Category: Pontiac Notre Dame Prep
All-Area Teams Directory
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL COMMITMENTS — Class of 2013
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2011 ALL-NORTH OAKLAND AREA GIRLS VOLLEYBALL TEAM: Top netters made their points
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans It was an exceptional year for prep volleyball in the NorthOaklandSports.com coverage area. There were more teams that enjoyed postseason success than any other year in the past. For starters, in the MHSAA Class A state tournament, Lake Orion and Clarkston both reached the Final Four […]
2011 ALL-NORTH OAKLAND AREA BOYS SOCCER TEAM: Gifted players deliver on the pitch
(EDITOR’S NOTE: Due to some technical difficulties, NOS is reposting some of its fall and winter sports All-Area teams from the 2011-12 school year.) BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com One state championship team. One state runner-up squad. Three more teams in the Final Four. One additional team in the Elite Eight. That […]
2012 ALL-NORTH OAKLAND AREA BOYS HOCKEY TEAM: The puck drops right here with this talented bunch
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans (EDITOR’S NOTE: Due to some technical difficulties, NOS is reposting some of its fall and winter sports All-Area teams from the 2011-12 school year.) For the 10th straight season, at least one area boys hockey team advanced to the state quarterfinals in one of the three divisions. […]
AOTW: On Cloud 9, Vanderbilt-bound Barron caps prep career with All-America honors
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans PONTIAC — It’s one thing to set your goals up in the clouds and actually have a chance to reach them. For Oakland Township resident Sara Barron, she is residing on Cloud 9 these days. The recent Pontiac Notre Dame Prep grad recently put together quite […]
2012 ALL-NORTH OAKLAND AREA BOYS SWIMMING TEAM: Talented swimmers left it all in the tank
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans (EDITOR’S NOTE: Due to some technical difficulties, NOS is reposting some of its fall and winter sports All-Area teams from the 2011-12 school year.) Although there were no state champions this season, there were still several top-level performers in area pools this past winter. In fact, at […]
2012 ALL-NORTH OAKLAND AREA GIRLS SKI TEAM: State champion Dohm heads up talented squad
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans (EDITOR’S NOTE: Due to some technical difficulties, NOS is reposting some of its fall and winter sports All-Area teams from the 2011-12 school year.) In terms of team success in girls skiing, only two area teams qualified for the state finals in each of the two […]
2012 ALL-NORTH OAKLAND AREA BOYS BASKETBALL: Division I talents spark hardcourt elite
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans (EDITOR’S NOTE: Due to some technical difficulties, NOS is reposting some of its fall and winter sports All-Area teams from the 2011-12 school year.) During the 2011-12 boys basketball season, it was commonplace to see recognizable Division I and Division II coaches sitting up in the […]
BOYS GOLF: MHSAA State Finals Results 2012
Boys Golf 2012 MHSAA L.P. DIVISION 1 STATE FINALS (June 15-16 at The Meadows, Grand Valley State University) TEAM SCORES — 1. Birmingham Brother Rice, 304-298—602; 2. Battle Creek Lakeview, 296-307—603; 3. Muskegon Mona Shores, 302-306—608; 4. Traverse City West, 299-312—611; 5. Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central, 300-312—612; 6. Novi Detroit Catholic Central. […]
Notre Dame Prep’s Sara Barron earns All-America status
GREENBORO, S.C. — Recent Pontiac Notre Dame Prep grad Sara Barron capped her high school track and field career with high honors. Barron earned All-America status in the 800 meters with a top-six finish at the New Balance Outdoor Track and Field Nationals at North Carolina-Greensborough. Barron, the state champ in Division 2 in both […]
GIRLS SOCCER: Too ‘Powers’ful: Top-ranked Chargers blank NDP in state semis
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans LAKE ORION — There are some puzzles that just can’t be solved. For Pontiac Notre Dame Prep, the Fighting Irish simply could not solve top-ranked and defending state champion Flint Powers Catholic on the soccer pitch on two separate occasions this season. After falling to Powers […]
GIRLS SOCCER: Notre Dame Prep wins first regional since 2000
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans BEVERLY HILLS — It wasn’t a matter of when Pontiac Notre Dame Prep would score on Grosse Ile Friday night. It was more of a matter of how often. The Fighting Irish pelted Grosse Ile for most of 80 minutes and ousted the Red Devils, 4-1, […]
GIRLS SOCCER: Notre Dame Prep edges Gabriel Richard, advances to regional finals
BEVERLY HILLS — Taylor Timko notched the game winner in the second half, and that proved to be the game-winner in Pontiac Notre Dame Prep’s 2-1 victory over Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard in a Division 3 girls soccer regional semifinal at Birmingham Detroit Country Day. Timko scored in the 52nd minute off a free […]
GIRLS TRACK: Adams, Notre Dame Prep crack top 10 at state finals
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans EAST KENTWOOD — On a day when Grosse Pointe South put on a track and field clinic, area girls track teams still had their moment in the limelight. South defended its state title with 77.5 points, showcasing some of the nation’s top distance events competitors. Four […]
PREP TRACK: Avondale motors to D-2 crowning moment
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans GRAND RAPIDS — At the conclusion of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament, there is the one shining moment — a brief recap of the three weeks of madness. For Auburn Hills Avondale, its one shining moment finally came Saturday afternoon on the grand oval. Or more […]
GIRLS TENNIS: Notre Dame Prep slowly making a racquet
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans PONTIAC — If there is a surprise in the tennis ranks in tradition-rich Oakland County in recent years, it does not hail from one of the power communities such as Birmingham or Bloomfield Hills. It does not hail from Rochester or Troy or Clarkston or even […]
