Category: Prep Wraps
TAKING CENTER COURT — VOLLEYBALL FINAL FOUR
FINAL FOUR Below are the 2011 MHSAA girls volleyball state semifinals, which are slated for Nov. 17-18 at Kellogg Arena in Battle Creek. The state finals are set for Nov. 19. CLASS A Thursday, Nov. 17 Rockford (58-8-0) vs. Temperance Bedford (65-10-1), 5:30 p.m. Clarkston (55-5-0) vs. Lake Orion (53-12-3), 7:15 p.m. CLASS B Friday, Nov. 18 East Grand […]
Long time coming: Dragons overcome slow start, Dakota to reach semifinals for first time in 23 years
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com ST. CLAIR SHORES — Lake Orion has been infamous for slow starts this season on the volleyball court. Fortunately, the Dragons have the firepower to recover. That was the case Tuesday in Lake Orion’s first state quarterfinals game in 23 years. The Dragons rallied for a 3-2 victory over […]
Breaking the seal: Clarkston edges Canton in wild quarterfinal game to keep title hopes alive
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com FENTON — Any volleyball team that makes a long run to the Final Four must enjoy a little bit of luck along way. Clarkston feels quite blessed after Tuesday’s marathon battle. A close call in Game 5 was ruled in Clarkston’s favor and the Wolves went on to topple […]
Girls Swimming — OAA Blue Division Results
Girls Swimming OAA BLUE DIVISION LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS (Nov. 2-4 at Royal Oak H.S.) TEAM SCORES — 1. Royal Oak, 547; 2. North Farmington, 435; 3. Troy Athens, 268; 4. Auburn Hills Avondale, 264; 5. Ferndale, 209; 6. Southfield-Lathrup, 107; 7. Hazel Park, 79. DUAL MEET STANDINGS — 1. Royal Oak (6-0); 2. North Farmington (5-1); […]
Girls Swimming — OAA Red Division Results
Girls Swimming OAKLAND ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATION RED DIVISION LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP (Nov. 2-4 at Birm. Groves) TEAM SCORES — 1. Birmingham Seaholm, 388.5 points; 2. Birmingham Groves, 324.5; 3. Farmington Harrison, 290; 4. Rochester Adams, 265; 5. Clarkston, 245; 6. Lake Orion, 207; 7. Bloomfield Hills Lahser, 181; 8. Troy, 123. DUAL MEET STANDINGS — 1. Birmingham […]
Elite Eight: Clarkston making back-to-back trips to quarters for first time
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com CLARKSTON — It was a year ago when Clarkston ended a 34-year drought and won a regional title in girls volleyball. The Wolves gained the right to play in the state quarterfinals for the first time since 1976. Now, Clarkston is making such long postseason trips a habit rather […]
Lake Orion captures first regional title since 1988
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com LAKE ORION — Coming off an emotional win over two-time defending state champion Birmingham Marian, Lake Orion volleyball coach Bob Howey did a throw a little caution into the wind Thursday night. How would his team react after such a ground-breaking victory for his program? “I didn’t think it […]
Girls Volleyball State Rankings — Nov. 7
Girls Volleyball (By the coaches association) Class A — 1. Farmington Hills Mercy; 2. Rockford; 3. Clarkston; 4. Birmingham Marian; 5. Plymouth Canton; 6. Richland Gull Lake; 7. Temperance Bedford; 8. East Kentwood; 9. Macomb Dakota; 10. Birmingham Seaholm. Class B — 1. Plainwell; 2. East Grand Rapids; 3. Fruitport; 4. North Branch; 5. Carleton […]
Marysville ousts Notre Dame Prep in regional finals
ARMADA — Marysville knocked Pontiac Notre Dame Prep out of the postseason Thursday for the fifth time in nine seasons. The Vikings posted a 3-0 victory over the Fighting Irish in a Class B girls volleyball regional final at Armada High School. Marysville posted wins of 25-23, 25-20 and 25-22. Notre Dame Prep (36-19-4) held […]
Marysville ousts Notre Dame Prep in regional finals
ARMADA — Marysville knocked Pontiac Notre Dame Prep out of the postseason Thursday for the fifth time in nine seasons. The Vikings posted a 3-0 victory over the Fighting Irish in a Class B girls volleyball regional final at Armada High School. Marysville posted wins of 25-23, 25-20 and 25-22. Notre Dame Prep (36-19-4) held […]
Troy volleyball season ends at the hands of Lake Orion
BY JAKE LOURIM STUDENT CORRESPONDENT j.lourim@comcast.net LAKE ORION — It was freezing, it was snowing in early November, and the team bus was late. Even with these omens, though, nobody could have expected the Troy volleyball team’s sore spot to be in serving —14 service errors doomed Troy in a 17-25, 21-25, 21-25 loss to […]
Clarkston delivers Chemics knockout poison in regional finals
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com LAPEER — It’s not surprising that Clarkston defended its regional volleyball championship this season. What surprises many is the fact the Wolves did so despite graduating over half of its team from last year. The third-ranked Wolves are making a statement that they could be even better than a […]
AOTW: Marani stands tall to give Clarkston some net presence
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com CLARKSTON — There has always been some confusion of how Stephanie Marani pronounces her last name. “I say it one way, but a lot of people say it another way,” she laughed. “It doesn’t really bother me at all.” While there may be some mystery on the exact annunciation […]
Blue-collar Avondale community stands as one on this championship day
In the movie, Hoosiers, the fictional town of Hickory, Indiana, is boasted by characters as being “not found on most state maps.” The small, rural, western Indiana town, stakes claim to notoriety when Hickory makes an improbable run to the Indiana state high school boys basketball crown in the late 1940s, thus carving its name […]
Troy punches in, punches out Southfield to advance to regional finals
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com LAKE ORION — After suffering a first-round exit from last year’s postseason, Troy was eager to return to the spot of being one of Oakland County’s top volleyball teams this season, a position the Colts had enjoyed for many seasons in the past decade. The Colts have opted to […]
College Committments-Letters of Intent
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OAA White Division Girls Swimming & Diving Results
Girls Swimming OAA WHITE DIVISION LEAGUE MEET (Nov. 3-5 at Oxford H.S.) TEAM SCORES — 1. Rochester Stoney Creek, 403; 2. West Bloomfield, 328.5; 3. Bloomfield Hills Andover, 325.5; 4. Rochester, 275; 5. Berkley, 242; 6. Farmington, 238; 7. Oxford, 174. DUAL MEET STANDINGS — 1. Rochester Stoney Creek (6-0); 2. West Bloomfield (5-1); 3. […]
Troy sweeps Southfield to reach regional finals
BY JAKE LOURIM STUDENT CORRESPONDENT j.lourim@comcast.net LAKE ORION — Southfield volleyball had improved since the last time Troy played the Blue Jays. But they’ll have to improve a lot more to play with Troy. The Colts spread things around in a mostly lopsided regional final, advancing to Thursday’s match against Lake Orion. Ten players recorded […]
