On Thursday, 9/12, Pioneer hosted St. Francis de Sales of Toledo. Varsity’s game was a nail biter. Pioneer pulled out a win, 9-7. Lead scorers were Sawyer Thompson with five and Mark Flautner with four. Sophomore Elijah Almeida had 6 steals during the game. Matthew Christiansen was everywhere in goal with a total of 13 saves!
The JV game followed with a final score of 18-three. High scorers included freshman Brody Howe, Will Wood and Isak Woods, each with a hat trick!
The boys will travel to Bowling Green on Saturday and Sunday for the Border Battle tournament. Part of the team will be at the Saline Hornet Tournament Friday and Saturday.
On Thursday, 9/12, Pioneer hosted St. Francis de Sales of Toledo. Varsity’s game was a nail biter. Pioneer pulled out a win, 9-7. Lead scorers were Sawyer Thompson with five and Mark Flautner with four. Sophomore Elijah Almeida had 6 steals during the game. Matthew Christiansen was everywhere in goal with a total of 13 saves!
The JV game followed with a final score of 18-three. High scorers included freshman Brody Howe, Will Wood and Isak Woods, each with a hat trick!
The boys will travel to Bowling Green on Saturday and Sunday for the Border Battle tournament. Part of the team will be at the Saline Hornet Tournament Friday and Saturday.
September 10, 2024, Hill Pool: AA Pioneer vs AA Huron Men’s Water Polo. What a rivalry they have had! Pioneer stole the show with a win, 14-three. Senior Sawyer Thompson had five goals followed by junior Henry Colvig with three. Senior Mark Flautner led the team for steals with 4. Senior Matthew Christiansen had ten saves.
Junior Varsity also had a win over the River rats. It was a very high score of 20-14. Freshmen Cameron Boehnke and Brody Howe each had four goals!
Thanks to all of the Huron fans that drove across town to cheer on their boys! It is always nice to see you!
Pioneer hosted Birmingham Seaholm for their 2024 season opener. It was a slow start in the first minute, Pioneer was down by two, but quickly turned it around and won the game 17-7. Lead scorers were senior Sawyer Thompson, with 5, followed by sophomore Misi Flautner, with 3. Sophomore Elijah Almeida had 8 steals!
The JV team played an exciting first game of the season. They beat Seaholm 16-4. Freshman Evan Pokryfke had 4 goals, followed by freshman Will Wood, with 3.
The next match-up is against AA Huron on September 10 at AA Pioneer’s Hill Pool. Varsity at 6:15 and JV at 7:15. On Thursday, September 12, the Pioneer’s will host St. Francis de Sales from Ohio. Varsity at 6:15 and JV at 7:15.
Pioneer hosted Birmingham Seaholm for their 2024 season opener. It was a slow start in the first minute, Pioneer was down by two, but quickly turned it around and won the game 17-7. Lead scorers were senior Sawyer Thompson, with 5, followed by sophomore Misi Flautner, with 3. Sophomore Elijah Almeida had 8 steals!
The JV team played an exciting first game of the season. They beat Seaholm 16-4. Freshman Evan Pokryfke had 4 goals, followed by freshman Will Wood, with 3.
The next match-up is against AA Huron on September 10 at AA Pioneer’s Hill Pool. Varsity at 6:15 and JV at 7:15. On Thursday, September 12, the Pioneer’s will host St. Francis de Sales from Ohio. Varsity at 6:15 and JV at 7:15.
Pioneer hosted Birmingham Seaholm for their 2024 season opener. It was a slow start in the first minute, Pioneer was down by two, but quickly turned it around and won the game 17-7. Lead scorers were senior Sawyer Thompson, with 5, followed by sophomore Misi Flautner, with 3. Sophomore Elijah Almeida had 8 steals!
The JV team played an exciting first game of the season. They beat Seaholm 16-4. Freshman Evan Pokryfke had 4 goals, followed by freshman Will Wood, with 3.
The next match-up is against AA Huron on September 10 at AA Pioneer’s Hill Pool. Varsity at 6:15 and JV at 7:15. On Thursday, September 12, the Pioneer’s will host St. Francis de Sales from Ohio. Varsity at 6:15 and JV at 7:15.
