Category: Lake Orion
League title matches, OAA crossover tilts highlight Week 8
The postseason is only two short weeks away, and there’s nothing like a slate of games where league championships, crossover, rivalries and state-qualifying sixth win on the line. That’s exactly what we’ll see in Week 8 and Week 9. There are so many scenarios to be played out, just at the local level, in the […]
Lake Orion sweeps Oxford to set up showdown with Clarkston
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com LAKE ORION — With a showdown looming with Clarkston next week, Lake Orion made sure there was no major hiccup on the schedule like last year, when the Dragons went on a mini tailspin during October. Lake Orion, ranked third in Class A, swept rival Oxford 3-0 at home […]
TUESDAY’S VOLLEYBALL ROUNDUP: Athens outlasts Groves; Stoney Creek sweeps Royal Oak
BIRMINGHAM — Troy Athens won the first, second and fourth games to outlast host Birmingham Groves Tuesday in an OAA White Division volleyball match. The Red Hawks posted a 25-19, 25-23, 19-25, 25-17 triumph over the Falcons. Lisa Lavelanet had nine kills and three blocks to pace the Red Hawks (20-20, 5-3). Rachel Senopole added […]
MHSAA Week 8 Football Playoffs Listing
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 […]
Associated Press Football Rankings — Oct. 11
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 […]
Harrison-Lake Orion matchup highlights OAA Crossover Showcase
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 […]
CROSS COUNTRY: Oakland County Championships Results
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 […]
Lake Orion grounds Athens to earn OAA-Red title share
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com LAKE ORION — A year ago Lake Orion’s only loss during its state championship season was to Farmington Harrison. The Dragons earned a rematch with the state’s most feared and respected program. Lake Orion broke a 7-7 halftime tie Friday in its OAA Red Division showdown with Troy Athens […]
West Bloomfield, Adams, Stoney Creek punch tennis finals tickets
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 […]
Girls Golf Regional Scoreboard
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 […]
Boys Tennis Regional Scoreboard
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. […]
Stoney Creek defends regional golf championship
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com OAKLAND TOWNSHIP — Rochester Stoney Creek spent most of last season ranked No. 1 in the state before finishing second to Saline by three strokes at the Division 1 finals. The Cougars now have a shot at redemption. Stoney Creek, which has been ranked No. 1 or No. 2 […]
STICK’S PICKS: Who will cash in on a playoff berth this week?
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 […]
PHOTO GALLERY: 2011 Oakland County Girls Swimming and Diving Championships
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, […]
BOYS SOCCER ROUNDUP: Avondale stuns 10th-ranked Rochester Adams
AUBURN HILLS — Auburn Hills Avondale is a member of the OAA White Division. The Yellowjackets are still playing some bigger schools with tremendous success this season. Behind two goals in the first half and another in the second half, Avondale turned back Division 1 10th-ranked Rochester Adams, 3-1, Tuesday in an OAA boys soccer […]
Lake Orion, Notre Dame Prep crack top-10 in AP football polls
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 […]
Prep Football AP State Rankings
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 […]
GIRLS SWIMMING: Oakland County Girls Swimming and Diving Championships
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. […]
