Category: Auburn Hills Oakland Christian
DAILY POLL: Who will win the MIAC football race this season?
For the first time, Grosse Pointe Woods University-Liggett ran the tables with a 9-0 regular season record and claimed the Michigan Independent Athletic Conference title at 5-0. Can the Knights repeat as league champs only a few years since dropping their program.Or will one of the other schools step up and provide a challenge? […]
Football teams head back to work as optimism rings at high volumes
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans HOLLY — Something is quite different at Holly High School this August. For the first time in 60 years, Holly opens up the prep football season with a target on its back. They enter the 2012 season as a defending co-league champion in the Flint Metro […]
2012 ALL-NORTH OAKLAND AREA BOYS GOLF TEAM: Talented cast shoots for top honors
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans There were no state championships celebrated by area boys golf teams in 2012. But that was about the only thing that didn’t occur in the www.northoaklandsports.com coverage area this past season. There were five local golfers that placed in the top 10 at one of the […]
College Commitments-Signings
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2012 ALL-NORTH OAKLAND AREA GIRLS BASKETBALL: Queens of the court have all the assets
(EDITOR’S NOTE: Due to some technical difficulties, NOS is reposting some of its fall and winter sports All-Area teams from the 2011-12 school year.) BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans It was another banner year for girls basketball in the NorthOaklandSports.com coverage area this winter. Did we say banner year? Waterford Our Lady […]
All-Area Teams Directory
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL COMMITMENTS — Class of 2013
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2011 ALL-NORTH OAKLAND AREA GIRLS VOLLEYBALL TEAM: Top netters made their points
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans It was an exceptional year for prep volleyball in the NorthOaklandSports.com coverage area. There were more teams that enjoyed postseason success than any other year in the past. For starters, in the MHSAA Class A state tournament, Lake Orion and Clarkston both reached the Final Four […]
2011 ALL-NORTH OAKLAND AREA BOYS SOCCER TEAM: Gifted players deliver on the pitch
(EDITOR’S NOTE: Due to some technical difficulties, NOS is reposting some of its fall and winter sports All-Area teams from the 2011-12 school year.) BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com One state championship team. One state runner-up squad. Three more teams in the Final Four. One additional team in the Elite Eight. That […]
2012 ALL-NORTH OAKLAND AREA GIRLS BOWLING TEAM: This group had the right touch
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans Bowling talent state wide has increased drastically since the MHSAA adopted the sport in 2004. The number of individual players and the number of schools sponsoring continue to grow, according to the MHSAA. That’s why it’s quite understandable that postseason honors are more difficult to earn […]
2012 ALL-NORTH OAKLAND AREA BOYS BASKETBALL: Division I talents spark hardcourt elite
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans (EDITOR’S NOTE: Due to some technical difficulties, NOS is reposting some of its fall and winter sports All-Area teams from the 2011-12 school year.) During the 2011-12 boys basketball season, it was commonplace to see recognizable Division I and Division II coaches sitting up in the […]
BOYS GOLF: MHSAA State Finals Results 2012
Boys Golf 2012 MHSAA L.P. DIVISION 1 STATE FINALS (June 15-16 at The Meadows, Grand Valley State University) TEAM SCORES — 1. Birmingham Brother Rice, 304-298—602; 2. Battle Creek Lakeview, 296-307—603; 3. Muskegon Mona Shores, 302-306—608; 4. Traverse City West, 299-312—611; 5. Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central, 300-312—612; 6. Novi Detroit Catholic Central. […]
BOYS GOLF: Lancers dip to fourth at D-4 state finals
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans EAST LANSING — Defending Division 4 state champion Auburn Hills Oakland Christian has fallen from grace. The Lancers, who won the D-4 boys golf state title in convincing fashion last season, dropped to fourth overall at this year’s state tournament. Oakland Christian posted a two-day total […]
Lancers enjoying best times with depleted lineup
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans AUBURN HILLS — Needless to say, Auburn Hills Oakland Christian is a small school power on the golf course. Check out the rankings and standings in Division 4, or the team scores at a bevy of tournaments each year, and the Lancers are located in their […]
BOYS GOLF: Regional Scoreboard
Boys Golf DIVISION 4 REGIONAL (June 8 at Westwynd G.C.) TEAM SCORES — 1. Auburn Hills Oakland Christian, 327; 2. (tie) Ann Arbor Greenhills, 359; Rochester Hills Lutheran Northwest, 359; 4. Grosse Pointe Woods University-Liggett, 360; 5. Clarkston Everest Collegiate-Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes Unified, 361; 6. Southfield Christian, 362; 7. Plymouth Christian, […]
BOYS GOLF: Oakland Christian wins fourth straight regional crown
Lutheran Northwest, Everest’s Smith also make the cut BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans OAKLAND TWP. — By his estimates, Randy Johnson feels that Auburn Hills Oakland Christian took its mulligan Thursday on the golf course. The Lancers “didn’t have their best round of golf,” according to the veteran boys golf […]
GIRLS TRACK: Adams, Notre Dame Prep crack top 10 at state finals
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans EAST KENTWOOD — On a day when Grosse Pointe South put on a track and field clinic, area girls track teams still had their moment in the limelight. South defended its state title with 77.5 points, showcasing some of the nation’s top distance events competitors. Four […]
BOYS GOLF: Oakland Christian plays with chip on its shoulder, easily wins district title
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans HOLLY— Randy Johnson is trying to figure it out. Auburn Hills Oakland Christian has not lost to a fellow Division 4 school at a boys golf tournament since the middle of last season and it’s only dual meet loss of the season came when Johnson played […]
