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SPORTS SHORTS: March, 2012
MICHIGAN SHOCK TO HOST OPEN GYM DATE The Michigan shock AAU girls basketball program will host an open gym on Sunday, March 11, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Stars Basketball Club in Pontiac. The facility is located at 124 W. Columbia, 48340. Cost is $3 per player. The 11th grade team will host tryouts from […]
Cruise control: Lakes downs Westland for fourth straight regional crown
WATERFORD — The members of Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes’ girls basketball program probably don’t mind a little déjà vu this time of year, as long as the Lakers keep winning in the postseason. It’s a case of been there, done that. WOLL, the two-time defending state champs in Class D, took another step […]
AOTW: Taylor-made: Rochester senior Taylor Perry helping Falcons back to prominence
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com ROCHESTER HILLS — Every time Taylor Perry walks into the gymnasium at Rochester High, he’s given a brief history lesson. The standout basketball player can plainly see the school’s championships over nearly 100 years of high school basketball. But there is something unsettling about those banners on the […]
Lake Orion holds off Oxford for district win
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com ROCHESTER HILLS — One long drought will end Friday night. Lake Orion, which has not won a district championship in boys basketball since 1984, will play for a district championship thanks to a 64-57 victory Wednesday over rival Oxford in a Class A district semifinal at Rochester Adams. […]
BOYS BASKETBALL: Clarkston thumps Holly, 73-19; Fenton knocks out Brandon
SWARTZ CREEK — Clarkston has heard the verbal abuse this season that its size, or lack thereof, will eventually cost the Wolves. Clarkston has time and time again silenced its critics. With one of its smallest teams height-wise since the mid-1990s, the Wolves used their superior guard play to thump Holly, a team with much […]
Arthur Hill uses quickness to dispatch Clarkston
DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com BAY CITY — Speed is a weapon that a coach cannot teach or simulate in practice. Clarkston has a lot of speed and quickness in girls basketball this season. The Wolves met their match Tuesday night in the Class A regional semifinals. Saginaw Arthur Hill used its overall quickness […]
Lakers sail into regional finals with rout of Roeper
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com WATERFORD — Several of the top Class D girls basketball programs fell to the way side during district week. Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes has made sure that it has not become one of those victims. The Lakers, the two-time defending state champions, rolled over visiting […]
No satisfaction: Stoney Creek takes down Marian to advance to Sweet 16
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com LAKE ORION — Brad Crighton presented a challenge Tuesday afternoon. The Rochester Stoney Creek girls basketball coach asked his players if they were just satisfied with the school’s first-ever district championship in basketball, boys or girls. Apparently, the cougars are plotting to stay awhile in their new-found territory. […]
Welcome to the machine: Fine-tuned Athens dispatches Avondale
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com TROY — The recent return of Marcarius Coakley has given Troy Athens a facelift. With their entire lineup back and the Red Hawks clicking on all cylinders, Athens was a fine-tuned machine Monday in the opening round of the Class A boys basketball state tournament. The Red Hawks […]
Notre Dame Prep fourth at D-3 cheer finals
GRAND RAPIDS — Richmond was convincing Saturday afternoon in winning its first MHSAA Division 3 competitive cheer state title. After finishing second to Comstock Park a year ago, the Blue Devils posted a 781.8380 team score to finish well ahead of the eight-school pack. Comstock Park was a distant second (765.4852). Grosse Ile edged Pontiac […]
Palace Crowning: Grajdzik, Line, Scott, Gonzales all claim wrestling titles to gain royalty
DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com AUBURN HILLS — Standing on center stage, Nick Gajdzik accomplished something Saturday night that no one else in his school’s 10-year history had done before. The Rochester Stoney Creek senior claimed an individual state championship in wrestling. Gajdzik took down Logan Rimmer of Temperance Bedford, 2-1, in the final […]
Fellowship Baptist holds off Rochester Hills Christian for MACS state title
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com CLARKSTON — Carson City Fellowship Baptist felt the disappointment of being upset last season in the Michigan Association of Christian Schools Division I state tournament. The Falcons more than made up for it this season. Going into the postseason with the No. 1 ranking, Fellowship Baptist put the […]
Clarkston stymies Grand Blanc for second straight district title
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com HOLLY— Like any good mentor, Clarkston girls basketball coach Tim Wasilk was concerned that his team might have an off night in the postseason and be an upset victim in the early rounds. After the Friday’s rout of Grand Blanc, those concerns have been culled for the moment. […]
AOTW: Oakland’s Hamilton putting up big numbers to keep Oakland relevant
DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com ROCHESTER HILLS — Four years ago, Reggie Hamilton was faced with a dilemma. His playing time had dwindled and he was benched for a few games without notification of the specifics. Hamilton, then a sophomore at UMKC, asked for his release from the school and it was granted short […]
COMPETITIVE CHEER — State Finals Scoreboard
Competitive Cheer DIVISION 1 STATE FINALS (March 2 at DeltaPlex, Grand Rapids) TOTAL TEAM SCORES — 1. Southgate Anderson, 816.6230; 2. Hudsonville, 813.2976; 3. Rochester Stoney Creek, 811.3456; 4. Hartland, 808.4680; 5. Lake Orion, 807.5440; 6. East Kentwood, 840.888; 7. Rochester, 804.8586; 8. Grandville, 801.8552. ROUND I — 1. Lake Orion, 234.8; 2. Grandville, […]
Cut ‘em down: Stoney Creek celebrates first basketball district championship
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com ROCHESTER HILLS — Rochester accomplished a feat that no other team has been able to do in the past four years: Keep Rochester Stoney Creek’s Gabby Yurik from reaching the scoring column. Stoney Creed was still able to accomplish something Friday that no other boys basketball or […]
Something to cheer about: Brandon emerging as state power
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com ORTONVILLE — It is safe to say that Ortonville Brandon’s competitive cheer team is fast rising. In only a few short years, the Blackhawks have emerged as a state powerhouse in Division 2. “I think we have come a long ways in the past few years,” admitted Brandon […]
Instant Scoop: Leonard sparks Troy past Adams for OAA-White title
BY JAKE LOURIM STUDENT CORRESPONDENT j.lourim@comcast.net ROCHESTER HILLS — Rochester Adams was focused on one thing headed into Thursday’s league title matchup against Troy: Stopping James Young. That would be the recipe in allowing Adams to gain a share of the OAA White Division boys basketball title with Troy and Ferndale. But Troy […]
