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What a year it’s been for the Contreras High football team. Coach Manuel Guevara resigned in February when the school wouldn’t let him hold offseason workouts. Then he returned after school officials changed their mind.
In the summer came immigration raids by ICE that created fear among players and parents, forcing 20 to skip practice one day alone.
“Kids were messaging me their parents don’t want them to leave their house,” Guevara said.
Then the team won its first ever City Section playoff game on Nov. 7 since the school opened in 2007. Now the Condors are in the City Section Division III semifinals against top-seeded Santee on Friday.
“It’s definitely been a roller coaster year to say the least,” Guevara said.
Leading the team have been two-way starters Alex Vasquez and Randy Jones, both playing linebacker and running back. Jones has 1,107 yards rushing and Vasquez is at 720 yards. Jones, a fullback, has been “an animal. He runs hard,” Guevara said.
The challenge this week is finding a way to deal with All-City running back Darnell Miller, who rushed for 311 yards and three touchdowns in Santee’s 44-35 win over Contreras on Sept. 12.
“He’s a special athlete,” Guevara said. “He goes from zero to full speed in a step and a half.”
Contreras football coaches Manuel Guevara and Carlos Trujillo take turns washing jerseys. It was Trujillo's turn this week after mud game. He took them to an Eagle Rock laundromat, put in $4 in coins x three, then $5 for drying. 90 minutes. At least it has WiFi. He watched film.
Contreras defeated Jefferson in the mud 20-14 on Friday. Contreras hopes for another muddy field this week, but it’s Guevara’s turn to wash jerseys. He’d enjoy going to the Laundromat if it means his team has reached the City Division III championship game.
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Nov 17, 2025
Northern Michigan University men’s soccer player Teun van Gansewinkel leads the Wildcats in a postgame celebration chant after defeating Roosevelt 2-1 in overtime in the GLIAC Tournament semifinals at University Center on Friday. (Photo courtesy NMU)

UNIVERSITY CENTER — Winning the rubber match with Roosevelt probably meant little compared to just winning for the men’s soccer team at Northern Michigan University on Friday afternoon.
For the first time since the program was inaugurated in 2016, the Wildcats advanced to the championship game of the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Tournament.
Northern defeated Roosevelt 2-1 in overtime, making NMU the winner of their season series after the teams split one-goal decisions during the regular season.
The Wildcats were to play No. 1 seed and semifinals-finals host Saginaw Valley State on Sunday afternoon back at the Cardinals’ campus located between Saginaw and Bay City.
Northern not only made it to the finale for the first time, but set a program record for victories in a season as its record improved to 8-4-6 following a 6-4-2 campaign in the GLIAC.
Northern Michigan University men’s soccer head coach Alex Fatovic, right, embraces Ian Weimer during a postgame celebration after the Wildcats defeated Roosevelt 2-1 in overtime in the GLIAC Tournament semifinals at University Center on Friday. (Photo courtesy NMU)
This comes just one short year after the Wildcats struggled to last place in the GLIAC as the only conference team to miss the tournament in 2024.
“It shows the determination and grit from these guys, and I’m so proud of them,” Northern head coach Alex Fatovic said in an NMU Sports Information news release reviewing the game. “It’s never easy, and especially when it’s the defending champions.”
The Wildcats’ dominant first half only produced the narrowest of leads, 1-0, at halftime. NMU outshot No. 2 seed Roosevelt 7-3 in total shots and 4-0 in shots on goal over the opening 45 minutes.
For the game, NMU held advantages of 14-11 in total shots and 6-3 in shots on goal, though Roosevelt held the edge in corner kicks, 6-4, and had fewer fouls, 17-15. Each team was shown three yellow cards, two on each team in the last 14 minutes.
GLIAC Honorable Mention honoree Ian Weimer of Northern, a recent GLIAC Offensive Player of the Week, finished off a terrific tic-tac-toe passing play from conference First Teamer Luca Rosen and top defender James Carr in the 24th minute to give the Wildcats the lead.
Before that, Rosen made a steal and went on the counteroffensive, driving to the left side of the box. Taking a low driven left-footer, he forced Lakers netminder Eric Carvajal to make a quick save. A subsequent free kick to the right of the box by NMU’s Alessandro Scialanga was also saved.
Still scoreless, Rosen again went on the counter and drew a free kick, his curling strike just missing the crossbar.
