STATE CHAMPS! at the 2019 MHSAA Boys Soccer Finals

Dating Mocks and State Finals are presented by Lawrence Technological University, where the Blue Devils dare, also presented by the Michigan High School Athletic Association, which promotes the value and values ​​of educational athletics and the Hungry Hallie , famous for their flavor. Hello and welcome to another special presentation of

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. I'm joined here on set by Dan Stick. Randy is our guy who covered football all year for us. He loves this because he covers the sport. Dan, thanks for being here again. It's always a pleasure to be with everyone.

Well, another exciting season is in the bag, yeah, what do you do? How would you summarize as we get to the state

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? It highlights what this season has been like in general. I think you saw all four championships in the MHSA. The winners were all. ranked in the top 5 passes in 30 minutes all the state powers rose to the top in the end the cream always rises to the top this particular year let's start in Division Two let's go to Novi I'm Chuck Behler ito and let's take a look at Football Finals Novi High School Division Four

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, Liggett Knights Pointe Woods University girls came in at age 18 to win one in pursuit of their first state title in school history Muskegon West Michigan Christian Warriors 18 2 and 3 won the act in 2010 and this group is looking to do it again 1st half Michael Massamba steals from the knives deep in his own side quick shop I keep his Sam sword there with the save and we went scoreless in the half Liggett trying to put pressure on the Warriors to start the second Doug Wood passes Butler Smith has some space shoots on goal but Jamison Gorman is there with the diving stop to keep the Warriors off the board Marcus Weigel passes from midfield to Matthew Summers we pass to Stuart Smith but a little too Much in it when Gorman comes out of the goal to make the save time ends a regulation that no one under is what gives the shot around some warriors shoots, but Gorman there with a dogwood saved in dive with the second chance for Gorman able to get up enough to send us to extra time the warriors stop the clear good attempt and Ashtyn leverages it back shortly the bayern has some space makes a shot bounces off a Sam Swords goes in without goals after 80 minutes we head to the penalty shootout first is the Knights ligand who sends Matthew Summers to the line, goes to the right, Gorman's guests left Liggett up, 1-nothing, the warriors counterattack with Brandon Flay , goes left and puts it in the corner, just outside the swords, reaches the shootouts tied at one each.

Liggett returns immediately with Stuart Smith, but Gorman jumps right in front of him and it occurs to him to save the brother and Bayern approaches the warriors, he goes to the left and Sam jumps in and puts his hand on him to hit him, that's one goal, one save for each side now. shakes Manas, number three for the Knights, he also goes left. Gorman can hit him. We're still tied at one Charlie L. free to shoot for West Michigan. He prepares and goes after the sword tricked him for the second, but. He puts his arm over it keeping it as close as we can.

Two blocks for both goalkeepers. Incredible. Nicholson will look to break the tie for Liggett, but Gorman won't let that happen. He has to back off on this one. Nicholson can. I don't think so, but it's three blocks to Gorman. Now Isaac van Hoven steps up for West Michigan. Christian goes straight to the sword. He can't get down fast enough. He defeats him. in we go to sudden death under the snow with the run up the kick Gorman dives and blocks his fourth penalty kick Muskegon West Michigan Christian from Lee to its first state title since 2010 in surprising fashion stopping four of five penalty kicks to win a nothing and taking home the hardware is overwhelmed with excitement, so I'm very happy right now.

I just think I'm going to save every one of them, that was my goal coming in, that was my mindset, so colleges are hoping to save every one of them or just give my team the opportunity. the best opportunity to win. I knew one, two, and eventually this will lead to a maximum firefight, so I didn't expect not to go in. I like our chances at the maximum shootout, so I'll come on ski tours. and we will remain unpurchased for the Division Two

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, the two teams seeking their first day titles. Melvindale Cardinals came in with 16, 3 and 2 the first time they passed the regional round or even the Northern Huskies came in undefeated 2200 and 1 were runners-up last year and in 2015 they lost both in a penalty shootout hoping that this time Things were different midway through the first half and FHN conceded a penalty kick.

Aidan O'Connor takes and the beast goalie joins the left side of Castillo and the Huskies take the early lead Simon Skerritt receives the pass up the wing continues working towards the net, jumps towards the Cardinals in his path and shoots the goal, but Castillo comes out of the net to stop him. The Cardinals clear and we keep the goal. game in the half Huskies keep the pressure coming scar-h passes towards the goal and cardolan home is there to receive the pass to steal we are out of the net but this one ends up just going And Cardinals have to apply some pressure now loss of Yaya with the free kick is headed by a husky but Carlos Mirta chases it shoots on goal Jonathon Keeler gets it to safety without damage 15 minutes left Forest Hills north pushing up scar-h passes to Nate Metcalf quickly passing to Lubbock Tillie because the deal comes out of the net, but Tilley dances and drives to the left side, the Huskies increase their lead to zero.

