Category: Rochester
MHSAA Prep Football Playoff Pairings
Below are the 2011 MHSAA Prep Football Playoff Pairings. All first-round games are set Oct.28-29. Games times and locations are all official. R = Region D = District All Games Times Eastern Division 1 R1-D1: Holland West Ottawa (6-3) 67.444 at Rockford (8-1) 103.444 – F 7:00 PM R1-D1: Grand Ledge (7-2) 82.778 at Grand […]
Rochester closes out Royal Oak for third straight win; Avondale edges Berkley on Sroka’s boot
ROCHESTER HILLS — Behind 13 points in both the first and third quarters, Rochester closed the 2011 season with three straight wins behind a 26-7 triumph over visiting Royal Oak. Manny Mendoza, who recently had a cast removed from a broken bone in his hand, hauled in a 72-year pass from John Doroshewitz to kickstart […]
CROSS COUNTRY: OAA Red Division Championships Results
Boys Cross Country OAA RED DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIPS (Oct. 21 at Bloomer Park, Rochester) TEAM SCORES — 1. Lake Orion, 50; 2.Clarkston, 70;3. Troy, 106; 4. Rochester Adams, 117; 5. Oxford, 119; 6. Rochester Stoney Creek, 123; 7. Birmingham Seaholm, 142; 8. Rochester, 179. FINAL LEAGUE STANDINGS — 1. Lake Orion, 31; 2.Clarkston, 28; 3. Oxford, […]
Lake Orion, Seaholm slosh past field to claim OAA-Red titles
Carey, Morrissey race to individual crowns BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com ROCHESTER — Jamie Morrissey’s expertise is the 800 meters. With her long legs and foot speed, she is trained to use her strong kick down the stretch to chase down the opposition. It worked perfectly Thursday for the Rochester Adams junior. Running on […]
Cross Country State Rankings Oct. 19
Girls Cross Country (By MichiganCrossCountry.com) Division 1 — 1. Saline; 2. Grosse Pointe South; 3. Birmingham Seaholm; 4. Brighton; 5. Northville; 6. Grand Haven; 7. Hudsonville; 8. Traverse City Central; 9. Rockford; 10. Grandville. Honorable Mention — Oxford, Livonia Churchill. Division 2 — 1. DeWitt; 2. Cedar Springs; 3. East Grand Rapids; 4. Grand Rapids […]
Cristobal’s game-winner sends Stevenson past Rochester
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com UTICA — Special players may not get many scoring opportunities throughout the flow of a game. When they do, they can often make a difference. Jerome Cristobal is one of those type of players. He rose to the occasion Wednesday night to become huge a difference maker on the […]
Stick’s Picks: League titles, final playoff spots on the line in Week 9
It was two months ago when football teams at nearly 700 schools around the state entered the 2011 season with high hopes. For most, those hopes have dwindled. For a few, league championships have been won and playoff spots have been clinched. For a few others, there is still Week 9 to grab that final […]
MHSAA News: Week 9 football playoffs points listing
EAST LANSING – Here is a list of Michigan High School Athletic Association football playing schools, displaying their win-loss records and playoff averages through the seventh week of the season. Schools on this list are in enrollment order. An asterisk (*) beside a record indicates that a team has 8 or fewer games scheduled. A […]
Athens gains revenge on Chippewa Valley; Rochester advances, Stoney Creek collapses
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com CLINTON TOWNSHIP — Clinton Township Chippewa Valley opened the season with a 2-0 victory over Troy Athens. The Red Hawks got a shot at redemption as the second season began Monday night. Athens rallied back from a 1-0 deficit midway through the first half to oust the Big Reds […]
MONDAY’S DISTRICT ROUNDUP: Country Day ousts Notre Dame Prep; Oxford falls
PONTIAC — Soto Raphtis, Branton Desai and Spencer Bertam all scored goals in leading fifth-ranked Birmingham Detroit Country Day past host Pontiac Notre Dame Prep 3-0 Monday in a Division 3 pre-district. Jasper Khaira had two assists for the Yellowjackets (15-4-1). Charles Felker made 10 saves in a losing effort for Notre Dame Prep (9-14-0). […]
District battles provide first step in long tournament run
The MHSAA boys soccer districts will commence across the state Monday and several area teams have plans for an extensive stay in the postseason. The dreams of the Final Four and a state championship are reserved for only a couple of area teams lucky enough to advance very tough districts and regionals. But a team […]
MHSAA BOYS SOCCER DISTRICT DRAWS
MHSAA BOYS SOCCER DISTRICT DRAWS Below are the 2011 MHSAA boys soccer district draws involving schools from the www.northoaklandsports.com coverage area. Please call host school for additional details. DIVISION 1 DISTRICT NO. 9 HOSTED BY TROY Monday, Oct. 17 Game 1 — Pontiac at Birmingham Seaholm, 7 p.m.; Game 2 — Waterford Kettering at Birmingham […]
Stoney Creek a bridesmaid once again at D-1 golf finals
Cougars’ Yurik earns medalists honors; Troy lands fifth, Adams 14th BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com ALLENDALE — In a similar fashion to last season, Rochester Stoney Creek entered the Division 1 girls golf state finals is a No. 1 ranking. The Cougars still departed in the bridesmaid role. Second-ranked Grosse Pointe South put together […]
MHSAA Boys Tennis State Finals Results
Boys Tennis MHSAA L.P. DIVISION 1 STATE FINALS (Oct.14-15 at Midland Community Tennis Center) TEAM SCORES — 1. Ann Arbor Huron, 30; 2. Birmingham Brother Rice, 26; 3. Novi Detroit Catholic Central, 24; 4. Novi, 20; 5. Northville, 13; 6. (tie) West Bloomfield, 12; Ann Arbor Pioneer, 12; 8. (tie) Rochester Adams, 11; Port Huron […]
GIRLS GOLF: Division 1 Stater Finals Results
2011 MHSAA L.P. DIVISION 1 STATE FINALS (Oct. 14-15, The Meadows, Grand Valley State University) TEAM SCORES — 1. Grosse Pointe South, 348-344–692; 2. Rochester Stoney Creek, 360-353–713; 3. Plymouth, 354-378–732; 4. Saline, 371-374–745; 5. Troy, 368-379–747; 6. Utica, 370-379–749; 7. Brighton, 375-386–761; 8. Holt, 384-392–776; 9. Davison, 395-387–782; 10. Livonia Churchill, 393-403–796; 11. Ann […]
Friday’s Roundup: Rochester downs Stoney Creek; Athens stymies Southfield
ROCHESTER HILLS — For the first time in 41 years, Rochester will not face rival Rochester Adams on the grid-iron. The Falcons had the next best thing Friday night, drawing Rochester Stoney Creek in the OAA Crossover Showcase at home. Rochester did not disappoint, rolling to a 14-0 lead after the first quarter and cruising […]
League title matches, OAA crossover tilts highlight Week 8
The postseason is only two short weeks away, and there’s nothing like a slate of games where league championships, crossover, rivalries and state-qualifying sixth win on the line. That’s exactly what we’ll see in Week 8 and Week 9. There are so many scenarios to be played out, just at the local level, in the […]
Oxford drops Hazel Park; Avondale avenges Andover
HAZEL PARK — Oxford is out of the running for the OAA Blue Division soccer title. The Wildcats still maintained its top-three standing with a 7-0 whitewashing of Hazel Park Tuesday, clinching no worse than third place with the win. Seven different players scored goals for the Wildcats (10-4-3, 7-3-2). Jacob Wysocki, Sean Hazen, Chase […]
