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FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS ROUNDUP: Top-seeded Clarkston takes down Oxford; Grand Blanc topples Lake Orion; Troy continues grand turnaround

FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS ROUNDUP: Top-seeded Clarkston takes down Oxford; Grand Blanc topples Lake Orion; Troy continues grand turnaround

| October 31, 2020 | Comments (0)

CLARKSTON — It didn’t come easy, but Clarkston’s first playoff game since losing in the 2018 Division 1 state finals finally arrived Friday night and the Wolves prevailed with a 21-7 victory over visiting Oxford. Clarkston defeated Oxford 35-14 during Week 2 of the regular season. The unbeaten Wolves (7-0) tied the game on Davis […]

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BOYS SOCCER: Rochester Hills Christian shooting for eighth MACS state title

BOYS SOCCER: Rochester Hills Christian shooting for eighth MACS state title

| October 31, 2020 | Comments (0)

BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com @LocalSportsFans ROCHESTER HILLS — Simply put, Rochester Hills Christian does not have a star player who plays for a high-level club and would be considered a college recruit out on the soccer pitch this season. That has not been in the cards in recent years. What the Eagles do […]

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FOOTBALL: Adams uses ball-control offense on Rochester to roll in D-1 pre-district

FOOTBALL: Adams uses ball-control offense on Rochester to roll in D-1 pre-district

| October 30, 2020 | Comments (0)

Highlanders defeat Falcons for 23rd straight time   BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com @LocalSportsFans ROCHESTER HILLS — Ball control offense proved to be a lethal injection for Rochester Adams against rival Rochester Friday night. The result was the Highlanders defeating Rochester for the 23rd straight time in a surprising 39-7 rout of the previously-unbeaten […]

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BOYS SOCCER: Everest shocks Liggett for second straight regional title

BOYS SOCCER: Everest shocks Liggett for second straight regional title

| October 30, 2020 | Comments (0)

BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans MADISON HEIGHTS — Sometimes soccer can come down to finishing opportunities. That couldn’t be any more true than for Clarkston Everest Collegiate on the soccer pitch Thursday at Madison Heights Bishop Foley Catholic. The Mountaineers only had three shots on frame against perennial state powerhouse Grosse Pointe […]

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GIRLS VOLLEYBALL: Notre Dame Prep caps regular season with quad sweep

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL: Notre Dame Prep caps regular season with quad sweep

| October 30, 2020 | Comments (0)

PONTIAC — Behind a dominating performance, Pontiac Notre Dame Prep capped the regular season Thursday with a quad sweep at home over Plymouth, Walled Lake Northern and Bloomfield Hills. The Irish are now 32-9-0 and enter the Division 2 postseason on a six-game streak. Notre Dame Prep opened up with a swift 25-10, 25-11 sweep […]

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GIRLS VOLLEYBALL: Holly sweeps Gabriel Richard

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL: Holly sweeps Gabriel Richard

| October 30, 2020 | Comments (0)

HOLLY — Holly continued one of its best regular seasons in school history, topping Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard 3-0. The Broncos prevailed in the three sets, 25-15, 25-22, 25-22. Nicole Jewell, Sarah Jewell and Delaney Jenkinson each had three aces to lead Holly. Jewell hammed eight kills, Paige Weeder added six kills and one aces, […]

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BOYS SOCCER: Troy Athens escapes Anchor Bay in shootout to win 11th regional title

BOYS SOCCER: Troy Athens escapes Anchor Bay in shootout to win 11th regional title

| October 30, 2020 | Comments (0)

BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com @LocalSportsFans TROY — Quinn LeBay may have looked like a man of steal out on soccer pitch in the freezing cold. Inside, he was all butterflies. He also was the difference maker in the end for host Troy Athens. The senior midfielder calmly tucked his penalty shot into the […]

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BOYS SOCCER: Athens hold off Eisenhower to advance to regional finals; Anchor Bay edges Walled Lake Central in shootout

BOYS SOCCER: Athens hold off Eisenhower to advance to regional finals; Anchor Bay edges Walled Lake Central in shootout

| October 28, 2020 | Comments (0)

BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans TROY — Troy Athens may not be scoring in the same ways as it did during last year’s Division 1 state championship run. The Red Hawks, nevertheless, are still scoring regardless of method and are very much alive in the 2020 postseason. Host Athens built a 2-0 […]

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FOOTBALL: Clarkston regains OAA-Red title to enter postseason on a roll

FOOTBALL: Clarkston regains OAA-Red title to enter postseason on a roll

| October 25, 2020 | Comments (0)

Wolves draw familiar foe Oxford in pre-district contest   BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans CLARKSTON — After a trying, injury-plagued season in 2019 where Clarkston finished 3-6 and missed the postseason for the first time since 2002, the Wolves are finally back near the top of the pile in terms of Division […]

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FOOTBALL — 2020 Area District Pairings

