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Revamped Rochester regroups to edge Clarkston

Revamped Rochester regroups to edge Clarkston

| October 11, 2011 | Comments (0)

BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com CLARKSTON — Having injuries to key players is part of sports. All teams have to deal with injuries of all sorts. Some are bumps and bruises, some are long term. Rochester High’s boys soccer team has had to deal with injuries, more than most teams. In fact, the Falcons […]

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MHSAA Week 8 Football Playoffs Listing

MHSAA Week 8 Football Playoffs Listing

| October 11, 2011 | Comments (0)

MHSAA Week 8 Football Playoff Listing EAST LANSING – Here is a list of Michigan High School Athletic Association football playing schools, displaying their win-loss records and playoff averages through the seventh week of the season. Schools on this list are in enrollment order.  An asterisk (*) beside a record indicates that a team has […]

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Associated Press Football Rankings — Oct. 11

Associated Press Football Rankings — Oct. 11

| October 11, 2011 | Comments (1)

Football (By the Associated Press NOTE: Below are the Associated Press Prep Football Rankings entering Week 8. The list included the rank, school, first-place votes, record and total points. Division 1 — 1. Novi Detroit Catholic Central (5) (7-0) 50; 2. Rockford (6-1) 42; 3. Clarkston (5-2) 40; 4. Plymouth (7-0) 36; 5. Utica Eisenhower […]

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Harrison-Lake Orion matchup highlights OAA Crossover Showcase

Harrison-Lake Orion matchup highlights OAA Crossover Showcase

| October 10, 2011 | Comments (0)

The Oakland Activities Association has announced its Week 8 pairings for the second annual OAA Red-White Crossover football games. The teams will face off by order of current standing in their respective division, except for special cases involving the Rochester schools. Rochester High faces either Rochester Adams or Rochester Stoney Creek each year, based on […]

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CROSS COUNTRY: Oakland County Championships Results

CROSS COUNTRY: Oakland County Championships Results

| October 8, 2011 | Comments (3)

Boys Cross Country 52nd ANNUAL OAKLAND COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS (Oct. 8 at Kensington Metropark) TEAM SCORES — 1. Milford, 76; 2. Waterford Mott, 110; 3. White Lake Lakeland, 110; 4. Novi Detroit Catholic Central, 161; 5. Clarkston, 217; 6. Walled Lake Northern, 238; 7. Lake Orion, 239; 8. Farmington, 291; 9. Rochester Adams, 317; 10. Rochester […]

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Beanziger, Wolves thump Royal Oak

Beanziger, Wolves thump Royal Oak

| October 8, 2011 | Comments (0)

ROYAL OAK — With its back against the wall, Clarkston continues to win on the football field. The Wolves made it five straight Friday after having to forfeit the first two games of the season by topping Royal Oak, 45-7, in OAA Red Division play. Clarkston, which is now in second place in the division, […]

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West Bloomfield, Adams, Stoney Creek punch tennis finals tickets

West Bloomfield, Adams, Stoney Creek punch tennis finals tickets

| October 7, 2011 | Comments (1)

BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com ROCHESTER HILLS — As the completion on adjacent courts dwindled down, Jordan Asher knew that it would be close. What the West Bloomfield junior didn’t know that his match carried some significant weight. Asher, a junior, outlasted Charles Xu of Rochester Adams, 6-1, 6-2 in the finals of the […]

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Girls Golf Regional Scoreboard

Girls Golf Regional Scoreboard

| October 7, 2011 | Comments (2)

Girls Golf Regional Scoreboard DIVISION1 REGIONAL (Oct. 6 at Twin Lakes, par 72) TEAM SCORES — 1. Rochester Stoney Creek, 319; 2. Utica, 331; 3. Rochester Adams, 359; 4. Rochester, 365; 5. Port Huron Northern, 385; 6. Lake Orion, 392; 7. Romeo, 398; 8. Utica Eisenhower, 409; 9. Utica Ford II, 413; 10. Macomb L’Anse […]

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Boys Tennis Regional Scoreboard

Boys Tennis Regional Scoreboard

| October 7, 2011 | Comments (2)

Boys Tennis Regional Scoreboard DIVISION 1 REGIONAL (Oct. 6 at Rochester) TEAM SCORES — 1. West Bloomfield, 26; 2. Rochester Adams, 25; 3. Rochester Stoney Creek, 21; 4. Rochester, 9; 5. Walled Lake Central, 5; 6. Lake Orion, 4; 7. Clarkston, 3; 8. (tie) Waterford Kettering, 1; Waterford Mott, 1. CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHTS SINGLES — 1. […]

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STICK’S PICKS: Who will cash in on a playoff berth this week?

