Category: Rochester Adams
GIRLS GOLF: Adams chips way to state runner-up finish
Troy lands 11th, Troy Athens 13th, Stoney Creek 15th at D-1 finals BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans EAST LANSING — One of the most successful girls golf seasons in Rochester Adams history ended Friday. The Highlanders walked away with some much-expected hardware. Top-ranked Adams finished in the runner-up slot at 322. Northville […]
BOYS SOCCER: Clarkston once again delivers knockout blow to Rochester Adams
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans CLARKSTON — It’s safe to say that Clarkston really does have Rochester Adams’ number. For the fourth time in five seasons the Wolves ousted Adams from the Division 1 state tournament, this time coming in the form of a 2-0 victory Thursday in a pre-district contest. It […]
BOYS SOCCER: Clarkston looking to find missing goal-scoring magic in postseason
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans CLARKSTON — If Clarkston is to win its third straight district title this season, the Wolves will have to solve a riddle: Who will simply score goals? Clarkston entered the season as the pick to win the OAA Red Division, as the Wolves brought back a bevy […]
Oakland County High Schools
OAKLAND COUNTY HIGH SCHOOLS Oakland County High Schools With Athletics Programs: Auburn Hills Avondale Yellowjackets Auburn Hills Christian Academy […]
GIRLS SWIM AND DIVE: Oakland County Championships Results 2020
45TH ANNUAL OAKLAND COUNTY GIRLS SWIM & DIVE CHAMPIONSHIPS (Oct. 8-9 at eight locations) TEAM SCORES — 1. Farmington Hills Mercy, 285; 2. Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood, 266; 3. Birmingham Seaholm, 210; 4. Novi, 193; 5. Birmingham Marian, 173; 6. Rochester Adams, 145; 7. Farmington, 144; 8. Lake Orion, 129; 9. Birmingham Groves, 109; 10. Milford, […]
CROSS-COUNTRY: Milford, Clarkston earn Oakland County titles under unique circumstances
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans MILFORD TWP. — It took two days and eight flights of runners, not to mention some unique circumstances, techniques, course planning and precautions to crown this year’s Oakland County champions in cross-country. Once everything was combined together, Milford’s boys and Clarkston’s girls emerged from the heap with […]
FOOTBALL: Stoney Creek chews up Rochester Adams to remain perfect at 4-0, clinch OAA-White title share
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ROCHESTER HILLS — Like a game of old-school Pac-Man, Rochester Stoney Creek simply chews up teams dot by dot. Or in this case, yard-by-yard. The unheralded Cougars, ranked 11th in the first Associated Press Division 1 poll this week, are off to a 4-0 for just the third […]
BOYS SOCCER: Troy Athens topples Rochester Adams, celebrates 18th league championship
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans TROY — It’s only fitting that Troy Athens celebrates 40 seasons of boys soccer with another league championship. The Red Hawks moved to 6-0-0 in OAA Red Division play Tuesday with a 3-1 victory over visiting Rochester Adams. No other team in the eight-school division can catch […]
GIRLS GOLF: Rochester Adams shooting for state gold
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ROCHESTER HILLS — Rochester Adams has normally fielded a competitive contingent in girls golf. Since the very first Open Class nine-hole state finals tournament held for Lower Peninsula schools back in 1973, Adams has qualified 15 times, including a state runner-up finish in the Division 1 tournament […]
BOYS SOCCER STANDINGS 2020
Coaches and team statisticians can submit overall and league records for varsity sports for conferences that involve schools in the www.northoaklandsports.com coverage region. Email information to results@northoaklandsports.com or to dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com OAA RED DIVISION CON […]
GIRLS SOCCER: All-Time Michigan Miss Soccer winners
ALL-TIME MICHIGAN MISS SOCCER WINNERS * Asterisk denotes a co-Mis Soccer Winner; ** Asterisk denotes player was a non-senior when they earned award. 2020: No Winner, Season Cancelled 2019: Jesse Bandyk, Novi F 2018: Zoe Gaffney, Birmingham Seaholm M/F 2017: Danielle Stephan, DeWitt F/M 2016: Sydney Blitchok, Grandville M 2015: Taylor Mulder, Saline F 2014: […]
BOYS SOCCER: All-Time Michigan Mr. Soccer winners
ALL-TIME MICHIGAN MR. SOCCER WINNERS Below is a list of the Michigan Mr. Soccer winners, as presented by the Michigan High School Coaches Association each year to the top-ranked high school soccer player. The award debuted back in 1974. 2019: Aidan O’Connor, Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern 2018: Brennan Creek, Kalamazoo Hackett Catholic Prep 2017: […]
TOP BOYS SOCCER TEAMS: Who will run the gauntlet in this shortened season?
Traverse City West, Salem, Brighton, Mattawan, Anchor Bay are Michigan’s top prep teams — Sept. 18, 2020 BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans A simple task you say? Cram as many games as possible into six short weeks — eight weeks for teams in northern Michigan — in order to try to win […]
OAA WHITE DIVISION FOOTBALL TEAM CAPSULES 2020
Below are the area’s prep football conferences and area teams within these leagues. Capsules compiled by veteran sports writer Dan Stickradt based on research and information gathered from coaches’ preseason surveys. Corrections and changes can be made by emailing to dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com. Follow on Twitter @LocalSportsFans and on several social media platforms. OAKLAND ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATION […]
WRESTLING: Adams storms past Stoney Creek with comeback for the ages
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ROCHESTER HILLS — Perhaps this was one for the ages. In wrestling terms, faced with what seemed like an insurmountable disadvantage in a 36-0 deficit following seven weight classes, the Highlanders dug deep and accomplished the unthinkable. Adams captured wins in the final seven matches — six […]
BOYS BASKETBALL: Mims’ free throws lift Rochester Adams past Stoney Creek in Crosstown Showdown
BY DAN STICKRADT CORRESPONDENT dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ROCHESTER HILLS — Justice Mims must have ice in his veins. The sophomore guard from Rochester Adams hit two free throws with two seconds left and helped lock down Rochester Stoney Creek in the waning seconds during the Highlanders’ 38-37 OAA White Division win Friday in the Crosstown […]
GIRLS BASKETBALL: Second-half surge, stingy defense propels Rochester Adams past Stoney Creek
BY DAN STICKRADT CORRESPONDENT dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ROCHESTER HILLS — When in doubt, Rochester Adams simply turns up the heat. The Highlanders more than turned up the defensive thermometer in the second half and outscored Rochester Stoney Creek 30-9 over the final 16 minutes of play Friday to record a convincing 43-27 OAA Crossover victory […]
FOOTBALL: Stoney Creek gains postseason at-large berth; Adams to battle Eisenhower in pre-district
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ROCHESTER HILLS — For only the fourth time in its 18-year history, Rochester Stoney Creek has reached the football postseason. The Cougars sneaked into the Division 1 field of 32 schools as an at-large team with a 5-4 record and drew neighboring Lake Orion in a pre-district […]
