Category: Rochester
TUESDAY’S VOLLEYBALL ROUNDUP: Athens outlasts Groves; Stoney Creek sweeps Royal Oak
BIRMINGHAM — Troy Athens won the first, second and fourth games to outlast host Birmingham Groves Tuesday in an OAA White Division volleyball match. The Red Hawks posted a 25-19, 25-23, 19-25, 25-17 triumph over the Falcons. Lisa Lavelanet had nine kills and three blocks to pace the Red Hawks (20-20, 5-3). Rachel Senopole added […]
Revamped Rochester regroups to edge Clarkston
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com CLARKSTON — Having injuries to key players is part of sports. All teams have to deal with injuries of all sorts. Some are bumps and bruises, some are long term. Rochester High’s boys soccer team has had to deal with injuries, more than most teams. In fact, the Falcons […]
MHSAA Week 8 Football Playoffs Listing
MHSAA Week 8 Football Playoff 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 […]
Associated Press Football Rankings — Oct. 11
Football (By the Associated Press NOTE: Below are the Associated Press Prep Football Rankings entering Week 8. The list included the rank, school, first-place votes, record and total points. Division 1 — 1. Novi Detroit Catholic Central (5) (7-0) 50; 2. Rockford (6-1) 42; 3. Clarkston (5-2) 40; 4. Plymouth (7-0) 36; 5. Utica Eisenhower […]
BOYS SOCCER ROUNDUP: Falcons end skid by downing Crestwood
ROCHESTER HILLS — Rochester ending a 0-5-1 skid and scored a season-high of goals in downing Dearborn Heights Crestwood, 5-1, Saturday in a non-league boys soccer game. Rochester, which was outscored 23-5 in its winless streak, scored three times in the first half and tacked on two more goals in the second half. Sophomore Evan […]
Harrison-Lake Orion matchup highlights OAA Crossover Showcase
The Oakland Activities Association has announced its Week 8 pairings for the second annual OAA Red-White Crossover football games. The teams will face off by order of current standing in their respective division, except for special cases involving the Rochester schools. Rochester High faces either Rochester Adams or Rochester Stoney Creek each year, based on […]
FOOTBALL ROUNDUP: Falcons end five-game skid in sinking Lakers
WEST BLOOMFIELD — Rochester welcomed back an old friend Thursday night and finally stopped the bleeding of a five-game losing streak by chewing up West Bloomfield 31-17 in an OAA Red Division football game Thursday. Senior fullback Cody Devoe, last year’s leading rusher who missed 3.5 games with a shoulder injury, returned to the grid […]
CROSS COUNTRY: Oakland County Championships Results
Boys Cross Country 52nd ANNUAL OAKLAND COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS (Oct. 8 at Kensington Metropark) TEAM SCORES — 1. Milford, 76; 2. Waterford Mott, 110; 3. White Lake Lakeland, 110; 4. Novi Detroit Catholic Central, 161; 5. Clarkston, 217; 6. Walled Lake Northern, 238; 7. Lake Orion, 239; 8. Farmington, 291; 9. Rochester Adams, 317; 10. Rochester […]
West Bloomfield, Adams, Stoney Creek punch tennis finals tickets
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com ROCHESTER HILLS — As the completion on adjacent courts dwindled down, Jordan Asher knew that it would be close. What the West Bloomfield junior didn’t know that his match carried some significant weight. Asher, a junior, outlasted Charles Xu of Rochester Adams, 6-1, 6-2 in the finals of the […]
Girls Golf Regional Scoreboard
Girls Golf Regional Scoreboard DIVISION1 REGIONAL (Oct. 6 at Twin Lakes, par 72) TEAM SCORES — 1. Rochester Stoney Creek, 319; 2. Utica, 331; 3. Rochester Adams, 359; 4. Rochester, 365; 5. Port Huron Northern, 385; 6. Lake Orion, 392; 7. Romeo, 398; 8. Utica Eisenhower, 409; 9. Utica Ford II, 413; 10. Macomb L’Anse […]
Stoney Creek defends regional golf championship
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com OAKLAND TOWNSHIP — Rochester Stoney Creek spent most of last season ranked No. 1 in the state before finishing second to Saline by three strokes at the Division 1 finals. The Cougars now have a shot at redemption. Stoney Creek, which has been ranked No. 1 or No. 2 […]
STICK’S PICKS: Who will cash in on a playoff berth this week?
Last week Pontiac Notre Dame Prep became the first area school to cash in on its playoff ticket. The Fighting Irish are a perfect 6-0 and now can move onto their next goal. Who will join them this week? Lake Orion and Troy Athens are both 5-1 and play each other this week for first […]
Part of the legacy: Rochester golfers building without star power
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com ROCHESTER HILLS — There’s something a little different with Rochester’s girls golf team this season compared to many of its recent teams. There are no bona fide all-state players on the Falcons’ roster. There are no Miss Golf candidates and not a list of players who are being recruited […]
PHOTO GALLERY: 2011 Oakland County Girls Swimming and Diving Championships
Below is a photo gallery of the 2011 Oakland County Girls Swimming and Diving championships from Oct. 1, as compiled by L McKee Photography. More than 300 photos of this event are now available at www.lmckeephotography.com. L McKee Photography is one of the photography companies that is a partner with digital daily sports publication, www.northoaklandsports.com, […]
Prep Football AP State Rankings
Football (By the Associated Press NOTE: Below are the Associated Press Prep Football Rankings entering Week 7. The list included the rank, school, first-place votes, record and total points. Division 1 — 1. Novi Detroit Catholic Central (5) (6-0) 50; 2. Rockford (5-1) 42; 3. (tie) Clarkston (4-2) 37; Grand Ledge (6-0) 37; 5. Plymouth […]
GIRLS SWIMMING: Oakland County Girls Swimming and Diving Championships
2011 OAKLAND COUNTY GIRLS SWIMMING AND DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS (Oct. 1 at Lake Orion High School) TEAM SCORES — 1. Farmington Hills Mercy, 362; 2. Birmingham Marian, 227.5; 3. Clarkston, 206; 4. Farmington Harrison, 171; 5. Birmingham Seaholm, 161; 6. Novi, 160; 7. Lake Orion, 133; 8. Birmingham Groves, 126; 9. South Lyon Unified, 122; 10. […]
Mercy’s depth helps propel Marlins to record seventh straight county title
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com LAKE ORION — Farmington Hills Mercy might not have the star power it has had in the past two decades, but the Marlins are proving that there really is strength in numbers. Mercy again showcased why it is annually one of the state’s top girls swimming and diving team […]
Clarkston sharp in sliding past Rochester
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com ROCHESTER HILLS — Rochester honored some of its all-time great athletes Friday night with its annual Hall of Fame induction. It was Clarkston that more than stole the limelight. Playing in the driving rain and near-freezing temperatures, the Wolves ran roughshod over the injury-riddled Falcons. Clarkston won its third […]
