From the President: State of Soccer
September 21, 2012
Petoskey boys and girls soccer coach Zach Jonker, the first-year president of the Michigan High School Soccer Coaches Association, talked with us Friday about all things MHSAA soccer – past, present and future.
Among topics discussed: Changes in the game since Jonkerd's high school playing days of the 1990s, the boost that comes when the U.S. national team is successful, and the effect the U.S. Soccer Development Academy is having on boys soccer this fall.
Click to see more from this week's MHSA(Q&)A.
PHOTO: Petoskey senior Matt Dankert (20) moves the ball between defenders during a game earlier this season. (Photo courtesy of Dean Viles.)
Highlight Reel: Okemos/Forest Hills Central
October 24, 2014
The Okemos boys soccer team defeated Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central 1-0- with a shootout in a Division 1 Regional Semifinal on Wednesday. See below for highlights and a link to watch the game in full (click the headers to watch).
A CHANCE FOR OKEMOS - Okemos kept Forest Hills Central keeper Noah Barton busy early in this Division 1 Boys Soccer Regional Semifinal. The Chiefs' Chand Rajendra-Nicolucci tries to score in this sequence.
SCORING CHANCES FOR THE RANGERS IN OT - Lake in the second overtime, Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central had a pair of scoring opportunities that just missed. Okemos would win this Division 1 Boys Regional Semifinal on penalty kicks, 5-4.
You can watch the whole game by Clicking Here. Keep an eye out for more MHSAA.tv highlights from this week's Regional games.