Category: All Area Teams
2010 ALL-AREA BOYS CROSS-COUNTRY TEAM: Sophomores pace pack of talented runners
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com By no means was the talent level down in the boys cross country circles in the area this season. It was simply young. With many teams competing with high numbers of underclassmen this season, the youth is reflected on the 2010 All-Area Boys Cross Country Team for www.northoaklandsports.com. Of [...]
FLASHBACK–2009 All-Area Volleyball: Players hit their points in the right places
Smack down: All-Area Volleyball players hit their points in the right places BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com The perception of volleyball in this area of the state has definitely changed in recent years. With more than one school in Oakland County winning state titles in the past couple of seasons, teams around here are [...]
2010 All-Area Girls Volleyball: This team brings it all to the floor
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com (EDITOR’S NOTE: Several area coaches did not nominate athletes for all-area volleyball after nearly two months of trying to contact them.) Several area volleyball teams shined this season. To make it one of the more memorable seasons in recent memory for schools in the coverage region of www.northoaklandsports.com. Consider: [...]
FLASHBACK: 2009 All-Area Girls Swimming Team
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Inside Oakland County, swimming and diving talent is never at a shortage. Schools in all four corners of the county have pools nowadays and routinely boast swimmers and divers that qualify and place at one of the state meets. Some of that can be overshadowed sometimes by the depth [...]
2010 ALL-AREA GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING: Youth is served in area pools
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Girls swimming and diving in the area is going to have a bright future. With all of the schools in the www.northoaklandsports.com coverage area competing in 2010 with very few seniors, most the talent will return in 20111. Looking at the state-meet, OAA conference meets and Oakland County Championships, [...]
FLASHBACK: 2009 All-Area Boys Tennis: Powerful hitters ace positions on tennis squad
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com The pipeline of talented tennis players continued again in the area this season. While a cast of stars departed in the spring, several returnees and newcomers from a variety of schools moved into or up the lineup this season and enjoyed tremendous success. Among the eight local teams in [...]
2010 ALL-AREA BOYS TENNIS TEAM: This unit could surely swat away the opposition
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Talented tennis players and Oakland County simply go hand-in-hand. Pick your point in the county, and the compass will point towards several quality teams and players. Even in the coverage area for www.northoaklandsports.com, there was no shortage of talent. Two local teams finished well inside the top-10 at the [...]
FLASHBACK: 2009 All-Area Girls Cross-Country Team: All-American Goethals leads talented All-Area pack of runners
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Over the past decade, female cross-country runners from Oakland County have dominated the scene, with dozens of all-state runners and even a handful of state champions. That continued to be the trend in 2009. This season marked yet another fine season for runners in the area, especially for the [...]
Flashback: 2009 All-Area Girls Golf Team
Super Team players highlight All-Area Girls Golf squad BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com To say that Oakland County is a hotbed for girls golf talent might be an understatement. The number of all-state players and state-qualifying teams is high each and every year during the past decade and that could very well continue in [...]
2010 All-AREA GIRLS GOLF TEAM: These linkers are driven by success
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Is the Rochester area really the epicenter for girls golf in Michigan. Well, there’s a growing trend in recent years about the city producing some fine golf talent. For the fifth straight season a Rochester team finished first or second at the Division 1 state tournament, while the past [...]
