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

Category: High School

Athens topples Rochester for third straight win

Athens topples Rochester for third straight win

| April 15, 2011 | Comments (0)

BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com ROCHESTER HILLS — Troy Athens had its eye-opener. Now, the Red Hawks are making opponents wince. The Red Hawks, who opened the season two weeks 16 days ago with a 3-0 loss to-arch-rival Troy, have now won three straight, including Thursday’s 3-1 OAA Red Division triumph over host Rochester. […]

Read More

2011 GIRLS SOCCER TEAM CAPSULES

2011 GIRLS SOCCER TEAM CAPSULES

| April 15, 2011 | Comments (3)

GIRLS SOCCER TEAM CAPSULES Below are the 2011 girls soccer team capsules, as compiled by NorthOaklandSports staff. All information sent in by coaches. Is your team’s information missing from the season preview? Please forward pertinent information to results@northoaklandsports.com or dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com SCHOOL: Auburn Hills Avondale HEAD COACH: Dave Muczynski, 17th season. 2010 RECORD: 11-8-3, 4-4-2 OAA […]

Read More

Girls Tennis Results--April 14

Girls Tennis Results–April 14

| April 15, 2011 | Comments (0)

BIRMINGHAM SEAHOLM 6, ROCHESTER 2 SINGLES — 1. Kelsey Dieters (R) d. Nancy Benda 7-5, 6-1; 2. Allyson Foreman (S) d. Brittany Baxter 6-4, 7-5; 3. Arielle Williams (S) d. Anna Parker 7-5, 7-6 (5); 4. Lauren Frazier (S) d. Rachel Parker 6-1, 6-0; DOUBLES — 1. Labina Petrovsky-Elizabeth Gunckle (S) d. Julie Markiewicz-Kelli Wetherhold […]

Read More

Girls Tennis Results-April 13

Girls Tennis Results-April 13

| April 15, 2011 | Comments (0)

Girls Tennis ROCHESTER 8, ROCHESTER STONEY CREEK 0 (at Stoney Creek) SINGLES — 1. Kelsey Dieters (R) d. Angela Shoenhals) 6-0, 6-0; 2. Brittany Baxter (R) d. Alex Sekulovski 6-0, 6-0; 3. Anna Parker (R) d. Shelby Stone 6-2, 6-1; 4. Rachel Parker  (R) d. Kate Freely, 6-5, 6-1. DOUBLES — 1. Julie Markiewicz-Kelli Wetherhold […]

Read More

PREP BASEBALL ROUNDUP: Rochester blanks Avondale

PREP BASEBALL ROUNDUP: Rochester blanks Avondale

| April 15, 2011 | Comments (0)

ROCHESTER HILLS — Senior right-hander Nick Bradley shut Auburn Hills Avondale down and the Falcons picked up a 4-0 shutout over Auburn Hills Avondale in the OAA Red Division baseball opener for both teams. Rochester scored three runs in the first and tacked on another in the top of the six in a game played […]

Read More

Prep Track Results

Prep Track Results

| April 15, 2011 | Comments (0)

Boys Track FARMINGTON 79, ROCHESTER 49 WEST BLOOMFIELD 67, ROCHESTER 58 SHOT PUT: Lewis Duranda (WB) 50-8; DISCUS: Dan Norris (F) 132-9; LONG JUMP: Vincent Taylor (F) 20-6; HIGH JUMP: Dan Nugyen (R) 5-9; 3,200 RELAY: Farmington, 8:49.5; 100 HURDLES: Kyle Hill (WB) 15.7; 100: Jeff Arrirguzo (WB) 11.0; 800 RELAY: West Bloomfield, 1:34.2; 1,600: […]

Read More

GIRLS SOCCER ROUNDUP: Adams gets offensive on Clarkston; Avondale rolls

GIRLS SOCCER ROUNDUP: Adams gets offensive on Clarkston; Avondale rolls

| April 15, 2011 | Comments (0)

CLARKSTON — Rochester Adams is proving that it is not going to be easy to knock off as OAA Red Division girls soccer champions. The Highlanders are still unbeaten this year. After winning the league title last season with only two seniors in the starting lineup, the Highlanders moved to 3-0-2 on the year with […]

Read More

TOP GIRLS SOCCER PLAYERS

TOP GIRLS SOCCER PLAYERS

| April 15, 2011 | Comments (0)

TOP GIRLS SOCCER PLAYERS NorthOaklandSports Senior Editor Dan Stickradt takes a look at the area’s premier girls soccer players. FIELD PLAYERS (Listed alphabetically) MERLIN BECKWITH, Rochester Adams: Named honorable-mention all-state last season, Beckwith was in on only nine goals (six goals, three assists), but was a fine passer and orchestrator of the attack. She is […]

Read More

2011 BOYS GOLF TEAM CAPSULES

2011 BOYS GOLF TEAM CAPSULES

| April 14, 2011 | Comments (4)

