Category: Sports Shorts
DAILY POLL: Who is going to win the OAA Red Division football race this season?
Last season Clarkston and Lake Orion shared the OAA Red Division football crown with 6-1 records.Which school in the eight-team division will be crowned champion in 2012? Vote today! [polldaddy poll=6480330]
PREP STATE RANKINGS — Aug. 20
PREP STATE RANKINGS Digital sports publication www.northoaklandsports.com will publish state rankings each week. Forward copies by e-mail to senior editor dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com or to results@northoaklandsports.com. Girls Golf (By the coaches association) DIVISION 1 — 1. Grosse Pointe South; 2. Plymouth; 3. Saline; 4. Troy; 5. Rochester Stoney Creek; 6. Utica; 7. Brighton; 8. Holt; 9. Davison; […]
2012 PREP FOOTBALL SCHEDULES
2012 PREP FOOTBALL SCHEDULES Below are the prep football team schedules for schools that are located in the coverage area for digital daily www.northoaklandsports.com and the Real Deal sports and coupons magazine. AUBURN HILLS AVONDALE Thurs. Aug. 23 Hazel Park H 7 p.m. Thurs. Aug. 30 Birmingham Groves H 7 p.m. Fri. […]
PREP FOOTBALL 2012 — CONFERENCE BREAKDOWNS
PREP FOOTBALL 2012 — CONFERENCE BREAKDOWNS The staff at www.northoaklandsports.com and The Real Deal sports and coupons magazine break down the local prep football conferences. OAA RED DIVISION — 1. Clarkston; 2. Lake Orion; 3. Troy; 4. Rochester; 5. Troy Athens; 6. Rochester Stoney Creek; 7. West Bloomfield; 8. Pontiac. OAA BLUE DIVISION — 1. […]
OAA RED DIVISION TEAM CAPSULES
PREP FOOTBALL PREVIEWS 2012 OAKLAND ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATION TEAM CAPSULES (Team capsules compiled by Dan Stickradt. He can be reached by email at dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com. Follow on Twitter @LocalSportsFans) OAA RED DIVISION Clarkston HEAD COACH: Kurt Richardson, 26th season (179-76). ASSISTANT COACHES: Jeff Long, Pete Gallagher, Tom Hurley, Ryan Kaul, Phil Price, Brian Zezula, […]
CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL LEAGUE TEAM CAPSULES
PREP FOOTBALL 2012 CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL LEAGUE TEAM CAPSULES (Team capsules compiled by Dan Stickradt. He can be reached by email at dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com. Follow on Twitter @LocalSportsFans) CHSL-CENTRAL DIVISION Birmingham Brother Rice HEAD COACH: Al Fracassa, 53rd season (404-115-7 overall). ASSISTANT COACHES: 2011 RECORD: 10-4, 1-3 CHSL-Central Division (fourth); Postseason: Def. North Farmington […]
PLAYOFFS FOOTBALL TEAMS THROUGHOUT THE YEARS
PLAYOFFS CHART Below is a look back at all of the prep football teams from the www.northoaklandsports.com coverage area and the years that each school reached the postseason. The order is listed from most to least playoffs teams: Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes Postseason Appearances: 22, 1982, 1983, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993; […]
OAA BLUE DIVISION TEAM CAPSULES
PREP FOOTBALL 2012 OAKLAND ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATION TEAM CAPSULES OAA BLUE DIVISION (Team capsules compiled by Dan Stickradt. He can be reached by email at dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com. Follow on Twitter @LocalSportsFans) Auburn Hills Avondale HEAD COACH: Steve Deutsch, 11th season at Avondale (50-46); 28th overall. ASSISTANT COACHES: Torre Robinson, Anthony Epperson, James Prince, Roderick Reed, Stephen Watkins, […]
MICHIGAN INDEPENDENT ATHLETIC CONFERENCE TEAM CAPSULES
PREP FOOTBALL 2012 MICHIGAN INDEPENDENT ATHLETIC CONFERENCE TEAM CAPSULES Team capsules compiled by Dan Stickradt. He can be reached by email at dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com. Follow on Twitter @LocalSportsFans Auburn Hills Oakland Christian HEAD COACH: Bill Schaeffer, second season (2-7 at Oakland Christian). ASSISTANT COACHES: Rusty Mandle, Brian Hoffman, Joe Whitt, Jeremiah Nichols, Andrew Kern, Chris […]
Daily Poll: Who will win the CHSL-AA Division football race this season?:
Pontiac Notre Dame Prep finished unbeaten in the CHSL-AA Division last season.Will the Irish repeat or will someone unseat them? [polldaddy poll=6481892]
DAILY POLL: Who will win the CFLM Metro Division football race this season?
This is the fifth season of the Christian Football League of Michigan, which is expanding into northern Ohio and northern Indiana and into two divisions this season, the Metro Division and the Lakes Division. Who will win the Detroit-area Metro Division crown this season? [polldaddy […]
DAILY POLL: Who will win the MIAC football race this season?
For the first time, Grosse Pointe Woods University-Liggett ran the tables with a 9-0 regular season record and claimed the Michigan Independent Athletic Conference title at 5-0. Can the Knights repeat as league champs only a few years since dropping their program.Or will one of the other schools step up and provide a challenge? […]
DAILY POLL: Who will win the Flint Metro League football race this season?
Last season Holly ended a 59-year drought of not winning a league title by sharing the Flint Metro League title with Lapeer East. Who will emerge from the heap in 2012? [polldaddy poll=6480530]
BACK TO WORK: Lake Orion opens with high expectations
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans LAKE ORION — Behind a grand season, Lake Orion’s volleyball team advanced farther in 2011 than any other school from the Oakland Activities Association since the league’s inception in 1994-95. The Dragons were Class A state runner-up, falling to Rockford 3-0 in the title match. Part […]
Football teams head back to work as optimism rings at high volumes
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans HOLLY — Something is quite different at Holly High School this August. For the first time in 60 years, Holly opens up the prep football season with a target on its back. They enter the 2012 season as a defending co-league champion in the Flint Metro […]
GIRLS LACROSSE: Five local players earn All-State honors
A total of five local girls lacrosse earned All-State honors, as the Michigan High School Girls Lacrosse Coaches Association announced its postseason teams for 2012. On the Division 1 first team, Troy junior goalkeeper made the cut, while Troy junior midfielder Haley Burns was named to the second team. Additionally, Clarkston senior midfielders Stephanie Dellinger […]
DAILY POLL: What’s Your Favorite Sports Bar?
Pre-Game, during-game and post-game, coaches, athletes, parents and sports fans from around the area are frequent visitors to multiple sports bars. Whether it be following a Friday night high school football game, a Tuesday night recreational softball game, to watch NFL games or after a round of golf, So what’s your favorite sports bar destination, […]
College Commitments-Signings
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.comcoverage region? Please feel free to submit information about any local athletes. Include photos and contact information and we will compile feature stories on as […]
