Category: Campus Clips
Lake Orion’s Schaenzer headed for Valparaiso
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com LAKE ORION — Cole Schaenzer might be more remembered around the community of Lake Orion for his heroics on the gird iron. But it is his baseball talents that will allow him to keep playing sports at the next level. Schaenzer, a recent 2011 graduate of Lake Orion High […]
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North Oakland Sports expands to three more schools
OAKLAND COUNTY, Mich. — NorthOaklandSports.com has expanded. Founded in December, 2009, to replace former print publications or current print publications that have severely downsized in recent times, has added the communities of Holly and Ortonville and incorporated Holly, Ortonville Brandon and Pontiac Notre Dame Prep high schools into its coverage region. Previously, NOS included public […]
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AOTW: Oxford star to toe the ‘Line’ at SMU
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com OXFORD — Being a three-sport athlete, choices are plentiful in terms of colleges for Prescott Line. The senior-to-be at Oxford High school knows only one school he would like to attend in the future. Line will be taking his talents to the heart of Texas. The 6-foot, 220-pound running […]
Lutheran Northwest’s Mischley signs with Rochester College
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com ROCHESTER HILLS — Eric Mischley had one of the better individual seasons in school history for baseball at Rochester Hills Lutheran Northwest, yet he had very little interest from college coaches. The hometown best kept secret will stay home and play for coach Jordan Ackerman at Rochester College. Mischley, […]
RC baseball signs Oxford resident Schlader
ROCHESTER HILLS — Rochester College baseball also picked up alate signing from recent Birmingham Detroit Country Day High School graduate Andrew Schlader, a resident of Oxford. The 6-foot-1 185-pound Schlader joins the Warriors after leading his Yellow Jackets to a 2011 Division 2 district championship. As his team’s captain, Schlader batted at a .514 clip […]
Zimmerman the new face in charge of Rochester College softball
ROCHESTER HILLS — Rochester College’s search for a new softball coach was shot-lived. Rochester College Athletics Director Klint Pleasant announced the hiring of head women’s softball coach Jane Zimmerman, who replaced Mike Ogg. The veteran Ogg stepped down in June due to work conflicts despite leading the Warriors to the USCAA national title in May. […]
Cunningham named Oakland’s golf coach
ROCHESTER HILLS — Russ Cunningham has been named as head men’s and women’s golf coach, announced by Director of Athletics Tracy Huth on Monday. A native of Ionia, Mich., Cunningham was named Michigan Amateur Golfer of the Decade by the Golf Association of Michigan in 2010. “Russ has been a tremendous player himself and his […]
AOTW: Michigan State’s Meier continues to impress on golf course
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com ROCHESTER HILLS — Challenge Christine Meier and she’ll eventually rise to the occasion. Put her in the position to win and she’ll at least compete. After all, her resume is stacked with impressive wins and top-10 finishes. The Rochester Hills resident and sophomore-to-be at Michigan State has had quite […]
WOLL’s Robak to play in All-Star Basketball Festival at the Palace
AUBURN HILLS — The 32nd annual All-Star Basketball Festival will be contested at the Palace of Auburn Hills on Aug. 6. The game will feature some of the best high school basketball players in the state from the Class of 2011. Tickets are available at $10, $15 and $20 and can be purchased at Ticketmaster […]
AOTW: Clarkston’s Dellinger headed for Kent State
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com CLARKSTON — Clarkston’s football season last year was interrupted by countless injuries. In fact, most of the Wolves’ starters and top reserves spent time on the disabled list due to the rash of injuries. Matt Dellinger was one of the few Wolves who did not hit the injured reserve […]
Chill end Bucks season once again in PDL regional finals
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com PONTIAC, Mich. — Different venue, same result. The Thunder Bay Chill repeated as the Premier Developmental League Central Conference regional champs Saturday night, ousting the top-seeded Michigan Bucks, 2-1, in the conference finals at the Ultimate Soccer Arenas. Pushed up on a restart, defender Wilson Rodrigues-Neto scored the game-winning […]
Caldwell’s overtime goal help Bucks shake their “Menace” in regional semifinals
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com PONTIAC — Scott Caldwell picked up an opportune time to score his first goal of the season in a Michigan Bucks uniform. Signed to the team just weeks ago, the University of Akron product received his first start and scored in the 105th minute Friday night in leading the […]
Ready for redemption: Top-seeded Michigan Bucks aiming for regional title
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com PONTIAC — Simon Omeknada and Mitch Hildebrandt remember walking off the field last July with a bitter taste in their mouths. The Michigan Bucks teammates were victim of a controversial call, which enabled the Thunder Bay Chill to rally past the visiting Bucks, 3-2, in the USL-Premier Developmental League […]
Teammates face head-to-head at Michigan Women’s Amateur
Rochester Hills’ Christine Meier advances to semifinals BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com HIGHLAND TOWNSHIP — Chances are that in match play of the Michigan Women’s Amateur, a golfer will face off with a former, current or future teammate. It happened several times this week at Prestwick Village Country Club near Milford. In quarterfinal play […]
Johnson takes stroke play at Michigan Women’s Amateur
Yurik, Compton, Meier all in top 10 heading into match play BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com HIGHLAND TOWNSHIP — Sarah Johnson knows that a top-seed has never lost in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament in the first round. She wants to make sure that type of upset doesn’t happen in women’s golf, either, at […]
AOTW: Living the Dream: Troy’s Berti climbing ranks of minor league baseball
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com VANCOUVER, B.C. — Jon Berti grew up in a baseball world, where his father and uncle both played at high levels out on the diamond. He is now living that same dream. At 21 years of age, Berti was drafted last month by the Toronto Blue Jays in the […]
