BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans COMPLETE STATS: http://northoaklandsports.com/2012/05/16/12860/ WATERFORD — Novi is celebrating its 10-year anniversary of first and only boys golf state championship in 2012. Perhaps that celebration, along with Wednesday’s performance at the Oakland County Division I Tournament, could be a good omen for the unranked Wildcats. Behind [...]
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ROCHESTER HILLS — On the surface, nothing was settled on the soccer pitch Tuesday. Rochester Adams and Troy battled to a 0-0 tie in an OAA Red Division match. Neither team gained ground on the other in the league race, which is in its final week, [...]
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans TROY— It’s hard enough not be all that successful on a consistent basis. Try living in the shadows of a highly-successful competitor who also happens to be your crosstown rival. Such is life for Troy Athens’ softball program, which is enjoying quite a revival in 2012. [...]
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ROCHESTER HILLS — Lake Orion was far from perfect Friday night, yet the Dragons still continued their perfect season. Behind another dominating performance, Lake Orion racked up an impressive 179 1/3 points — one of the highest team point totals in the 18-year history of the [...]
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans BLOOMFIELD HILLS — Nathan Chapman’s first track and field season included a league championship. He will depart the high school track scene with four such titles. The senior from Auburn Hills Avondale aided the Yellowjackets’ fourth straight league championship, this time in the OAA Blue Division [...]
Boys Track DIVISION 4 REGIONAL (Saturday at Webberville H.S.) TEAM SCORES — 1. Flint Hamady, 130; 2. Morrice, 91; 3. Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes-Clarkston Everest Collegiate Unified, 78; 4. Rochester Hills Lutheran Northwest, 75; 5. Auburn Hills Oakland Christian, 63; 5. Webberville, 39.5; 6.Sterling Heights Parkway Christian, 37.5; 7. Birmingham Roeper, 28; 8. [...]
Girls Tennis DIVISION 1 REGIONAL (Friday at Rochester Schools) TEAM SCORES — 1. Clarkston, 30; 2. Rochester Adams, 23; 3. West Bloomfield, 17; 4. Rochester, 15; 5. Rochester Stoney Creek, 8; 6. Lake Orion, 7; 7. Royal Oak, 4; 8. Waterford Mott, 2; 9. Pontiac, 2; 10. Waterford Kettering, 0. CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHTS SINGLES — 1. [...]
Boys Track DIVISION 1 REGIONAL (May 18 at Ortonville Brandon) TEAM SCORES — 1. Grand Blanc, 172; 2. Lake Orion, 139; 3. Swartz Creek, 46; 4. Rochester Adams,40.75; 5. Romeo, 36; 6. Clarkston, 32.75; 7.Port Huron, 31.75; 8.Holly, 27; 9. (tie) Rochester, 22; Oxford, 22; 11. Pontiac, 18; 12. Rochester Stoney Creek, 17.75; 13. Ortonville [...]
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ORTONVILLE — It’s not every day that a team can score 139 points at a track regional and finish second — and still trail the leader by 33 points. Such was life at Friday’s marathon Division 1 regional track and field regional at Ortonville Brandon. Grand [...]
Girls Tennis FLINT METRO LEAGUE TOURNAMENT TEAM SCORES — 1. Fenton, 58; 2. Holly, 27; 3. Ortonville Brandon, 46; 4. Lapeer West, 41; 5. Lapeer East, 28; 6. Clio, 26; 7. Swartz Creek, 18; 8. Flint Kearsley, 14. DUAL MEET STANDINGS — 1. (tie) Holly (6-0-1); Fenton (6-0-1); 3. Ortonville Brandon (5-2-0); 4. Lapeer [...]
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ROCHESTER HILLS — Rochester Adams was once a state power in girls tennis, winning the Clas sA state title in 1987 and having several state-finals teams throughout the past three-plus decades. In recent years, the Highlanders have dropped off the map some, despite producing an individual [...]
