Category: Rochester Stoney Creek
Brannon, Young pace 26 local all-state soccer players
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com As expected, Troy Athens senior Olivia Brannon was named the 2011 Miss Soccer by the Michigan High School Soccer Coaches Association, leading 26 all-state players from the www.northoaklandsports.com coverage area. Brannon is on the 11-member all-state Dream Team, which also includes 10 other standout players from around the state, […]
Johnson takes stroke play at Michigan Women’s Amateur
Yurik, Compton, Meier all in top 10 heading into match play BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com HIGHLAND TOWNSHIP — Sarah Johnson knows that a top-seed has never lost in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament in the first round. She wants to make sure that type of upset doesn’t happen in women’s golf, either, at […]
2011 ALL-AREA BOYS LACROSSE: This group snatches the opposition in its web
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com The growth of boys lacrosse in the area can be determined by many ways. It all starts with teams success, where two teams from the www.northoaklandsports.com coverage area advanced to the regional finals in 2011 with one of those teams reaching the state semifinals as well. That was the […]
2011 ALL-AREA GIRLS SOCCER: Highly-touted players showcased on postseason squad
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com It has been said time and time again that in the sport of prep soccer, sometimes it’s harder to make the All-Area First Team or even the All-County team in Oakland County that it is to reach the all-state lists in one of the four divisions. That didn’t change […]
2011 ALL-AREA GIRLS LACROSSE: Rising stars abundant in state’s fastest growing sport
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com It wasn’t that long ago that girls lacrosse was only a minor sport in Michigan, with only small pockets of public schools or prestigious private and parochial schools sponsoring the sport. That has changed. There were close to 70 programs in the state this season with varsity teams and […]
ALL-OAA SOFTBALL TEAMS 2011
ALL-OAA SOFTBALL TEAMS 2011 ALL-OAA RED DIVISION FINAL STANDINGS — 1. North Farmington (10-0-0); 2. Lake Orion (6-3-1); 3. Clarkston (6-4-0); 4. Troy (5-4-1); 5. Oxford (2-8-0); 6. West Bloomfield (1-9-0). ALL-RED DIVISION TEAM — Megan Keller, North Farmington fr. SS; Katie Creighton, North Farmington fr. 2B; Katy Severson, North Farmington jr. P-1B; Kaitlyn Kendall, […]
2011 ALL-AREA SOFTBALL: All-around talents heat up the diamond
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com The 2011 softball season was definitely a year of transition for teams across the state of Michigan. With the pitcher’s circle being pushed back three feet to be the same distance as college, offensive numbers were up significantly while pitching numbers dropped at many schools as those pitchers adapted […]
2011 ALL-AREA BASEBALL: Diamond squad is armed and lethally dangerous
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com The senior class of baseball players in Michigan was known to be as deep of a group since the Class of 1998, where nine in-state prep players were drafted. The state this season again had nine prep players selected in the Major League Baseball Amateur Draft and had an […]
2011 ALL-AREA BOYS GOLF: State champion Oakland Christian headlines top linkers
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Another exceptional boys golf season is in the bag and the postseason honors have been flowing forth for many individuals with local ties. Multiple athletes from the www.northoaklandsports.com coverage area earned all types of postseason success in recent weeks by making the all-league or all-county teams with three others […]
2011 ALL-AREA GIRLS TENNIS: These players made quite the racquet
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Another exceptional season of girls tennis in the www.northoaklandsports.com coverage area finished with four teams playing at the Division 1 state finals, three finishing in the top 10 and another winning its first-ever state championship. Clarkston rang the bell as the state’s premier team this season, beginning the campaign […]
2011 ALL-AREA GIRLS TRACK & FIELD TEAM: All-State athletes burnt up the grand oval
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Sometimes years of greatness are very hard to reproduce. The girls track and field season of 2010 in the area was hard to match in 2011. After all, a team state champion and five individual state champions last season was a rarity and several of those athletes departed last […]
ALL-AREA BOYS TRACK & FIELD: Power, speed highlight postseason squad
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com In a bizarre spring, track and field athletes generally had slow starts due to consistent bad weather, but were still able to pull off some fine finishes in the final weeks of the season. That is all evidenced on the 2011 All-Area Boys Track and Field Team. Across the […]
All-OAA Boys Golf Team
ALL-OAA BOYS GOLF TEAMS ALL-OAA RED DIVISION FINAL STANDINGS — 1. (tie) Rochester Adams, Lake Orion; 3. Rochester; 4. Clarkston; 5. Troy; 6. Rochester Stoney Creek. FIRST TEAM — Ben Van Orman, Rochester Adams; Eric Busa, Rochester Adams; Jamie Stanton, Rochester Adams; Eric Shyu, Rochester; Dave Collins, Rochester; Jimmy Delnick, Clarkston; Andrew Lange, Clarkston; Alex […]
Controversy hits high school golf community
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Controversy has swirled over the sport of high school boys golf and its epicenter sits right in one of the communities in this area of the state. Oxford finished third at Thursday’s Division 1 regional at Flushing Valley Golf Course, but several other schools in the Wildcats’ district, regional […]
Oxford, Lake Orion’s Waelchli make cut for D-1 golf finals
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com FLUSHING — A collective bad round of golf more than fueled a fire for members of Oxford’s boys golf team. Finishing in the bottom of the pack at last year’s Division 1 regional at Flushing Valley, the performance served as motivation for this year. The Wildcats continued one of […]
MHSAA Division 1 Track & Field State Finals Results
Boys Track MHSAA DIVISION 1 STATE FINALS (June 4 at Rockford High School) TEAM SCORES — 1. East Kentwood, 72; 2. Ypsilanti, 28; 3. West Bloomfield, 24; 4. Rockford, 23; 5. Portage Northern, 22; 6. (tie) Hudsonville, 21; Novi Detroit Catholic Central 21; 8. (tie) Dexter, 20; Jackson, 20; 10. Walled Lake Central, 18; 11. Ann […]
Girls Tennis Division 1 State Finals Results
Girls Tennis MHSAA DIVISON 1 STATE FINALS (June 3-4 at Midland Community Tennis Center) TEAM SCORES — 1. Clarkston, 27; 2. Ann Arbor Pioneer, 25; 3. Midland Dow, 21; 4. Grosse Pointe South, 17; 5. Port Huron Northern, 14; 6. (tie) Hudsonville, 13; Northville, 13; Saline, 13; 9. (tie) Rochester, 10; Troy, 10; 11. Novi, […]
Oxford anchors D-1 meet with all-state effort in 1,600 relay
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com ROCKFORD — After a day of sub-par performances in the blistering heat, Oxford saved its best for last — by far. The Wildcats’ foursome of Terrance Webb, Aaron Stuk, Connor Risinger and Darren Lumpkin overcame an almost unbearable heat index at the Lower Peninsula Division 1 state finals at […]
