Category: Lake Orion
DIVISION 1 CROSS COUNTRY STATE FINALS: Milford defends crown; Seaholm girls finally have moment in the sun
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans BROOKLYN, Mich. — Please excuse Jeff Devantier if he was a little bit edgy, almost nervous to an extreme point at around 3:30 p.m. Saturday. Less than a half an hour following of the completion of the Lower Peninsula Division 1 cross country state finals, Devantier […]
FOOTBALL: Lake Orion uses trickery to rally past Eisenhower for district crown
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans LAKE ORION — Championship-caliber teams often find ways to win when things aren’t necessarily going their way. Lake Orion faced a gut-check Friday night and were able to find another gear against the odds. The Dragons used some patience and trickery and rallied back with a […]
STICK’S PICKS: District titles within reach for six local teams
Strange, but true. A year ago all of the prep football teams were done following the district championship rounds, aka, the Sweet 16. In rare fashion, the 10 local playoff schools lost in either the first or second round of the postseason. Chances are, that won’t happen again. The six remaining teams with ties to […]
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL: Lake Orion sweeps Oxford to set up showdown with Clarkston
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ROMEO — For three straight years, Clarkston defeated Lake Orion on the final night of OAA Red Division play to capture a conference championship. The Dragons suffered a five-game defeat by the hands of the second-ranked Wolves only two weeks ago, including a nail-biting 18-16 fifth […]
CROSS COUNTRY: Oxford, Romeo run to titles
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans GOODELLS — Perhaps sometimes the stars do align perfectly. They sure did Saturday for Oxford out on the cross country course. Oxford’s girls emerged from a heap of quality teams to win their first regional title as a Division I school, collecting 65 points at Goodells […]
FOOTBALL: Lake Orion cruises past Stevenson
LAKE ORION — Only two teams have been able to give Lake Orion much of a challenge this season. Sterling Heights Stevenson was not one of them. In a rematch of a 2008 regional final, the home-standing Dragons made sure they would not need to stage a game-winning field goal to advance. This time Lake […]
STICK’S PICKS: Playoffs is the final test for area’s Lucky 7
Then there were seven. A total of seven local schools with ties to the www.northoaklandsports.com coverage area have advanced to the 2012 prep football playoffs. Last year was a strange season in that no area team got past the second round and only three of the local 10 qualifiers even won a first-round contest. How […]
PREP FOOTBALL RANKINGS — Oct. 23
Football (By the Associated Press) Division 1 (School Total Points) — 1. Clarkston (5) (9-0) 50; 2. Livonia Churchill (9-0) 45; 3. Lake Orion (8-1) 40; 4. Rockford (7-2) 34; 5. Macomb Dakota (8-1) 29; 6. Flint Carman-Ainsworth (8-1) 22; 7. Detroit Cass Tech (7-2) 17; 8. Warren Mott (8-1) 9; 9. Utica Eisenhower (7-2) […]
PREP FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS NOTEBOOK: Clarkston, Lake Orion on opposite ends; Avondale looking forward to rough run
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans For the past two decades, whenever Clarkston and Lake Orion were in the postseason at the same time, they were often lumped into the same district or region. Proximity-wise, this made sense, considering the two schools are only around 10 miles apart. This season, the two […]
2012 MHSAA PREP FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS PAIRINGS
Below are the pairings for the 2012 MHSAA Football Playoffs, which begin with Pre-Districts in the 11-Player Playoffs and Pre-Regionals in the 8-Player Playoffs Oct. 26-27. Qualifying teams for the Playoffs were divided into eight Divisions of 32 schools each. Within each Division are four Regions of eight teams each; and within those regions are […]
BOYS SOCCER: Lake Orion upsets Clarkston; Grand Blanc edges Oxford
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans OXFORD — Revenge can be sweet. It can be even better in the postseason. Lake Orion enjoyed the sweet taste of revenge Thursday in its Division 1 district semifinal at Oxford. After losing to arch-rival Clarkston 3-1 only two weeks ago, the unheralded Dragons continued their […]
GIRLS GOLF: Davison holds off Rochester, Adams for regional title
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans OAKLAND TOWNSHIP — Davison might have been at a disadvantage Thursday on the links of Twin Lakes. The course was a solid hour away from home and the Cardinals were not all that familiar with its features. That simply did not matter. Unranked Davison captured its […]
FOOTBALL: Clash of the Titans: Top-ranked Clarkston rallies past No. 2 Lake Orion to clinch OAA-Red title
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans LAKE ORION — DJ Zezula surrendered his starting spot to Caine Watlington Friday night. The Clarkston sophomore quarterback more than made up for lost time in the fourth quarter against Lake Orion. Zezula helped the Wolves put together a 22-play drive that spanned 9:48 and that […]
GIRLS GOLF: Regional Scoreboard
Girls Golf DIVISION 1 REGIONAL (Oct. 11 at Twin Lakes, par 72) TEAM SCORES — 1. Davison, 351; 2. Rochester, 359; 3. Rochester Adams, 367; 4. Rochester Stoney Creek, 369; 5. Port Huron Northern, 369; 6. Clarkston, 388; 7. Grand Blanc, 391; 8. Lake Orion, 399; 9. Midland, 406; 10. Oxford, 412; 11. Utica […]
BOYS TENNIS: Regional Scoreboard
Boys Tennis DIVISION 1 REGIONAL (Oct. 11 at Grosse Pointe South) TEAM SCORES — 1. Troy, 30; 2. (tie) Troy Athens, 21; Grosse Pointe South, 21; 4. Warren Cousino, 15; 5. Warren DeLaSalle, 9; 6. (tie) Fraser, 4; Utica Ford, 4; Sterling Heights Stevenson, 4; 9. […]
STICK’S PICKS: Rivalries collide in Week 8
This is Week 8 of the high school football season and it’s a week of rivalry games and league championship contests. Many local teams are also a win or two away from postseason berths. So much is on the line. The biggest game on tap is the Clarkston-Lake Orion contest, which pits two of the […]
BOYS TENNIS: Brother Rice, Adams advance to state finals
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ROCHESTER HILLS — For any boys tennis team coming out of Oakland County, advancing to the state finals is not a right or passage but an earned merit. Birmingham Brother Rice captured its fifth straight Division 1 regional title Thursday at Rochester High, topping the nine-school […]
COLLEGE COMMITMENTS: Check out to see who will be playing at the next level
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