play-smart-from-the-start-945x115adpng

Category: High School

TUESDAY’S PREP SCOREBOARD

TUESDAY’S PREP SCOREBOARD

| April 20, 2011 | Comments (0)

Girls Tennis CLARKSTON 7, TROY 1 SINGLES — 1. Gabriella Spindler (C) d. Kelly Forman 6-0, 6-1; 2. Lexi Baylis (C) d. Courtney Fietsam 6-0, 6-0; 3. Katie Brozovich (C) d. Sruthi Chandra 6-1, 6-0; 4. Kristina Lucas (C) d. Lillian Liang 6-0, 6-1. DOUBLES — 1. Paige Olsen-Dana Olsen (C) d. Amanda Gao-Allison Li […]

Read More

TUESDAY’S SOCCER ROUNDUP: Oakland Christian rolls over rival Lutheran Northwest

TUESDAY’S SOCCER ROUNDUP: Oakland Christian rolls over rival Lutheran Northwest

| April 20, 2011 | Comments (0)

AUBURN HILLS — Auburn Hills Oakland Christian made sure that it would claim a rivalry win Tuesday night. The Lancers never trailed, scoring three goals in each half to upend rival Rochester Hills Lutheran Northwest 6-1 in a MIAC Blue Division soccer game. Tori Johns scored twice in the first half and Cheyenne Witt added […]

Read More

MONDAY’S LACROSSE ROUNDUP: Sharkey scores five as Clarkston blats Athens

MONDAY’S LACROSSE ROUNDUP: Sharkey scores five as Clarkston blats Athens

| April 20, 2011 | Comments (0)

CLARKSTON — Clarkston may be a division lower than Troy Athens when it comes to OAA girls lacrosse. On Monday, the Wolves were definitely in a league of their own. Sophomore Lauren Sharkey led an onslaught of scoring, tallying five goals in a 19-7 OAA crossover win Monday over the visiting Red Hawks. Quinn Dabrowski […]

Read More

MONDAY’S GIRLS SOCCER ROUNDUP: Avondale finally tames Lake Orion

MONDAY’S GIRLS SOCCER ROUNDUP: Avondale finally tames Lake Orion

| April 20, 2011 | Comments (0)

LAKE ORION — Since moving to the OAA Red Division four years ago, Auburn Hills Avondale could not seem to find the winning recipe against Lake Orion. The Yellowjackets finally tamed the beast Monday night. Avondale scored one goal in the first half and added two more goals after halftime for good measure to douse […]

Read More

PREP STATE RANKINGS—April 18

PREP STATE RANKINGS—April 18

| April 20, 2011 | Comments (1)

On-line-only daily sports newspaper 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 Girls Tennis (By the coaches association) Division 1 — 1. Midland Dow; 2. Clarkston; 3. Ann Arbor Pioneer; 4. Saline; 5. Northville; 6. Hudsonville; 7. Port Huron Northern; 8. Grosse Pointe South; 9. […]

Read More

2011 GIRLS LACROSSE TEAM CAPSULES

2011 GIRLS LACROSSE TEAM CAPSULES

| April 19, 2011 | Comments (3)

2011 GIRLS LACROSSE TEAM CAPSULES Below are the team capsules for girls lacrosse programs located in the coverage area for www.northoaklandsports.com. Teams wishing to have their information published here can e-mailto results@northoaklandsports.com or to Senior Editor Dan Stickradt at dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Clarkston HEAD COACH: Stephanie Dellinger, first season. LAST SEASON’S RECORD: Overall record not available, 2-2 […]

Read More

Winter Sports All-Area Teams Directory

Winter Sports All-Area Teams Directory

| April 19, 2011 | Comments (1)

Below is the directory for the All-Area Teams for the winter season 2010-11: 2011 All-Area teams – Winter Sports – www.northoaklandsports.com Below are the links for the 2011 All-Area teams for the winter sports for the 2010-11 season BOYS BASKETBALL: http://northoaklandsports.com/2011/04/18/2011-all-area-boys-basketball-coachable-players-help-yield-great-success/ GIRLS BASKETBALL: http://northoaklandsports.com/2011/04/15/2524/ BOYS-GIRLS SKIING: http://northoaklandsports.com/2011/04/18/2011-all-area-ski-team-clarkston-lake-orion-head-up-talented-cast-of-ski-racers/ BOYS GIRLS BOWLING: http://northoaklandsports.com/2011/04/17/2011-all-area-bowling-this-group-knocks-them-down-with-precision/ WRESTLING: http://northoaklandsports.com/2011/03/31/2011-all-area-wrestling-state-champions-head-up-deep-and-talented-group-of-matmen/ BOYS HOCKEY: […]

Read More

   2011 All-Area Boys Basketball: Coachable players help yield great success

2011 All-Area Boys Basketball: Coachable players help yield great success

| April 18, 2011 | Comments (6)

BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com While talent is always in abundance locally on basketball courts each winter, this year some stellar coaching had a big help in the success of area teams. A huge help. In fact, perhaps 2010-11 was truly the year of the coach in the coverage area for www.northoaklandsports.com. In a […]

