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All-Area Teams Directory

All-Area Teams Directory

| July 11, 2012 | Comments (2)

  SPRING SPORTS 2012 ALL-AREA TEAM 2012 ALL-NORTH OAKLAND AREA BASEBALL: Coming July 18-31 2012 ALL-NORTH OAKLAND AREA SOFTBALL: Coming July 18-31 2012 ALL-NORTH OAKLAND AREA GIRLS SOCCER: Coming July 18-31 2012 ALL-NORTH OAKLAND AREA BOYS TRACK: Coming July 18-31 2012 ALL-NORTH OAKLAND AREA GIRLS TRACK: Coming July 18-31 2012 ALL-NORTH OAKLAND AREA BOYS LACROSSE: […]

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL COMMITMENTS — Class of 2013

COLLEGE FOOTBALL COMMITMENTS — Class of 2013

| July 11, 2012 | Comments (1)

Know of a local prep football player made an oral commitment, agreed to terms for a walk-on position or is currently playing collegiate sports from the www.northoaklandsports.com coverage region? Please feel free to submit information about any local athletes. Include photos and contact information and we will compile feature stories on as many of these […]

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2011 ALL-NORTH OAKLAND AREA GIRLS VOLLEYBALL TEAM: Top netters made their points

2011 ALL-NORTH OAKLAND AREA GIRLS VOLLEYBALL TEAM: Top netters made their points

| July 11, 2012 | Comments (3)

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 […]

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2011 ALL-NORTH OAKLAND AREA BOYS SOCCER TEAM: Gifted players deliver on the pitch

2011 ALL-NORTH OAKLAND AREA BOYS SOCCER TEAM: Gifted players deliver on the pitch

| July 10, 2012 | Comments (3)

(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 […]

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2012 ALL-NORTH OAKLAND AREA BOYS HOCKEY TEAM: The puck drops right here with this talented bunch

2012 ALL-NORTH OAKLAND AREA BOYS HOCKEY TEAM: The puck drops right here with this talented bunch

| July 9, 2012 | Comments (3)

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.) For the 10th straight season, at least one area boys hockey team advanced to the state quarterfinals in one of the three divisions. […]

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2012 ALL-OAA BOYS GOLF TEAMS

2012 ALL-OAA BOYS GOLF TEAMS

| July 9, 2012 | Comments (2)

2012 ALL-OAA BOYS GOLF TEAMS ALL-OAA RED DIVISION Final Standings — 1. Rochester Adams; 2. Lake Orion; 3.Rochester Stoney Creek; 4. Rochester; 5. Troy; 6. Clarkston. Clarkston: Jimmy Delnick, sr.; Lake Orion: Mason Gorris, sr.; Alex Waelchli, jr.; Rochester: Eric Shyu, sr.; Rochester Adams: Bren Van Orman, sr.; Eric Busa, jr.; Brandon Barrows, fr.; Rochester […]

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2012 ALL-NORTH OAKLAND AREA GIRLS BOWLING TEAM: This group had the right touch

2012 ALL-NORTH OAKLAND AREA GIRLS BOWLING TEAM: This group had the right touch

| July 5, 2012 | Comments (2)

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 […]

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2012 ALL-NORTH OAKLAND AREA BOYS SWIMMING TEAM: Talented swimmers left it all in the tank

2012 ALL-NORTH OAKLAND AREA BOYS SWIMMING TEAM: Talented swimmers left it all in the tank

| July 2, 2012 | Comments (1)

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.) Although there were no state champions this season, there were still several top-level performers in area pools this past winter. In fact, at […]

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2012 ALL-NORTH OAKLAND AREA GIRLS SKI TEAM: State champion Dohm heads up talented squad

2012 ALL-NORTH OAKLAND AREA GIRLS SKI TEAM: State champion Dohm heads up talented squad

| June 28, 2012 | Comments (3)

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.) In terms of team success in girls skiing, only two area teams qualified for the state finals in each of the two […]

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2012 ALL-NORTH OAKLAND AREA BOYS BASKETBALL: Division I talents spark hardcourt elite

2012 ALL-NORTH OAKLAND AREA BOYS BASKETBALL: Division I talents spark hardcourt elite

| June 26, 2012 | Comments (2)

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 […]

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BOYS GOLF: MHSAA State Finals Results 2012

BOYS GOLF: MHSAA State Finals Results 2012

| June 24, 2012 | Comments (1)

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. […]

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BOYS GOLF: Regional Scoreboard

BOYS GOLF: Regional Scoreboard

| June 12, 2012 | Comments (1)

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, […]

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PREP SOFTBALL: Lakeland the one left standing at all-star regional

PREP SOFTBALL: Lakeland the one left standing at all-star regional

| June 11, 2012 | Comments (0)

Romeo stuns No. 2 Clarkston; Athens eliminated   BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans   HARTLAND — There is one thing that Joe Alsup really enjoys about winning regional championships. “It never gets old,” smiled Alsup, White Lake Lakeland’s veteran softball coach. Sixth-ranked Lakeland downed Romeo, 3-0, Saturday in a Division 1 regional […]

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PREP BASEBALL: Lake Orion ends five-year drought, claims district crown

PREP BASEBALL: Lake Orion ends five-year drought, claims district crown

| June 7, 2012 | Comments (0)

LAKE ORION — Despite being one of the state’s top prep baseball programs over the past dozen years, Lake Orion has run into a postseason roadblock on the baseball diamond in recent times. Since winning its only state baseball championship in 2007, the state-ranked Dragons have not been able to escape the district round of […]

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SOFTBALL: Clarkston trips up Lake Orion, Kettering for district crown

SOFTBALL: Clarkston trips up Lake Orion, Kettering for district crown

| June 7, 2012 | Comments (0)

BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans   LAKE ORION — After suffering the pain of being an upset victim the past two seasons, Clarkston’s softball team more than made up for it at Monday’s Division 1 district. The second-ranked Wolves blanked Lake Orion 8-0 in the semifinals and avenged Waterford Kettering, the same […]

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PREP TRACK: Division 1 State Finals Results

PREP TRACK: Division 1 State Finals Results

| June 2, 2012 | Comments (0)

Boys Track   L.P. DIVISION 1 STATE FINALS (June 2 at East Kentwood H.S.) TEAM SCORES — 1. Lake Orion 50; 2. Grand Blanc 44; 3. Saline 42; 4. Milford 41; 5. Birmingham Groves 32; 6. Bay City Western 26; 7. West Bloomfield 25; 8. (tie) East Kentwood 24; Ypsilanti 24; 10. Battle Creek Lakeview […]

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BOYS GOLF: Adams links up to topple district field

BOYS GOLF: Adams links up to topple district field

| June 2, 2012 | Comments (0)

BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans   ORION TWP. — Despite a fine season which included the OAA Red Division championship, Rochester Adams dropped out of the boys golf Division 1 top 10 last week. Perhaps the Highlanders served notice Friday that they do belong among the state’s elite. Adams, playing in perhaps […]

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BOYS LACROSSE REGIONALS: Brother Rice continues mastery, downs Clarkston for regional crown

BOYS LACROSSE REGIONALS: Brother Rice continues mastery, downs Clarkston for regional crown

| June 1, 2012 | Comments (1)

BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans   WEST BLOOMFIELD — Trying to figure out how to beat Birmingham Brother Rice in boys lacrosse is like trying to understand the full wisdom of God. Right now, at least for Michigan-based teams, it seems downright impossible. Brother Rice, the top-ranked team in both Division 1 […]

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