Category: Prep Wraps
BOYS GOLF: District Scoreboard
Boys Golf DIVISION 4 DISTRICT (June 1 at Heather Highlands C.G.) TEAM SCORES — 1. Auburn Hills Oakland Christian, 308; 2. Grosse Pointe Woods University-Liggett, 331; 3. Southfield Christian, 357; 4. Rochester Hills Lutheran Northwest, 357; 5. Clarkston Everest Collegiate-Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes Unified, 361; 6. Sterling Heights Parkway Christian, 372; 7. […]
SOFTBALL: OAA-Red champion Wolves turn attention to state tournament
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans CLARKSTON — As a state powerhouse program, Clarkston always has high expectations on the softball diamond. The Wolves are frequent visitors to the Division 1 top 20 and play a loaded schedule year-in and year-out. That still hasn’t translated tin o tremendous success in the postseason […]
AOTW: Chapman is Avondale’s Mr. Versatility
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans AUBURN HILLS — If there is any question about Nathan Chapman’s ability as a track athlete, it’s what he hasn’t done during his prep track career at Auburn Hills Avondale. “I never tired the throws,” laughed Chapman at the recent OAA Blue Division championships. Beyond the […]
PREP STATE RANKINGS
PREP STATE RANKINGS Softball (By the coaches association) Division 1 — 1. Portage Central; 2. Clarkston; 3. Mattawan; 4. Hudsonville;5. Farmington Hills Mercy; 6.White Lake Lakeland; 7. Plymouth; 8. Swartz Creek;9. Sterling Heights Stevenson; 10. Romeo. Honorable Mention — New Baltimore Anchor Bay, Plymouth Canton, Fraser, Garden City, Grandville, Hartland, Jenison, Lowell, North Farmington, Northville, […]
BASEBALL: Oakland Christian enjoying turnaround season, wins first league title since 1996
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans AUBURN HILLS — Winning championships and baseball have not gone hand-in-hand in recent times when referring to Auburn Hills Oakland Christian While the Lancers have been known for its boys soccer and boys basketball teams during the past couple of decades, Oakland Christian has not been […]
GIRLS TENNIS: Clarkston should engage in dogfight to defend D-1 state crown
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans CLARKSTON — In some ways, Clarkston will enter the Lower Peninsula Division 1 girls tennis state finals with a target on their collective backs. After all, the Wolves are the defending Division 1 state champs in girls tennis. Beckie Freeman doesn’t necessarily see it that way. […]
GIRLS TENNIS: Notre Dame Prep slowly making a racquet
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans PONTIAC — If there is a surprise in the tennis ranks in tradition-rich Oakland County in recent years, it does not hail from one of the power communities such as Birmingham or Bloomfield Hills. It does not hail from Rochester or Troy or Clarkston or even […]
GIRLS SOCCER DISTRICTS: Troy, Oakland Christian, Notre Dame Prep, Clarkston all advance to district finals
TROY — Behind a goal in each half, Troy advanced to the district finals with a 2-0 shutout of visiting Utica Ford Thursday. The Colts, who will face Royal Oak Saturday at 1 p.m. picked up a first-half goal from Phylisha Drayton and a second-half marker from Sarah Troccoli in recording the win. Madison Hirsch […]
GIRLS SOCCER DISTRICTS: Iaderosa’s late goal lifts Adams past Rochester
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans UTICA — As far as the Rochester-Rochester Adams rivalry goes, the two have played out many classic games on the soccer pitch spanning some 30 years. That continued Thursday night in a Division 1 girls soccer district semifinal at Utica’s Swinehart Stadium. Lara Iaderosa scored in […]
GIRLS SOCCER DISTRICTS: Stoney Creek perseveres to oust Utica
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans UTICA — This match had trap game written all over it. Coming off a 3-2, double-overtime victory over third-ranked Utica Eisenhower on Tuesday, Rochester Stoney Creek found the terrain a little rough Thursday night in a Division 1 girls soccer district semifinal at Utica’s Swinehart Field. […]
GIRLS TENNIS: Holly looking forward to its 13th straight state finals berth
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans HOLLY — For all of the successful tennis programs in Oakland County, Holly has quietly sat underneath the radar for years. While the Bronchos’ girls tennis team’s amazing 29-year reign atop of the Flint Metro League came to an end two weeks ago, as Holly finished […]
Adams claims OAA-Red golf championship
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ROCHESTER HILLS — Rochester Adams has proven to be a model of consistency throughout the years in boys golf. The Highlanders added to that reputation Wednesday on Katke Cousins Golf Course. Behind a play-six, count-four team score of 309, Adams won the final OAA Red Division […]
BOYS LACROSSE: Clarkston cruises into regional finals
WEST BLOOMFIELD — There and back again. Clarkston’s boys lacrosse team is headed back to the Division 1 regional finals, this time courtesy of a 12-9 victory Tuesday over Brighton in a regional semifinal at West Bloomfield. The Wolves (16-2-0), who have only lost four games in two seasons, will face top-ranked Birmingham Brother Rice […]
NORTH OAKLAND COUNTY TRACK HONOR ROLL 2012
NORTH OAKLAND COUNTY TRACK HONOR ROLL Below is the track and field honor roll for schools in the www.northoaklandsports.com coverage area. High Schools in the area include Auburn Hills Avondale, Auburn Hills Oakland Christian, Auburn Hills Christian Academy, Clarkston, Clarkston Everest Collegiate, Clarkston Springfield Christian, Holly, Lake Orion, Lake Orion Baptist, Lake Oroin Shalom Baptist, […]
GIRLS SOCCER DISTRICTS: Troy ousts rival Troy Athens
TROY — Troy High opened the girls soccer season the same way the Colts opened the postseason Tuesday — with a 2-0 shutout of rival Troy Athens. Host Troy scored a goal in each half to advance to Thursday’s 5 p.m. district semifinal against Utica Ford II. Irene Young opened the scoring in the first […]
GIRLS SOCCER DISTRICTS: WOLL shuts out Lutheran Northwest; Adams blanks Romeo
CLARKSTON — The unbeaten season continues. Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes-Clarkston Everest Collegiate Unified’s advanced to the second round of the Division 4 girls soccer state tournament with an 8-0 shutout of visiting Rochester Hills Lutheran Northwest. WOLL scored six times in the first half and tackled on two more goals after halftime. Anna […]
GIRLS SOCCER DISTRICTS: Stoney Creek upsets Eisenhower
UTICA — Two top 10 teams facing off can usually provided for a memorable postseason opener. Rochester Stoney Creek and Utica Eisenhower did not disappoint Tuesday in their Division 1 girls soccer pre-district contest. Hannah Darin scored what proved to be the game-winner with three seconds left in the first overtime session to lift 10th-ranked […]
GIRLS SOCCER: Clarkston takes first step with district win over Carman-Ainsworth
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans FLINT — Clarkston has never captured a district crown in girls soccer. The Wolves would love nothing more than to change that this season. Clarkston took the first step in that direction Tuesday in its Division 1 district opener at Flint Carman-Ainsworth. The Wolves rallied back […]
