Category: Rochester
BOYS SOCCER: Athens edges Rochester in shootout to advance to state finals
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans TROY — Mason Maziasz relishes the moment every time he gets to play in a shootout. “I love them. I live for them,” said the Troy Athens senior goalkeeper. “I don’t mind playing in them at all.” Maziasz got his chance to play in his second straight […]
CROSS COUNTRY: Clarkston, Oxford, Lake Orion advance teams to state finals
Adams’ Schram cruises to individual regional title BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans NEW BALTIMORE — With everything on the line, the OAA Red Division schools more than excelled at the Division 1 regional at New Baltimore Anchor Bay. Four of the top seven teams from the boys meet and five of the […]
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL: OAA Blue champion Rochester peaking at the right time
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ROCHESTER HILLS — There’s no secret that a team hopes to peak in the final weeks of the season. That’s the case for Rochester’s girls volleyball team in the during the final month of the 2016 campaign. The Falcons are living that success. Rochester entered the postseason […]
BOYS SOCCER: Behind family chemistry, Rochester enjoying magical ride to first Final Four since 2002
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ROCHESTER HILLS — The last time Rochester made a run to the Division 1 Final Four, the Falcons ended the season on a high note. Rochester captured its first and only state title in school history in 2002. That was a year where the Falcons entered the […]
BOYS SOCCER: Final Four-bound: Rochester slips past Grand Blanc to win first regional crown since 2002
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ROCHESTER HILLS — Grant Ellison had but one chance Thursday evening and the sophomore seized it. Ellison scored the biggest goal of his high school career and it was enough to lift Rochester to a 1-0 victory over Grand Blanc in a Division 1 regional final at […]
BOYS SOCCER: Rochester advances to Elite Eight with 2-1 win over Hartland
BY DAN STICKRADT CORRESPONDENT dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ROCHESTER HILLS — After winning its first district title in nine years, Rochester has decided to stick around for a while in the postseason. Rochester scored a goal in each half and held on for a 2-1 victory Tuesday over Hartland in a Division 1 regional semifinal at […]
BOYS SOCCER: Rochester stuns Stoney Creek to win first district title since 2007
BY DAN STICKRADT CORRESPONDENT dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ROCHESTER HILLS — Social media can serve as a platform of motivation to the opposition when athletes and parents talk trash and somewhat guarantee victory in a high stakes game. Rochester caught wind of such chants and served noticed that the Falcons are far from a “junior-varsity B […]
FOOTBALL: Stoney Creek runs roughshod on Rochester, likely knocks rivals from postseason picture
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ROCHESTER — Apparently those around Rochester Stoney Creek’s football team remembered last season’s Week 9 team defeat to Rochester. Oh, boy, did they remember. Stoney Creek defeated Rochester in all phases of the game Friday and sacked Rochester with a humiliating 40-14 OAA crossover defeat. The Cougars […]
CROSS COUNTRY: Clarkston boys win first OAA title since 1999; Seaholm girls claim sixth straight crown
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ROCHESTER — Taking over the Clarkston boys cross-country program is July, Larry Adams knew his group had the talent to contend in the OAA Red Division this season. The Wolves lived up to that billing. Clarkston won both league jamborees and also claimed Thursday’s league championships meet […]
BOYS SOCCER: Rochester collects 12th shutout in rout of Waterford Mott; Stoney Creek rolls Kettering; Lake Orion blanks rival Oxford
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ROCHESTER HILLS — Over the past couple of years, Rochester had its fair share of struggles in the goalkeeping department. That has changed this season. Behind the much-improved play of Brad Carlson and Luke Kastran, the Falcons have posted their best record in a decade and are […]
GIRLS GOLF: Top-ranked Rochester puts together dominating performance in clinching fourth state title
Lake Orion lands sixth, Clarkston seventh, Troy Athens 13th, Stoney Creek 18th BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans EAST LANSING — For Jeff Haney, it’s hard to pick just one word to describe Rochester’s girls golf season in 2016. Dominating…Perfect…Unbelievable. “Those words fit,” smiled Haney. “It was perfect the way the girls ended […]
BOYS SOCCER: Avondale clinches OAA-White title; Rochester schools, Athens engage in battle for OAA-Red crown
BY DAN STICKRADT CORRESPONDENT dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans AUBURN HILLS — Five years ago, Auburn Hills Avondale made an improbable run to its first boys soccer Division 2 state title. With a senior-heavy team ranked in the top 10 in D-2 this season, coach Doug Steinard hopes that the Yellowjackets can find the same magic as […]
CROSS-COUNTRY: Seaholm girls win sixth straight Oakland County championship; Novi boys defend title
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans MILFORD TWP. — Sitting on the sidelines all of the spring track season was a difficult task for Audrey Ladd to endure. The Birmingham Seaholm senior is making up for last time this fall. She captured her fourth win of the season Saturday at Kensington Metropark near […]
CROSS COUNTRY: 2016 Oakland County Championships Results
Boys Cross-Country 57TH ANNUAL OAKLAND COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS (10-8 at Kensington Metropark) TEAM SCORES — 1. Novi, 73; 2. Milford, 153; 3. Birmingham Brother Rice, 159; 4. White Lake Lakeland, 175; 5. Clarkston, 176; 6. Lake Orion, 205; 7. Novi Detroit Catholic Central, 233; 8. Walled Lake Central, 281 9. Pontiac Notre Dame Prep, 291; 10. […]
GIRLS GOLF: Rochester shoots state record 289 in winning D-1 regional title
Troy Athens, Rochester Stoney Creek also advance BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans OAKLAND TOWNSHIP — For a program that has finished in the top 10 at the Division 1 state finals 15 times in 20 years, Rochester’s girls golf team outdid even itself Wednesday on the links of Twin Lakes Golf Course. […]
BOYS TENNIS: Regional Scoreboard
DIVISION 1 REGION 7 TOURNAMENT (10-6 at Clarkston H.S.) TEAM SCORES — 1. Bloomfield Hills, 31; 2. Clarkston, 22; 3. Rochester Adams, 17; 4. Rochester, 10; 5. Lake Orion, 9; 6. Rochester Stoney Creek, 5; 7. Oxford, 2; 8. (tie) Waterford Kettering, 0; Waterford Mott, 0. CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHTS SINGES — 1. Josh Mukherjee (Bloomfield Hills) […]
GIRLS GOLF: Regional Scoreboard
DIVISION 1 REGIONAL NO. 5 (10-6 at Westwynd Country Club, par 72) TEAM SCORES — 1. Lake Orion, 344; 2. Bloomfield Hills, 353; 3. Clarkston, 367; 4. Rochester Adams, 404; 5. North Farmington, 410; 6. Oxford, 425; 7. White Lake Lakeland, 443; 8. Walled Lake Central, 468; 9. Walled Lake Northern, 491; 10. Waterford Kettering, […]
GIRLS GOLF: Shorthanded Rochester wins Oakland County D-I crown
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans WATERFORD — A little depth never hurts. Just ask Rochester’s girls golf team. The Falcons, the top-ranked team in Division 1, captured their eighth straight tournament win on the season Wednesday at Pontiac Country Club despite missing one of their top golfers to injury. Rochester, averaging 304.5 […]
