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DIVISION 7 BONUS COVERAGE: Saginaw Nouvel devastates Pewamo-Westphalia
FOR MORE COVERAGE: http://northoaklandsports.com/?s=Football&x=12&y=12 BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com DETROIT — Pewamo-Westphalia was in the path of a tornado Friday morning. It came straight out of Saginaw and was simply devastating. Saginaw Nouvel Catholic was such a F5 funnel cloud, wrecking the Pirates’ state title dreams in a flash by recording a lopsided 56-26 […]
DIVISION 4 BONUS COVERAGE: No. 2 Zeeland West runs roughshod over top-ranked Marine City
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com DETROIT — On this day, No. 2 was truly better than No. 1. Zeeland West, ranked second in the state in Division 4 all season, put the finishing touches on a perfect season Friday night, topping top-ranked and previously-unbeaten Marine City, 44-7, at Ford Field in the D-4 state […]
DIVISION 6 BONUS COVERAGE: Ithaca defends state title with another perfect season
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com DETROIT — Sometimes the pieces of the puzzle can come together and fit just right. For Ithaca, those pieces came together three years ago have stayed joined together — perfectly. The Yellowajckets have become a state powerhouse in the making on the football field, making three straight runs to […]
DIVISION 2 BONUS COVERAGE: Brother Rice goes to ‘Church’ to win seventh state title
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com DETROIT — Records can be deceiving. Birmingham Brother Rice proved that on the football field once again this season. The seventh-ranked Warriors, who entered the postseason at just 5-4 after playing a brutally tough schedule — those four losses were by a combined 12 points — captured their seventh […]
STATE RANKINGS — Final Regular Season Football Rankings
Football Final high school regular season high school football rankings, as of Oct. 25. Division 1 — 1. Rockford; 2. Novi Detroit Catholic Central; 3. Utica Eisenhower; 4. Grand Haven; 5. Plymouth; 6. Plymouth Canton; 7. Northville; 8. Clarkston; 9. Grand Blanc; 10. Brighton. Others receiving votes — Lake Orion, Ann Arbor Pioneer. Division 2 […]
DIVISION 8 BONUS COVERAGE: Top-ranked Mendon earns title No. 11 with shutout of Fowler
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com DETROIT — Like many rural, agricultural small towns across Michigan, Mendon does not have a massive budget, nor does it have the large student body population to sponsor dozens of sports. So when the Hornets do make a long tournament run, it is understandably a big deal in the […]
Final destination check-in: Football finalists ready to clash for coveted titles
Nearly four months ago, close to 700 schools across the state began preparation to play on the prep football season’s final weekend. Only eight of those schools have reached the plateau. The MHAA football state finals are set for Ford Field in Detroit Nov.25-26 with several intriguing matchups. There are eight schools that carry perfect […]
MHSAA FOOTBALL STATE FINALS PAIRINGS
Below are the 2011 MHSAA Football state finals pairings. All games are set for Nov 25-26 for Ford Field in Detroit. All Games are live on FOX Sports Detroit-PLUS. Division 1, Nov. 26 1 p.m. Detroit Cass Tech (10-3) vs. Novi Detroit Catholic Central (12-1) Division 2, Nov. 25 1 p.m. Birmingham Brother Rice (9-4) vs. Lowell […]
Headed to the Next Level: College Signings, Committments
Know of a student-athlete that has signed a letter of intent, made an oral commitment, agreed to terms for a walk-on position or is currently playing collegiate sports from the www.northoaklandsports.com coverage region? Please feel free to submit information about any local athletes. Include photos and contact information and we will do feature stories on […]
DIVISION 3 STATE FINALS: Notre Dame Prep swims all-time best 11th
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com ROCHESTER HILLS — Pontiac Notre Dame Prep capped another fine girls swimming and diving season with another top-20 state-meet finish. The Fighting Irish, whose swimming and diving program is just over a decade old, posted its fifth straight top-20 finish and sixth in 11 years. NDP scored 87 points […]
DIVISION 2 STATE FINALS: Adams breaks into top 10; Oxford has best all-time finish
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com MORE GIRLS SWIMMING: http://northoaklandsports.com/?s=Swimming&x=0&y=0 HOLLAND — Rochester Adams is back on the rise. The Highlanders returned to the top 10 for the first time in six years Saturday at the Division 2 girls swimming and diving state finals at the Holland Aquatics Center. Rochester Adams claimed eighth with 103 […]
Hammering home its point: Rockford overpowers Lake Orion to win Class A state title
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com BATTLE CREEK — With a deep well of hitters, Rockford has proved to be too much to overcome for many opponents this season. The Rams again proved that on the prep volleyball season’s final day. Rockford made it win No. 60 on the season and it came on the […]
AOTW: Missouri-bound Reedy looking for biggest splash to date
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com ROCHESTER HILLS — Lauren Reedy had to make a decision a year ago. Walking off the grandstand of the Division 1 state swimming and diving finals, the Rochester High student hds a seventh-place medal in her hand from the diving event. She vowed right there and then that she […]
Lake Orion, Rockford set to battle for first-time state crown
FOR MORE VOLLEYBALL COVERAGE, visit http://northoaklandsports.com/?s=volleyball&x=10&y=12 BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com BATTLE CREEK — Nearly three hours apart, Rockford and Lake Orion are truly on opposite side of the state. But they both share some common threads being from the state’s two largest metropolitan areas. Rockford is 20 miles north of the heart of […]
AOTW: In the nick of time … Ohio State-signee Jongekrijg hopes to turn heads with state title
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com LAKE ORION — Some athletes spend a lifetime training to become the best in their sport. The goal of being a college athlete, or a state title contender, qualifying for a state meet or national event, or maybe just earning a varsity letter. Annie Jongekrijg has done all of […]
Clarkston lurking in top-10 waters
FOR MORE SWIMMING COVERAGE, visit http://northoaklandsports.com/?s=Swimming&x=5&y=14 BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com CLARKSTON — Sometimes patience is hard to come by in the world of sports. Especially when a coach can look out in their own back yard and see success in every direction. Clarkston’s Kenwyn Chock was in the position just a dozen years […]
Stoney Creek seniors hope to go out with best state finish
FOR MORE SWIMMING COVERAGE, visit http://northoaklandsports.com/?s=Swimming&x=5&y=14 BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com ROCHESTER HILLS — Rochester Stoney Creek has had plenty of time to get its feet wet — literally. Its girls swimming and & diving program is now a decade old and the Cougars hope to have their best-ever state-meet finish this weekend at […]
FINAL SPLASH: Girls swimming & diving state finals notebook
RECENT STATE MEET FINISHES Below are the girls swimming and diving teams from the www.northoaklandsports.com coverage area and their respective finishes at the MHSAA state finals in the past decade. ROCHESTER ADAMS 2010: 17th (25 pts.) D-2 2009: 17th (37 pts.) D-2 2008: 14th (50 pts.) D-2 2007: 10th (84 pts.) D-2 2006: 20th (33 […]