The clock is ticking on an FHN trying to make sure there is no chance of overtime this year. Andrew Kramer moves on to the middle alpha. Carlo made the foot of Metcalfe and towards the goal Bukka steals there to make the save and it would not be enough. Grand Rapids Forest Hills, Northern Downs, Melvindale by one score to clinch and win their first state title ended with an undefeated champagne of

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. Yeah, I mean, they've only scored on us four times in these playoffs and they were all when I wasn't in the field, so yeah, everyone knows we've had a history of losing state finals, it's good.

To finally break that standard, we knew with so many guys coming back we had a chance again and we knew we could make it here and I mean it was a lot of work, but it wasn't a surprise. Well, welcome back to the state. champion Sports Network Studio dan stick here we're talking about Division Two and Division Four so Grand Rapids Forest Hills north right undefeated great two year run for them and of course on Saturday it made no difference when they got to the championship 45 one and two run over In the last couple of seasons they only lost last year's final in a shootout and that was at the hands of Detroit Country Day.

This time they finished year twenty-three or one one. Dan last year, this year's runner-up, champion, it just sums up what Sears Northern is like right now, you know, they returned 14 Western seniors, I think 17 players total, so this was what they were waiting for and this is a program, but knocks on the door of the last long-term decade in Ron's 2015 and 18 state runners-up in girls programs lost in the d2 finals four years in a row, so for coach Dan Tyminski every dog ​​has its day, they finally called that door with probably the best overall team they've ever had in their school's history, yes, really.

It was awesome and how about Melvin? Do you know they came? I know they had a great atmosphere and in the fan base you know we support them, but this is by far their best season ever. Yes, they had never made it past the regional semi-finals at this point. year, in fact, they are all just district successes, but in the last five years a very good collection of talented players, not many high-level club players, but guys who play in men's leagues in the summer and fall in the spring. Wow, they are nice! Putting it together, I had a good race, they were just outclassed at Forest Hills Northern.

The only thing if you look at that game, they were just physically stronger, taller in every position, this seemed stronger and that led to a twenty-three to five shot, they said they dominated that. the game starts to end, yes, Muskegon Western Michigan Christian is certainly no stranger to winning state titles, they do it quite frankly, however, against Grosse Pointe Woods University, Leggett shot their goalie, where the number zero is, like this which was kind of appropriate, but again in the end it was spectacular talking about Jamison Gorman Jamison Gorman I have never seen a goalie stop for a direct shot to shoot towards Haley.

I have seen that you have seen many things seen towards the forwards. You know, shake it over the crossbar. I have to go in with this, I legitimately stopped the last four PKS and Jamison Gorman was brilliant throughout the game, that game was a type of game where the teams could have gone back and forth to share possession and make runs to the final. You need a star player to step forward and that boy stepped forward ten and twenty years ago, people will still talk about his performance in that penalty shootout and it wasn't just the finals, but also the semi-finals.

You know, without a doubt, Grandville calvin christian was a great team and it was a win in the regional final that made them get even, you know, to be even close to making the final, they beat teams one, two, three and five in the last four games with the tournament you talked about to win. winning a state championship you can't do better than they were, they were ranked fourth coming into the tournament and the Warriors just elevated their game to another level now, whether you call it a Division four class, Liggett University and everyone knew this. another one, I mean, they've been doing it and been near the top of the ratings for a decade, yeah, since the MHSA took over in 1982, both shows have had a lot of successes.

I think Western Michigan Christian now has seven and seven. of all time in the state finals, that's incredible for a program over thirty-nine years old, twenty-seven goals they had in the tournament and they allowed only one, yeah, and they had great balance, there are a lot of different guys that advanced in the last three weeks and credit. Liggett, I mean, they had nineteen in the tournament, they only allowed three goals, but unfortunately in this one they will have to settle for second place, but again it was a great season for both of them and for a guy, a very exciting game in Novi.

It took place at Comstock Park. We'll check it out right after the break. I'm on the Blue Devil football team and that's a great place to be because other colleges wouldn't let me be a football player and a nurse. student and just because I'm a dog in the field doesn't mean I can't take care of people and man I love people. LT's small classes give me incredible access to my nursing professors' war. Instead of War Blue. Demons dare, no. I started refereeing when a friend told me that he should try it at first. I just did basketball and in no time I was hooked.