FOOTBALL — 2020 Area District Pairings

| October 25, 2020 | Comments (0)

Prep Football 2020 Area District Pairings Below are the 2020 MHSAA 11-player football district pairings involving schools in the coverage area for www.northoaklandsports.com DIVISION 1 REGION 2 — DISTRICT 2 R2-D2 Oxford (2-4) 31.367 at Clarkston (6-0) 75.333, Friday 7 p.m. R2-D2 Lake Orion (3-2) 45.000 at Grand Blanc (5-1) 60.667 R2-D2 Rochester Adams (2-4) 36.167 at Rochester (6-0) 70.000, Friday 7 p.m. R2-D2 Lapeer (3-3) 40.000 at Davison (6-0) 64.667 at Davison Cardinals Stadium REGION 4 — DISTRICT 1 R4-D1 Farmington (0-6) 15.400 […]

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FOOTBALL: Unbeaten Everest Collegiate shuts down Gabriel Richard for CHSL Cardinal title

FOOTBALL: Unbeaten Everest Collegiate shuts down Gabriel Richard for CHSL Cardinal title

| October 24, 2020 | Comments (0)

BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans NOVI — In relative terms, Clarkston Everest Collegiate has quite a track record. Not only have the Mountaineers enjoyed tremendous success on the gridiron, they have done so only having a football program for eight seasons at the school. Everest Collegiate added another chapter to its stellar […]

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FOOTBALL: Rochester downs Berkley to claim first league title in 27 years

FOOTBALL: Rochester downs Berkley to claim first league title in 27 years

| October 24, 2020 | Comments (0)

BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans BERKLEY — It’s only fitting that rain showers moved across the Metro Detroit area on Friday afternoon. By Friday evening, Rochester had ended one seriously long drought. The Falcons clinched their first league title in 27 years by topping host Berkley, 33-7, at Hurley Stadium. Rochester captured […]

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BOYS SOCCER: First-half outburst leads Troy Athens past Troy for 19th district crown

BOYS SOCCER: First-half outburst leads Troy Athens past Troy for 19th district crown

| October 23, 2020 | Comments (0)

BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans WATERFORD — Defending Troy Athens on the soccer pitch is kind of like a game of pick your poison. Who do you man mark? Who do you try to shut down? Troy Athens again displayed its array of offensive weapons Thursday and the Red Hawks walked off […]

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BOYS SOCCER: Troy Athens rolls by Sterling Heights Stevenson to reach district finals for third straight year

BOYS SOCCER: Troy Athens rolls by Sterling Heights Stevenson to reach district finals for third straight year

| October 21, 2020 | Comments (0)

BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans WATERFORD — Simply put, Troy Athens played like a defending state champion Tuesday. The Red Hawks dominated Sterling Heights Stevenson in all facets of the game and rolled to a convincing 6-2 triumph in the Division 1 district semifinals at Waterford Mott. After slipping past Utica Ford […]

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BOYS SOCCER: Red-hot Ortonville Brandon reaches district finals after winning 12 of 13 games down the stretch

BOYS SOCCER: Red-hot Ortonville Brandon reaches district finals after winning 12 of 13 games down the stretch

| October 20, 2020 | Comments (0)

BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ORTONVILLE — It’s not how you start, but how you finish. Ortonville Brandon is living proof of that theory on the soccer pitch. After starting the season 1-3-0 and being outscored 13-6 in that stretch right after Labor Day weekend, the Blackhawks are now one of the […]

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BOYS SOCCER: Troy rallies for double-overtime win over Utica

BOYS SOCCER: Troy rallies for double-overtime win over Utica

| October 20, 2020 | Comments (0)

BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans WATERFORD — Ryan Decker sure picked the right time to score his first couple goals of the season. The junior midfielder from Troy scored last Thursday in a 4-1 pre-district win over Bloomfield Hills, then booted the game-winner Tuesday in the Colts’ 2-1 double-overtime victory over Utica […]

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BOYS SOCCER: Melakuqi’s overtime game-winner sends Eisenhower past Stoney Creek

BOYS SOCCER: Melakuqi’s overtime game-winner sends Eisenhower past Stoney Creek

| October 20, 2020 | Comments (0)

BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ROMEO — Scoring chances were at a premium Monday night Gjon Melakuqi made sure he made the most of his opportunity. The junior forward from Utica Eisenhower scored on a breakaway in overtime, as the Eagles defeated Rochester Stoney Creek, 1-0, in a Division 1 district semifinal […]

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BOYS SOCCER: Uninspired Clarkston glides past  Romeo to advance to district finals

BOYS SOCCER: Uninspired Clarkston glides past Romeo to advance to district finals

| October 20, 2020 | Comments (0)

BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ROMEO — By its own coach’s measure, Clarkston’s performance Monday was not a thing a beauty. But it was more than good enough to remain alive in the Division 1 postseason. The Wolves controlled play throughout and came away with a 2-0 shutout of host Romeo in […]

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