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Category: All Area Teams

2011 ALL-AREA GIRLS SOCCER: Highly-touted players showcased on postseason squad

2011 ALL-AREA GIRLS SOCCER: Highly-touted players showcased on postseason squad

| July 20, 2011 | Comments (4)

BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com It has been said time and time again that in the sport of prep soccer, sometimes it’s harder to make the All-Area First Team or even the All-County team in Oakland County that it is to reach the all-state lists in one of the four divisions. That didn’t change […]

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2011 ALL-AREA GIRLS LACROSSE: Rising stars abundant in state’s fastest growing sport

2011 ALL-AREA GIRLS LACROSSE: Rising stars abundant in state’s fastest growing sport

| July 18, 2011 | Comments (8)

BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com It wasn’t that long ago that girls lacrosse was only a minor sport in Michigan, with only small pockets of public schools or prestigious private and parochial schools sponsoring the sport. That has changed. There were close to 70 programs in the state this season with varsity teams and […]

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2011 ALL-AREA SOFTBALL: All-around talents heat up the diamond

2011 ALL-AREA SOFTBALL: All-around talents heat up the diamond

| July 15, 2011 | Comments (6)

BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com The 2011 softball season was definitely a year of transition for teams across the state of Michigan. With the pitcher’s circle being pushed back three feet to be the same distance as college, offensive numbers were up significantly while pitching numbers dropped at many schools as those pitchers adapted […]

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2011 ALL-AREA BASEBALL: Diamond squad is armed and lethally dangerous

2011 ALL-AREA BASEBALL: Diamond squad is armed and lethally dangerous

| July 12, 2011 | Comments (4)

BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com The senior class of baseball players in Michigan was known to be as deep of a group since the Class of 1998, where nine in-state prep players were drafted. The state this season again had nine prep players selected in the Major League Baseball Amateur Draft and had an […]

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2011 ALL-AREA BOYS GOLF: State champion Oakland Christian headlines top linkers

2011 ALL-AREA BOYS GOLF: State champion Oakland Christian headlines top linkers

| July 11, 2011 | Comments (2)

BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Another exceptional boys golf season is in the bag and the postseason honors have been flowing forth for many individuals with local ties. Multiple athletes from the www.northoaklandsports.com coverage area earned all types of postseason success in recent weeks by making the all-league or all-county teams with three others […]

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2011 ALL-AREA GIRLS TENNIS: These players made quite the racquet

2011 ALL-AREA GIRLS TENNIS: These players made quite the racquet

| July 10, 2011 | Comments (10)

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 […]

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2011 ALL-AREA GIRLS TRACK & FIELD TEAM: All-State athletes burnt up the grand oval

2011 ALL-AREA GIRLS TRACK & FIELD TEAM: All-State athletes burnt up the grand oval

| July 8, 2011 | Comments (2)

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 […]

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ALL-AREA BOYS TRACK & FIELD: Power, speed highlight postseason squad

ALL-AREA BOYS TRACK & FIELD: Power, speed highlight postseason squad

| July 6, 2011 | Comments (17)

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 […]

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Tillman, Cairo, McGhee ready for encore performance at East-West shrine

Tillman, Cairo, McGhee ready for encore performance at East-West shrine

| June 25, 2011 | Comments (1)

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. […]

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| April 28, 2011 | Comments (1)

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| April 28, 2011 | Comments (1)

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Follow us on Twitter, Facebook and the rest of social media world

Follow us on Twitter, Facebook and the rest of social media world

| April 25, 2011 | Comments (2)

Are you on Facebook, Twitter? You may find www.northoaklandsports.com all over the social media arena. So if you are an active member of this growing community, on Facebook, Twitter, Digg, Myspace or any other popular social media network, please feel free to add us and follow announcements and other news. FACEBOOK LIKE: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=590590972#!/group.php?gid=173434259249&ref=ts FACEBOOK GROUP […]

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Winter Sports All-Area Teams Directory

Winter Sports All-Area Teams Directory

| April 19, 2011 | Comments (1)

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: […]

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   2011 All-Area Boys Basketball: Coachable players help yield great success

2011 All-Area Boys Basketball: Coachable players help yield great success

| April 18, 2011 | Comments (6)

BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com While talent is always in abundance locally on basketball courts each winter, this year some stellar coaching had a big help in the success of area teams. A huge help. In fact, perhaps 2010-11 was truly the year of the coach in the coverage area for www.northoaklandsports.com. In a […]

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2011 All-Area Ski Team: Clarkston, Lake Orion head up talented cast of ski racers

2011 All-Area Ski Team: Clarkston, Lake Orion head up talented cast of ski racers

| April 18, 2011 | Comments (1)

BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com High School skiing offers the shortest season of all of the sports sanctioned by the Michigan High School Athletic Association. The sport’s competition run lasts less than two months, going from January to late February. Clarkston’s boys, which finished an all-time best second at the Division 1 state finals, […]

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DONATED VIDEO: One of the greatest goals in soccer history

DONATED VIDEO: One of the greatest goals in soccer history

| April 17, 2011 | Comments (0)

There are amazing moments in sports that happen all over the globe. Here is a short video of one of the greatest soccer goals ever scored, tallied by Quinonez Wilson of Brazil. The ironic thing about the play was that Wilson was still issued a yellow card for taking off his shirt after the play, […]

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2011 All-Area Bowling: This group knocks them down with precision

2011 All-Area Bowling: This group knocks them down with precision

| April 17, 2011 | Comments (3)

BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com The sport of high school bowling is less than a decade old in Michgian and the level of play has grown considerably since it’s since its debut in 2003-04. The scores and averages have gradually improved and so has the depth of various leagues around the state, as more […]

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2011 All-Area Boys Swimming & Diving: Tankers glide to plenty of success

2011 All-Area Boys Swimming & Diving: Tankers glide to plenty of success

| April 16, 2011 | Comments (6)

BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Although there were no state champions from the area this season, boys swimmers and divers from made an impact in 2010-11 throughout Oakland County and the state as well. All of that is evidenced by the talent represented on the second annual www.northoaklandsports.com All-Area team. In all but the […]

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