2023 ACAC High School Soccer Championships

Feb 28, 2023

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If you have followed Oklahoma City Public Schools Athletics over the last decade or so, you can tell a change in the district’s sports culture is taking place. New fields, updated facilities, and committed resources bring renewed hope, opportunity, and participation. Pride, excitement, and competitiveness—only recently dormant—are returning to OKCPS campuses and communities.

Across the district, kids are playing and excelling in every sport offered.

Cross-country has become cool. Track & field is running full-tilt. Basketball is soaring. Softball and baseball are home runs. Football is always a hit. Golf, tennis, and volleyball are serving up aces. Even wrestling is pulling its weight.

But no matter how much notoriety these sports bring, soccer is king in Oklahoma City Public Schools.

On February 17th, OKCPS brought World Cup energy to Speegle Stadium and Taft Stadium for the ACAC High School Boys and Girls Soccer Championship. At the end of a long, cold, hard-fought day, the Knights of NW Classen laid claim to both the boys’ and girls’ championship banners.

ACAC High School Boys Soccer Championship Results

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1st Round

Northwest Classen JV defeated Capitol Hill
Southeast defeated Douglass
U.S. Grant defeated Classen SAS
Northwest Classen defeated Western Heights

Consolation Bracket

Capitol Hill defeated Douglass
Classen SAS defeated Western Heights

7th & 8th Place Match

Douglass defeated Western Heights

Consolation Championship

Capitol Hill defeated Classen SAS

Winner’s Bracket Semi-Finals

Southeast defeated Northwest Classen JV
Northwest Classen defeated U.S. Grant

3rd & 4th Place Match

U.S. Grant defeated Northwest Classen JV

ACAC Championship Finals

Northwest Classen defeated Southeast (PKs)

ACAC High School Girls Soccer Championship Results

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1st Round

Southeast defeated Northwest Classen JV
Capitol Hill defeated U.S. Grant JV
U.S. Grant defeated Classen SAS
Northwest Classen defeated Western Heights

Consolation Bracket

U.S. Grant JV defeated Northwest Classen JV
Classen SAS defeated Western Heights

7th & 8th Place Match

Western Heights defeated Northwest Classen JV

Consolation Final

U.S. Grant JV defeated Classen SAS

Winner’s Bracket Semi-Finals

Southeast defeated Capitol Hill
Northwest Classen defeated U.S. Grant

3rd & 4th Place Match

U.S. Grant defeated Capitol Hill

ACAC Championship Final

Northwest Classen defeated Southeast (2-0)

Game, Set, Impact: A Q&A With Our New Development Director, Emmy Hufnagel

Emmy Hufnagel is an avid tennis player, former triathlete, and the newest addition to the Fields & Futures team. As our Development Director, Emmy brings a wealth of experience in youth sports advocacy and nonprofit leadership. Having seen firsthand the impact of sports on young lives, Emmy is dedicated to helping us take the next big step—from building fields to filling them with kids.

Meet Cody Laurendi, Fields & Futures’ New Director of Soccer

Cody Laurendi is a former OKC Energy FC goalkeeper and the newest member of the Fields & Futures team. As Director of Soccer & Youth Sports Advocate, Cody has shifted his focus from playing the game to growing it. With his passion for the game and vision for increasing youth participation in Oklahoma City, Cody is a key player in helping us keep our goal of creating more opportunities on and off the pitch.

What Drives Capitol Hill and U.S. Grant Football?

U.S. Grant and Capitol Hill may be rivals, but their football programs have more in common than their annual "Southside Bedlam" rivalry game. From 2014-2020, the OSSAA allowed both programs to play as independents so they could create their own schedules and rebuild their programs. Now playing in Class 6A, neither team has found success in district play, but they also know the scoreboard isn't the only standard of success.

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