Category: Lake Orion
TUESDAY’S GIRLS SOCCER ROUNDUP: Oxford routs West Bloomfield; Troy blanks Lake Orion
OXFORD — Oxford ushered in the new girls soccer season Tuesday with an explosive win over defending OAA white Division champion West Bloomfield, 8-0. Oxford scored three times in the first half and five more times in the second half to prevail. Chelsea Johnson scored twice to lead the Wildcats (1-0-0, 1-0-0). Paige Brinker added […]
A.P. Boys Basketball Class A All-State Team
ASSOCIATED PRESS BOYS BASKETBALL CLASS A ALL-STATE TEAM CLASS A ALL-STATE FIRST TEAM: Player of the Year: Matt Costello, Bay City Western, 6-10, Sr. Travontis Richardson, Saginaw, 6-3, Sr. Bishop Robinson, Kalamazoo Loy-Norrix, 6-2, Jr. Connar Tava, Warren De La Salle, 6-6, Sr. Denzel Watts, Flint Carman-Ainsworth, 6-1, Jr. Kahlil Felder, Detroit Pershing, […]
PREP STATE RANKINGS—Spring Sports
PREP STATE RANKINGS Digital sports publication www.northoaklandsports.com will publish state rankings each week. Forward copies by e-mail to senior editor dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com or to results@northoaklandsports.com. Baseball (By the coaches association) Division 1 — 1. Rockford; 2. Portage Central; 3. Grosse Pointe South; 4. Grand Ledge; 5. Hudsonville; 6. Birmingham Brother Rice; 7. Temperance-Bedford; 8. Sterling […]
2012 ALL-STATE BOYS HOCKEY
Boys Hockey 2012 MICHIGAN HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY COACHES ASSOCIATION ALL-STATE TEAM DIVISION 1 FIRST TEAM Forwards Michael Babcock, Novi Detroit Catholic Central Collin Finkhouse, Lowell Charlie Green, Novi Detroit Catholic Central Peter Halash, Novi Detroit Catholic Central Curtis Herzog, Novi Tommy Kivisto, Brighton J.P. Lucchese, Grosse Pointe North Mark McGee, Plymouth Salem […]
Associated Press Girls Basketball Class A All-State Team
ASSOCIATED PRESS ALL-STATE GIRLS BASKETBALL CLASS A ALL-STATE FIRST TEAM Player of the Year: Caprice Dennis, Detroit Pershing, 5-9, Sr., Branndais Agee, Detroit Cass Tech, 5-11, Sr. Kelsey Mitchell, Inkster, 6-1, Sr. Raven Bankston, Detroit Mumford, 6-7, Jr. Marie Gaedke, Dearborn Edsel Ford, 5-10, Sr. Elena Popkey, Warren Cousino, 5-7, Sr. Gabby Yurik, Stoney […]
87 years in the making: Lake Orion wins first regional title since 1925
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter:@LocalSportsFans LAKE ORION — Just a few short weeks ago, Tom Risi wrote a brief challenge up on the board in the team meeting room for his players to see. Perhaps his players took the message to heart. Risi, Lake Orion’s first-year boys basketball coach, told his team […]
Dragons mount big comeback to advance to Sweet 16
LAKE ORION — Behind an improbable comeback, Lake Orion kept its dream season Monday night and at Bloomfield Hills Lahser’s expense. The host Dragons bounded back from an 18-0 deficit after the first quarter to stun Bloomfield Hills Lahser, 52-50, in a Class A boys basketball regional semifinal at Lake Orion. Lake Orion will place […]
BOYS SWIMMING: OAA Red Division Results
Boys Swimming OAA RED DIVISION LEAGUE MEET (Feb. 23-25 at Lake Orion) TEAM SCORES — 1. Birmingham Seaholm, 477.5; 2. Birmingham Groves, 365; 3. Lake Orion, 285; 4. Troy, 271; 5. North Farmington, 233.5; 6. Clarkston, 216; 7. Bloomfield Hills Lahser, 189. DUAL STANDINGS — 1. Birmingham Seaholm (6-0); 2. Birmingham Groves (5-1); 3. […]
Breaking the hex: Lake Orion stuns Rochester for first district title in 28 years
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ROCHESTER HILLS — A long drought had to come to an end Friday night at Rochester Adams. Both Rochester and Lake Orion had not won a district since the mid-1980s, with Rochester’s last district coming in 1988 and Lake Orion’s 1984. Despite losing in the district […]
