Category: Prep Wraps
Lancers march past emotionally-drained Eagles
BY TIMOTHY PONTZER STUDENT CORRESPONDANT AUBURN HILLS — A common cliché used in sports is ‘battling through adversity’. Whether it be things on or off the court, field, or ice, coaches and players alike use the phrase to describe a team’s journey through a season. Many times, a small situation or event can get blown [...]
Troy shuts down perimeter to KO Kettering, 55-43
BY JAKE LOURIM STUDENT CORRESPONDANT TROY — It was just one of those nights for Waterford Kettering. Host Troy held Kettering to just a 2-for-25 performance from 3-point range, and the Colts ousted the Captains 55-43 from the Class A state tournament in the district first round game Monday night. With the win, Troy will [...]
Perfect storm: Lake Orion erupts to de-ice Eisenhower 10-2 in regional opener
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com ROCHESTER — Lake Orion and Utica Eisenhower are no strangers to high school hockey state tournament games. The two have played four times in the postseason in the past decade, including Monday’s first-round matchup. Last year, Eisenhower skated away with a 2-1, overtime win in a Division 1 regional [...]
Tickets punched: Lake Orion, Stoney Creek advance to cheer state finals
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com LAKE ORION — For eight straight seasons, Lake Orion won regional titles in competitive cheer. That streak came between 1995 and 2003. After several years of drought, the Dragons came through with their best performance of the season Saturday to win its first regional crown in eight years. Lake [...]
Milford uses second-period outburst to eliminate Oxford
WATERFORD — Milford used a three-goal outburst in the second period to nose past Oxford 3-2 in a Division 1 pre-regional at Lakeland Arena. Oxford, competing in Division 1 for the first time, finished 13-9-2. Keith Richards had a goal and assist and Sean Hamilton scored consecutive goals, including the eventual game-winner, for Milford in [...]
Lake Orion finds shooting touch in downing Rochester Adams; Romeo ousts Oxford; Northwest falls
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com LAKE ORION — Throughout the course of the regular season, Lake Orion was anything but a high-scoring, proficient offensive juggernaught. The Dragons picked the right time to locate their shooting touch. Lake Orion opened up Monday’s Class A state tournament with a 16-4 first-quarter run and went on to [...]
Kreza’s game-winner lifts Athens past Troy in overtime thriller
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com BIRMINGHAM — Even a team that has its fair share of struggles in the regular season can have new life in the postseason. It has worked out that way for Troy Athens’ boys hockey team,\ After recording just two wins in the regular season, the Red Hawks, depleted by [...]
From rags to riches: Oxford slowly builds program to reach ultimate goal
BATTLE CREEK — When a program is at an all-time low, it’s hard to imagine being up on top. That’s the way Paul McDevitt viewed it in the mid-1990s when he took over Oxford’s wrestling program. The program couldn’t even compete with a full lineup. “They didn’t win a match the year before I took [...]
Final stand: Powerhouse teams cheering on the bubble for few dance tickets
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com LAKE ORION — Anyway one twists and turns it, a state-ranked competitive cheer team will not escape Saturday’s Division 1 regional at Lake Orion. Part of the 12-school field features Rochester, defending state champion Rochester Stoney Creek and Lake Orion, along with Sterling Heights Stevenson and Southgate Anderson — [...]
WRESTLING STATE FINALS BOX SCORES
DIVISION 1 STATE SEMIFINALS BOX SCORE 2011 MHSAA Team Wrestling Finals Kellogg Arena, Battle Creek Division 1 Final-Feb. 26 #1 Detroit Catholic Central (23-2) vs. #2 Oxford (33-4) Division 1 Semifinals-Feb. 26 #1 Detroit Catholic Central (23-2) 39, #4 Brighton (46-2) 16 WT DCC B MATCH RESULT 145 0 3 Aaron Calderon (B) Dec [...]
OXFORD IN BATTLE CREEK
1999 (D-2) Quarterfinals: Oxford def. Warren Lincoln, 40-23 Semifinals: Lowell def. Oxford, 35-21 2005 (D-2) Quarterfinals: Lowell def. Oxford, 41-21 2008 (D-2) Quarterfinals: Oxford def. Tecumseh, 35-21 Semifinals: Eaton Rapids def. Oxford, 43-16 2009 (D-2) Quarterfinals: Oxford def. Byron Center, 43-12 Semifinals: Oxford def. Stevensville Lakeshore, 31-29 State Finals: Lowell def. Oxford, 35-20 2010 (D-1) [...]
Now that’s storybook: Oxford shocks No. 1 Shamrocks on last match to win D-1 state title
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com BATTLE CREEK — The last name Smith is one of the most common last names in all of North America. In Oxford, that name now has some new meaning. And it will have a very special ring to it. Oxford senior Dylan Smith is the reason for that. With [...]
Oxford thumps Hartland, gains date with Catholic Central for state title
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com BATTLE CREEK — Oxford had a wish that it wanted another shot at defending state champion Novi Detroit Catholic Central. That wish was granted Saturday morning. The second-seeded Wildcats rolled past Hartland in a Division 1 state semifinal (36-21), with top-ranked Catholic Central getting past Brighton (39-16) in the [...]
No sweat: Oxford pounds Southgate Anderson to reach Final Four
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com BATTLE CREEK — Matt Frisch was quick to point to fingers to the sky following his 200th career individual win Friday afternoon. But that’s only another stepping stone in the grand scheme for Frisch and Oxford’s wrestling program. The senior helped the Wildcats win 12 of 14 matches Friday [...]
Final step: Oxford prepped for state title run
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com BATTLE CREEK — When Ben Ralston and Matt Frisch were freshman, they dreamed about what it would be like to win a wrestling state championship. Now as seniors, they have helped put together quite a legacy and are now three wins away from such a goal. The Wildcats, ranked [...]
Athens-Avondale vaults way to OAA gymnastics title
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com TROY— After playing the bridesmaid role to Farmington Unified the past several years, the Troy Athens/Avondale Unified gymnastics team claimed top honors at Thursday’s OAA league championships. The Red Hawks picked up a 147.400 total, and had the highest score in each of the four events, to nip defending [...]
THURSDAY’S PREP ROUNDUP: Stoney Creek springs upset on Troy; Everest thumps St. Thomas More
TROY — Rochester Stoney Creek pulled the upset of OAA White Division leader Thursday, turning back Troy 72-63. Alex Jones led the Cougars (5-12, 5-9) with 22 points. Taylor Rawlings followed with 21 points for Stoney Creek. John Stibich scored 23 points for Troy, while James Young added 21 points and 10 rebounds for the [...]
Bridesmaid no longer: Oxford skates to first league crown
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com TROY— It was bound to happen sooner or later, but Oxford’s hockey team can finally call itself a league champion. The Wildcats, in their 11th season as a varsity program, captured its first-ever league championship Friday with a 6-1 win over Royal Oak at the Troy Sports Center. That [...]
