Dan Stickradt
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BOYS SOCCER: Milford ousts Waterford Kettering
MILFORD — Talk about ending a drought. Milford snapped a three-week winless streak on the pitch Wednesday night, opening up the Division 1 state tournament with a 4-1 victory over visiting Waterford Kettering. Charlie Head, Matt Mrozinski, Gavin McBride, and Alex Smith scored for Milford. Mrozinski, Max Smith and Dylan Meek had assists for the […]
BOYS SOCCER: Athens escapes dreadful district opener to advance; Utica sinks Mott in 2OT
TROY — Halloween is not for another two weeks. Defending Division 1 state champion already received its big scare of the season Wednesday night — a really big scare. The Red Hawks, who recently wrapped up their third straight OAA Red Division championship, had to work a double-overtime shift to down Utica Ford, 2-1, in […]
BOYS SOCCER: Eisenhower gains its revenge on Lake Orion
LAKE ORION — Stake any team with a two-goal lead inside the first 3:19 of a soccer match is never a good idea. Utica Eisenhower did just that a year ago in its Division 1 district semifinals game with Lake Orion. The Eagles lost that match 2-0 to the Dragons to see their 2019 season […]
Kicking Into High Gear: Athens speedy forward TJ Renaud helping add to Athens’ soccer lore
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans TROY — While growing up, every time TJ Renaud walked into the Troy Athens gymnasium and looked up at the dozens of banners high on the wall, he began to daydream. One day he would like to be a part of all of that success. That success […]
NET GAINS: Oxford goalkeeper Tristan Bennett going out in style
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans OXFORD — Tristan Bennett received some baptism under fire as a freshman. Thrusted into the varsity starting lineup in 2017 for an Oxford soccer team loaded with sophomores and freshmen, Bennett and his teammates took some lumps that season. “It was kind of rough,” recalled Bennett. “I […]
Oakland County High Schools
OAKLAND COUNTY HIGH SCHOOLS Oakland County High Schools With Athletics Programs: Auburn Hills Avondale Yellowjackets Auburn Hills Christian Academy […]
GIRLS SWIM AND DIVE: Oakland County Championships Results 2020
45TH ANNUAL OAKLAND COUNTY GIRLS SWIM & DIVE CHAMPIONSHIPS (Oct. 8-9 at eight locations) TEAM SCORES — 1. Farmington Hills Mercy, 285; 2. Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood, 266; 3. Birmingham Seaholm, 210; 4. Novi, 193; 5. Birmingham Marian, 173; 6. Rochester Adams, 145; 7. Farmington, 144; 8. Lake Orion, 129; 9. Birmingham Groves, 109; 10. Milford, […]
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL: Notre Dame Prep gets the best of state-ranked Bronson, Marshall in quad sweep
Pontiac Notre Dame finished off a competitive week of seven matches in five days, topping three other quality teams in a quad Saturday at home. The Fighting Irish defeated Division 3 statute-ranked Bronson, Division 2 Marshall and Essexville-Garber, honorable mention in D-2 to move to 20-3 on the season. It took NDP four sets to […]
CROSS-COUNTRY: Milford, Clarkston earn Oakland County titles under unique circumstances
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans MILFORD TWP. — It took two days and eight flights of runners, not to mention some unique circumstances, techniques, course planning and precautions to crown this year’s Oakland County champions in cross-country. Once everything was combined together, Milford’s boys and Clarkston’s girls emerged from the heap with […]
FOOTBALL: Stoney Creek chews up Rochester Adams to remain perfect at 4-0, clinch OAA-White title share
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ROCHESTER HILLS — Like a game of old-school Pac-Man, Rochester Stoney Creek simply chews up teams dot by dot. Or in this case, yard-by-yard. The unheralded Cougars, ranked 11th in the first Associated Press Division 1 poll this week, are off to a 4-0 for just the third […]
BOYS SOCCER: Holly rolls past Corunna for first Flint Metro League win
CORUNNA — Wins have been hard to come by for Holly on the soccer pitch during this rebuilding season. One couldn’t tell Wednesday night. Corunna could not withstand Holly’s constant pressure, and the Bronchos walked away with a 7-0 shutout of the Cavaliers in Flint Metro League play. Holly (2-11-0, 1-9-0) scored all seven goals […]
BOYS SOCCER: Troy Athens topples Rochester Adams, celebrates 18th league championship
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans TROY — It’s only fitting that Troy Athens celebrates 40 seasons of boys soccer with another league championship. The Red Hawks moved to 6-0-0 in OAA Red Division play Tuesday with a 3-1 victory over visiting Rochester Adams. No other team in the eight-school division can catch […]
FOOTBALL: Rochester trying to reverse history with best season in years
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ROCHESTER HILLS — It’s safe to say that Rochester’s football team is trying to reverse recent history. Simply put, the last quarter century has not been too kind to the Falcons. Since 1995, Rochester, has only posted five winning seasons — 1997, 1999, 2010, 2012 and 2016 […]
GIRLS GOLF: Rochester Adams shooting for state gold
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ROCHESTER HILLS — Rochester Adams has normally fielded a competitive contingent in girls golf. Since the very first Open Class nine-hole state finals tournament held for Lower Peninsula schools back in 1973, Adams has qualified 15 times, including a state runner-up finish in the Division 1 tournament […]
BOYS SOCCER STANDINGS 2020
Coaches and team statisticians can submit overall and league records for varsity sports for conferences that involve schools in the www.northoaklandsports.com coverage region. Email information to results@northoaklandsports.com or to dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com OAA RED DIVISION CON […]
GIRLS SOCCER: All-Time Michigan Miss Soccer winners
ALL-TIME MICHIGAN MISS SOCCER WINNERS * Asterisk denotes a co-Mis Soccer Winner; ** Asterisk denotes player was a non-senior when they earned award. 2020: No Winner, Season Cancelled 2019: Jesse Bandyk, Novi F 2018: Zoe Gaffney, Birmingham Seaholm M/F 2017: Danielle Stephan, DeWitt F/M 2016: Sydney Blitchok, Grandville M 2015: Taylor Mulder, Saline F 2014: […]
BOYS SOCCER: All-Time Michigan Mr. Soccer winners
ALL-TIME MICHIGAN MR. SOCCER WINNERS Below is a list of the Michigan Mr. Soccer winners, as presented by the Michigan High School Coaches Association each year to the top-ranked high school soccer player. The award debuted back in 1974. 2019: Aidan O’Connor, Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern 2018: Brennan Creek, Kalamazoo Hackett Catholic Prep 2017: […]
FOOTBALL: Clarkston rallies back to thwart West Bloomfield in overtime
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans CLARKSTON — For as much that went wrong for Clarkston over the first two-plus quarters, everything worked out right in the end. The Division 1 10th-ranked Wolves rallied back from a 21-7 third-quarter deficit with 17 unanswered second-half points to upend defending OAA Red Division champion West […]
