Category: Prep Wraps
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. […]
Part of the legacy: Rochester golfers building without star power
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com ROCHESTER HILLS — There’s something a little different with Rochester’s girls golf team this season compared to many of its recent teams. There are no bona fide all-state players on the Falcons’ roster. There are no Miss Golf candidates and not a list of players who are being recruited […]
PHOTO GALLERY: 2011 Oakland County Girls Swimming and Diving Championships
Below is a photo gallery of the 2011 Oakland County Girls Swimming and Diving championships from Oct. 1, as compiled by L McKee Photography. More than 300 photos of this event are now available at www.lmckeephotography.com. L McKee Photography is one of the photography companies that is a partner with digital daily sports publication, www.northoaklandsports.com, […]
Oxford linking up for best golf season to date
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com OXFORD — There’s a girls golf team on the rise in Oakland County and it comes from a program that is only 13 years old. Oxford is having its best-ever season to date. Perhaps this could be lucky 13 for the Wildcats, who first launched their program in the […]
Stoney Creek picks up key OAA Blue sweep of Avondale
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com AUBURN HILLS — Depth was a problem for Rochester Stoney Creek last season on the volleyball court. This season with a more seasoned team, the Cougars have turned that deficiency into a strength. With far more players available this season before a drop off in talent, Stoney Creek continued […]
BOYS SOCCER ROUNDUP: Avondale stuns 10th-ranked Rochester Adams
AUBURN HILLS — Auburn Hills Avondale is a member of the OAA White Division. The Yellowjackets are still playing some bigger schools with tremendous success this season. Behind two goals in the first half and another in the second half, Avondale turned back Division 1 10th-ranked Rochester Adams, 3-1, Tuesday in an OAA boys soccer […]
Fifth-ranked Novi rips No. 3 Troy
TROY— In a battle of state powerhouse teams, Novi ripped Troy 4-1 in a non-league boys soccer match Monday. Novi, which entered the week ranked fifth in Division 1, doubled the number of goals Troy has allowed this season. Third-ranked Troy had given up only four goals all season entering the match. Both teams traded […]
Lake Orion, Notre Dame Prep crack top-10 in AP football polls
Both Lake Orion and Pontiac Notre Dame Prep cracked the top-10 this week and Clarkston held steady in the top five in the Associated Press Prep Football polls, released Tuesday morning. The polls are conducted by vote by an 11-member panel of sportswriters around the state for each division. Lake Orion, the defending state champions […]
Prep Football AP State Rankings
Football (By the Associated Press NOTE: Below are the Associated Press Prep Football Rankings entering Week 7. The list included the rank, school, first-place votes, record and total points. Division 1 — 1. Novi Detroit Catholic Central (5) (6-0) 50; 2. Rockford (5-1) 42; 3. (tie) Clarkston (4-2) 37; Grand Ledge (6-0) 37; 5. Plymouth […]
