Northport’s 2004 District Soccer title may be in jeopardy after it was found that an academically ineligible player may have participated. It was Northport’s first soccer district title since 1987.

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Suttons Bay’s soccer run ended with a 2-1 loss to North Muskegon in the Division IV semifinals. Jesse Wright scored the lone goal on an assist from Mike Morrison. Suttons Bay finished with an 18-4-1 record in coach Thomas Singer’s first season. Congrats on a fine season Norsemen!

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A preview of the game between Norsemen squads, Suttons Bay and North Muskegon. North Muskegon is ranked #11 and has a 19-4-2 record, while Suttons Bay comes in ranked #12 and 18-3-1. North Muskegon also eliminated the defending champion Muskegon West Michigan Christian in district play. The game is being played at Muskegon West Michigan Christian at 6 PM today.

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Alex Dingrando scored the only goal in the second half as Suttons Bay defeated Big Rapids Crossroads Academy 1-0 to claim the school’s first ever boys soccer regional title. They will now face North Muskegon in the state semifinals on Wednesday, November 9th at 6 PM. The other half of the semifinal features Allen Park Inter-City Baptist vs. Royal Oak Shrine.

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Suttons Bay gave up an early goal, but bounced back behind 3 goals from junior Alex Dingrando, to earn a 5-1 victory over Big Bay de Noc to earn the school’s first ever regional soccer win. The Norsemen outshot the Black Bears 30-2. Suttons Bay now advances to Friday’s regional final against the winner of Harbor Light Christian and Big Rapids Crossroads Academy.

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Suttons Bay advanced behind two goals by junior Jesse Wright and one by Alex Dingrando to capture the Division 4 district title over Northport. Suttons Bay is looking for their first ever regional soccer win as they take on Cooks-Big Bay de Noc, Tuesday at 3:00 PM. The regional is at Suttons Bay. The other half features Big Rapids-Crossroads Academy vs. Harbor Light Christian at 3:00 PM on Wednesday. The regional final is slated for Friday, November 4 at 3:00 PM.

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Suttons Bay and Northport will play for a third time this season after both advanced in their Division IV soccer district semifinal matches. Both were very different games, with Northport cruising to a 4-0 win over Glen Lake, and Suttons Bay needing double overtime to get by Traverse City Christian 3-2. The Norsemen and Wildcats split their regular season meetings with each winning one goal games. The district final is Friday at 4 PM at the Keystone Fields in Traverse City.

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Northport knocked off Leland 1-0 to advance i Division IV soccer districts. The Wildcats now play Glen Lake in one half of the district semis and Suttons Bay plays Traverse City Christian in the other. The district final is Friday at 4 PM at the TBAYS complex in Traverse City.

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Article from the Leelanau Enterprise

The Cherryland Conference All Conference Boys’ Soccer selections were dominated by Leelanau County players. Conference champions Suttons Bay and second place finisher Northport each landed three players to the first team. Glen Lake and Leland each had one. For Suttons Bay, first team honors went to Mike Morrison, David Stowe and goalie Matt Klein. For Northport, Jimmy Stannard, Matt Voight and John Kiehl received nods. Cal Springsteen of Glen Lake and Isaac Griswold of Leland both were named.

Receiving second team mention were: Glen Lake, Jeff Clark; Leland, Dru Hemingway, Sam Simpson and Buddy Kenney; Northport, Joey Thomas and Gavin Bissell; Suttons Bay, Jabe Dalzell, Alan Holcombe, and Ben Darling.

Players receiving honorable mention were:
Glen Lake; Ben Jackson, Kevin Fisher, Lenni Mikowski, Joey Wiejaczka, Keith Castle and Brad Tondreau.
Leland; Peter Povolo, Chris Stachnick, Noah Suttmann, Chris Herman, Jim Povolo, and Ben Schaub.
Northport; Shawn Zimmerman and Justin Harter.
Suttons Bay; Matt Ness, Andrew Ness, Eric Collins and Austin Payne.