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Category: BWW Athlete of the Week

AOTW: Oxford’s Bandel hopes to help Wildcats go out with a bang

AOTW: Oxford’s Bandel hopes to help Wildcats go out with a bang

| November 4, 2013 | Comments (0)

  NOTE: Have photos or video of this event you would like to share with digital daily www.northoaklandsports.com?Email pertinent information to results@northoaklandsports.com or to Senior Editor Dan Stickradt at Dan.Stickradt@northoaklandsports.com   FOR MORE GIRLS VOLLEYBALL COVERAGE: http://northoaklandsports.com/?s=Volleyball&x=0&y=9   BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans     OXFORD — It is amazing what less […]

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AOTW: Flock Leader: Rochester’s Pilakos looking to lead Falcons deep in state tournament

AOTW: Flock Leader: Rochester’s Pilakos looking to lead Falcons deep in state tournament

| October 6, 2013 | Comments (0)

  NOTE: Have photos or video of this event you would like to share with digital daily www.northoaklandsports.com?Email pertinent information to results@northoaklandsports.com or to Senior Editor Dan Stickradt at Dan.Stickradt@northoaklandsports.com FOR MORE SOCCER COVERAGE: http://northoaklandsports.com/?s=soccer&x=0&y=0   BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans   ROCHESTER HILLS — Ask Spiro Pilakos when was the last […]

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AOTW: Pure Finisher: RHC senior Jessie Montgomery establishing himself amongst state’s best goal scorers

AOTW: Pure Finisher: RHC senior Jessie Montgomery establishing himself amongst state’s best goal scorers

| October 1, 2013 | Comments (0)

  NOTE: Have photos or video of this event you would like to share with digital daily www.northoaklandsports.com?Email pertinent information to results@northoaklandsports.com or to Senior Editor Dan Stickradt at Dan.Stickradt@northoaklandsports.com   FOR MORE SOCCER COVERAGE:  http://northoaklandsports.com/?s=soccer&x=0&y=0   BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans   ROCHESTER HILLS — Jesse Montgomery took the soccer ball, […]

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AOTW: Rochester grad Amy Meier’s golf career still on course

AOTW: Rochester grad Amy Meier’s golf career still on course

| August 1, 2013 | Comments (0)

BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans   Coming out of high school four years ago, Amy Meier was closer to a prodigy than a prospect on the golf course. Already well-seasoned and polished with her game, Meier was part of an elite group on the high school and amateur golf circuit in Michigan. […]

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AOTW: Running Man: Clarkston two-sport star Eriksen to take talents to Eastern Michigan and beyond

AOTW: Running Man: Clarkston two-sport star Eriksen to take talents to Eastern Michigan and beyond

| July 17, 2013 | Comments (0)

BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans CLARKSTON — Two years ago, Ian Eriksen abided his time as a sophomore back-up running back down on the depth chart. Last fall, the Clarkston High School two-sport standout had a breakthrough junior campaign, finishing as Michigan’s leading rusher on the prep football scene while earning All-State […]

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AOTW: Pack leader: Adams ace Biebelhausen going the distance

AOTW: Pack leader: Adams ace Biebelhausen going the distance

| May 30, 2013 | Comments (0)

BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ROCHESTER HILLS — Throughout his running career at Rochester Adams, Stephen Biebelhausen has always been one of the Highlanders’ best. As a senior, he is trying to make sure that he is also one of the state’s best distance runners. Biebelhausen will run his final race in […]

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GIRLS SOCCER:  The Gatekeepers: Rochester’s Heber, Troy’s Holland are two of state’s best between the pipes

GIRLS SOCCER: The Gatekeepers: Rochester’s Heber, Troy’s Holland are two of state’s best between the pipes

| May 30, 2013 | Comments (0)

BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans When Stephanie Heber was in elementary school, she was usually the one that would stand in goal during soccer practice. She hasn’t left. Either has Alison Holland, who began in a similar way many years ago.. The two felt quite comfortable between the pipes — and now […]

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AOTW: Adams’ Jessica Howell is a rare breed

AOTW: Adams’ Jessica Howell is a rare breed

| May 30, 2013 | Comments (0)

BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans   ROCHESTER HILLS — Jessica Howell had to make a change when she was 14 years old. She transferred from Oxford to Rochester Adams after her freshman school year. Her father was already a teacher in the district but she had to sit out a semester. Like […]

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2013 GIRLS SOCCER TEAM CAPSULES

2013 GIRLS SOCCER TEAM CAPSULES

| April 17, 2013 | Comments (2)

GIRLS SOCCER TEAM CAPSULES 2013 Below are the 2013 girls soccer team capsules for schools located in the coverage area for www.northoaklandsports.com. To submit information on your team, email Senior Editor Dan Stickradt at Dan.Stickradt@northoaklandsports.com   Auburn Hills Avondale HEAD COACH: Doug Steinard, first season. LAST SEASON’S RECORD: Not available. LAST SEASON’S STATE TOURNAMENT: Lost […]

