Soccer

Lady Foresters blanked by Marian

By Jeff Hoover on Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009

Submitted by Joanne (Miller) Green
Women’s Soccer – 10/31

The Foresters took on 15th-ranked Marian University in the first round of the MCC tourney and were blanked by the Knights 7-0.  Marian struck early and struck often in the first nineteen minutes of the game to take a commanding 4-0 lead... Read More...

Lady Foresters fall to Grace

By Jeff Hoover on Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

Submitted by Joanne (Miller) Green

On Tuesday, playing in their last regular season game, the Lady Foresters' soccer team came up short against Grace 3-0.   
 
Grace came out of the gates firing by scoring all three of their goals in the first 26 minutes of the game... Read More...

Foresters down Moody Bible 4-3

By Rick Henly on Friday, October 23rd, 2009

In a game that every Forester saw action, HU wrapped up their season with a 4-3 men's soccer victory over Moody Bible Institute.   

In a well-executed play eight minutes into the game George Halim found the back of the net off a corner kick from Taylor Zeman.  Minutes later at the 12:26 mark Adam McLaughlin brought the ball up the sideline and hit James Holliday running through the box who slid it past the goalie for HU's second goal of the day... Read More...

Indiana Wesleyan shuts out HU

By Rick Henly on Thursday, October 22nd, 2009

Women’s Soccer – 10/21
18th-ranked Indiana Wesleyan took control early by scoring twice in the first thirty minutes as they cruised to a 3-0 victory over the Foresters. 
 
The Wildcats sealed the game with a third goal in the last seven minutes of play... Read More...

Marian kicks one past the Foresters

By Rick Henly on Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

Submitted by Joanne (Miller) Green

With mens' soccer playoff hopes on the line for both teams, the Marian Knights scored with less than three minutes in the game to edge the Foresters 1-0 and secure a spot in the MCC tourney.   
 
In a defensive battle of the wills, neither team was able to generate much offensive firepower throughout much of the evening... Read More...

HU defeats conference rival

By Jeff Hoover on Monday, October 19th, 2009

Submitted by Joanne (Miller) Green
Photos and video by Jeff Hoover
Men’s Soccer – 10/16/09
Keeping playoff hopes alive, the Foresters took an early lead 2-0 within the first six minutes of play to dominate Saint Francis and secure the 4-0 win on senior day... Read More...

Lady Vikings: Best game in nine years!

By Nick Johnson on Sunday, October 18th, 2009

The Huntington North girls soccer team was just one game away from claiming its first Sectional title in years on Saturday night.  Unfortunately, the Lady Vikings were kept from reaching that milestone by Blackford Bruins.  In a very closely matched game, the Lady Vikings played as competitively as they have all year, and forced the game to go into two overtimes before finally falling to Blackford by a score of 3-2... Read More...

One step closer to Sectional title!

By Nick Johnson on Friday, October 16th, 2009

The Huntington North Girl’s Soccer team took another step towards claiming the Sectional title tonight by beating Jay County 5-0.  Even with cold temperatures and a chilly breeze, the Lady Vikings came out on fire.  The Lady Vikings scored three goals within the first 15 minutes of the first half, and they didn’t stop there... Read More...

Lady Vikes win first round of Sectional

By Jeff Hoover on Wednesday, October 14th, 2009

The girls soccer team defeated Norwell 2-1 on Tuesday in their first sectional game. Reagan Valenzuela and Shelby Bradford had one goal each, and Kaylie Dunn had 8 saves. The Lady Vikes will play Jay County Thursday at 7 p.m. at Ballard Field in Marion.

Spring Arbor downs Forester soccer

By Rick Henly on Wednesday, October 14th, 2009

Submitted by Joanne (Miller) Green

Spring Arbor University's soccer offense was too much for the Foresters to contain as they fell 4-0 to the Cougars. 
 
The only score of the first half came in the twenty-seventh minute from a corner kick that put the Cougars up 1-0... Read More...

Lady Foresters tie up the Pilots

By Jeff Hoover on Monday, October 12th, 2009

Submitted by Joanne (Miller) Green

Women’s Soccer – 10/10/09

A game against Bethel that saw the Foresters strike first, ended in a 1-1 tie after two extra periods. 
 
The Foresters were the aggressors in the first half scoring at the 31:56 mark on a penalty kick by Kristin Calvert... Read More...

Vikings take on top-ranked Spartans

By Jeff Hoover on Thursday, October 8th, 2009

On Thursday, the Vikings soccer team took on the top-ranked Homestead Spartans in the first round of the sectional. In the opening seconds of play, the Vikes put the first point on the board when Isaac Wust kicked an indirect toward the goal that bounced off a Spartan and hit the back of the net... Read More...

Foresters didn't back down!

By Jeff Hoover on Thursday, October 8th, 2009

Submitted by Joanne (Miller) Green

Men’s Soccer – 10-7/09
In a well-played game the Pilots came up with the 3-1 win over the Foresters. 

Playing against the #12 ranked team in the country, the Foresters didn't back down from the challenge... Read More...

Lady Vikes lose tough game to Warsaw

By Nick Johnson on Thursday, October 8th, 2009

The Lady Viking soccer team finished its regular season yesterday with a 2-1 loss to Warsaw.  After allowing an easy first goal, the Viking defense toughened up and played better throughout the rest of the game.  Huntington finally got on the scoreboard after a shot from very far out, took a lucky bounce past Warsaw’s goalie... Read More...

Vikes heat up the nets against Peru

By Jeff Hoover on Monday, October 5th, 2009

In Viking soccer action on Monday, the Vikes heated up the nets against the Peru Tigers. The Vikings scored six goals in the first half and one goal in the second. Jacob Hoff had two goals while Taylor Allred, Colin Downey, Derek Allen, Tyler Wemhoff and Alex Uecker each added a goal. Sam Schaffter had three assist while Zach Schaffter had two... Read More...