Category: Editor’s Column
SOFTBALL: Revived Athens hoping to escape rival’s shadows
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans TROY— It’s hard enough not be all that successful on a consistent basis. Try living in the shadows of a highly-successful competitor who also happens to be your crosstown rival. Such is life for Troy Athens’ softball program, which is enjoying quite a revival in 2012. [...]
College Signings-Oral Commitments
Know of a student-athlete that has signed a letter of intent, made an oral commitment, agreed to terms for a walk-on position or is currently playing collegiate sports from the www.northoaklandsports.com coverage region? Please feel free to submit information about any local athletes. Include photos and contact information and we will compile feature stories on [...]
HEADED TO THE NEXT LEVEL: College Signings, Oral Commitments
Know of a student-athlete that has signed a letter of intent, made an oral commitment, agreed to terms for a walk-on position or is currently playing collegiate sports from the www.northoaklandsports.com coverage region? Please feel free to submit information about any local athletes. Include photos and contact information and we will do feature stories on [...]
COLLEGE SIGNINGS-ORAL COMMITMENTS
Know of a student-athlete that has signed a letter of intent, made an oral commitment, agreed to terms for a walk-on position or is currently playing collegiate sports from the www.northoaklandsports.com coverage region? Please feel free to submit information about any local athletes. Include photos and contact information and we will do feature stories on [...]
POLL: What is your favorite sports movie of all time?
There are 100s of sports-related movies that have been released over the decades, some more memorable than others. So what is your favorite of all time? Vote today and see what sports-related movie is the greatest of all time.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Oakland falls in CIT national semifinals at Utah State, 105-81
LOGAN, Utah – Oakland and Utah State engaged in an old fashioned western shootout Sunday night and the state of Utah prevailed as the best gun-slinger in the west. The Aggies lit up Oakland for a 105-81 victory in the national semifinals of the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament at the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum. Utah State [...]
DAILY POLL: Who will win the 2012 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship?
The 2012 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball tournament is down to the Final Four. Who do you feel has the best shot at claiming the coveted national championship?
The journey: Everest Collegiate responds to baptism under fire with fine third season
CLARKSTON — Sometimes the odds are stacked against you, especially when the numbers are not there to support it. Ann Lowney has had to face that at Clarkston Everest Collegiate, which added a high school four years ago. It’s been a climb, but a somewhat surprising rapid climb towards the top despite being such a [...]
AOTW: Taylor-made: Rochester senior Taylor Perry helping Falcons back to prominence
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com ROCHESTER HILLS — Every time Taylor Perry walks into the gymnasium at Rochester High, he’s given a brief history lesson. The standout basketball player can plainly see the school’s championships over nearly 100 years of high school basketball. But there is something unsettling about those banners on the [...]
AOTW: Oakland’s Hamilton putting up big numbers to keep Oakland relevant
DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com ROCHESTER HILLS — Four years ago, Reggie Hamilton was faced with a dilemma. His playing time had dwindled and he was benched for a few games without notification of the specifics. Hamilton, then a sophomore at UMKC, asked for his release from the school and it was granted short [...]
PUBLISHER’S VIEWPOINT: Ski community will honor late DCD coach with Costigan Invitational
INDEPENDENCE TOWNSHIP — Dan Costigan always had phrases to deliver to his skiers at Birmingham Detroit Country Day. His favorite was always “win with what you have or don’t win at all.” Country Day had its fair share of quality teams and individuals at Country Day under the veteran Costigan, where he coached the high [...]
Troy Bethany rolls Lake Orion Baptist, clinches FBAC-Red title share
TROY — Troy Bethany Christian had to win its final two league games in the past two weeks in order to gain a share of the Fundamental Baptist Athletic Conference Red Division crown and the Bruins delivered. Troy Bethany outscored Lake Orion Baptist in each of the he first three quarters and rolled to a [...]
REPORTING RESULTS
TO REPORT SCORES … To report high school varsity, college or club sports scores to the Digital Daily www.northoaklandsports.com editorial department, coaches and team representatives are urged to e-mail pertinent n information to results@northoaklandsports.com or to Senior Editor Dan Stickradt at dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com in timely fashion. The nightline recording of (248) 812-1053 is also available. NorthOaklandSports [...]
Daily Poll: Which local high school has the best student section at sports events?
] DAILY POLL: Are student sections back on the steady rise? INSIDE YOUR GYMNASIUM – Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, one of the most common growing trends in the area was large and crazy student sections. Students, faculty and even alumni would congregate in bleachers at a variety of high school sports events, often dressed [...]
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Digital Daily sports website www.northoaklandsports.com, operated by the Stickradt Media Group and AdaVan Media Group, and serving several northern suburbs of the Detroit Metropolitan area, including Auburn Hills, Clarkston, Lake Orion, Holly, Ortonville, Oxford, Rochester, Rochester Hills, Troy and surrounding townships, was founded in December, 2009, to help fill a void vacated by former print media [...]
All-Area Teams Directory
Below are the links for the high school all-area teams from December, 2009, to January,2011. In the fall of 2011, Digital Daily www.northoaklandsports.com added Holly, Ortonville Brandon and Pontiac Notre Dame Prep high school. Previously in January of 2011, NOS expanded to include Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes. NorthOaklandSports was founded in October of [...]
All-Area Boys Cross Country 2011: Lead runners step up to lead pack
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com There’s rarely a year where an area runner doesn’t shine on the state level. This year was no exception to the rule. As again several area athletes performed at a high level. There were five local runners that finished at the top 30 at the state finals to earn [...]
Simply the best: Oxford’s Prescott Line wins 2011 MetroPCS Mr. Football Award
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com OXFORD — Four months ago, Prescott Line vowed to bring Oxford’s football program back to prominence. The Oxford senior accomplished that and much more during the 2011 season. Line, a three-sport athlete, was announced as the 2011 recipient of the State Champs / MetroPCS Mr. Football Award, given annually [...]
