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Seaholm, Milford run to county cross country titles

Seaholm, Milford run to county cross country titles

| October 8, 2011 | Comments (0)

BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com MILFORD — With sometimes over 40 schools competing, the Oakland County Cross Country Championships seldom provides a narrow victory. Yet Saturday’s 52nd running was not just close, it couldn’t have been any closer. In the end, Birmingham Seaholm’s girls team learned it had been crowned the team champion moments […]

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Holly rolls by Lapeer West for fifth straight win

Holly rolls by Lapeer West for fifth straight win

| October 8, 2011 | Comments (0)

HOLLY— Back-to-back losses to Lapeer East and Swartz Creek may haunt Holly in the final Flint Metro League standings. But since that 0-2 start, the Bronchos have been downright scary. Holly captured its fifth straight win Friday, all league games, to move into a first place tie in the nine-school FML with Ortonville Brandon. Holly […]

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FOOTBALL ROUNDUP: Falcons end five-game skid in sinking Lakers

FOOTBALL ROUNDUP: Falcons end five-game skid in sinking Lakers

| October 8, 2011 | Comments (0)

WEST BLOOMFIELD — Rochester welcomed back an old friend Thursday night and finally stopped the bleeding of a five-game losing streak by chewing up West Bloomfield 31-17 in an OAA Red Division football game Thursday. Senior fullback Cody Devoe, last year’s leading rusher who missed 3.5 games with a shoulder injury, returned to the grid […]

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CROSS COUNTRY: Oakland County Championships Results

CROSS COUNTRY: Oakland County Championships Results

| October 8, 2011 | Comments (3)

Boys Cross Country 52nd ANNUAL OAKLAND COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS (Oct. 8 at Kensington Metropark) TEAM SCORES — 1. Milford, 76; 2. Waterford Mott, 110; 3. White Lake Lakeland, 110; 4. Novi Detroit Catholic Central, 161; 5. Clarkston, 217; 6. Walled Lake Northern, 238; 7. Lake Orion, 239; 8. Farmington, 291; 9. Rochester Adams, 317; 10. Rochester […]

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Quite a rush: Pontiac uses ground game to chew up Troy

Quite a rush: Pontiac uses ground game to chew up Troy

| October 8, 2011 | Comments (0)

BY JAKE LOURIM STUDENT CORRESPONDENT j.lourim@comcast.net TROY— How things can change. The Troy defense had just surrendered a 67-yard Pontiac touchdown run, but the offense was at it again on Homecoming, trying to lead the Colts to a three-game drive to the playoffs. Suddenly, Pontiac returned a red zone interception 92 yards for a touchdown […]

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Beanziger, Wolves thump Royal Oak

Beanziger, Wolves thump Royal Oak

| October 8, 2011 | Comments (0)

ROYAL OAK — With its back against the wall, Clarkston continues to win on the football field. The Wolves made it five straight Friday after having to forfeit the first two games of the season by topping Royal Oak, 45-7, in OAA Red Division play. Clarkston, which is now in second place in the division, […]

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Line shatters school marks in Oxford’s 49-26 win over Southfield

Line shatters school marks in Oxford’s 49-26 win over Southfield

| October 8, 2011 | Comments (0)

BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com OXFORD — In his 30-plus years of coaching, bud Rowley had never seen such an effort as he did Friday. The veteran Oxford football coach watched as senior running back Prescott Line ran rampant on visiting Southfield in a 49-26, come-from-behind OAA White Division victory. Line shattered the school […]

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Notre Dame Prep trounces Lutheran North

Notre Dame Prep trounces Lutheran North

| October 8, 2011 | Comments (0)

PONTIAC — Pontiac Notre Dame Prep tied a school record and also put the finishing touches on the outright CHSL AA Division championship with a 55-3 trouncing of visiting Macomb Lutheran North Friday. The Fighting Irish opened up a massive lead on the Mustangs, scoring five times in the first quarter alone for a 35-0 […]

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Lake Orion grounds Athens to earn OAA-Red title share

Lake Orion grounds Athens to earn OAA-Red title share

| October 7, 2011 | Comments (0)

BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com LAKE ORION — A year ago Lake Orion’s only loss during its state championship season was to Farmington Harrison. The Dragons earned a rematch with the state’s most feared and respected program. Lake Orion broke a 7-7 halftime tie Friday in its OAA Red Division showdown with Troy Athens […]

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Maples stand tall in winning ninth regional in 10 years