2011 BOYS GOLF TEAM CAPSULES Below are the boys golf team capsules for schools in the www.northoaklandsports.com coverage area. Coaches can forward pertinent information about their team to results@northoaklandsports.com or to Senior Editor Dan Stickradt at dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com. SCHOOL: Auburn Hills Avondale COACH: James Maley DISTRICT: Third at Division 2 Lyon Oaks district (340). REGIONAL: Eight […]

Read More

On the board: Clarkston, Lake Orion finally find offense in 1-1 draw

On the board: Clarkston, Lake Orion finally find offense in 1-1 draw

| April 14, 2011 | Comments (0)

BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com CLARKSTON — As a rivalry, Lake Orion and Clarkston would rather not settle for a tie. But based on the circumstances of both teams, anything positive in the early stages of the season is a welcome commodity. Both teams converted second-half goals in a 1-1 OAA Red Division girls […]

Read More

Ando's eighth-inning RBI lifts Athens past Troy

Ando’s eighth-inning RBI lifts Athens past Troy

| April 14, 2011 | Comments (0)

BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com TROY — Winning the OAA Red Division baseball title was the furthest thing from Hayato Ando’s mind a year ago. The Troy Athens sophomore didn’t even know it existed. Ando is from Japan, and is taking part in a one-year foreign exchange program in Troy. The Red Hawks are […]

Read More

Prep Scoreboard--April 13

Prep Scoreboard–April 13

| April 14, 2011 | Comments (0)

Boys Golf OXFORD 163, LAKE ORION 168 (at Boulder Pointe, par 36) OXFORD — Doug Piesko 40; Nick Hocker 40; Justen Crouce 41; Josh Hosking 42 LAKE ORION — Alex Waelechi 39; Tyler Dragoo 42; Ryan MacKeon 43; Mason Gorris 44 RECORDS — Oxford 1-0; Lake Orion 0-1.

Read More

2011 GIRLS TENNIS TEAM CAPSULES

2011 GIRLS TENNIS TEAM CAPSULES

| April 14, 2011 | Comments (2)

2011 GIRLS TENNIS TEAM CAPSULES Below are the girls tennis team capsules for schools in the www.northoaklandsports.com coverage area. Coaches can forward pertinent information about their team to results@northoaklandsports.com or to Senior Editor Dan Stickradt at dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com. SCHOOL: Auburn Hills Avondale COACH: Michael Kopec, fourth season. RECORD: 7-5, 6-2 OAA Blue Division (tied for third […]

Read More

WEDNESDAY'S PREP ROUNDUP: Dragons trip up University-Liggett

WEDNESDAY’S PREP ROUNDUP: Dragons trip up University-Liggett

| April 14, 2011 | Comments (0)

LAKE ORION — Lake Orion returned to its winning ways Wednesday, topping Grosse Pointe Woods University-Liggett 12-8 in a non-league girls lacrosse match. Ronnie Booth, Carly Brooks, Jessica Smude and Nicole Blovet all scored two goals for  Lake Orion (2-1-0). Kaileen Tweedie, Mallory DeMott, Emily Hendrix and Paige Hammerl all added single tallies for the […]

Read More

Ruiz’s boot helps Avondale trip Rochester

Ruiz’s boot helps Avondale trip Rochester

| April 13, 2011 | Comments (0)

BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com PONTIAC — Auburn Hills Avondale is faced with a unique situation. The school district is renovating the high school’s athletics complex, leaving its spring teams to with no place to call home. The Yellowjackets have had to scramble to rent facilities, parks, middle schools or play all contests away […]

Read More

OU’s Coriasso cards 67 to win Battle at the Warren

OU’s Coriasso cards 67 to win Battle at the Warren

| April 13, 2011 | Comments (0)

NOTRE DAME, Ind. – Junior Michael Coriasso claimed medalist honors with a 4-under-par 67 as the Oakland University men’s golf team finished second in the Battle at the Warren with score of 292 (+8), 11 shots behind host Notre Dame (281/-3) on Wednesday at Warren Golf Course (Par 71, 7,020 yards). Coriasso, a native of […]

Read More

Prep Scoreboard — April 12

Prep Scoreboard — April 12

| April 13, 2011 | Comments (0)

Girls Tennis BIRMINGHAM DETROIT COUNTRY DAY 7, TROY 1 SINGLES — 1. Andrea Rivera (CD) d. Kelly Forman 6-0, 6-0; 2. Margaux Hyman (CD) d. Lexi Farber 6-1 6-1; 3. Amabel Karoub (CD) d. Sruthi Chandra 6-0, 6-1; 4. Madelyn Karoub (CD) d. Katie Forche 6-0, 6-0. DOUBLES — 1. Jane Ziecik-Devin Nagle (CD) d. […]

Read More

Troy, Adams battle to 1-1 draw; Oxford ties Farmington

Troy, Adams battle to 1-1 draw; Oxford ties Farmington

| April 12, 2011 | Comments (0)

TROY — Troy tallied in the first half and Rochester Adams tied the game in the second half in an OAA Red Division girls soccer game featuring state powerhouse teams. Freshman Phylisha Drayton scored off a cross from Madison Hirsch for Troy (1-0-1, 1-0-1). Merlin Beckwith tied the game for Adams off an assist from […]

Read More