Category: Pontiac Notre Dame Prep
FOOTBALL: Country Day holds off Notre Dame Prep
PONTIAC — Cotter Lamb prevented Birmingham Detroit Country Day from having to work some overtime on the line Saturday evening. DCD’s senior lineman stopped Pontiac Notre Dame Prep quarterback Brenden Newvine’s two-point conversion attempt with 1:19 to play, as the Yellowjackets hung on for a 14-12 victory over the Fighting Irish in a Division 4 […]
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL: Troy records sixth district title in seven years with sweep of Athens
BY JAKE LOURIM STUDENT CORRESPONDENT j.lourim@comcast.net TROY — Troy Athens played hard. Troy played better. Senior setter Lindsay Moeller spread around the attack as the Troy girls volleyball team cruised to its second straight Class A district title over host Athens, 25-11, 25-16, 25-18. Having romped the Red Hawks on Sept. 5, this was a […]
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL: Notre Dame Prep slams Country Day for sixth straight district crown
CLAWSON — Pontiac Notre Dame Prep kept Birmingham Detroit Country Day from gaining much momentum Friday and the Fighting Irish went on to capture their sixth straight Class B district championship with a 3-0 victory over the Yellowjackets at Clawson High School. Prep posted scores of 25-12, 25-18, 25-18 to advance to next Tuesday’s regional […]
STICK’S PICKS: District titles within reach for six local teams
Strange, but true. A year ago all of the prep football teams were done following the district championship rounds, aka, the Sweet 16. In rare fashion, the 10 local playoff schools lost in either the first or second round of the postseason. Chances are, that won’t happen again. The six remaining teams with ties to […]
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL: Notre Dame Prep claims fourth tournament title of season
ST. CLAIR SHORES — Pontiac Notre Dame Prep has posted plenty of success at weekend tournaments this season and the latest came Saturday. The state-ranked Fighting Irish captured their fourth tournament title of the season by winning the Cavaliers Classic. NDP swept Mason (25-18, 25-18) in the tournament finals to move to 48-9-4. Junior Dani […]
CROSS COUNTRY REGIONAL SCOREBOARD
Boys Cross Country DIVISION 2 REGIONAL (Friday at St. Clair Park) TEAM SCORES — 1. Bloomfield Hills Lahser, 37; 2. Orchard Lake St. Mary’s, 84; 3. Bloomfield Hills Andover, 90; 4. Pontiac Notre Dame Prep, 124; 5. Auburn Hills Avondale, 145; 6. Ferndale, 164; 7. Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood, 175; 8. Birmingham Detroit Country […]
STICK’S PICKS: Playoffs is the final test for area’s Lucky 7
Then there were seven. A total of seven local schools with ties to the www.northoaklandsports.com coverage area have advanced to the 2012 prep football playoffs. Last year was a strange season in that no area team got past the second round and only three of the local 10 qualifiers even won a first-round contest. How […]
PREP FOOTBALL RANKINGS — Oct. 23
Football (By the Associated Press) Division 1 (School Total Points) — 1. Clarkston (5) (9-0) 50; 2. Livonia Churchill (9-0) 45; 3. Lake Orion (8-1) 40; 4. Rockford (7-2) 34; 5. Macomb Dakota (8-1) 29; 6. Flint Carman-Ainsworth (8-1) 22; 7. Detroit Cass Tech (7-2) 17; 8. Warren Mott (8-1) 9; 9. Utica Eisenhower (7-2) […]
PREP FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS NOTEBOOK: Clarkston, Lake Orion on opposite ends; Avondale looking forward to rough run
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans For the past two decades, whenever Clarkston and Lake Orion were in the postseason at the same time, they were often lumped into the same district or region. Proximity-wise, this made sense, considering the two schools are only around 10 miles apart. This season, the two […]
FOOTBALL: Ann Arbor Richard snaps Notre Dame Prep’s streak at 21 for Prep Bowl title
DETROIT — The streak is over. Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard ended Pontiac Notre Dame Prep’s streak of consecutive regular season wins at 21 games Saturday at Ford Field in Detroit. Gabriel Richard revenged NDP for a regular season loss this season and a loss in last year’s Prep Bowl Wild Card, turning the tables with […]
VOLLEYBALL: Romeo edges Notre Dame Prep for Oxford Invitational title
OXFORD — Pontiac Notre Dame Prep advanced all the way to the finals of the Oxford Invitational Saturday before running into a roadblock in Romeo. The Bulldogs toppled the Fighting Irish in three sets (20-25, 29-27, 15-10) to claim the title. Notre Dame Prep (41-7-4) finished 4-0-1 in pool play of the 12-school tournament, sweeping […]
FOOTBALL: Adams, Avondale, Oakland Christian, Notre Dame Prep all post victories
ROCHESTER HILLS — For the first time this season, Rochester Adams has strung together a win streak. The Highlanders won for the second straight, downing North Farmington 35-0 Friday in an OAA White Division football game. Ben Hart scored on runs of 20 and 30 yards to lead Adams. Clarence Broadnax added a 53-yard sprint, […]
STICK’S PICKS: Rivalries collide in Week 8
This is Week 8 of the high school football season and it’s a week of rivalry games and league championship contests. Many local teams are also a win or two away from postseason berths. So much is on the line. The biggest game on tap is the Clarkston-Lake Orion contest, which pits two of the […]
MHSAA News: Prep football playoffs points through Week 7
Week 8 Football Playoff Listing: Schools With 4+ Wins EAST LANSING, Mich. – Oct. 9 – 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 (*) […]
GIRLS GOLF: Oakland County Division I Tournament Results
Girls Golf OAKLAND COUNTY DIVISION I GIRLS GOLF TOURNAMENT (Sept. 19 at Pontiac Country Club) TEAM SCORES — 1. Farmington Hills Mercy, 326; 2. South Lyon, 343; 3. Birmingham Seaholm, 344; 4. Rochester Stoney Creek, 345; 5. Troy, 348; 6. Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood, 351; 7. Birmingham Detroit Country Day, 353; 8. North Farmington-Harrison […]
SWIMMING AND DIVING: 2012 Oakland County Championships Results
40th ANNUAL OAKLAND COUNTY GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS (Oct. 6 at Waterford Kettering) MORE SWIMMING: http://northoaklandsports.com/?s=Swimming&x=11&y=14 TEAM SCORES — 1. Farmington Hills Mercy, 426.5; 2. Novi, 224; 3. Birmingham Marian, 211; 4. Clarkston, 188; 5. Lake Orion, 171; 6. Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood, 159; 7. South Lyon Unified, 145; Bloomfield Hills Lahser, 145; 9. […]
CROSS COUNTRY: Milford, Seaholm defend Oakland County titles
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans MILFORD TWP. — Brian Kettle understands the tradition of Milford’s cross country program. He is now a big part of it. A junior, Kettle won the individual title Saturday in helping the top-ranked Mavericks win the prestigious 52nd Annual Oakland County Championships at Kensington Metropark. “There’s […]
GIRLS SWIMMING: Oh, Mercy! Marlins glide to another county crown
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans WATERFORD TWP. — Shannon Dunworth might not have had the best memory in the world and his math skills were not on site Saturday at Waterford Kettering. Please forgive the veteran Dunworth, as Saturday was his birthday. His Farmington Hills Mercy squad gave him another present […]