Northern goalkeeper Asaf Kristal kept the score that way until the final 13 minutes of regulation with some nifty work in front of his net. Roosevelt had a free kick in a dangerous area just outside the box, and Kristal made a full-extension save on the curling free kick. That produced a Lakers’ corner kick, and Kristal stopped a header in tight.
“Two massive saves,” Fatovic said. “The free kick was an absolute ‘worldie,’ save-of-the-year contender, and then coming off his line again a few minutes later.
“Not much you can do on the penalty, but again, he’s steady, has good leadership, great distribution and no errors whatsoever.”
Later, GLIAC Offensive Player of the Year Fynn Mewes broke in one-on-one with Kristal, but the NMU goalie stopped him in the 61st minute.
Roosevelt finally broke through on a penalty kick, Mewes taking the shot and his right-footed strike finding the bottom left corner of the NMU net.
Then Northern brought Isaac Cervantes off the bench in the final minutes of regulation, and he paid off with a perfectly placed slide tackle one-on-one with Mewes before blocking a shot inside the box to get the game to OT.
“(Isaac) is absolutely unbelievable,” his coach said. “I will put him in the game at any time, without a doubt. He’s a warrior, and he knows his role — he starts some, he doesn’t start some, but if we’re winning and trying to preserve a lead, he knows he’s going in.
“Those were some big-time saves at the end of the game, and then we stuck with him in overtime because he was playing so well, and that speaks volumes of his maturity to not be a starter and come off the bench and make saves for us like that.”
It didn’t take much extra time to end it, when 2:44 in a seemingly harmless cross from Carr was mishandled by Carvajal, with Weimer pouncing on it at his doorstep to advance the Wildcats.
“Like we’ve said before, (Ian) just gets better every game,” Fatovic said. “He was fantastic again (Friday), and he plays the (No.) 9 (position) the way it should be played; getting in good areas, great finish on the first goal, and he’s pressing all the time.
“He’s the hero with a golden goal, finds his way on a brace, and I’m super proud of him.”
It was Weimer’s sixth goal of the season, but also his fifth in as many games.
Story contents based on Northern Michigan University Sports Information press release reviewing the game. Journal Sports Editor Steve Brownlee’s email address is sbrownlee@miningjournal.net.
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For a few moments Saturday it appeared that West Virginia was going to steal a win at Arizona State and achieve an unexpected third consecutive victory. With six minutes remaining the Mountaineers were on their own 10-yard line facing third-and-27. Looking to only gain a few yards field position a short pass was thrown in the flat to Cyncir Bowers who then eluded Wildcat defenders for a miracle 90 yard scoring play to give WVU a one-point lead.
Unfortunately, the feeling of euphoria did not last. Arizona State, aided by an untimely roughing the passer penalty, was able to nail a 49-yard field goal with 2:44 remaining to retake the lead. West Virginia got to near midfield on its last possession but failed on a fourth down attempt.
The Mountaineers came short of pulling off the upset directly as a result of being unable to execute successful plays inside the 10. Twice, West Virginia failed on fourth down attempts at the Arizona State 6- and 2-yard lines. Good drives on those possessions yielded zero points. A total domination of the game in the first quarter resulted in only a 3-0 lead.
After the 90-yard score West Virginia went for a 2-point conversion in order to gain a three-point margin and force the Wildcats to score a touchdown to win the game in regulation. Unable to get the play off in time they had to use their final timeout, and after having the opportunity to consider their options came out and handed the ball off up the middle for no gain. With an offensive line that had been unable to open holes for the running game and needing 3 yards, the play call was puzzling. The failure to convert meant that the Wildcat field goal was a game-winner instead of for a tie.
Counting the conversion attempt, West Virginia ran 14 plays inside the 10-yard line and gained all of 12 yards. While they did convert one score near the end zone early in the fourth quarter to cut the lead to 22-17, overall the goal line offense was a colossal failure.
Quarterback Scotty Fax passed for 353 yards, with two long scoring touchdown passes. But the running game was totally absent preventing what could have been an upset victory.The coaching staff deserves a lot of credit for finding ways to make this team competitive after a horrendous four-game stretch at the beginning of the conference schedule. Two very close losses sandwiched around wins over Houston and Colorado showed that the Mountaineers can be respectable. But being unable to find ways to score close to the goal line and playing the last six minutes of a close game having wasted all their second half timeouts was not a good look.
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