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ORTONVILLE — Lake Orion has become a model of consistency when it comes to boys track and field in recent years. Rarely in the past two decades have the Dragons suffered through a down year. This season has become one of Lake Orion’s best to date. [...]
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans COMPLETE STATS: http://northoaklandsports.com/2012/05/16/12860/ WATERFORD — Novi is celebrating its 10-year anniversary of first and only boys golf state championship in 2012. Perhaps that celebration, along with Wednesday’s performance at the Oakland County Division I Tournament, could be a good omen for the unranked Wildcats. Behind [...]
Girls Tennis OAA WHITE DIVISION TOURNAMENT (Saturday at Rochester Schools) TEAM SCORES — 1. Rochester Adams, 51; 2. Troy Athens, 48; 3. North Farmington, 47; 4. Birmingham Groves, 45; 5. Berkley 28; 6. Rochester Stoney Creek, 25; 7. Farmington Harrison, 24; 8. Lake Orion, 20. DUAL MATCH STANDINGS — 1. Rochester Adams (7-0-0) … FINAL [...]
BY DAN DUGGAN CORRESPONDENT PONTIAC — Behind a six-goal outburst, the Michigan Bucks opened up the 2012 season Tuesday in fine fashion Tuesday. The Bucks scored early and often in a 6-0 whitewash of the Jersey Shore Boca at Ultimate Soccer Arenas in Pontiac, as part of the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup. [...]
PREP STATE RANKINGS Boys Golf (By the coaches association) Division 1 — 1. Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central; 2. Muskegon Mona Shores; 3. Birmingham Brother Rice; 4. Traverse City West; 5. Battle Creek Lakeview; 6. Novi Detroit Catholic Central; 7. Plymouth; 8. Grand Blanc; 9. Pinckney; 10. North Farmington; 11. Grosse Pointe South; 12. Rochester Adams. [...]
Boys Golf OAKLAND COUNTY DIVISION I TOURNAMENT (May 16 at Pontiac Country Club) TEAM SCORES — 1. Novi, 309; 2. Birmingham Brother Rice, 311; 3. Novi Detroit Catholic Central, 312; 4. Rochester Stoney Creek, 318; 5. Lake Orion, 319; 6. Birmingham Groves, 320; 7. North Farmington, 321; 8. Auburn Hills Oakland Christian, 322; 9. [...]
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans LAKE ORION — It almost seems that it is a right of passage for Lake Orion to at least compete for a league championship in baseball. The Dragons are back in their usual spot in mid-May — in the heat of the OAA Red Division race. [...]
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ROCHESTER HILLS — On the surface, nothing was settled on the soccer pitch Tuesday. Rochester Adams and Troy battled to a 0-0 tie in an OAA Red Division match. Neither team gained ground on the other in the league race, which is in its final week, [...]
TROY— Behind a sweep, Troy Athens remained in the hunt for the OAA White Division softball title with a pair of victories over West Bloomfield. The Red Hawks claimed the opener, 4-3, and came back to win the nightcap, 3-1. In the opener, Athens scored twice in the third and had single runs in the [...]
GROSSE POINTE WOODS — After a scoreless first half, Troy punched in a pair of second-half goals to help post a 2-0, non-league girls soccer triumph over Grosse Pointe South. Sarah Troccoli scored both goals for Troy, with Phylisha Drayton and Rachel Shamoun garnering assists. Alison Holland recorded her eighth shutout on nine saves for [...]
ROYAL OAK — White Lake Lakeland won its fourth consecutive Fred Pieper Softball Tournament Championship Sunday and fifth in the past six years by topping Warren Regina 10-0 in five innings in the 34 Annual event. Lakeland opened the scoring in the top of the second when Morgan Craft hit a leadoff single. She took [...]
CLARKSTON — There is a sizable difference between the OAA Red Division and the OAA White Division leaders in boys lacrosse. Clarkston, which has already clinched the OAA –Red title, soared past Lake Orion Saturday night with a 16-2 OAA crossover victory. Lake Orion is currently in the OAA-White lead. Clarkston (12-2-0) raced out to [...]
