Category: Publishers Viewpoint
STICK’S PICKS: Put the golf clubs away … Prep football season is here
Stick’s Picks is going golfing Thursday morning. He will partner up with some of his colleagues from around the Michigan media arena. The most likely discussion, other than that horrific slice hitting the drink-cart girl four fairways over, will be high school football. Yes, it’s that time of the year again. The months of speculation, […]
LAKE ORION PREVIEW: Can Dragons reload for another lengthy postseason run?
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com LAKE ORION — Chris Bell does not like all of the extra attention he received last fall. The veteran football coach is a father and an assistant principal at Lake Orion High School to go along with his head coaching duties. That draws in plenty of demands already. So […]
Much work in store for journeyman Schaefer at Oakland Christian
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com AUBURN HILLS — In over 30 years of coaching prep football, Bill Schaefer has always been the bridesmaid, not the bride. Although just a figure of speech, Schaefer has always been an assistant coach until now. Schaefer was hired as the new football coach at Auburn Hills Oakland Christian […]
Oxford’s new ‘Blue Turf’ to debut Monday
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com OXFORD — When Prescott Line walks onto the football field Monday morning, he will be considered an early riser. He’ll also be considered a pioneer. Line, a senior-to-be at Oxford High School and a three-sport athlete for the Wildcats, will walk into the first practice on his school’s new […]
FLASHBACK: Exit Stage Left: Storch ready to sail into the sunset
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com (Editor’s Note: This is a republish from a story that originally ran on June 5 but was inadvertently removed from the archives.) TROY — Tim Storch remembers when he was first pushed towards being a goalkeeper. A student at Birmingham Groves High School in the mid-1970s, the hockey and […]
Former Athens soccer coach Storch now the man in charge at Alpena
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com ALPENA — Tim Storch is in need of a new wardrobe. The recent Troy to Alpena transplant must trade in his gold and red for some green and white. One of the state’s all-time winningest soccer coaches at the high school level while at Troy Athens High School, Storch […]
FLASHBACK: Third annual TRC golf outing reaches goal of ‘chippin in’ for special causes
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com OAKLAND TOWNSHIP — Nikki Baize Moran is quite honest about her golfing etiquette. The 1990 Rochester High School grad hasn’t swung a club in over seven years until Friday, when she hit the links. “I haven’t played in a long, long time,” she laughed, just moments after participating in […]
FLASHBACK: All for charity … Friends ‘link up’ for a good cause
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com CAPE CORAL, Fla. — Joe Perk remembers the day like it was just moments ago. It was a day supposed to be set aside for Christmas gift-wrapping and last-minute shopping. After all, Christmas was only three short days away and with many events planned for the holidays, there was […]
Winter Sports All-Area Teams Directory
Below is the directory for the All-Area Teams for the winter season 2010-11: 2011 All-Area teams – Winter Sports – www.northoaklandsports.com Below are the links for the 2011 All-Area teams for the winter sports for the 2010-11 season BOYS BASKETBALL: http://northoaklandsports.com/2011/04/18/2011-all-area-boys-basketball-coachable-players-help-yield-great-success/ GIRLS BASKETBALL: http://northoaklandsports.com/2011/04/15/2524/ BOYS-GIRLS SKIING: http://northoaklandsports.com/2011/04/18/2011-all-area-ski-team-clarkston-lake-orion-head-up-talented-cast-of-ski-racers/ BOYS GIRLS BOWLING: http://northoaklandsports.com/2011/04/17/2011-all-area-bowling-this-group-knocks-them-down-with-precision/ WRESTLING: http://northoaklandsports.com/2011/03/31/2011-all-area-wrestling-state-champions-head-up-deep-and-talented-group-of-matmen/ BOYS HOCKEY: […]
SUBMITTED VIDEO: Basketball star collapses and dies after game-winning shot
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From rags to riches: Oxford slowly builds program to reach ultimate goal
BATTLE CREEK — When a program is at an all-time low, it’s hard to imagine being up on top. That’s the way Paul McDevitt viewed it in the mid-1990s when he took over Oxford’s wrestling program. The program couldn’t even compete with a full lineup. “They didn’t win a match the year before I took […]