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New
Stuff!!
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Final
2003
Team and Player Stats, Scores & Post Season Awards (out of Tom Murphy's awesome book given to each of the boys; MS Word files) |
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Order
a copy of the OVS Season Highlights CD featuring hundreds of photos
from all the OHS teams and the Video highlights
as shown during the banquet.
Only $15; all proceeds to benefit the OHS soccer program thru the banquet fund and soccer equipment. Contact Martha Kliebert to request a copy. |
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Tons
more hi-quality photos (incl. JV!) added to the OVS Shutterfly.com
Photo Gallery (total of 150!) for easy
print orders.
Click here... NOTE: These are much higher quality than the ones you can download from this site and will make great 8x10s on up to 11x14 even 16x20s! |
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News Coverage Okemos boys soccer loses in regionals (LSJ, 11/2) Northern ousted from regionals by Okemos (Kalamazoo Gazette, 10/30) Okemos advances in soccer Chieftains' 1-0 win moves them into regional title game (LSJ, 10/30) Bulldogs stunned in final (click here for scan of pg. 1, here for pg. 2, of actual news article w/ photos) (Brighton-area, 10/26) Okemos upends No. 1 Brighton for district title (LSJ, 10/25) Okemos moves on with shutout win over Grand Ledge (LSJ, 10/23) Okemos soccer wins CAAC-1 tournament (LSJ, 10/16, great shot of Kliebert) Okemos advances to final (LSJ, 10/14) New conference, same Trojans (LSJ, 10/14) Brighton match report (Brighton-area paper, 9/7) Top teams reside in CAAC (LSJ, 8/20; features great photo of Witzel, team and player intros) |
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Free
Screensavers/ Wallpaper of OVS Action!
4 New Play-off Screensavers added! (39 total) 59 Regular Season shots including JV! Click here to get 'em! (can also be sent as e-cards! Requires installing Webshots desktop screensaver software) |
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ALL-LEAGUE
FIRST TEAM
CAAC DIVISION ONE Adam Kliebert Trevor Miller Casey Murphy Mike Smith Jim Witzel Josh White |
ALL-LEAGUE HONORABLE MENTION - CAAC DIVISION ONE David
Brogan |
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ALL-DISTRICT
Adam
Kliebert |
ALL-STATE
Adam
Kliebert - First Team |
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ALL-ACADEMIC
Scott Branta · Adam Kliebert · Trevor Miller ·
Ryan O'Connor · |
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Okemos
had the most players from any one
Division 1 school to make All-State!
 Ryan O'Connor working the ball inside the GRFHC defense. |
 Brian Koons getting fouled during an early attack on goal. |
 Mike Smith threading his way thru 2 GRFHC defenders. |
 Adam Kliebert lofting the ball around a couple GRFHC defenders. |
 Eric Jordan about to pass in the midfield after tackling a GRFHC player. |
 Faread Jamalifard battling for a loose ball. |
 Adam Gray working the ball around a defender. |
 Casey Murphy clearing one of many attempts on the OVS goal. |
 Zach Hudson tackling a GRFHC player w/ some supporting pressure from Josh White. |
 Trevor Miller firing a rocket towards the GRFHC net from outside the 18 yd. line. |
 Andy Ley gaining possession of a loose ball deep in OVS territory. |
 Casey waiting for the verdict on a goal that was finally ruled out due to an offsides offense. |
 Eric Dow flying after striking a ball back into the GRFHC zone. |
 David Brogan shielding the ball from a defender. |
 Jimmy Witzel applying his trademark pressue on the GRFHC star player late in the match. |
 Trevor Miller tackling a GRFHC attacker. GRFHC managed to leap right over OVS into the Regional Finals... |
 OVS' biggest fans were out to send-off the team! Click pic for more... |
 Go get 'em boys! |
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Game
analysis
(courtesy of Andy Topper)
I do think that FHS came out more agressive then OHS and won most
of the 50-50 balls, especially in the mid-field in the first half.
I think their goal was a good one, because the initial stop made
by Casey was excellent, but it just fell to their star player -
Stacy (#6) - who put it into the net.
I thought the 2nd half belonged to OHS, with a few exceptions. I thought we dominated play and had plenty of chances to score, especially on a nice free kick from Adam that Smitty just missed getting his foot on, but we were a bit unlucky. That's how it goes sometimes. I also thought their 2nd goal, which was called offside, was one that would have been a killer if it had stood up. But our guys kept fighting, a tribute to their tenacity, and got more chances to equalize. Another good chance for OHS came when Adam dribbled through most of the FHS defense and his shot went just wide of the post. All in all, a very hard and good game with OHS just coming up a bit short in the end. I do think the FHS players were very physical, with 4 yellow cards shown to their players, but their counter attacking style kept OHS off balance. |
Tribute
to the Bench
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I
got to know the Bench pretty well in highschool and realized that
these guys work hard and are a very important part of the team. So,
here's my salute to you guys! Thank you for all you've done for the
team this season; we all look forward to watching you guys blossom
next year!
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 Pat Rawsthorne (just after knee surgery) & Scott Branta watching the Howell match. |
 Making the best of waiting for their opportunity to play vs. Howell are Morgan Ridings, Josh Peters and Pat Gietzen. |
 Reserve goalie, Pat Gietzen, Alex Potter, Eric Jordan and Zach Hudson during team intros., Holt match |
 Joey Schaard, Scott Branta (?), Morgan Ridings and Alex Potter huddling during the bitter cold Sexton match. |
Our glorious field
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JV
Corner
Head Coach: Keith Miller
Tony Hassan crashing the Holt goal 
Some of the JV team relaxin' with some fans after the Holt game. |
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| Okemos
JV vs. Holt - 10/8/03 - win (score someone?) The JV team won this match handily to hang on to their undefeated record. Here are a couple highlights below; click here for more... |
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 Omar charging the Holt goal |
 Tony and Jonathon rushing the goal for a corner kick |
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 MSU
Soccer CornerMen's Soccer Falls In Round One of Big Ten Tournament Spartans lose to Penn State, 2-1 (Bloomington, IN, 11/13) Six Spartan Standouts Make All-Big Ten Teams MSU puts three players on first and second all-conference teams. John Minagawa-Webster Named To 2003 Academic All-District IV Soccer Team Michigan State finished with 11-5-2 on the season. Okemos Alums playing for MSU: Nick Belloli's page John Folino's page |
