Category: Prep Wraps
Wolves set school wins mark in winning Andover Tournament title
BLOOMFIELD HILLS — Clarkston established a new school record for wins in a season Saturday, as the Wolves finished unbeaten at the Bloomfield Hills Andover Tournament. Clarkston finished 6-0-0 on the day and beat Grosse Pointe North in three games in the finals, 25-15, 25-15, 25-19. The six wins gave Clarkston a 49-5-1 record on […]
CROSS COUNTRY: Adams leads the pack with regional title
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com GOODELLS — Participating in two sports in the same season, Gabrielle Thivierge is just now rounding into form in cross-country. A longtime swimmer, where she is a distance freestyler for the Highlanders’ state-ranked swimming team, Thivierge is starting to show her natural ability on the trails in her first […]
Cranbrook, Notre Dame Prep lead D-2 regional field
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com GOODELLS — There is a first for everything. Such a first came Saturday for Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood on the cross country course. The Cranes captured their first-ever girls cross country regional championship at Goodells County Park west of Port Huron. Cranbrook landed three runners in the top six […]
Notre Dame grinds up Marysville to gain date with top-ranked Marine City
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com PONTIAC — The perfect season will continue and waiting in the wings is another perfect team. Pontiac Notre Dame Prep opened up the Division 4 postseason with a resounding 47-13 victory Saturday night over visiting Marysville. The Fighting Irish set up a date with fellow state-ranked Marine City next […]
Early strikes propel South Lyon past Holly
HOLLY — With a piece of its first football league championship in 59 years on its resume, Holly was seeking its first-ever postseason win Friday. South Lyon had other plans. The Lions, making their first postseason appearance since 2007, rolled to a 33-14 victory over the host Bronchos Friday in a Division 2 pre-district contest. […]
Lapeer East rolls over Avondale
LAPEER — Lapeer East built an 18-0 lead at the half Friday and rolled to a convincing 48-3 victory over Auburn Hills Avondale in a Division 3 first-round football district contest. East added eight more points in the third quarter for a 26-0 advantage, then outscored the visiting Yellowjackets 22-3 in the fourth stanza to […]
To boot: Skovborg’s fifth-overtime field goal sends Romeo past Athens
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com TROY — Rasmus Skovborg drove a dagger into the heart of the Troy community Friday night. Skovborg, a kicker from Romeo, booted the game-winning field goal from 31 yards out in the fifth overtime Friday in leading the visiting Bulldogs to a dramatic, 34-31, five overtime victory over Troy […]
Big Reds erupt in second half to oust Brandon
PORT HURON — In its first-ever postseason win, Port Huron proved that it’s not how you start, but how you finish. The Big Reds trailed visiting Ortonville Brandon 14-13 at the half Friday before catching fire in the second half for a 32-14 Division 2 district victory. Port Huron, enjoying its best season in decades, […]
Maxwell…Good to the last kick: Walled Lake Central stuns defending state champion Lake Orion
LAKE ORION — There will be a new champion in the Division 1 prep football tournament. Walled Lake Central upset defending state champion, 20-17, Friday night on the road to stun the Dragons at home. Lake Orion closed the season with a rare three straight losses. Bryan Maxwell nailed a pair of bookend field goals, […]
Clarkston rolls past Pontiac
CLARKSTON — A couple of misfortunes don’t appear to be deterring Clarkston on the football field in the postseason. The Wolves, coming off a come-from-behind victory over Lake Orion in Week 9 of the regular season to clinch a playoff berth and a share of the OAA Red Division title, broke open a tight game […]
Upset special: Adams holds the line to take down Oxford
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com OXFORD — Tony Patritto insists that he had one of the best football players in the state on his side in Tony Annese. The Rochester Adams football coach proved to the state why Friday night that very belief on the opening night of the Division 2 football playoffs. Annese, […]
Wolves harries looking to hound down a state finals berth
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com CLARKSTON — For years Clarkston has fielded quality boys cross country programs. At the state-meet level, it hasn’t always been the case. Clarkston has qualified only five times in the past 15 seasons, with an all-time best of fourth at the Class A meet back in 1999. The Wolves […]
Adams girls hope to start new streak on cross country trials
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com ROCHESTER HILLS — Some streaks are met to be broken. Rochester Adams had a streak snapped on the cross country course in 2009 and now the Highlanders are trying to start a new one. After 17 straight berths in the Lower Peninsula Class A/Division 1 state finals, the Adams […]
With heavy hearts, Lancers thump Inter-City Baptist
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com AUBURN HILLS — Players on Auburn Hills Oakland Christian’s volleyball team played with some heavy hearts Tuesday night. The coaching staff learned that the cousin of senior middle hitter Darcy Johnston was one of the two Oakland University students tragically killed in an automobile accident Saturday night. Johnston and […]
STICK’S PICKS: The second season has arrived for high school football
The second season has finally arrived. The five-week march to Ford Field begins Friday and Saturday for 256 football teams in the MHSAA prep football playoffs. There are nine local schools that are in the hunt for district, regional and possibly a state championship and only two play each other in the first round. There […]
To the last minute: Faith Baptist posts stunner of defending MACS champion Troy Bethany
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com ROCHESTER HILLS — Davison Faith Baptist’s school nickname is the Eagles. Perhaps the school administration should consider changing it to the Minutemen. Faith Baptist scored in the final minute of regulation, and on the brink of elimination, overcame a 2-0 deficit in a penalty kick shootout to escape with […]
AOTW: Clarkston’s Baenziger deals with countless acts of adversity to shine on the field
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com CLARKSTON — Some athletes have to face all types of adversity. Mitch Baenziger has had to face plenty of it as an athlete at Clarkston High School — and that list is long. Yet the two-sport athlete, who is a quarterback in football and plays guard in basketball, has […]
Rochester Adams swims to city championship
ROCHESTER HILLS — Rochester Adams claimed the unofficial city championship with a 120-66 OAA crossover girls swimming victory Tuesday over Rochester Stoney Creek. The Highlanders also defeated Rochester this season. Adams (8-3) captured first place in 10 of 12 events, including all three relays, to drown the Cougars. Kristen Finney won the 200 IM (2:16.16) […]
