DEARBORN -- In preparation for Saturday's state championship game, the Huron High School field hockey team did some seven-on-seven, overtime drills in practice this week. The practice paid off. Katie Yeatts scored 24 seconds into the extra session and the River Rats beat Pioneer, 2-1, in a state final at ...
The top-ranked Huron High School field hockey team struggled for the first 20 minutes of its second round Michigan High School Field Hockey Association playoff match against the Washtenaw Whippets, but eventually found the scoring touch that has kept the defending state champs atop the polls all year. “The Whippets ...
The Michigan High School Field Hockey Association state finals was an all-Ann Arbor affair this season, as it has been for the past three, with Huron finally ending Pioneer's run of five straight titles. So it should be no surprise that the two powerhouse programs occupy the most spots on ...
Kelsey Gradwohl has made a lot of field hockey-related decisions in her young life. Some more difficult than others. She had no reservations with ending her spring soccer commitments to devote more time to her favorite sport back in seventh grade. But choosing between playing on the junior varsity or ...
Like the changing color of the leaves, a Pioneer versus Huron showdown in the Michigan High School Field Hockey Association state finals is slowly becoming a fall tradition. The final game of the season between the cross-town rivals will for the third straight year not just determine bragging rights within ...
Heading into the Michigan High School Field Hockey Association semifinals against Bloomfield Hills Marian, the Huron High School field hockey team recalled particular pearls of wisdom its coach Tia Sutton passed onto them months back. "Earlier in the season," explained Huron junior captain Anna Masini, "our coach said it's not ...
Much like the attendees at Wednesday's Michigan High School Field Hockey Association state semifinals between Pioneer and Grosse Pointe South field hockey teams, the score was frozen at 0-0 after regulation. And neither team's offenses seemed to be heating up in overtime. Until - with two minutes left in the ...
On a windy Wednesday night, the Huron High School field hockey team fought off Detroit Country Day for a 1-0 home win to advance to Thursday's MHSFHA state semifinals. The River Rats (14-2) and the Yellowjackets (7-5-3) picked up right where they left off in their last matchup. Early in ...
The Pioneer High School field hockey team started the postseason off on the right foot on Monday night with a 6-0 win over Dexter at Hollway Field. The Dreadnaughts ended their first-ever varsity season with an 8-6-3 record.
For each of the past two years, the Michigan High School Field Hockey Association state finals have been played at Detroit Country Day High School. And each of the past two years, Huron and Pioneer players and fans have made a two-hour round trips from Ann Arbor to watch the ...