Category: Lacrosse
COLLEGE NATIONAL LETTER-OF-INTENT 2020-2021
COLLEGE NATIONAL LETTER-OF-INTENT 2020-2021 Athletes that have signed or committed to play collegiate athletics in any sport from high schools located in the coverage area for www.northoaklandsports.com. Email senior editor Dan Stickradt at dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com or to results@northoaklandsports.com CLASS OF 2021 AUBURN HILLS AVONDALE AUBURN HILLS CHRISTIAN ACADEMY AUBURN HILLS OAKLAND CHRISTIAN CLARKSTON CLARKSTON SPRINGFIELD CHRISTIAN […]
Oakland County High Schools
OAKLAND COUNTY HIGH SCHOOLS Oakland County High Schools With Athletics Programs: Auburn Hills Avondale Yellowjackets Auburn Hills Christian Academy […]
BOYS LACROSSE: Lake Orion wins third straight league title, falls in regional finals
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans Instagram: stickradtdan Snapchat: Dan.Stickradt LAKE ORION — The jury is back on Lake Orion’s boys lacrosse season and the final verdict is a mixed bag of results for the state-ranked Dragons. Lake Orion captured its third straight OAA league title — the last two in the OAA […]
BOYS LACROSSE: OAA-White champion Rochester Adams gearing for postseason run
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans Instagram: stickradtdan Snapchat: Dan.Stickradt ROCHESTER HILLS — Michael Torriglia knew some of the players on the Rochester Adams boys lacrosse team through the club circuit. So when he earned the head coaching job earlier this school year, he figured the Highlanders would be competitive. The 29-year-old Birmingham […]
COLLEGE RECRUITING: College Signings List 2017
Below is a list of athletes from the www.northoaklandsports.com coverage area who have signed or committed to play collegiate sports. Additions to this list can be made by emailing dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com or results@northoaklandsports.com CLASS OF 2017 ABURUN HILLS AVONDALE Irvin Castro Soccer Lawrence Tech University Kassidy Embrey Soccer Northwood Griffin Kubert Soccer Northwood Katelyn Mather Soccer […]
The New Face of Addiction: F.A.N. Unleashes Attack To Run Drugs Out Of Town
. . . . BY DAN STICKRADT GREENINGDETROIT.COM dan@greeningdetroit.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans — Courtesy Story from www.greeningdetroit.com FRASER, Mich. — Mark Rudolph remembers the day he received the call. It was a moment that parents — all parents — fear will never come. Rudolph’s son, Ryan, had died of a drug overdose. Heroin was the deadly […]
WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE LOCAL SPORTS BAR?: Pre-game, during-game and post-game …
WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE LOCAL SPORTS BAR? Pre-game, during-game and post-game for coaches, athletes, parents and sports fans from around the area … where do you like to congregate. [polldaddy poll=6414054]
GIRLS LACROSSE: Hartland downs Lake Orion for fourth straight regional title
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR Dan.Stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans LAKE ORION — It wasn’t that long ago that both Hartland and Lake Orion were in the infant stages with their girls lacrosse programs. In fact a decade ago neither school had reached varsity status. Times have changed — and rather quickly. Fifth-ranked Hartland captured its fourth […]
GIRLS LACROSSE: 2014 MHSGLCA All-State Teams
Below is the 2014 MHSGLCA All-State Teams. DIVISION 1 ALL-STATE FIRST TEAM DIVISION 1 — Mercedes Ryes, Ann Arbor Pioneer; Maria D’Angelo, Bloomfield Hills; Annie Reed, Bloomfield Hills; Kristian Scott, Brighton; Sarah Fried, Birmingham Unified; Bridgette Champane, Grosse Pointe South; Shannon Novack, Grosse Pointe South; Amber Crouse, Hartland; Amy Longe, Hartland; Dominique Zigo, Milford […]
BOYS LACROSSE: 2014 MHSBLCA All-State Teams
Below are the 2014 Michigan High School Boys Lacrosse Coaches Association All-State Boys Lacrosse Teams. All-AMERICANS — Jason Alessi, Birmingham Brother Rice; Chris Lievois, Birmingham Brother Rice; Joe Dudley, Birmingham Brother Rice; Joe Plaskey, Birmingham Brother Rice; Patrick Cosgrove, Birmingham Brother Rice; Connor Ward, Clarkston; Taylor Ghesquiere, Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood; Johnny Wagner, Bloomfield Hills […]
COLLEGE ATHLETICS: Oakland University names Jeffrey Konya as new AD
ROCHESTER HILLS — Oakland University interim President Betty J. Youngblood is pleased to announce that Jeffrey F. Konya has been appointed director of athletics effective August 11, 2014. Konya is currently the athletics director of the California State University Bakersfield (CSUB) athletics department, where he has worked since 2010. Konya replaces Robby Stewart, who […]
BOYS LACROSSE: East Grand Rapids ousts Notre Dame Prep in regional finals
HOWELL — Top-ranked East Grand Rapids ended Pontiac Notre Dame Prep’s season Saturday, topping the Irish 15-2 in a Division 2 boys lacrosse regional final at Howell Parker Middle School. EGR led 4-0 at the end of the first quarter to take control and cruised into halftime with an 8-0 advantage. By the end […]
BOYS LACROSSE: Catholic Central pulls away from Troy Athens
NOTE: Have photos or video of this event you would like to share with digital daily www.northoaklandsports.com?Email pertinent information to results@northoaklandsports.com or to Senior Editor Dan Stickradt at Dan.Stickradt@northoaklandsports.com BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans TROY — Novi Detroit Catholic Central was at a disadvantage Wednesday evening. Due to severe […]
BOYS LACROSSE: Clarkston escapes Eisenhower’s upset bid, advances to third straight regional title game
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans TROY — After averaging over 20 goals a game during the past month, Clarkston finally found a near-equal Wednesday night in its Division 1 regional semifinal with Utica Eisenhower. Clarkston, in the midst of its third straight lengthy state tournament run, had difficulties with […]
BOYS LACROSSE: Notre Dame Prep nips Pennfield
BATTLE CREEK — Pontiac Notre Dame Prep built a two-goal lead at the half Saturday and held on for an 11-9 victory over Battle Creek Pennfield in a Division 2 boys lacrosse regional quarterfinal. Senior Jake Jeszke scored two goals with four assists to lead the Fighting Irish (12-5-0). Mark Thierbacker added two goals for […]
GIRLS LACROSSE: Sacred Heart bounces Rochester from D-2 tourney
ROCHESTER HILLS — It’s hard enough to draw a state powerhouse program in a pre-regional. Do it and have to play without the services of your all-time leading goal scorer and your top two goalies. Such is life for Rochester’s girls lacrosse program. The Falcons had to face Bloomfield Hills Sacred Heart in a Division […]
BOYS LACROSSE: Clarkston holds off Troy to claim fourth straight OAA Red Division title
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR Dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans TROY — Brian Kaminskas sat down with some of his fellow coaches in Clarkston’s boys lacrosse program four years ago and talked about the future. At the time, the horizon looked quite promising with several young players in the high school and middle school levels. […]
Tribute to our moms: The real MVPs of our lives
It was kind of fitting that when Kevin Durant was named the National Basketball Association MVP for 2013-14 this past week, he spent plenty of time on record thanking his mom, Wanda Pratt, for helping, teaching and guiding him to where his is today. The Oklahoma City Thunder star wasn’t glorifying himself and putting his […]