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FRIDAY’S PREP ROUNDUP: Clarkston rallies past Kettering; Stoney Creek outlast Royal Oak

| April 12, 2013 | Comments (0)

WATERFORD — Clarkston rallied back from a one-goal halftime deficit to down Waterford Kettering, 2-1, in a non-league girls soccer match. Olivia Montgomery scored both goals for the Wolves (2-0-2). Shelby Hopper assisted on the first goal, Alison Roberts set up the game winner and Kayla Grzesiak made two saves in net for the win […]

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GIRLS TENNIS: Troy swats rival Athens

| April 12, 2013 | Comments (0)

Girls Tennis TROY 7, TROY ATHENS 2   SINGLES — 1. Amanda Guo (T) d. Iris Su 6-1, 6-2; 2. Morgan Purvis (TA) d. Abbey Rice 3-6, 6-0, 6-2; 3. Elisabeth Yang (TA) d. Arushi Mahajan 6-3, 2-6, 6-4; 4. Tiffany Chen (T) d. Grace Wu 6-3, 6-1; DOUBLES — 1. Kalie Collins-Brittany Friesen (T) […]

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THURSDAY’S GIRLS SOCCER: Notre Dame Prep blanks Gabriel Richard; Adams edges Troy; Lake Orion, Athens battle to draw

| April 11, 2013 | Comments (0)

PONTIAC — Behind another offensive display, Pontiac Notre Dame Prep remained unbeaten on the young girls soccer season Thursday. The Fighting Irish, who reached the Division 3 Final Four last June, cruised to a 3-0 shutout of Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard in a CHSL-AA Division contest. Taylor Timko scored all three goals for NDP (2-0-0, […]

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COLLEGE SOFTBALL: Oakland, Toledo play to split

| April 9, 2013 | Comments (0)

 TOLEDO, Ohio — Erin Galloway and Abbie Richardson each hit sacrifice flies in the eighth inning of game two and Bailee Braunreuther  earned her first win of the season to lead the Oakland softball team to split a doubleheader with Toledo with a 9-7 victory in extra innings and a 6-2 defeat in Game 1, at the […]

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GIRLS SKIING: AOTW: Henry bounces back to lead Adams-Stoney Creek to state finals

GIRLS SKIING: AOTW: Henry bounces back to lead Adams-Stoney Creek to state finals

| March 13, 2013 | Comments (0)

BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans   ROCHESTER HILLS — The past two seasons, the Rochester Adams-Stoney Creek Unified girls ski team opted not to have practice the day before the regional competition. After all, it has become a bad omen for the program. Especially for Lauren Henry. The senior, who attends Stoney […]

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BOYS SWIMMING: Rochester's Carl earns fourth straight All-State award

BOYS SWIMMING: Rochester’s Carl earns fourth straight All-State award

| March 11, 2013 | Comments (0)

NOTE: Have photos or video of this event you would like to share with digital daily www.northoaklandsports.com? Email pertinent information to results@northoaklandsports.com or to Senior Editor Dan Stickradt at Dan.Stickradt@northoaklandsports.com     BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans   ROCHESTER HILLS — When Jacob Carl was a small kid, he tried an assortment […]

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BOYS HOCKEY: AOTW: Athens’ Gurzell making ripples on ice with sniper abilities

BOYS HOCKEY: AOTW: Athens’ Gurzell making ripples on ice with sniper abilities

| February 26, 2013 | Comments (0)

BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans   TROY — When Nathan Gurzell was a little kid, he used to make small hockey rinks on his floor of his house and turn small objects into pucks. Legs and broomsticks were turned into hockey stinks and coaches, chairs and shoes placed evenly apart were makeshift […]

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AOTW: BOYS TENNIS: Mr. Tennis Brett Forman continues comeback trail

AOTW: BOYS TENNIS: Mr. Tennis Brett Forman continues comeback trail

| December 27, 2012 | Comments (0)

BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans TROY — Coming back to the high school scene in 2011, Brett Forman had aspirations of being a repeat state champion. Then a junior at Troy High, Forman’s aspirations were through the clouds at the time. Those aspirations were quickly silenced when a reoccurring back and hip […]

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AOTW: Ortonville Brandon No. 1 singles star Navarre set to finish up memorable run

AOTW: Ortonville Brandon No. 1 singles star Navarre set to finish up memorable run

| October 19, 2012 | Comments (0)

BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ORTONVILLE — For many that have honed high skills in the arena of sports, the key ingredient is often picking up a sport at a very early age and then going from there. Ortonville Brandon’s Spencer Navarre first picked up a tennis racquet when he was six […]

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