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I'm Laurin Plants and we had that. carjacking goal for the division three boys soccer state final Grosse Ile the Red Devils went undefeated in 2000 and three the last time they won the title 2002 runners-up a year ago in heartbreaking fashion fell 3 2 1 and overtime against Hudsonville unity Christian the Grand Rapids South Christian sailors 21 wins only four losses two heats they won the title in 2015 but have not returned to a final since the Red Devils look to get off to a fast start they do it Bosh Tanny up shoots down the short side 1 to zero Red Devils 14 minutes in sailors working fast here Tom DeVries is going to get the answer with the shot, but Alex Keihan comes out of the net, slides and blocks Alex de santé with the free kick for the Red Devils goes to the top , but Nick Shepherd gets up, juggles, able to knock it down for the sailors, free kick opportunity for the sailors, now it's Kayla We Ranga puts her right leg in but skis and there to catch it there is no problem The Red Devils maintained the lead of one to zero in the second half the sailors Boston sleep here running up the field he will pass it to the boss in the box but he will ski and he can take a piece and send itwide Tanny working towards the sideline able to deliver a pass to Joe Duke in front of the net Shepherd slides in and brings it down it was still a one goal game us riga taking another free kick for the sailors up high jeff Haruma puts it in the area for tom DeVries but he skis and makes it before he can try Diego tips Corino plays against Red Devil boss Reese and a follow gets his head right into a ski hands reach the tied sailors with 19 minutes left in the game grows the eel back with the ball Clayton Lafayette passing towards the net Josh Davis juggles around Kayla using an axe, puts a left leg on her, but off the table, the crossbar is cleared using go, we are tied at one, We head into overtime.

Two minutes left in the second overtime period, the sailors try to take advantage of the boss's pass. a Diego Tesco Rio works away from defender takes a shot but ski hand makes another key save we were heading for a best of five penalty shootout first in the south Christians Behrend to flourish goes left ski and guesses correctly sailors 100 lead then disgusting eel as Josh Davis buries it next in the right corner, the Red Devils tied it, the sailors sent Tom DeVries to the line, he shot just wide of the net, we're still tied at one. Bosh Tanny, trying to make the most of his opportunity, scored the only goal as the Red Devils beat Scheppers.

Towards the left side the eel grows and takes advantage and one cannot stay far behind now tisks Corino beats ski they have worked back to equalize the Red Devils sending Tony boga tied to the line scheppers everywhere hit this one not yet we were enough Caleb using it severe attempts left too many benches and outside the post going down to the wire eight shooters at most Aston will go, he laughs, snake him inside the post, giving Crow Seal the three to two lead now if Skien makes the stop here the eel grows our state champions Riley Visser puts his right leg on his key hand with the dive denial Wow, the Grow Seal Red Devils, their first state championship since 2002, win it one on one through a look and a shootout.

Wow, I mean, it was just surreal. It was amazing, I don't even know how to describe it, it's just amazing, I mean, you just have to focus on the game, you have to work harder than the other team and then, you know, put everything on the line at the end. game I couldn't even hold back I was crying I was so happy and I've never cried before being happy about something I played with these guys since I've been with three or four forever and this is our moment to cry, you deserve it Honestly, we've been wanting this so much that we stayed at Comstock Park for the Division One boys soccer championship Traverse City West eighteen four and two never won a state title Troy Athens 22 wins only two losses one tie they haven't won won the championship since 1997 when they beat Salem by a score of two to one.

Let's get into the action in the scoreless first half of the game. The myth of the Eagles' laundry room, Tory, lets it pass to show exhaustion. He's going to get it deep into the Titans' end. I shot at goal, but Blaine called Fleiss to stop it, able to jump on the ball before it hurt itself. Then Athens with a free kick. Jaden Mackowski, the opportunity puts it high, but Fleisch goes even higher and is able to drag him into TC. West with his own free kick opportunity, Finn Durban takes it with a big boot but Jason Kemp catches it right in the barn.

We were goalless in the half Second half action now Troy Atenas opportunity from the free kick myth Tory puts his leg in the top left corner, he passed and cut Athens 1 to zero later and it's another free kick from Mackowski, this one is long and is going to hang in the air for a while, headed once again by Rishi Kalin, he puts it on goal, but called, raised and brings it down, then Gavin Michael is going to receive the header from Collin Blackboard, he comes forward towards the goal, Paul Siak takes it out, leading to a penalty kick for the Titans.

Blackboard will take the PK and know exactly where to put it. We are tied at one, with just under 14 minutes left. Fast forward to time and Athens is hoping to make a move. Renauld, with a stop, is redirected towards Donovan. We head into overtime tied at one just like what happened in d3 1 overtime isn't enough we needed a second deal with Davis Shivani feeds him to Ryan Kruger keeps him off the cold flights gets up and buries him back in the net Assets from Troy up 1 and the Redhawks continue red hot this is two minutes later grew KO with the corner kick bounces in front of the net xishi Kali there - hitting at home Athens up 3 to 1 now 2 minutes later Athens jack Musto goes to clear the ball under the leg of a titan, Ryan Kruger was able to chase it down and find the thread.