STICK’S PICKS: Who will cash in on a playoff berth this week?

| October 6, 2011 | Comments (0)

Last week Pontiac Notre Dame Prep became the first area school to cash in on its playoff ticket. The Fighting Irish are a perfect 6-0 and now can move onto their next goal. Who will join them this week? Lake Orion and Troy Athens are both 5-1 and play each other this week for first […]

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PHOTO GALLERY: 2011 Oakland County Girls Swimming and Diving Championships

PHOTO GALLERY: 2011 Oakland County Girls Swimming and Diving Championships

| October 5, 2011 | Comments (3)

Below is a photo gallery of the 2011 Oakland County Girls Swimming and Diving championships from Oct. 1, as compiled by L McKee Photography. More than 300 photos of this event are now available at www.lmckeephotography.com. L McKee Photography is one of the photography companies that is a partner with digital daily sports publication, www.northoaklandsports.com, […]

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Lake Orion, Notre Dame Prep crack top-10 in AP football polls

Lake Orion, Notre Dame Prep crack top-10 in AP football polls

| October 4, 2011 | Comments (1)

Both Lake Orion and Pontiac Notre Dame Prep cracked the top-10 this week and Clarkston held steady in the top five in the Associated Press Prep Football polls, released Tuesday morning. The polls are conducted by vote by an 11-member panel of sportswriters around the state for each division. Lake Orion, the defending state champions […]

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Prep Football AP State Rankings

Prep Football AP State Rankings

| October 4, 2011 | Comments (0)

Football (By the Associated Press NOTE: Below are the Associated Press Prep Football Rankings entering Week 7. The list included the rank, school, first-place votes, record and total points. Division 1 — 1. Novi Detroit Catholic Central (5) (6-0) 50; 2. Rockford (5-1) 42; 3. (tie) Clarkston (4-2) 37; Grand Ledge (6-0) 37; 5. Plymouth […]

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GIRLS SWIMMING: Oakland County Girls Swimming and Diving Championships

GIRLS SWIMMING: Oakland County Girls Swimming and Diving Championships

| October 2, 2011 | Comments (4)

2011 OAKLAND COUNTY GIRLS SWIMMING AND DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS (Oct. 1 at Lake Orion High School) TEAM SCORES — 1. Farmington Hills Mercy, 362; 2. Birmingham Marian, 227.5; 3. Clarkston, 206; 4. Farmington Harrison, 171; 5. Birmingham Seaholm, 161; 6. Novi, 160; 7. Lake Orion, 133; 8. Birmingham Groves, 126; 9. South Lyon Unified, 122; 10. […]

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Mercy’s depth helps propel Marlins to record seventh straight county title

Mercy’s depth helps propel Marlins to record seventh straight county title

| October 1, 2011 | Comments (0)

BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com LAKE ORION — Farmington Hills Mercy might not have the star power it has had in the past two decades, but the Marlins are proving that there really is strength in numbers. Mercy again showcased why it is annually one of the state’s top girls swimming and diving team […]

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Clarkston sharp in sliding past Rochester

Clarkston sharp in sliding past Rochester

| September 30, 2011 | Comments (0)

BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com ROCHESTER HILLS — Rochester honored some of its all-time great athletes Friday night with its annual Hall of Fame induction. It was Clarkston that more than stole the limelight. Playing in the driving rain and near-freezing temperatures, the Wolves ran roughshod over the injury-riddled Falcons. Clarkston won its third […]

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BOYS SOCCER ROUNDUP: Oxford blanks Lapeer West; Troy, Holly post 0-0 draw

BOYS SOCCER ROUNDUP: Oxford blanks Lapeer West; Troy, Holly post 0-0 draw

| September 30, 2011 | Comments (0)

OXFORD — Oxford broke open a tight game with three second half goals and posted a 4-0 shutout of visiting Lapeer West Thursday in a non-conference boys soccer team. Paul Tomaka scored in the first half and opened the second half with another goal for the Wildcats (8-3-2). Rolly Giberson and Marco Bonfiglio also scored, […]

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FAST FACTS ABOUT NORTH OAKLAND SPORTS.COM

FAST FACTS ABOUT NORTH OAKLAND SPORTS.COM

| September 30, 2011 | Comments (3)

REPORTING SCORES Varsity coaches are urged to report varsity results in a timely fashion by e-mail to senior editor Dan Stickradt at dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com or results@northoaklandsports.com, or by calling the sports nightline recording at (248) 812-1053. Deadlines are normally midnight each day. High schools and colleges in the NorthOaklandSports coverage region include Auburn Hills Avondale, Auburn […]

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