Category: Prep Wraps
TEAM TRYOUTS
TEAM TRYOUTS SOCCER The Rochester Select Soccer Club Boys U15 and U17 still has spots open. Anyone interested in playing club soccer this upcoming winter and spring seasons, please contact Coach Brian Fitzgerald at (248) 894-0311, or e-mail Brianfishbone@gmail.com BASKETBALL The Detroit Shock AAU girls and boys basketball program is hosting tryouts in December. Tryouts […]
HOCKEY ROUNDUP: Rochester Unites skates past Stoney Creek; Berkley blanks Troy
After two scoreless periods, Rochester United found a way to tuck the puck into the back of the net in a 1-0OAA Red Division triumph over Rochester Stoney Creek Saturday at the Onyx. Lee Teasley scored 3:53 into the third period for the game’s only goal. Anthony Facca drew the assists for United (1-2). Ian […]
WEDNESAY’S PREP SCOREBOARD-Wrestling Results
Wrestling ROCHESTER 40, PORT HURON NORTHERN 25 160: Cody Devoe (R) p. John Jakaw 1:06; 171: Matt Waszkiewicz (R) tech. fall Gabe Nowaczink 17-1.; 189: Nate Brinker (PHN) d. Jamison Joyce 6-2; 215: Austin Pickering (PHN) tech. fall Marcel Johnson 17-2; 285: Alex Gaglio (PHN) d. Fabion Villolobos 1:36; 103: Justin Kim (R) p. Steffan […]
THURSDAY’S PREP ROUNDUP: Life Summit races past Rochester Hills Christian
CLARKSTON — Sterling Heights Life Summit built a 17-6 lead after the first quarter and never looked back in a 73-43 victory over Rochester Hills Christian Thursday in the first-round game of the Springfield Christian Eagles Cup in Clarkston. George Vidosh finished with 19 points and Jeff Steger twined 13 points for Life Summit (2-0), […]
Rochester’s rally falls short against North Farmington
BY JAY KUNDE STUDENT INTERN ROCHESTER HILLS — It was only a couple of years ago when Rochester and North Farmington were amongst the best teams in the state in the Class A girls basketball circles. Apparently, the Raiders have not dropped as far as the Falcons. North Farmington, behind the play of Jasmine Harris, […]
FRIDAY’S ROUNDUP: Brandon trips Oxford; Athens overcomes Yurik’s 42 in 53-52 win over Stoney Creek
OXFORD — Ortonville Brandon opened up the 2010-11 girls basketball season with a 35-29 triumph over Oxford. Jaelyn Brady led Brandon with nine points. Michelle Gilmore scored nine for Oxford (0-1), which hosts defending Class D state champion Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes next Tuesday. “We got off to a very poor start but […]
Five local standouts honored on All-State golf team
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com The Oakland Activities Association Red Division featured three teams that were ranked in the top 10 in the Division 1 girls golf polls all season, a trend in recent years as being one of the state’s premier conference for high school golf. Rochester Stoney Creek, Rochester and Troy all […]
Call her Miss … Golf: Stoney Creek’s Compton school’s first state Player of the Year
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com ROCHESTER HILLS — Devon Compton has had a lot of firsts in her golf career. There’s one that will live in infamy at Rochester Stoney Creek. Compton was honored Sunday as the 2010 recipient of Miss Golf by the Michigan Interscholastic Golf Coaches Association, becoming the first Stoney Creek […]
TUESDAY’S PREP ROUNDUP: Eagles open up campaign with rout of Berean
ROCHESTER HILLS — Rochester Hills Christian opened up the boys basketball season Tuesday with a lopsided win over Adrian Berean Baptist. The Eagles outscored the Cougars in all four quarters in the non-league rout. The halftime score Rochester Hills Christian led 42-21 at the half and everyone on the active roster reached the scoring column. […]
Cunningham, Stanko earn Dream Team status
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Sean Cunningham and Caleb Stanko entered the 2010 boys soccer season as two of the state’s best. The Oakland county duo were acknowledged for just that recently by the Michigan High School Soccer Coaches Association. Both were named to the 11-member All-State Dream Team by the MHSSCA earlier this […]
ASSOCIATED PRESS ALL-STATE FOOTBALL 2010
Players from the www.northoaklandsports.com coverage area are found in bold. DIVISION 1-2 The 2010 Associated Press Division 1-2 All-State football team, which is selected by Michigan sports writers and broadcasters PLAYER OF THE YEAR Gabe Dean, Lowell, 5-11, 195, Jr. QUARTERBACKS Tommy Vento, Farmington Hills Harrison, 6-1, 185, Sr. Gabe Dean, Lowell, 5-11, 195, Jr. […]
Dragons nation celebrates … Lake Orion wins first-ever Division 1 football title
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com DETROIT — Marques Stevenson had no problems shedding some tears near the 50 yard line Saturday at Ford Field. The Lake Orion senior running back and the Dragons finally celebrated a state championship in football, building a 21-3 halftime lead on Plymouth and hanging on for a 21-13 victory […]
Bell, staff, players grow together to lead Lake Orion to promised land
DETROIT — Chris Bell had a chance to do something Saturday that no former Lake Orion football player at the school has done in the past. In fact, he had a chance to do something that no other football head coach has done at the school over the decades. That is to lead the school’s […]
Grand Rapids Catholic Central rallies past Williamston for first title since 1987
— STAFF REPORTS DETROIT — Kevin Vacari scored a pair of touchdowns in the final 3:30 in leading Grand Rapids Catholic Central past Williamston 27-23 for the Division 4 football state championship at Ford Field. It marked Catholic Central’s first state title in football since the Cougars claimed the 1987 Class B state championship trophy. […]
PREP FOOTBALL STATE FINALS FRIDAY NOTEBOOK: Harrington’s 13th title the latest in Harrison’s historic lore
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com DETROIT — John Herrington is as experienced as anyone when it comes to coaching in the high school football state finals in Michigan. On Friday at Ford Field in Detroit, he coached in his 17th prep football state finals game, a stat few in the country can match when […]
AOTW: Complete Back: Lake Orion’s Stevenson a threat anywhere on the field
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com LAKE ORION — While some students spend their entire school days darting between class rooms every hour, Marques Stevenson has a chance to leave campus. The Lake Orion senior has co-op through school to clerk at the 52nd/53rd district court in Rochester Hills. “I get a chance to clerk, […]
BONUS COVERAGE: Niznak leads Ithaca to first-ever football state title
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com DETROIT — Alex Niznak was the man of the hour Friday night for Ithaca. And man of the year and perhaps the decade for the tiny town near Mount Pleasant. The senior quarterback, headed for Central Michigan, scored an MHSAA finals record five rushing touchdowns, including two inside the […]
BONUS COVERAGE: Sacred Heart leaves no doubt in rout of Saugatuck for D-8 crown
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com DETROIT — Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart left no doubt in the Division 8 state championship game. Using incredible depth and speed, the Fighting Irish had four players combine for five touchdowns in the first half, and Sacred Heart even turned a punt for another score early in the third […]
