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BOYS BASKETBALL: Lake Orion holds off Avondale
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans LAKE ORION — Tuesday night was far from a thing of beauty in the eyes of Jim Manzo, who returned to Lake Orion’s sidelines after a seven-year hiatus. But reclaiming the reigns of a program that won only four contests last […]
WRESTLING: 56TH ANNUAL OAKLAND COUNTY TOURNAMENT RESULTS
56TH ANNUAL OAKLAND COUNTY TOURNAMENT (Dec. 18-19 at Lake Orion H.S.) TEAM SCORES — 1. Novi Detroit Catholic Central, 330; 2. Clarkston, 264.5; 3. Oxford, 255; 4. Walled Lake Central, 190; 5. Rochester Adams, 175.5; 6. Waterford Kettering, 154; 7. Ortonville Brandon,145.5; 8. Rochester, 126; 9. Holly, 120.5; 10. Waterford Mott, 113; 11. (tie) Lake […]
BOYS BASKETBALL: Stoney Creek steals one away from Troy
BY DAN STICKRADT CORRESPONDENT dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ROCHESTER HILLS — Perhaps Rochester Stoney Creek really did become the Grinch of this Christmas season on Tuesday night. The Cougars clawed back from a 14-point, third-quarter deficit to sink Troy in overtime, 62-59, in an OAA crossover contest. “I think we did steal one,” smiled Stoney Creek […]
DIVISION 1 STATE FINALS: Romeo takes down Cass Tech for first state title
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickrdt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LcoalSportsFans DETROIT — Romeo made the most of its first ever appearance in the state finals. With a legion of some 10,000-plus fans behind them, the seventh-ranked Bulldogs never trailed fourth-ranked Detroit Cass Tech and came way with a 41-27 victory in the Division 1 state finals […]
FOOTBALL: Associated Press All-State Football Division 1-2
Associated Press All-State Football Division 1-2 The 2015 Associated Press Division 1-2 All-State football team, which is selected by a statewide panel of Michigan sports writers: PLAYER OF THE YEAR Donnie Corley, Detroit King, Senior QUARTERBACKS Josh Jackson, Saline, Senior Bruce Mann, Midland Dow, Junior RUNNING BACKS Emanuel Jackson, Novi, Senior Mike Marston, Lapeer, Senior […]
FOOTBALL: Associated Press All-State Football Division 3-4
Associated Press All-State Football Division 3-4 By The Associated Press The 2015 Associated Press Division 3-4 All-State football team, which is selected by a statewide panel of Michigan sports writers: PLAYER OF THE YEAR Josh Ross, Orchard Lake St. Mary’s, Junior QUARTERBACKS Omar Salih, Detroit Cesar Chavez, Senior Pat Naughton, Comstock Park, Senior RUNNING BACKS […]
FOOTBALL: Associated Press All-State Football Division 5-6
Associated Press All-State Football Division 5-6 By The Associated Press The 2015 Associated Press Division 5-6 All-State football team, which is selected by a statewide panel of Michigan sports writers: PLAYER OF THE YEAR Mason Gee-Montgomery, Stockbridge, Junior QUARTERBACKS Tony Poljan, Lansing Catholic, Senior Mason Gee-Montgomery, Stockbridge, Junior RUNNING BACKS Eric Bugg, Ida, Senior […]
FOOTBALL: Associated Press All-State Football Division 7-8
Associated Press All-State Football Division 7-8 By The Associated Press The 2015 Associated Press Division 3-4 All-State football team, which is selected by a statewide panel of Michigan sports writers: PLAYER OF THE YEAR Clay Senerius, Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes, Senior QUARTERBACKS Blake Dunn, Saugatuck, Junior Clay Senerius, Waterford Our Lady of the […]
FOOTBALL DIVISION 8: Muskegon CC stymies Waterford Our Lady for third straight crown
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans DETROIT — Shutting down a high-powered offensive machine can be like solving a Rubix Cube. It can take plenty of patience and determination for a likable end result. Muskegon Catholic Central solved such a riddle that no prep football team has been able to accomplish this […]
FOOTBALL: Our Lady of the Lakes cruises past Seminary to advance to Final Four
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans WATERFORD — It was a little more than two years ago when Josh Sawicki took over the Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes football program. At that time, the rookie head coach saw something in his sophomore class at the time that could end up being “special.” […]
2015 MHSTECA ALL-STATE BOYS TENNIS TEAMS
2015 MHSTECA ALL-STATE BOYS TENNIS TEAMS DIVISION 1 DIVISION 1 FIRST TEAM SINGLES — David Gandham, Ann Arbor Huron jr.; Kobie Mueller, Ann Arbor Huron soph.; Ian Yi, Ann Arbor Pioneer jr.; Jack Winkler, Birmingham Brother Rice jr.; Andrew Zhang, Bloomfield Hills soph.; Constantine Hemmrich, Bloomfield Hills soph.; Josh Mukherjee, Bloomfield Hills jr.; Alex Matisse, […]
2015 ALL-STATE BOYS CROSS COUNTRY
2015 ALL-STATE BOYS CROSS COUNTRY DIVISION 1 — 1. Isaac Harding (Rockford) 15:10.4; 2. Mitchell Da (Alpena) 15:13.4; 3. Cole Johnson (Rockford) 15:15.0; 4. Enael Woldemichael (Grand Rapids Northview) 15:16.6; 5. Anthony Berry (Traverse City Central) 15:20.5; 6. Joost Plaetinck (Novi) 15:23.8; 7. Logan Kleam (Woodhaven) 15:29.5; 8. Riad Rababeh (Dearborn) 15:30.8; 9. Tony Floyd […]
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL: Romeo outlasts Lake Orion in five-game whirlwind thriller
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ROMEO — Lake Orion knew the eye of the storm was coming. The Dragons found out just what it feels like to be in the path of the tornado. The funnel cloud came in the shape of Romeo’s Gia Milana. The 6-foot-2 senior outside hitter recorded a […]
FOOTBALL: WOLL-ing: Top-ranked Lakers sail past Parkway Christian into regional finals
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans PONTIAC — Sterling Heights Parkway Christian accomplished a feat against Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes Friday that few have done in recent years. Score on the Lakers in the opening minute of the game. The quick deficit didn’t phase the Lakers. It simply awoke a sleeping […]
BOYS SOCCER: Canton edges Adams to reach state final
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR DAn.Stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans TROY — David McGrath was given a call to duty Wednesday night — on short notice. The sophomore goalkeeper still delivered in his brief few minutes on the soccer pitch. McGrath, who did not play in regulation or overtime, made a save in a shootout and […]
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL: Lake Orion enacts district revenge on Clarkston
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans WATERFORD — Over the past decade-plus, Clarkston has held an upper hand on Lake Orion when it comes to district success and championships. In fact, the only time in recent memory that Lake Orion did not lose to Clarkston in a district contest was when the […]
BOYS SOCCER: Adams edges Utica Ford for second straight regional crown
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans FRASER — In a tightly-contested regional final game, Josh Hickey did not want anyone else to stand between the pipes other than Dylan Brown. The seventh-year Rochester Adams boys soccer coach does not want anyone else facing a penalty kick against a Mr. Soccer candidate, either. […]
FOOTBALL: Romeo knocks out two-time defending state champ Clarkston
BY DAN STICKRADT CORRESPONDENT dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans WASHINGTON TWP. — There will be a new state champion in Division 1. Undersized Romeo used its sterling defense to thwart two-time defending state champion Clarkston, 28-14, in a D-1 pre-district contest Friday at Romeo’s Barnabo Field. Clarkston played its first game on grass since 2008 — […]
