SN 10-16-2021

The Sun and News, Saturday, October 16, 2021/ Page 11

Huskies fend off late Scot pressure in district

Brett Bremer

Sports Editor

Corner kicks and free
kicks flew left and right
across the front of the Forest
Hills Northern net as the
Fighting Scots fought to
extend their season beyond
Wednesday evening’s
MHSAA Division 1 District
opener at Scotland Yard.
But putting the ball in the
net is tough to do in the
Division 1 state tournament.

Forest Hills Northern

scored in the 15th minute

and held off the onslaught

from the Caledonia varsity

boys’ soccer team in the

second half to earn a 1-

win over the Scots and a

spot in next week’s district

semifinals back in

Caledonia.

Ethan Hossler scored the

game’s lone goal for the

Huskies, knocking in a cen-

tering ball that came from

the right side of the box off

the foot of teammate Seth

Scharich.

While the ball danced

around the Forest Hills

Northern box late in the sec-

ond half, it was a struggle for

the Scots to create chances

through most of the first 40

minutes of the ballgame. Too

often the Scots tried for shots

through the air up field rather

than playing to the feet of

their teammates through the

midfield.

Caledonia did improve

was the first half wore on.

Senior midfielder Kyle

Buchan managed to get

deep into the right corner

and get a pass into the box,

but teammates Austin

DeVries and Jack Mulder

just weren’t quite able to

get a good foot on the ball

to get it on net.

Sophomore forward

Nathan Maas had a couple of

solid attempts to shoot

through the Forest Hills

Northern crowd in front of

its net in the late stages of the

game, with one midway

through the second half forc-

ing Husky goalkeeper Toby

Bohn to make a one handed

save diving to his left. That

action came during a surge of

three consecutive corner

kicks by the Fighting Scots.

Ten minutes later, Buchan

had a strong shot from the

top of the box deflected away

from the goal after a long

throw into the offensive end.

Maas and Collin Witvoet

were both able to get their

heads on separate corner

kicks from their teammates,

but neither could find the

back of the net.

The referee let some phys-

ical play go around the Forest

Hills Northern box, enough

that complaints of it drew a

yellow card on the Caledonia

side.

Caledonia was second

only to East Kentwood in the

OK Red Conference this fall,

finishing conference play

with a 7-3-4 record. The

Scots end the season at 9-6-

overall. Of the Scots’ six

losses this season, four were

by a single goal and the other

two 2-0 defeats.

Forest Hills Northern

will face Grand Ledge

Monday at 6 p.m. back at

Scotland Yard in one of the

district’s two semifinal

match-ups. East Kentwood

takes on Rockford in the

other Monday in Kentwood.

The winners from those two

ballgames will meet for the

district championship

Wednesday, Oct. 20, at

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Caledonia’s Jack Mulder is helped to his feet by Forest Hills Northern’s Connor
Couch (20) and (Grant Ferguson (22) at the conclusion of the Huskies 1-0 win over
the Fighting Scots in the Division 1 District opener at Scotland Yard in Caledonia
Wednesday. (Photo by Brett Bremer)

Caledonia’s Camden Raffler slides down to fire the ball ahead as he is pursued

by Forest Hills Northern attacker 19 during their district match Wednesday at

Scotland Yard in Caledonia. (Photo by Brett Bremer)

Caledonia’s Ky VanderWoude looks for an open
teammate to feed the ball to during the Scots’
Division 1 District opener against visiting Forest Hills
Northern Wednesday. (Photo by Brett Bremer)