Read More

2011 All-Area Ski Team: Clarkston, Lake Orion head up talented cast of ski racers

2011 All-Area Ski Team: Clarkston, Lake Orion head up talented cast of ski racers

| April 18, 2011 | Comments (1)

BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com High School skiing offers the shortest season of all of the sports sanctioned by the Michigan High School Athletic Association. The sport’s competition run lasts less than two months, going from January to late February. Clarkston’s boys, which finished an all-time best second at the Division 1 state finals, […]

Read More

DONATED VIDEO: One of the greatest goals in soccer history

DONATED VIDEO: One of the greatest goals in soccer history

| April 17, 2011 | Comments (0)

There are amazing moments in sports that happen all over the globe. Here is a short video of one of the greatest soccer goals ever scored, tallied by Quinonez Wilson of Brazil. The ironic thing about the play was that Wilson was still issued a yellow card for taking off his shirt after the play, […]

Read More

2011 All-Area Bowling: This group knocks them down with precision

2011 All-Area Bowling: This group knocks them down with precision

| April 17, 2011 | Comments (3)

BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com The sport of high school bowling is less than a decade old in Michgian and the level of play has grown considerably since it’s since its debut in 2003-04. The scores and averages have gradually improved and so has the depth of various leagues around the state, as more […]

Read More

TRACK & FIELD: Oxford Invitational Results

TRACK & FIELD: Oxford Invitational Results

| April 17, 2011 | Comments (2)

Girls Track 49TH OXFORD INVITATIONAL (at Oxford High School) TEAM SCORES — 1. (tie) Novi, 84; Waterford Mott, 84; 3. Walled Lake Central, 70; 4. Rochester Adams, 62; 5. Pontiac Notre Dame Prep, 56; 6. Pontiac, 51; 7. Bloomfield Hills Lahser ,38; 8. Oxford, 30; 9. Plymouth Salem, 28; 10. Walled Lake Northern, 26; 11. […]

Read More

FRIDAY’S PREP ROUNDUP: Athens shuts down Clarkston

FRIDAY’S PREP ROUNDUP: Athens shuts down Clarkston

| April 16, 2011 | Comments (0)

CLARKSTON — Anthony Carrillo and Sam Koelzer shut down Clarkston’s potent offensive attack and the Red Hawks gained some timely hitting in the second inning to post a 2-0 victory Friday over the host Wolves in OAA Red Division baseball play. In the second inning David Mandziara and Ira Land Followed both singles, Hayato Ando […]

Read More

Northwest’s McCatty guns down Greenhills

Northwest’s McCatty guns down Greenhills

| April 16, 2011 | Comments (0)

ROCHESTER HILLS — Rochester Hills Lutheran Northwest’s strength this season is the pitching staff. The Crusaders showcased one of those arms Friday in a MIAC Blue Division game against Ann Arbor Greenhills. Senior Luke McCatty fired a one-hitter, struck out nine and walked only one in leading Northwest to a 3-0 shutout of visiting Greenhills. […]

Read More

2011 All-Area Boys Swimming & Diving: Tankers glide to plenty of success

2011 All-Area Boys Swimming & Diving: Tankers glide to plenty of success

| April 16, 2011 | Comments (6)

BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Although there were no state champions from the area this season, boys swimmers and divers from made an impact in 2010-11 throughout Oakland County and the state as well. All of that is evidenced by the talent represented on the second annual www.northoaklandsports.com All-Area team. In all but the […]

Read More

Freshmen impressive in debut as Athens sweeps Oxford

Freshmen impressive in debut as Athens sweeps Oxford

| April 15, 2011 | Comments (0)

BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com TROY — Troy Athens has been down in softball the past few years. There are some signs of hope for the Red Hawks. With some key returnees and a highly-touted freshman class, Athens opened up the 2011 softball season with a 9-2, 16-1 OAA crossover sweep Wednesday over visiting […]

Read More

2011 ALL-AREA GIRLS BASKETBALL: These cagers ruled the court in multiple ways

2011 ALL-AREA GIRLS BASKETBALL: These cagers ruled the court in multiple ways

| April 15, 2011 | Comments (4)

BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com When it comes to girls basketball, there’s always plenty of storylines when referring to area teams. There’s no doubt the 2010-11 campaign was full of them. With plenty of talent on several teams, there were five local squads that made it to at least the Sweet 16 (regional finals) […]

Read More

TOP BASEBALL PLAYERS

TOP BASEBALL PLAYERS

| April 15, 2011 | Comments (0)

TOP BASEBALL PLAYERS (Listed alphabetically) Below are the top baseball prospects for the www.northoaklandsports.com coverage area for the 2011 season. NICK BRADLEY, Rochester: Bradley enters the season as one of the state’s top 25 seniors and the three-sport athlete is a fourth-year starter in baseball. Rotating between the pitcher’s mound and shortstop, Bradley become’s the […]

Read More