Category: High School
Arthur Hill uses quickness to dispatch Clarkston
DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com BAY CITY — Speed is a weapon that a coach cannot teach or simulate in practice. Clarkston has a lot of speed and quickness in girls basketball this season. The Wolves met their match Tuesday night in the Class A regional semifinals. Saginaw Arthur Hill used its overall quickness […]
Lakers sail into regional finals with rout of Roeper
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com WATERFORD — Several of the top Class D girls basketball programs fell to the way side during district week. Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes has made sure that it has not become one of those victims. The Lakers, the two-time defending state champions, rolled over visiting […]
No satisfaction: Stoney Creek takes down Marian to advance to Sweet 16
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com LAKE ORION — Brad Crighton presented a challenge Tuesday afternoon. The Rochester Stoney Creek girls basketball coach asked his players if they were just satisfied with the school’s first-ever district championship in basketball, boys or girls. Apparently, the cougars are plotting to stay awhile in their new-found territory. […]
Port Huron Northern freezes Cougars in their tracks, advance to Final Four
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com MACOMB TOWNSHIP — In a year where there has been an unusually high number of state-ranked boys hockey teams falling in the earlier rounds, Port Huron Northern has done nothing but back up its top-10 status in the postseason. The Huskies (17-9-1), ranked third in the state heading […]
BOYS BASKETBALL: West Michigan Home School Athletic Association Boys Basketball State Tournament Results
WEST MICHIGAN HOME SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION BOYS BASKETBALL STATE TOURNAMENT (Feb. 24 through March 3 ROUND OF 16 St. Johns Home School 75, Bridgeport Mid-Michigan Home Educators 24 Newaygo Quad-City Home School 56, Howell Home School 37 Sterling Heights Life Summit home School 77, Midland Home School 72 Flint CHASE 46, Lapeer Faith […]
Troy escapes upstart Kettering, eyes Pontiac
BY JAKE LOURIM STUDENT CORRESPONDENT j.lourim@comcast.net TROY — All hopes of a Troy-Pontiac showdown Wednesday were about to disappear at the hands of the most unlikely opponent. But a few big plays from James Young, and Troy escaped with a sloppy effort to advance. Troy eventually withstood pesky Waterford Kettering’s upset bid Monday […]
MONDAY’S BOYS BASKETBALL DISTRICT ROUNDUP: Lake Orion eliminates Stoney Creek; Foley knocks out Oakland Christian
ROCHESTER HILLS — Upsets often occur on the first night of the postseason. Teams with less-than-stellar regular seasons are given new life during the district week. Rochester Stoney Creek was hoping to be one of those teams. With no realistic chance at a district trophy, the Cougars would love nothing more than to bump off […]
Welcome to the machine: Fine-tuned Athens dispatches Avondale
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com TROY — The recent return of Marcarius Coakley has given Troy Athens a facelift. With their entire lineup back and the Red Hawks clicking on all cylinders, Athens was a fine-tuned machine Monday in the opening round of the Class A boys basketball state tournament. The Red Hawks […]
PREP STATE RANKINGS: Girls Basketball, Boys Basketball
Girls Basketball (By the Associated Press) The top 10 teams in the Michigan Associated Press high school basketball poll, with records in parentheses. Totals are based on 15 points for a first-place vote, 14 for second, etc.: Class A (First-place votes, team record, total points) — 1. Grand Haven (5) (19-1) 75; 2. Lansing Waverly […]
Stoney Creek claims second regional crown in three years
MACOMB TWP. — Rochester Stoney Creek proved you don’t have to have a magical regular season to find magic in the postseason. Stoney Creek played in its fourth straight regional final with a sub-five-hundred record Saturday night at the Suburban Macomb Ice Arena and still walked off the ice with a 5-3 victory over Romeo. […]
MACS ALL-STATE BASKETBALL
MACS ALL-STATE BASKETBALL Below are the 2011-12 Michigan Association of Christian Schools All-State boys basketball and girls basketball teams, as selected by coaches of member schools. Corrections and additions of player’s height, grade and position can be submitted to dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com BOYS BASKETBALL DIVISION I DIVISION 1 FIRST TEAM Todd Gardiner Temperance Stateline Chr. […]
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 […]
Notre Dame Prep fourth at D-3 cheer finals
GRAND RAPIDS — Richmond was convincing Saturday afternoon in winning its first MHSAA Division 3 competitive cheer state title. After finishing second to Comstock Park a year ago, the Blue Devils posted a 781.8380 team score to finish well ahead of the eight-school pack. Comstock Park was a distant second (765.4852). Grosse Ile edged Pontiac […]
Brandon an all-time best third at D-2 competitive cheer state finals
GRAND RAPIDS — Gibraltar Carlson started the year No.1 in the state. That’s exactly where the Marauders finish up. Gibraltar Carlson put the finishing touches on a dominant season, winning the MHSAA competitive cheer Division 2 state crown Saturday, collecting 807.3944 points. Ortonville Brandon, the sole area team in the Division 2 finals, finished an […]
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 […]
Fellowship Baptist holds off Rochester Hills Christian for MACS state title
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com CLARKSTON — Carson City Fellowship Baptist felt the disappointment of being upset last season in the Michigan Association of Christian Schools Division I state tournament. The Falcons more than made up for it this season. Going into the postseason with the No. 1 ranking, Fellowship Baptist put the […]
Clarkston stymies Grand Blanc for second straight district title
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com HOLLY— Like any good mentor, Clarkston girls basketball coach Tim Wasilk was concerned that his team might have an off night in the postseason and be an upset victim in the early rounds. After the Friday’s rout of Grand Blanc, those concerns have been culled for the moment. […]
