Royal Oak - On 10/6, the junior varsity team lost 4-0 to Royal Oak.  Groves varsity team tied Royal Oak 2-2.  Bret Russel scored a penalty kick after Mario Blum Alexander was fouled and Cameron Montpas scored on an assist from Matt Meilinger.  

Milford - On 10/11, the Groves junior varsity team tied Milford 1-1, with a goal from Pedro Soffner assisted by Robert Nelson. The Groves varsity beat Milford varsity 1-0 with the goal scored by Mori Miller, assist from Ben Kostello.  

Playoffs - On 10/12, the Groves varsity lost to Troy Athens 3-1 at Troy Athens in a wet, rainy game unfortunately ending the season for Groves soccer.  The first half the game ended in a 0-0 tie, but coming out of the second half, Troy Athens scored 3 goals in the first 7-8 minutes of the second half.  Mori Miller scored the lone goal on an assist from Bret Russell.  The varsity team ended with a record of 7-4-7.  

Recaps for JV and Varsity week ending 10/1

It was senior night on 9/27/2022 for the Varsity team playing at home against North Farmington- congratulations to the varsity seniors and their parents: 

Varsity Seniors - Max Cherrin, Matthew Meilinger, Mario Blum-Alexander, Mori Miller, Cameron Montpas, Vaughn Bertolini, and Mateo King

Varsity - In a game that was closer than the score indicated, Groves Varsity won 7-1 over North Farmington's varsity squad in league play.  Mori Miller scored a hat trick with 3 goals, the first on a penalty kick, the second on a shot outside the box, and the third on a breakaway pass from Mario Blum Alexander.  Additional goals were scored by Bret Russel (2) both from long-thrown ins from Kaden Misra and a goal from Mario Blum Alexander assisted by Mori Miller.  

Junior Varsity (thanks to Luc, Mateo's dad for the recap for JV!) - Groves JV team also won 3-0 against North Farmington. First goal came from number 12, Lucas François who had a nice strike inside the box after an assist from Mateo Milanini (5). The second goal followed an attempt from Mateo (5) from the side, and was pushed by the defender in its own goal, after being tapped in by Alex Lustig (7). The third goal came after a nice assist from the right forward into the box by number 20 Pedro Soffner to Tanner Johnson (6) who scored with a cross shot. Overall good defense, and a clean sheet, for a second win in a row for Groves JV!

Groves Varsity is now 6-3-6 with the next game for Junior Varsity and Varsity  at Royal Oak on 10/6/2022 in an important and final league game.  

Photos from the games can be found here.  

Both the JV and Varsity won against Ferndale on 9/22/22.  The JV team won 7-0 and the Varsity won 3-0.  In the varsity game, Elyan Gregory scored on a breakaway by bouncing it off a Ferndale defender.  Bret Russel scored the other 2 goals assisted by a long throw by Kaden Misra and by a nice pass from Mori MIller.  The Groves varsity is now 5-3-6 with 3 games remaining in the regular season.  The next game is home against North Farmington (1-9-1) on Tuesday 9/27/22.  

Photos from the varsity game can be found here

Photos from the Junior vasity game can be found here

On September 15 both the Groves JV and Varsity teams lost at Detroit Country Day.  The JV team lost 3-1 with the Groves goal scored by Landon Lamb.  In the varsity game which Country Day won 3-2 over Groves, both Groves goals were scored by Bret Russel on penalty kicks in the Detroit Country Day box.  Country Day also scored 2 goals on penalty kicks with the third and winning goal scored by Country Day in the last few minutes of the game.  Groves varsity is now 4-3-6 with 4 games left in the regular season.  The next games for Varsity and JV are at Royal Oak High School on 9/20/22.  

Photos from the varsity game courtesy of Reza Sazgari are located here 

Huge win as Groves Varsity beat its cross-town rivals Seaholm 3-0 last night.  The game was tied 0-0 at the half, Just 4 minutes into the second half, Groves senior Mario Blum-Alexander got inside positioning, collected a through ball from the outside from junior Ben Kostello and nailed a line drive toward the right post for the first goal.  Senior, Mori Miller, who was being harassed by the Seaholm players for most of the game was fouled in the Seaholm box and nailed the penalty kick at the 34th minute.  9 minutes later, Mori then received a pass from junior Bret Russell, blasted an opposite-foot shot just over the Seaholm goalie's head from almost 20 yards away.  The Groves defense and goalie didn't give up a goal let alone very many shots on goal with goalkeeper, Hugo Bonnefond, registering the shutout and collectively the team handed Seaholm (5-1-2, 2-1 in league play), and its new coach, its first loss. Groves Varsity are now 4-2-6  (3-0-1 in league play).  

A news article about the game can be found here and here.

Photos courtesy of Reza Sazgari can be found here

Groves JV lost 3-0 to Seaholm's JV team in the earlier game.  

Groves tied all 3 games on Saturday.  The first game was against Flushing, Groves scored first and ended the half 1-0 with the final score 2-2.  The second game against Frankenmuth also ended in a 2-2 tie.  The final game against Notre Dame Prep ended in a 1-1 tie.  The tying goal was scored on a header by Matt Meilinger via a throw-in from Kaden Misra.  

