Category: Troy Athens
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 […]
Athens’ Brannon is 28th recipient of Miss Soccer award
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com TROY — In its storied 30-year history, the Troy Athens soccer program has earned much respect and dozens of noteworthy accolades. It continued Sunday afternoon with another right honor. The Red Hawks and retiring coach Tim Storch learned that senior midfielder Olivia Brannon was named the recipient of the […]
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 […]
Peak performance: Troy golfers post season low to win regional title
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP — As any coach will tell you, the goal is to always peak during the final weeks of the season. Troy’s boys golf team is doing just that. One week after winning a district championship with a season-low score of 307, Troy posted a play-five, count-four team […]
Simply dominant: Top-ranked Brother Rice rolls over Troy Athens to advance to title game
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com NOVI — Rob Ambrose thoroughly believes that Birmingham Brother Rice does not take anything for granted. The Warriors are all business when out on the field. Brother Rice has not lost in an in-state school in boys lacrosse since 2002 and is one win away from yet another state […]
AOTW: The unstoppable: Athens’ Kemp is one of state’s most lethal snipers
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com TROY — Joe Kemp retrieves the ball from Dan Kreza, spins around races down the central part of the field before he unleashes a vicious shot. As it often does, the ball ended up in the back of the lacrosse net. Kemp, a senior midfielder from Troy Athens, has […]
Eisenhower rallies for shootout win over Athens
(Editor’s note: Jay Stephens is part of the www.northoaklandsports.com Student Correspondence Program, open to all future journalism students at the high school or collegiate level. Interested, contact Senior Editor Dan Stickradt at dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com or Sales/Marketing Manager Dennis VanWingerden at dennis@northoaklandsports.com) JAY STEPHENS STUDENT CORRESPONDENT TROY — Soccer games, like most other sports, are games of […]
GIRLS SOCCER REGIONAL PREVIEW: Adams, Troy know each other all too well; Athens set for clash with Ike
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com When regional play in girls soccer commences Tuesday night, two familiar programs will face off in a battle of top-10 teams at Lake Orion. Troy and Rochester Adams know each other all too well, playing at least once every season going back to the early 1980s when the schools […]
Early goal helps Athens topple Rochester
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com STERLING HEIGHTS — Troy Athens has had a knack of scoring early goals and then never allowing the opposition to claw back. The Red Hawks did just that in Saturday’s Division 1 girls soccer district finals at Sterling Heights Stevenson. Athens, ranked third, scored in the fifth minute then […]
BOYS GOLF: Troy golfers win first district golf title
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com SELFRIDGE, Mich. — Troy has picked the right time to peak out on the golf course. The Colts posted their season-low score by nine strokes Saturday in winning a Division 1 boys golf district at Selfridge golf Course near New Baltimore. Troy out together a play-five, count-four team score […]
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 […]
Scorching feat: Peak performances spark D-1 girls field
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com ROCKFORD — Linnea Berriman felt a little left out last season, placing ninth in the discus. This year the Lake Orion senior was bound and determined to reach the medals stands. She did. Berriman finished fourth in her event with a career-best 123-9, becoming one of many athletes from […]
All the racquet: Clarkston wins first D-1 state tennis title; Rochester’s Dieters regains No. 1 status
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com MIDLAND — For the first time in two seasons, Kelsey Dieters had to go three sets with back-to-back opponents on the tennis court. Unlike last season, she won them both this time around to finish as a state champion. Dieters, a senior No. 1 singles player from Rochester, rallied […]
Final Four-bound: Athens avenges Ann Arbor Pioneer for regional crown
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com TROY— One month ago, Ann Arbor Pioneer was able to stick Troy Athens with a 7-4 defeat. On Friday night, Red Hawks were able to sack the Pioneers with a little payback — on a much bigger stage. Host Athens took an early 2-0 lead and never looked back, […]
GIRLS SOCCER: Rochester, Athens, Troy all reach district finals; Lamphere stuns Avondale
STERLING HEIGHTS — Troy Athens escaped Utica Ford’s upset bid, picking up a 2-1 victory over the district host Falcons, 2-1, in a Division 1 district semifinal at Sterling Heights Stevenson. Athens led 1-0 at the half and 2-0 in the second half before Ford was able to net a late tally to close the […]
