ROCHESTER HILLS — Senior captain Morley Burns scored the only goal for Rochester Adams on senior night as the Highlanders disposed of a game group of Bloomfield Hills Lahser Knights, 1-0, on Thursday night in an Oakland Activities Association soccer game.

The game itself was as even as the score line indicated, with the final shot total 4-3 in favor of Adams. But the goalies were much busier than the score line would indicate. Both Highlanders keeper Kevin Soisson and Lahser netminder Evan Wahl had a lot to do, frequently coming off their lines to claim crosses and cut down the angle on opposing attackers.

Despite a number of chances for each team, neither the Knights nor the Highlanders were able to break through the opposing defense and get a shot on goal until Burns scored with about twelve minutes to play in the first half when he ran onto a loose ball at the top of the penalty area and fired it home to give Adams the only goal they would need.

“It was a screappy game,” Adams coach Josh Hickey commented after the game. “Either team could have walked away with a win.”

After the game, both coaches were pretty happy with their teams.

“I think we played well,” Knights coach Dougie MacAulay said, “I thought we competed well with a good school.”

Hickey was similarly pleased.

“We played well today,” he said. “We were working hard, and I didn’t see any mental lapses.”

Hickey was particularly pleased with the play of his defense, led by junior Matt Szilard.

“The whole back line looked great,” he said.

Both coaches were also pleased to see their teams progressing and playing better as the season begins to wind down and the playoffs just three weeks away.

“I’m happy with the way the team’s playing.” MacAulay would say of his Knights. “It’s all fine tuning now.”

Hickey believes his team is also begin to come around at the right time.

“I think in the last three games we’ve made a turn,” he said. “We’re working as a team and avoiding the mental lapses and seeing that pleases me.”

Hickey’s squad improves to 6-3-2 overall and 5-2-1 in OAA Red play. The Highlanders’ next game is against the unbeaten Troy Colts at Troy on Saturday.

The loss drops Lahser to 3-8-3 overall and 2-3-2 in OAA Red. The Knights’ next game is on Tuesday when they host Clarkston.