Category: High School (M-Z)
Clarkston sharp in sliding past Rochester
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com ROCHESTER HILLS — Rochester honored some of its all-time great athletes Friday night with its annual Hall of Fame induction. It was Clarkston that more than stole the limelight. Playing in the driving rain and near-freezing temperatures, the Wolves ran roughshod over the injury-riddled Falcons. Clarkston won its third […]
Dombrowski’s game-winner lifts Athens past Avondale
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com AUBURN HILLS — Since opening the season with a 0-2 record, Troy Athens has found multiple different ways to win on the soccer pitch. The Red Hawks found a little flair in the waning moments Thursday to slip past Auburn Hills Avondale. Athens, which is 8-1-1 in its last […]
Turnaround Special: Fighting Irish keeping focused during nine-game win streak
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com PONTIAC — Long losing streaks can create all sorts of problems for any team in any sport. Players can start checking out, not giving their best effort in practice. That can lead to subpar efforts on the playing surface. Bad habits can be made. Bad examples can be left […]
STICK’S PICKS: Prep football season finally reaching playoff qualifiers stage
This is Week 6 around the Michigan prep football scene and this is the first week that schools can officially celebrate a postseason berth. While there are several area teams that are on collision course with postseason destiny, only one, Pontiac Notre Dame Prep, is undefeated at this point. A win Friday night will jettison […]
Lutheran Northwest rallies past Southfield Christian
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com BEVERLY HILLS — After being upset by Sterling Heights Parkway Christian last week in double overtime, Rochester Hills Lutheran Northwest found itself in the danger zone Thursday against Southfield Christian. The Crusaders trailed the Eagles 13-0 early in the second quarter and were sputtering without its normal high-octane offense […]
Andover nips Troy at OAA-Red tourney, Colts take overall crown
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com TROY — Bloomfield Hills Andover emerged as the top flight team Tuesday at the rugged OAA Red Division boys tennis championships, while Troy emerged from the eight-school field as the overall league champion. Andover picked up 57 points in the nine flights to win the tournament title. Troy and […]
Lake Orion makes quick work of Rochester
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com ROCHESTER HILLS — Ranked in the top 10 for the first time since 1988, Lake Orion has proven it belongs with the state’s elite. In conference play, the Dragons are also making a claim to be one of the teams to beat. Lake Orion, which climbed from ninth to […]
Cross Country State Rankings
Girls Cross Country (By the coaches association) Division 1 — 1. Saline; 2. Grosse Pointe South; 3. Northville; 4. Grand Haven; 5. Hudsonville; 6. Brighton; 7. Birmingham Seaholm; 8. Rockford; 9. Traverse City Central; 10. Livonia Churchill. Honorable Mention — Troy, Rochester Adams, Dexter. Division 2 — 1. East Grand Rapids; 2. Dearborn Divine Child; […]
CROSS COUNTRY: Flint Metro League Jamboree No. 2 Results
Boys Cross Country FLINT METRO LEAGUE JAMBOREE NO. 2 (at Linden) TEAM SCORES — 1. Linden, 48; 2. Fenton, 50; 3. Clio, 69; 4. Swartz Creek, 72; 5. Flint Kearsley, 144; 6. Holly, 155; 7. Lapeer West 170, 8. Ortonville Brandon, 216, 9. Lapeer East, 259. TOP INDIVIDUALS — 1. Matt Gilbert (Fenton) 16:30; 2. […]
CROSS COUNTRY: Holly-Nike Invitational Results
Girls Cross Country HOLLY INVITATIONAL (Sept. 14 at Springfield Oaks Metropark) DIVISION I TEAM SCORES — 1. Hudsonville, 32; 2. White Lake Lakeland, 103; 3. Lake Orion, 115; 4. Midland, 138; 5. Toledo (Ohio) Whitmer, 156; 6. Ann Arbor Skyline, 167; 7. Flushing, 168; 8. Romeo, 193; 9. Milford, 209; 10. Berkley, 215; 11. Clinton […]
CROSS COUNTRY: OAA Blue Division Jamboree No. 2 Results
Girls Cross Country OAA BLUE DIVISION JAMBOREE NO. 2 (Sept. 27 at O.C.C.-Orchard Ridge Campus) TEAM SCORES — 1. Farmington Harrison, 50; 2. Birmingham Groves, 55; 3. Berkley, 65; 4. Royal Oak, 93; 5. Auburn Hills Avondale, 110; 6. Ferndale, 199; 7. (tie) Southfield, NTS; Hazel Park, NTS, Pontiac, NTS, Oak Park, NTS; Southfield Lathrup, […]
MHSAA NEWS: Week 6 Playoffs Listing
EAST LANSING — Here is a list of Michigan High School Athletic Association football playing schools, displaying their win-loss records and playoff averages through the fifth week of the season. Schools on this list are in enrollment order. An asterisk (*) beside a record indicates that a team has 8 or fewer games scheduled. A […]
BOYS SOCCER CONFERENCE STANDINGS
BOYS SOCCER CONFERENCE STANDINGS CON ALL Below are the area’s boys soccer conference standings for 2011. Representatives from each league who wish to update these rankings each week can do so by e-mailing results@northoaklandsports.com or e-mail Senior Editor Dan Stickradt at dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com MIAC BLUE DIVISION CON ALL Auburn Hills Oakland Christian 7-1-0 10-1-1 Birmingham Roeper […]
CROSS COUNTRY: CHSL Division II Jamboree No.2
Boys Cross Country CHSL DIVISION II JAMBOREE NO. 2 (Huron Meadows Metropark) TEAM SCORES — 1. Dearborn Divine Child, 38; 2. Macomb Lutheran North, 67; 3. Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard, 98; 4. Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood, 99; 5. Pontiac Notre Dame Prep, 100. TOP 10 INDIVIDUALS — 1. Nicholas Soter (Dearborn Divine Child) 15:52; 2. […]
Adams swimmers continue mastery of Rochester
ROCHESTER HILLS — Since girls swimming and diving began in the Rochester district in the mid-1970s, Rochester Adams has held the upper hand on its chief rival, Rochester. The Highlanders continued that edge on the Falcons 111-75 in a OAA crossover meet Tuesday at Adams. The Highlanders (6-1) won nine of 12 events and all […]
GIRLS GOLF RESULTS: Oxford edges Lahser by six strokes
Girls Golf OXFORD 186, BLOOMFIELD HILLS LAHSER 193 (at Oxford Hills, par 35) OXFORD — Kyla Kurczski 42; Emily Cleland 44; Hannah Beebe 49; Riley Hayes 51. LAHSER — Amika Nandi 44; Suzanne Miller 46; Jacqueline Shandler 51; Sam Cappello 52 RECORDS — Oxford 10-0.
CROSS COUNTRY: OAA White Division Jamboree No. 2 Results
Boys Cross Country OAA WHITE DIVISION JAMBOREE NO. 2 (Sept. 27 at Bloomer Park, Rochester) TEAM SCORES — 1. Farmington, 48; 2. Bloomfield Hills Lahser, 66; 3. West Bloomfield, 71; 4. Bloomfield Hills Andover, 92; 5. North Farmington, 107; 6. Troy Athens, 112. TOP 10 INDIVIDUALS — 1. Jarred Bratley (Bloomfield Hills Andover) 16:40; 2. […]