Lake Orion holds off Oxford for district win
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com ROCHESTER HILLS — One long drought will end Friday night. Lake Orion, which has not won a district championship in boys basketball since 1984, will play for a district championship thanks to a 64-57 victory Wednesday over rival Oxford in a Class A district semifinal at Rochester Adams. […]
MHSAA BOYS BASKETBALL DISTRICT DRAWS
MHSAA BOYS BASKETBALL DISTRICT DRAWS Below are the 2011-12 boys basketball district draws involving schools from the www.northoaklandsports.com coverage area. Contact host school for further details. CLASS A DISTRICT NO. 8 AT SWARTZ CREEK Monday, March 5 Game 1 — Clarkston vs. Grand Blanc, 5 pm. Game 2 — Swartz Creek vs. Fenton, […]
Eisenhower avenges Lake Orion in regional finals
MT. CLEMENS — It was a year ago that Utica Eisenhower saw it season come to an abrupt end. Lake Orion ushered the Eisenhower from the Division 1 boys hockey state tournament in the first round with a 10-2 victory. The Eagles gained a measure of revenge on Saturday night at the Mt. Clemens Ice […]
Palace Crowning: Grajdzik, Line, Scott, Gonzales all claim wrestling titles to gain royalty
DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com AUBURN HILLS — Standing on center stage, Nick Gajdzik accomplished something Saturday night that no one else in his school’s 10-year history had done before. The Rochester Stoney Creek senior claimed an individual state championship in wrestling. Gajdzik took down Logan Rimmer of Temperance Bedford, 2-1, in the final […]
FRIDAY’S BOYS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Rochester tops Lake Orion for 19th straight win
LAKE ORION — Rochester capped the regular season Friday with this 16-point road win, which is the Falcons’ 19 straight wins after a season-opening loss to Detroit Loyola. The Falcons (19-1, 10-0) also capped an unbeaten season in the OAA Blue Division with this make-up game, originally scheduled for Feb. 24. Lake Orion raced out […]
Stoney Creek claims third at D-1 state finals
Lake Orion finishes fifth, Rochester seventh; Southgate wins first state title BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com GRAND RAPIDS — A sport that was once dominated by a select few schools, competitive cheer has seen a changing of the guard in recent years. For the fourth year in a row, a different champion […]
COMPETITIVE CHEER — State Finals Scoreboard
Competitive Cheer DIVISION 1 STATE FINALS (March 2 at DeltaPlex, Grand Rapids) TOTAL TEAM SCORES — 1. Southgate Anderson, 816.6230; 2. Hudsonville, 813.2976; 3. Rochester Stoney Creek, 811.3456; 4. Hartland, 808.4680; 5. Lake Orion, 807.5440; 6. East Kentwood, 840.888; 7. Rochester, 804.8586; 8. Grandville, 801.8552. ROUND I — 1. Lake Orion, 234.8; 2. Grandville, […]
Balavich, Galasso shine as Lake Orion ousts Clarkston
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP — Come through in the clutch in the postseason, and the friend requests might increase through various social media networks. That could be the scenario for Nick Balavich and Drew Galasso over the next few days. Balavich scored the game-winning goal with just 5:19 left in […]
THURSDAY’S BOYS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Oxford records most wins since 1949; Clarkston goes unbeaten in OAA-Red
OXFORD — In 1949, Oxford finished 17-2 in boys basketball and won league and district championships that year. The Wildcats have not won more than 13 games in the past 62 season until now. Oxford capped the regular seasons with their 14th win in 20 starts, downing visiting Bloomfield Hills Andover, 78-72. Mark Hazelwood scored […]
