have sat atop the Macomb Area Conference Red Division every year since 2010.

Published December 4, 2018

Woodward Talk

Ferndale High boys soccer being led by new coach

FERNDALE — For the past two seasons, Nick Stavropoulos has worked as a varsity assistant and JV coach for Ferndale High’s boys soccer program. After playing high school soccer for Utica Eisenhower, where he said that program “didn’t lose a lot (of) games,” Stavropoulos admitted that his first year with Ferndale was tough.