Category: Auburn Hills Avondale
DIVISION 2 STATE FINALS: Adams breaks into top 10; Oxford has best all-time finish
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com MORE GIRLS SWIMMING: http://northoaklandsports.com/?s=Swimming&x=0&y=0 HOLLAND — Rochester Adams is back on the rise. The Highlanders returned to the top 10 for the first time in six years Saturday at the Division 2 girls swimming and diving state finals at the Holland Aquatics Center. Rochester Adams claimed eighth with 103 […]
FINAL SPLASH: Girls swimming & diving state finals notebook
RECENT STATE MEET FINISHES Below are the girls swimming and diving teams from the www.northoaklandsports.com coverage area and their respective finishes at the MHSAA state finals in the past decade. ROCHESTER ADAMS 2010: 17th (25 pts.) D-2 2009: 17th (37 pts.) D-2 2008: 14th (50 pts.) D-2 2007: 10th (84 pts.) D-2 2006: 20th (33 […]
Girls Swimming — OAA Blue Division Results
Girls Swimming OAA BLUE DIVISION LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS (Nov. 2-4 at Royal Oak H.S.) TEAM SCORES — 1. Royal Oak, 547; 2. North Farmington, 435; 3. Troy Athens, 268; 4. Auburn Hills Avondale, 264; 5. Ferndale, 209; 6. Southfield-Lathrup, 107; 7. Hazel Park, 79. DUAL MEET STANDINGS — 1. Royal Oak (6-0); 2. North Farmington (5-1); […]
College Committments-Letters of Intent
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State Rankings–Nov. 6
Girls Swimming (By the coaches association) Division 1 — 1. Farmington Hills Mercy; Saline; 3. Hudsonville; 4. Holland West Ottawa; 5. Rockford; 6. Birmingham Marian; 7. (tie) Ann Arbor Huron, South Lyon Unified; 9. Ann Arbor Skyline; 10. (tie) Clarkston, Zeeland Unified. Honorable Mention — Novi, Northville, Lake Orion, Rochester Stoney Creek, Saginaw Heritage, Grandville, […]
CROSS COUNTRY STATE FINALS: Adams, Lake Orion pace area teams
13 local runners run to all-state honors BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com BROOKLYN — Rochester Adams saved its best for last. The Highlanders’ girls cross country team, which failed to make the state finals the past two years after a 19-year run of state-qualifying squads, capped a fine season Saturday at Michigan Speedway. Adams […]
Finishing on top: Avondale rallies past Spring Lake for D-2 state soccer title
Editor’s Note: To view a photo gallery from this event, please visit NOS photographer Larry McKee at www.lmckeephotography.com. Have video of this event? E-Mail Senior Editor Dan Stickradt at dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com. BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com TROY — Dave Muczynski told Danny Swanson to put some pace on his late-game free kick and the senior […]
Avondale-Spring Lake finals match to showcase teams that are splitting image of one another on soccer pitch
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com TROY — When Auburn Hills Avondale and Spring Lake take the soccer pitch Saturday at Troy Athens, it will be almost like looking into a mirror. “I think they are a lot like us,” said Auburn Hills Avondale boys soccer coach Dave Muczynski. “That will make it very interesting.” […]
All the Russ: Avondale midfielder scores game-winner to lift Yellowjackets into first state title game
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com AUBURN HILLS — As an outside midfielder, Skyler Russ’ job is not normally scoring high volumes of goals or scoring goal at all. The junior midfielder goes about his business on the pitch, marking up other players while helping his team bring the ball in the attack, looking for […]
Avondale-Andover semifinal match has an all-OAA feel
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com AUBURN HILLS — This season there will truly be a new state champion in the Division 2 boys soccer tournament. Three of the four schools that are in the Final Four have never reached this point, having captured their first-ever regional crowns last weekend. A fourth member of the […]
VOLLEYBALL: Troy gains its revenge on Avondale
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com TROY — Members of Troy’s volleyball team lived with the pain of losing in the first round of the Class A volleyball districts last season to Auburn Hills Avondale for an entire year. It took just an hour Monday night to erase those memories. The Colts posted a 3-0 […]
MHSAA VOLLEYBALL DISTRICTS DRAWS
Below are the 2011 MHSAA girls volleyball district pairings involving schools in the www.northoaklandsports.com coverage area. Call host school for further details. CLASS A DISTRICT NO. 8 HOSTED BY CLARKSTON Monday, Oct. 31 Game 1 — Clarkston vs. Holly, 5:30 p.m.; Game 2 — Swartz Creek vs. Fenton, 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 2 Game 3 […]
Cross Country Regional Stats
Girls Cross Country DIVISION 1 REGIONAL (Saturday at Hess-Hathaway Park) TEAM SCORES — 1. Birmingham Seaholm, 42; 2. Waterford Mott, 69; 3. Troy, 79; 4. North Farmington, 109; 5. Farmington, 135; 6. Troy Athens, 207; 7. Birmingham Groves, 231; 8. Royal Oak, 242; 9. West Bloomfield, 247; 10. Waterford Kettering, 264; 11. Berkley, 267; 12. […]
Cranbrook, Notre Dame Prep lead D-2 regional field
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com GOODELLS — There is a first for everything. Such a first came Saturday for Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood on the cross country course. The Cranes captured their first-ever girls cross country regional championship at Goodells County Park west of Port Huron. Cranbrook landed three runners in the top six […]
Lapeer East rolls over Avondale
LAPEER — Lapeer East built an 18-0 lead at the half Friday and rolled to a convincing 48-3 victory over Auburn Hills Avondale in a Division 3 first-round football district contest. East added eight more points in the third quarter for a 26-0 advantage, then outscored the visiting Yellowjackets 22-3 in the fourth stanza to […]
Uncharted waters: Avondale sails into first Final Four
Uncharted waters: Avondale sails into first Final Four BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com FENTON — Danny Swanson had a chance to make history for Auburn Hills Avondale Thursday night. The senior midfielder delivered. Swanson drilled a free kick with 14:42 to play in leading the Yellowjackets past previously unbeaten and fourth-ranked Lapeer East, 2-1, […]