Maples stand tall in winning ninth regional in 10 years

| October 7, 2011 | Comments (0)

Marian, Fenton both advance; turner, Johnson, Kurczewski all make individual cut BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com HOLLY — Few teams in Michigan have had more success at the regional level than Birmingham Seaholm in recent years. The Maples’ girls golf team has simply dominated in the past decade. The Maples collected a play-five, count-four […]

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Troy advances with second-place effort at golf regional

Troy advances with second-place effort at golf regional

| October 7, 2011 | Comments (0)

Athens’ Yang makes cut as individual BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com NORTHVILLE — Two state-ranked teams and one state-ranked team made the cut for the state finals out of Thursday’s Division 1 regional at Tanglewood Golf Course. Second-ranked Grosse Pointe South had four of the top five finishers and five in the top 15 […]

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Oakland's Watterworth, Calhoun garner preseason Summit League recognition

Oakland’s Watterworth, Calhoun garner preseason Summit League recognition

| October 7, 2011 | Comments (0)

ROCHESTER, Mich. – Oakland’s Bethany Watterworth and Sharise Calhoun were both picked to the College Sports Madness Preseason All-Summit League Team, which was announced on Thursday afternoon. Both players averaged double-figures last season, helping the OU women’s basketball team advance to The Summit League Championship game for a fourth time in six years. Watterworth, a […]

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Top-ranked Harrison too much for Rochester Adams

Top-ranked Harrison too much for Rochester Adams

| October 7, 2011 | Comments (0)

BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com ROCHESTER HILLS — Give Farmington Harrison an inch and the Hawks will take a mile. Give them good field position and Harrison will make you pay — dearly. Coming in as the state’s overall No. 1-rated team, also ranked 24th nationally by Max Preps, the Hawks benefitted from consistent […]

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West Bloomfield, Adams, Stoney Creek punch tennis finals tickets

West Bloomfield, Adams, Stoney Creek punch tennis finals tickets

| October 7, 2011 | Comments (1)

BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com ROCHESTER HILLS — As the completion on adjacent courts dwindled down, Jordan Asher knew that it would be close. What the West Bloomfield junior didn’t know that his match carried some significant weight. Asher, a junior, outlasted Charles Xu of Rochester Adams, 6-1, 6-2 in the finals of the […]

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Loyola earns 1-0 shutout of Oakland

Loyola earns 1-0 shutout of Oakland

| October 7, 2011 | Comments (0)

CHICAGO — Despite holding a shots advantage, Oakland could not match up with Loyola Thursday. The Ramblers scored the game’s only goal and recorded a 1-0 men’s soccer shutout of the visiting Golden Grizzlies at Rogers Park. three saves from Mitch Hildebrandt, the Oakland men’s soccer team (2-8-1) lost, 1-0, to Loyola (2-7-1) on Wednesday […]

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Girls Golf Regional Scoreboard

Girls Golf Regional Scoreboard

| October 7, 2011 | Comments (2)

Girls Golf Regional Scoreboard DIVISION1 REGIONAL (Oct. 6 at Twin Lakes, par 72) TEAM SCORES — 1. Rochester Stoney Creek, 319; 2. Utica, 331; 3. Rochester Adams, 359; 4. Rochester, 365; 5. Port Huron Northern, 385; 6. Lake Orion, 392; 7. Romeo, 398; 8. Utica Eisenhower, 409; 9. Utica Ford II, 413; 10. Macomb L’Anse […]

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Boys Tennis Regional Scoreboard

Boys Tennis Regional Scoreboard

| October 7, 2011 | Comments (2)

Boys Tennis Regional Scoreboard DIVISION 1 REGIONAL (Oct. 6 at Rochester) TEAM SCORES — 1. West Bloomfield, 26; 2. Rochester Adams, 25; 3. Rochester Stoney Creek, 21; 4. Rochester, 9; 5. Walled Lake Central, 5; 6. Lake Orion, 4; 7. Clarkston, 3; 8. (tie) Waterford Kettering, 1; Waterford Mott, 1. CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHTS SINGLES — 1. […]

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Stoney Creek defends regional golf championship

Stoney Creek defends regional golf championship

| October 6, 2011 | Comments (0)

BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com OAKLAND TOWNSHIP — Rochester Stoney Creek spent most of last season ranked No. 1 in the state before finishing second to Saline by three strokes at the Division 1 finals. The Cougars now have a shot at redemption. Stoney Creek, which has been ranked No. 1 or No. 2 […]

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