Category: Prep Wraps
BOYS GOLF: Oxford, Rochester lead heap at D-1 district tourney
Rochester Adams’ Barrows fires 68 to earn medalist honors BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR Dan.Stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ORION TWP. — Despite winning a couple of tournaments, Oxford boys golf coach Terry Kelley has felt his team has flown under the radar. So Wednesday’s impressive performance at Bald Mountain Golf Course didn’t surprise the […]
BOYS GOLF: Division 1 Rochester Adams District Results
Boys Golf DIVISION 1 DISTRICT (May 21 at Bald Mountain G.C.) TEAM SCORES — 1. Oxford, 302 (won on fifth-man tiebreaker); 2. Rochester, 302; 3. Clarkston, 302; 4. Grand Blanc, 304; 5. Fenton, 312; 6. Bloomfield Hills, 314; 7. Rochester Adams, 317; 8. Lake Orion, 324; 9. Waterford Kettering, 326; 10. Rochester Stoney Creek, […]
TRACK: Westland Lutheran sweeps MIAC titles
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR Dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ROCHESTER HILLS — After finishing each distance race, Jenna Wisner hovered near the finish line, quickly shaking the hands of each competitor and sending a congratulatory message their way. A classy act by to say the least. Her school, Lutheran Westland, was a class act on […]
TRACK: MIAC League Championships Results
Girls Track MIAC LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS (May 20 at RH Lutheran Northwest) TEAM SCORES — 1. Westland Lutheran, 98; 2. Birmingham Roeper, 65; 3. Plymouth Christian, 64; 4. Southfield Christian, 54; 5. Auburn Hills Oakland Christian, 52; 6. Rochester Hills Lutheran Northwest, 50; 7. Novi Franklin Road Christian, 44; 8. Ann Arbor Greenhills, 39; […]
BOYS LACROSSE: Clarkston holds off Troy to claim fourth straight OAA Red Division title
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR Dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans TROY — Brian Kaminskas sat down with some of his fellow coaches in Clarkston’s boys lacrosse program four years ago and talked about the future. At the time, the horizon looked quite promising with several young players in the high school and middle school levels. […]
GIRLS TRACK: Bloomfield Hills surprises with first regional crown
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR Dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans BLOOMFIELD HILLS — In all reality, Nick Stration never gave much thought to his Bloomfield Hills girls track and field team claiming some championship hardware Friday night. “I never gave it any thought, really. I just placed the girls in the events where I though they […]
BOYS TRACK: Lake Orion repeats as regional champion
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR Dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans BLOOMFIELD HILLS — Lake Orion sent quite a message to the rest of the track and field community: The Dragons are still one of the state’s best. State champions in 2012 and a third-place finisher in 2013, Lake Orion put on a display of talent, versatility […]
GIRLS TENNIS: Regional Scoreboard
DIVISION 1 REGIONAL (May 16 at Rochester H.S.) TEAM SCORES — 1. Clarkston, 27; 2. Bloomfield Hills, 26; 3. West Bloomfield, 19; 4. Rochester Stoney Creek, 14; 5. Rochester Adams, 10; 6. Rochester, 7; 7. Lake Orion, 4; 8. Oxford, 2; 9. (tie) Waterford Kettering, 1; Waterford Mott, 1; Southfield-Lathrup, 1. CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHTS SINGLES […]
BOYS GOLF: Rochester Adams wins first D-I Oakland County crown since ‘93
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR Dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter @LocalSportsFans WATERFORD TWP. — While Dan Picot’s memory wasn’t up to par Wednesday, his technology skills sure came in handy. When asked the question when was the last time Rochester Adams won a county crown in boys golf, he just whisked up his cell phone and […]
BOYS GOLF: Oakland County Division II Tournament Results
Boys Golf OAKLAND COUNTY DIVISION I TOURNAMENT (May 8 at Pontiac Municipal, par 70) TEAM SCORES — 1. Troy Athens, 297; 2. Holly, 298; 3. South Lyon East, 304; 4. Waterford Kettering, 312; 5. Auburn hills Avondale, 315; 6. Milford, 326; 7. Walled Lake Western, 333; 8. Royal Oak, 340; 9. Clawson, 353; 10. […]
PREP STATE RANKINGS — May 14
PREP STATE RANKINGS Below are the spring sports state rankings. Members of the coaches associations in each sport can email their rankings to www.northoaklandsports.com senior editor Dan Stickradt at dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com. Follow us on Twitter @LocalSportsFans. Girls Tennis (By the coaches association) Division 1 — 1. Grosse Pointe South; 2. Clarkston; 3. Northville; 4. […]
BOYS GOLF: OAA Red Division Jamboree No. 5 Results
Boys Golf OAA RED DIVISION JAMBOREE NO. 5 (May 14 at Pontiac Country Club, par 72) TEAM SCORES — 1. Rochester Adams, 303; 2. Clarkston, 308; 3. Lake Orion, 316; 4. Rochester, 318; 5. Rochester Stoney Creek, 321; 6. Troy, 325. TOP INDIVIDUALS — 1. Brandon Barrows (Rochester Adams) 70; 2. (tie) Alex […]
BOYS TRACK: Lake Orion wins third straight OAA-Red title
Dragons edge Clarkston for eighth crown in 14 seasons BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR Dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ROCHESTER HILLS — Stan Ford was set to turn the big 60 on Friday. His veteran boys track and field team at Lake Orion delivered him a present Thursday night instead of a Gatorade shower. The […]
GIRLS TRACK: Rochester wins second league in four seasons
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR Dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ROCHESTER HILLS — Even in its state championship season of 2010, one thing eluded Rochester’s girls track and field team. That was a league championship. The Falcons have captured two league titles since the ’10 team, winning the OAA Red Division crown outright Thursday at […]
GIRLS TENNIS: Winner-take-all, Troy Athens prevails at OAA-White tourney for outright title
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR Dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans FARMINGTON — The formula for Saturday’s OAA White Division girls tennis league tournament was simple: Winner takes all. Both Troy Athens and Rochester Stoney Creek entered the seven-school league tournament at Farmington High School with identical 5-0-1 dual match records and a share of the […]
GIRLS TENNIS: League Championships Scoreboard
Girls Tennis OAA RED DIVISION TOURNAMENT (May 10 at North Farmington) TEAM SCORES — 1. Bloomfield Hills, 62; 2. Clarkston, 60; 3. Birmingham Seaholm, 56; 4. West Bloomfield, 44; 5. Troy, 40; 6. North Farmington, 24; 7. Rochester Adams, 20; 8. Birmingham Groves, 18. DUAL STANDINGS (Not completed) — 1. Clarkston (7-0-0); 2. Bloomfield […]
ALL-NORTH OAKLAND AREA BOYS SWIMMING: These tankers left quite a wake
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR Dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans Here’s a statistic for you. Boys swimming and diving is one of the only sports where schools from the coverage area of www.northoaklandsports.com have never won a team state championship. What does that mean? Well, it certainly doesn’t mean that there isn’t any talent coming […]
Tribute to our moms: The real MVPs of our lives
It was kind of fitting that when Kevin Durant was named the National Basketball Association MVP for 2013-14 this past week, he spent plenty of time on record thanking his mom, Wanda Pratt, for helping, teaching and guiding him to where his is today. The Oklahoma City Thunder star wasn’t glorifying himself and putting his […]