Troy scored half the score, three goals in the second overtime to claim their first state championship in 22 years, final score 4 to 1. I was super. proud of them, you know, we had talked a lot about football as a game of moments in a game of momentum and I thought at the beginning of the second half we had a lot of pressure on their goal, he scored the goal on the free kick and then they came back with the penalty kick and I think our kids, for the first time this season, maybe felt a little nervous. It's overwhelming right now.

We have been working on this for more than four years to be in Athens, which we have been dreaming of. At this point, we've probably played together for eight nine years, so we finally got to do it last year. We had a really successful season, we went undefeated in the regular season, but we got eliminated early in district, so this all happened in the summer with the mentality that we go out and play even better, work harder and then the offseason and every one of us just worked hard in the off season early in the morning at 7:00 a.m. m. everyone fed Athens by working at night and to finally see that pay off with the state championship is indescribable, there is a lot going on, obviously the emotion that we want to play, but there are emotions that the seniors are leaving, it was our last game of the year, but it was good, it was a good way I've been dreaming of. about that moment my whole life is not that's the moment, not many people go through that much, especially with my whole team, they're right behind me and so much more.

I think I was confident going into a regional final. I had that. With that same mentality I got the goal and I think my team has always helped me, that also counts, so when I got in there I thought I wasn't good at it and that's what happened, you see immense heat on the back of your always with your dagger, stay safe, no matter what happens, you know it's going to be safe and just having this guy as a leader I think is always welcome within the studio of state champions. I've just had the opportunity to watch Division Three in Division One. highlights great games from both, dan stick rad, join me here as we break it down a little.

First, let's talk about Division Three. The growth stamp of the Adams ski basket emerged huge, it was a kind of goalie tournament, if you will. to stop Grand Rapids South Christian and whether they got help from the posts or not, the bottom line is to grow and seal our state champions. Yeah, just another great performance from a goalkeeper and you saw that all year long there was a great collection of goalkeepers in the state. of Michigan missed their seniors and juniors who stood out and when there is so much parity in the state of Michigan in certain divisions where there are so many teams, so even the goalkeeper many times as a side effect or a game of inches make that key save in a regional final or shootout in the state final and that makes the difference in the end, I know that and after falling in the division three final, Hudsonville unity christian in overtime last year to come back and again you are in something so tight to as it goes and you get your second title in the history of the program because it had been a while since they won one, yes, in 2002 and a lot of those kids weren't even born yet the last time they won and the girls label has always been been strong. downriver program, yes, they have scored a lot of goals over the years, but their defense was a strong point all season long and they actually played summer league over the summer with some Oakland and Macomb County schools. he ran to get stronger and stronger for the season, I think that paid off here, Leon, yeah, and I think probably when you see teams that go the extra mile to find really solid competitive competition in the summer, I think you know anything goes the sorrow. in November, yes, and they are a team used to winning, there were only two losses in August and I think September 7 was the last one they lost and the shootouts in a couple of weekend tournaments, those shortened games, so which was literally almost two months without losing an incredible streak, my girls have no doubts about it in Division one.

One of the really interesting things is the fact that when you have the opportunity as a coach to win a state title, it's amazing when you have the opportunity to win. a state title as a coach at your alma mater, that's even more amazing when you have a chance to win a state title as a player, like Todd Hugh was at Troy Athens in the '80s, and win a state championship then and win one now . It's his fifth title being Troy Athens, which is great, but his first since 1997, yes, it's been 22 years and that was under the legendary athletic director and head coach of Tim Storage Unit, Right, in Alpena, yeah, but Todd Hugh Heat actually took over the Rochester secondary about 20 years ago. years ago and their team was consistent, I mean they were runners up with the girls in 2007, in 2002 the Rochester boys were state champions in d1 and then Troy Athens made the semi-finals on the girls side in 2015 and then in 2016 they lost the East Kentwood in a shootout in the final, so they have a history of getting their team's best moment to the tournament and it's interesting football if you talk about momentum swings, you know, this is a close game, we ran with the clock. here and all of a sudden the The Red Hawks just find a way to find the back of the net frequently yeah like a volcano erupting yeah.

Athens, in last year's district final, beat Utica by EE 21-5 and lost one to none on a free throw at the lake, do you think it was? At the mine, a lot of those first players, I think they had 13 guys back, maybe on first-year teams they only lost like one or two games last year, so the talent was there, they ran the gauntlet, they won another championship title. the red division and then, you know, they stayed. he was hot throughout the tournament and scored three goals in the last nine minutes of the second overtime to prevail, so that's it, I have no doubts, so Dan, thanks for being here, I absolutely appreciate it, it's dan stick rad, I'm Loren Plant, I want to thank you for watching.

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