Category: High School
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 […]
Split decision: Oxford divides up, still claims invite title
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com OXFORD — To fill a spot for an eighth team, Kristi McDevitt had to split up her Oxford volleyball program into two squads Saturday for the Oxford Invitational. The Wildcats still rose to the top in the end to win the title. Oxford’s ‘A’ team finished the day with […]
Holly rolls by Lapeer West for fifth straight win
HOLLY— Back-to-back losses to Lapeer East and Swartz Creek may haunt Holly in the final Flint Metro League standings. But since that 0-2 start, the Bronchos have been downright scary. Holly captured its fifth straight win Friday, all league games, to move into a first place tie in the nine-school FML with Ortonville Brandon. Holly […]
FOOTBALL ROUNDUP: Falcons end five-game skid in sinking Lakers
WEST BLOOMFIELD — Rochester welcomed back an old friend Thursday night and finally stopped the bleeding of a five-game losing streak by chewing up West Bloomfield 31-17 in an OAA Red Division football game Thursday. Senior fullback Cody Devoe, last year’s leading rusher who missed 3.5 games with a shoulder injury, returned to the grid […]
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 […]
Quite a rush: Pontiac uses ground game to chew up Troy
BY JAKE LOURIM STUDENT CORRESPONDENT j.lourim@comcast.net TROY— How things can change. The Troy defense had just surrendered a 67-yard Pontiac touchdown run, but the offense was at it again on Homecoming, trying to lead the Colts to a three-game drive to the playoffs. Suddenly, Pontiac returned a red zone interception 92 yards for a touchdown […]
Beanziger, Wolves thump Royal Oak
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, […]
Line shatters school marks in Oxford’s 49-26 win over Southfield
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com OXFORD — In his 30-plus years of coaching, bud Rowley had never seen such an effort as he did Friday. The veteran Oxford football coach watched as senior running back Prescott Line ran rampant on visiting Southfield in a 49-26, come-from-behind OAA White Division victory. Line shattered the school […]
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 […]
Maples stand tall in winning ninth regional in 10 years
Marian, Fenton both advance; turner, Johnson, Kurczewski all make individual cut BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com HOLLY — Few teams in Michigan have had more success at the regional level than Birmingham Seaholm in recent years. The Maples’ girls golf team has simply dominated in the past decade. The Maples collected a play-five, count-four […]
Troy advances with second-place effort at golf regional
Athens’ Yang makes cut as individual BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com NORTHVILLE — Two state-ranked teams and one state-ranked team made the cut for the state finals out of Thursday’s Division 1 regional at Tanglewood Golf Course. Second-ranked Grosse Pointe South had four of the top five finishers and five in the top 15 […]
Top-ranked Harrison too much for Rochester Adams
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com ROCHESTER HILLS — Give Farmington Harrison an inch and the Hawks will take a mile. Give them good field position and Harrison will make you pay — dearly. Coming in as the state’s overall No. 1-rated team, also ranked 24th nationally by Max Preps, the Hawks benefitted from consistent […]
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 […]
GIRLS GOLF: OAA White Division Results
OAA WHITE DIVISION TOURNAMENT NO. 2 (Huron Meadows, par 71) TEAM SCORES — 1. North Farmington/Harrison, 372; 2. Oxford, 383; 3. Troy Athens, 390; 4. Birmingham Groves, 391; 5. Bloomfield Hills Lahser, 395; 6. Bloomfield Hills Andover, 396; 7. Farmington, 417; 8. West Bloomfield, 418. TOP INDIVIDUALS — 1. Jessica Turner (Birmingham Groves) 78; 2. […]
