Category: Prep Wraps
TUESDAY’S BOYS LACROSSE ROUNDUP: Wolves double up Rochester Adams
CLARKSTON — Behind Kevin O’Grady’s four-goal outburst, Clarkston double-up Rochester Adams 10-5 in an OAA Red Division boys lacrosse match Tuesday in Clarkston. The state-ranked Wolves move to 6-1 and 3-0 in league play. Kevin Horton and Jordan Kincaid both chipped in with two goals and two assists each. Matt Goebel made eight saves in […]
Rochester hands Stoney Creek first league loss
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com ROCHESTER HILLS — In the preseason, Rochester was supposed to be one of the better baseball teams in Oakland County this spring. Yet Falcons coach Eric Magiera has not always seen evidence of that on the ball diamond this season. Rochester is starting to show signs of coming to […]
MONDAY’S GIRLS SOCCER ROUNDUP: Oxford topples rival Brandon; Troy upends No. 1 Marian
OXFORD — Oxford won for just the second time this season Monday, topping neighboring rival Ortonville Brandon 3-0 in a non-conference girls soccer game. Beth Downs scored the second and third goals for the Wildcats. Amanda Roth also had a goal and an assist, and Breanna Johnson picked up two assists for Oxford. Sarah Stroope […]
2011 BOYS LACROSSE TEAM CAPUSLES
Below are the boys lacrosse team capsules for the 2011 season for schools located in the www.northoaklandsports.com coverage area. Coaches can submit information to results@northoaklandsports.com or to Senior Editor Dan Stickradt at dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Clarkston COACH: Brian Kaminskas, eighth season. LAST SEASON’S RECORD: 8-9-0, 3-3 OAA Red Division (fourth). STATE TOURNAMENT: Lost in Division 1 regional […]
Barn burners: Stars aligning just right for Avondale’s track team
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com AUBURN HILLS — To enjoy tremendous success in the sport of track and field, the stars must sometime align just perfectly. First and foremost, athletes must remain healthy. A coaching staff must have a solid core of athletes that can also score and score big in a variety of […]
PREP STATE RANKINGS — April 24
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 Baseball (By the coaches association) Division 1 — 1. Portage Central; 2. Temperance Bedford; 3.Birmingham Brother Rice; 4. Grosse Pointe South; 5. Hudsonville; 6. Sterling Heights Stevenson; 7. Utica Eisenhower; 8. Grand Ledge; […]
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2011 BOYS TRACK TEAM CAPSULES
Coaches may submit information to dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com or results@northoaklandsports.com. Auburn Hills Avondale HEAD COACH: Chris Rennels, fourth season. LAST YEAR’S RECORD: 4-1, 4-1 OAA Gold Division (tied-first overall). LEAGUE: Won OAA Gold Division league meet (171 points). REGIONAL: Second at Division 2 Bloomfield Hills Lahser (99 points). COUNTY: Sixth at county (30 points). STATE: Tied for […]
Veteran Soccer icon Storch to call it a career at Troy Athens
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com TROY — Ending weeks of speculation, Tim Storch, the only head soccer coach that Troy Athens has never known, has announced that the 2011 girls season will be his last. Storch, who came to Athens in 1981 and began the varsity boys soccer program there that fall, and the […]
THURSDAY’S GIRLS SOCCER ROUNDUP: Lake Orion slips past Waterford Mott; Adams edges Grand Blanc
LAKE ORION — Alyssa Wesley and Maddie Hutchison both scored second half goals and Lake Orion returned to the win column with a 3-2 non-league girls soccer win Thursday over Waterford Mott. Hutchinson scored off a pass from Katy Wagner for the game-winner. Wagner had two assists, while Sarah Quattrochi had a goal and Shannon […]
GIRLS LACROSSE: Lake Orion picks apart Adams; Rochester topples Flushing
LAKE ORION — Jessica Smude exploded for five goals and four assists and her career night led Lake Orion to a 17-9 OAA White Division win over first-year program Rochester Adams. Paige Hammerl had three goals and five assists for the Dragons (3-2-0), while Carly Brooks and Ronnie Booth also scored three times each. Jordan […]
THURSDAY’S BASEBALL ROUNDUP: Zott’s walk-off avenges Oxford; Stoney Creek hammers Troy
LAKE ORION — Oxford ended Lake Orion’s season last June with a walk-off home run in a Division 1 pre-district. On Thursday, the Dragons remembered. Lake Orion picked up a two-run home run in the bottom of the eighth-inning from senior Zach Zott to lift the Dragons to a 7-5 OAA Red Division victory over […]
PREP SCOREBOARD — April 21
Boys Golf ROCHESTER ADAMS 150, CLARKSTON 159 (At Oakhurst CC) CLARKSTON — Andrew Lange, 36; Jimmy Delnick, 41; Dan Corazza, 41; Chad Wotton, 41; Jack Alli, 44; Mac McClelland, 44. ROCHESTER ADAMS — Jamie Stanton, 36; Eric Hund, 37; Ben Van Orman, 38; Eric Busa, 39; Marcus Robinson, 40; Drew White, 41. RECORDS — Adams […]
2011 GIRLS TRACK & FIELD TEAM CAPSULES
Team information can be submitted to results@northoaklandsports.com or to Senior Editor Dan Stickradt at dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Auburn Hills Avondale HEAD COACH: Stephanie Wilder, second season. LAST SEASON’S RECORD: 3-1-1, 3-1-1 OAA Gold Division (third). LEAGUE: Third at OAA Gold Division meet (85 points). REGIONAL: Sixth at D-2 Bloomfield Hills Lahser regional (52.5points). COUNTY: 26th (seven points). […]
Rochester United trips up Adams for first time
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com ROCHESTER HILLS — Being beat up by a sibling can become quite frustrating when its happens routinely. That type an experience ignited a fire inside the players of Rochester United. Much like Ralphie confronts his bully in A Christmas Story, United, which had dropped three straight to rival Rochester […]
Troy has no problems leaving Stoney Creek with the chills
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com TROY — Troy may have had to face some unfavorable weather conditions Wednesday night, as temperatures were down to the upper 30s. But it was the Colts who left visiting Rochester Stoney Creek with the chills. Troy scored on two of its first three scoring chances of the night, […]
Lacrosse Roundup: Wolves rally from eight-goal deficit to topple St. Mary’s
CLARKSTON — Clarkston proved you can down, but not out on the lacrosse field Tuesday. The Wolves trailed visiting Orchard Lake St. Mary’s 10-2 at the half but exploded for 12 goals in the second half to post a 14-12 non-league triumph. Alexander Dziewit led the way with five goals and two assists for Clarkston. […]
2011 SOFTBALL TEAM CAPSULES
Below are the 2011 girls softball 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 Auburn Hills Avondale LAST YEAR’S RECORD: 24-12, 13-1 OAA White Division (first). STATE TOURNAMENT: Lost in Division 1 district […]