Pioneer hosted Birmingham Seaholm for their 2024 season opener. It was a slow start in the first minute, Pioneer was down by two, but quickly turned it around and won the game 17-7. Lead scorers were senior Sawyer Thompson, with 5, followed by sophomore Misi Flautner, with 3. Sophomore Elijah Almeida had 8 steals!
The JV team played an exciting first game of the season. They beat Seaholm 16-4. Freshman Evan Pokryfke had 4 goals, followed by freshman Will Wood, with 3.
The next match-up is against AA Huron on September 10 at AA Pioneer’s Hill Pool. Varsity at 6:15 and JV at 7:15. On Thursday, September 12, the Pioneer’s will host St. Francis de Sales from Ohio. Varsity at 6:15 and JV at 7:15.
The Pioneer Men’s water polo team traveled to Upper Arlington, Ohio, for a four-game tournament on Labor Day weekend. It was a tough weekend for the Pioneers. Losing against St. Charles, 6-12 and Upper Arlington 11-12. They turned it around while playing Thomas Worthington in extra time with a shoot out. The final score was 16-15! They also beat Mason, Ohio, 18-5. Their overall record is 10 wins and 3 losses.
Coach Packard said, “Lots of players had a chance to see playing time. Overall, it was a good weekend. We exposed some weaknesses for us to work on for the future.”
Top scorers for the weekend include seniors Sawyer Thompson with 14, Liam MacNeil with 9 and Mark Flautner with 7. Sophomore Elijah Almeida had 14 steals in the 4 games. Congratulations to the five players with the goals in the shoot out: Elijah Almeida, Misi Flautner, Liam MacNeil, Sawyer Thompson, and Henry Colvig.
The Pioneer’s host Birmingham Seaholm Maples in their league opener this Thursday, September 5, at Hill Pool. Varsity plays at 6:15 followed by JV.
The Pioneers hosted many teams this past weekend in their annual Early Bird Tournament. Split between Hill Pool and the Bird bath, 13 teams played a total 34 games!
Pioneer fielded two teams for the tournament. The purple team won 4 out of 5 games, losing only to St. Charles out of Ohio. Leading scorers were seniors Sawyer Thompson, 15 goals, Mark Flautner, 13 goals and Liam MacNeil, 12 goals. Sophomore Elijah Almeida had an impressive number of steals,18, followed by Mark Flautner and Sawyer Thompson, 14 each. Senior goalie Matthew Christiansen saved 27 goals over 4 of the games with 4 steals.
The Pioneer white team was comprised of mostly underclassmen went 0-5 but gained a lot of playing experience for the season. Lead by junior Ben Worden in number of goals with 7, followed by junior Jake Edwards with 6 and senior Trey Chappell with 5. Junior Kai Whitaker and sophomore Alex Heberlein tied for most steals with 6 followed by Ben Worden. Senior goalie goalie George Frost had a total of 22 saves with 2 steals and 1 assist for four of the games.
The Pioneers will be traveling to Upper Arlington August 30-31 for another tournament.
The Pioneer Men’s Varsity Water Polo team traveled to Grand Haven August 16th and 17 th and played in four games with a 4-0 record. Lake Orion (17-4), Grand Haven (16-3), West Ottawa (14-6) and Mason (13-1).
Leading scorer for the weekend was Mark Flautner with an amazing 16 goals, followed by Liam MacNeil with 8 and Ben Worden with 6. Elijah Almeida lead assists with 8 followed by Mark Flautner, Misi Flautner and Liam MacNeil with 4 each. Elijah Almeida and Mark Flautner had 8 steals apiece followed by Liam MacNeil with 7.
The Pioneer Men’s Varsity Water Polo team traveled to Grand Haven August 16th and 17 th and played in four games with a 4-0 record. Lake Orion (17-4), Grand Haven (16-3), West Ottawa (14-6) and Mason (13-1).
Leading scorer for the weekend was Mark Flautner with an amazing 16 goals, followed by Liam MacNeil with 8 and Ben Worden with 6. Elijah Almeida lead assists with 8 followed by Mark Flautner, Misi Flautner and Liam MacNeil with 4 each. Elijah Almeida and Mark Flautner had 8 steals apiece followed by Liam MacNeil with 7.