Pictures for all 3 games can be found below.  

vs Flushing: https://photos.app.goo.gl/xLSz7dkSeXyM6axp6

Groves Varsity beat West Bloomfield 2-0 on Thursday September 8th.  Ben Kostello scored both goals one at the 36 minute mark from a pass from Mori MIller and the other at the end of the game on a pass from Mario Blum-Alexander.  

There is a varsity tournament at Groves on Saturday, 9/10 with Groves playing Flushing at 9 AM, Frankemuth at 11 AM, and Notre Dame Prep at 1 PM.  Hope to see everyone at these games.

Groves Junior Varsity lost 2-0 to West Bloomfield. 

Groves Varsity pictures can be found here 

Unfortunately both Groves Junior Varsity and Varsity lost to Stoney Creek on Tuesday September 6th.  Groves JV was tied up until the middle of the second half but ended up losing 3-0.  

Groves Varsity had 2 goals scored on them in the first half and could not overcome that deficit losing 2-0 to Stoney Creek.  

Pictures from varsity game are linked here

After a slow first half where the game was tied 0-0, Groves Varsity went on a tear scoring 5 goals in the second half to win the game 5-0.  Ben Kostello, broke the tie, on a breakaway goal via a nicely timed pass from Luca Mollo, and was soon followed up by a goal by Mori MIller via an assist from Bret Russell.  3 goals were scored on throw-ins from Kaden Misra with Matt Meilinger scoring 2 off of headers and the final goal was scored by Bret Russell via a nice tap-in.  

Groves varsity is now 2-1-3 with games next week at Stoney Creek on Tuesday, 9/6 (6755 Sheldon Rd, Rochester Hills, MI 48306) and a home game at Groves against West Bloomfield on Thursday, 9/8.  

There is a tournament at Groves on Saturday, 9/10 with Groves playing Flushing at 9 AM, Frankemuth at 11 AM, and Notre Dame Prep at 1 PM.  Hope to see everyone at these games.  

Pictures from the varsity game linked here

Groves Junior Varsity lost to Bloomfield as well. 

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Groves Varsity was on the reverse side of a tie - leading Lake Orion 1-0 for most of the game on a goal 10 minutes into the first half by Mori Miller via a nice assist from Bret Russell.  Unfortunately with 1:30 left in the game, a penalty was called in the Groves box, and Lake Orion tied the game for a final score of 1-1.  

The Goves JV lost 3-0 to the Lake Orion JV team.  

Pictures from the Groves Varsity game can be viewed here courtesy of Reza Sazgari.

Avondale led 1-0 for most of the game until the final 11 seconds when Kaden Misra scored on a rebound shot into the right corner to tie the game 1-1.  Groves is now 1-1-2 and will play Lake Orion on Tuesday August 30th.  

Groves JV lost 4-0 to Avondale.  

Video forthcoming 

Pictures for the varsity game from Reza Sazgari can be found here

Junior Varsity lost 5-1 to Stevenson - Pedro Soffner scored for Groves.  

Varsity lost to Stevenson 3-2 on a questionable penalty kick.   Ben Kostello scored on an assit from Brett Russell and then Matt Meillinger scored on a corner kick.  

Pictures forthcoming.  

Varsity Stevenson/Groves game film on YouTube

Please find the JV photos from the Lakeland game courtesy of Paul Konkal.

Soccer photos will be taken immediately after school on September 6 at the field.  If there is rain, please gather near the athletic entrance. Everyone needs to attend wearing the full WHITE uniform including cleats.  There is an away game that evening.

On August 20, 2022 the Groves Falcons Varsity team tied the Novi Wildcats 1-1.  Per the Oakland press article linked here the (Groves) Falcons scored first via their transition game. Kevin Sazgari’s cross from the right side took a deflection in front and Mori Miller buried the loose ball high and just under the bar with 34:00 remaining in the second half.

Novi tied the game with 21:37 left in the game when Corey Dennehy was fouled in the penalty area and Jaiden Lunga for the Wildcast stepped up to slot home the penalty kick.

Groves is now 1-0-1 and has another non-conference game on Monday 8/22/2022 when they travel to Sterling Heights Stevenson.

The boys Junior Varsity also played Novi and lost 5-0.  

Pictures from the game can be found here courtesy of Reza Sazgari.  

GAME PHOTOS

Varsity vs. Lakeland on August 17, 2022

https://photos.app.goo.gl/6dBJP2hZMw77hAsg9

Photos from the Groves Alumni Soccer Game 2022

Groves Varsity was winning 5-0 at one point until the Groves Soccer Alumni using their vast experience found a loophole in the soccer rules that allowed them to play 24 players against the varsity 11 players scoring 3 goals but they eventually fell short with the Groves Varsity team beating the Alumni team 5-3

2022 Alumni Game Photos credit to Rez Sagari for taking them

The Boys JV and Varsity team notched victories over the Lakeland Eagles last night - August 17th 2022 at Groves  

The JV won their match 3-1.  Tanner Johnson had a hattrick!

The Varsity team led 1-0 in the first half and then had a dominating performance in the second half scoring 3 goals to win 4-0.  Goals were scored by Mori MIller, Matt Meilinger, Elyan Gregory, and Mario Blum Alexander.  Hugo Bonnefond in goalie had the shutout.    

Lakeland game photos courtesy of Reza Sazgari