15 AND COUNTING: Redmen Soccer Champs Again
Story written by Marquette HS Hockey. Photos courtesy of Mary Sysko
MARQUETTE---The soccer UP finals were held in Marquette, and the.Marquette Redmen took home their 15th consecutive title after beating Iron Mountain, 9–1, in the semifinals and Kingsford in the championship game, 4–0.
Against Iron Mountain, Max Dawson scored his 100th career varsity goal to get the game started. The goal was assisted by Isaac johnson.
Iron Mountain scored in the first half as well cutting the lead to 2–1. Goalkeeper Edan Hautamaki faced four shots in the first half. In the second half, it was all Marquette. Max Dawson scored back to back goals, the first assisted by Ezra Pickard and the second was unassisted. Cody Struck scored from Henry Wood followed by Evan Sysko scoring from Ezra Pickard. Ethan Sandstrom finished off the scoring for the mercy win from a Kaleb Chipelewski pass. Hautamaki faced just one shot in the second half.
“We were pretty excited as a team that Max got his 100th career goal. For his teammates to be a part of that is pretty special as it is for the coaches.” Coach Dan Salmon
In the championship game against Kingsford, Marquette held on to a 1–0 halftime lead off an Ethan Sandstrom goal which was assisted by Isaac Johnson. Edan Hautamaki faced three shots in net in the first half. In the second half, it was all seniors for Marquette. Ezra Pickard scored from Evan Sysko on a free kick, Isaac Johnson scored from Max Dawson and then Pickard finished the scoring on a penalty kick. "Each year we win this, it puts more pressure on the next year and I couldn’t be more proud of how this team responded. We are a young team and we came along way from the start of the season." Marquette finishes the season 21-2-3 on the season which included 22 straight games without a loss. Marquette is coached by Dan Salmon with assistant coaches Collin Lake, Paul Lagrou, and Liam Jeevar. Bayside Soccer of Escanaba beat Copper Country in division two. Photo - Marquette’s Henry Wood advances the ball past an Iron Mountain defender. Mary Sysko photo Photo - Evan Sysko (on left in red) passes the ball to his brother Jack vs Iron Mountain. Mary Sysko photo Photo - Hunter Sandstrom (in pink on the left) plays defense against Kingsford. Mary Sysko photo Photo - Marquette wins their 15th consecutive UP finals. Mary Sysko photo |