Category: High School (M-Z)
2011 ALL-AREA GIRLS TENNIS: These players made quite the racquet
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Another exceptional season of girls tennis in the www.northoaklandsports.com coverage area finished with four teams playing at the Division 1 state finals, three finishing in the top 10 and another winning its first-ever state championship. Clarkston rang the bell as the state’s premier team this season, beginning the campaign […]
2011 ALL-AREA GIRLS TRACK & FIELD TEAM: All-State athletes burnt up the grand oval
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Sometimes years of greatness are very hard to reproduce. The girls track and field season of 2010 in the area was hard to match in 2011. After all, a team state champion and five individual state champions last season was a rarity and several of those athletes departed last […]
ALL-AREA BOYS TRACK & FIELD: Power, speed highlight postseason squad
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com In a bizarre spring, track and field athletes generally had slow starts due to consistent bad weather, but were still able to pull off some fine finishes in the final weeks of the season. That is all evidenced on the 2011 All-Area Boys Track and Field Team. Across the […]
All-OAA Boys Golf Team
ALL-OAA BOYS GOLF TEAMS ALL-OAA RED DIVISION FINAL STANDINGS — 1. (tie) Rochester Adams, Lake Orion; 3. Rochester; 4. Clarkston; 5. Troy; 6. Rochester Stoney Creek. FIRST TEAM — Ben Van Orman, Rochester Adams; Eric Busa, Rochester Adams; Jamie Stanton, Rochester Adams; Eric Shyu, Rochester; Dave Collins, Rochester; Jimmy Delnick, Clarkston; Andrew Lange, Clarkston; Alex […]
East uses plethora of speed to knock down West, 30-13
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com MT. PLEASANT — There’s a debate on where the trophy of the Michigan High School Football Coaches Association All-State Game goes every summer. Regardless, it will be residing somewhere on the East side of the state this year. The East put on a fine display of speed and passing […]
Tillman, Cairo, McGhee ready for encore performance at East-West shrine
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com MOUNT PLEASANT — Ray Tillman had as good of a senior year as any male athlete in the area. A two-sport all-stater, Tillman, a recent graduate from Auburn Hills Avondale, is finalizing his college plans for the fall. But he still has one last high school event to attend. […]
Bumper crop of stars come out of the woodwork at East-West classic
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com DETROIT — When East meets West. It sounds more like a movie title or hip-hop lyrical clash than a high school baseball game. That was still the case at Comerica Park Tuesday night for the annual Michigan High School Baseball Coaches Association East-West All-Star Game, which featured 36 of […]
Athens’ Brannon is 28th recipient of Miss Soccer award
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com TROY — In its storied 30-year history, the Troy Athens soccer program has earned much respect and dozens of noteworthy accolades. It continued Sunday afternoon with another right honor. The Red Hawks and retiring coach Tim Storch learned that senior midfielder Olivia Brannon was named the recipient of the […]
Oxford, Troy in back of pack at D-1 golf finals
BY JAY STEPHENS STUDENT CORRESPONDENT ROCHESTER HILLS — Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central entered the Division 1 state tournament as the state’s top-ranked school. The Rangers finish the season in that same position. It marked the second time in three years that the Rangers captured the Division 1 title and they did so by posting […]
Finishing on top: Top-ranked Oakland Christian wins first-ever golf state title
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com ALLENDALE — Auburn Hills Oakland Christian has had several quality golf teams over the past two decades. Finally in 2001, the Lancers sailed through the perfect storm. It all culminated Saturday at the Meadows Golf Course at Grand Valley State University. The Lancers posted a two-day total of 622 […]
Lonely at the top? Novi tops Troy to win fifth D-1 crown in seven years
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com EAST LANSING — For Novi, could it ever be lonely at the top? The Wildcats, the state’s top-ranked girls soccer team all season, posted yet another Division 1 state championship Saturday at Michigan State University’s DeMartin Stadium. Novi won its second straight state title and fifth in seven seasons […]
Oakland Christian grabs lead at state golf finals
ALLENDALE — Auburn Hills Oakland Christian grabbed a seven-stroke lead after the first day of competition at the Lower Peninsula Division 4 boys golf state finals at The Meadows Golf Course. The top-ranked Lancers collected a play-five, count-four team score of 319, ahead of Kalamazoo Hackett Catholic (316), Ann Arbor Greenhills (317) and Saginaw Nouvel […]
Shot at redemption: Troy gains rematch with Novi, first state finals berth since 2003
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com HOLT — For two years, Troy’s girls soccer team has been knocking on the door to the state finals. In 2009, the Colts lost in the state semifinals to Utica Eisenhower, while Troy came up short in losing in the regional finals to eventual state champion Novi last season. […]
AOTW: Young steps up to become Troy’s offensive sniper
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com TROY — Irene Young saw an opportunity and Troy junior seized it. Seeing that there was an opening on offense to lead the Colts, and an opening of being one of Troy’s field generals overall, Young has stepped up her game this season — in a major way. A […]
Back on track: Anchor Bay holds off Troy to reach Final Four
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com MADISON HEIGHTS — New Baltimore Anchor Bay is back at full strength. That could be the final piece of the puzzle in the softball season’s final week of the season for the Tars. Anchor Bay returned Lauren Podroski from a five-week hiatus from a wrist injury and the Tars […]
Top-ranked USA sinks Lakers in quarterfinals
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com SAGINAW — Steve Troy felt his softball team had to play perfect Tuesday in order to have a chance against top-ranked Unionville-Sebewaing Area — and for a moment, Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes had the Patriots on ropes. In the end, Unionville-Sebewaing proved too much to overcome, as […]
Stymied: Merrill ousts Lutheran Northwest in quarterfinals pitcher’s duel
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com SAGINAW — Eric Mischley stood in the on deck circle nearly four minutes after the conclusion of Tuesday’s Division 4 baseball state quarterfinal, his batting helmet still neatly tucked on his head in disbelief. The senior from Rochester Hills Lutheran Northwest saved his best for last, firing a three-hitter […]
WOLL wins first softball regional since 2006
— STAFF REPORTS WATERFORD — Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes is back on the rise to glory. The Lakers’ softball team took the nest step by claiming its first regional championship Saturday in five years on its home field. The Lakers defeated Portland St. Patrick, 12-4, for the title. WOLL advances to the state […]
