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BOYS SOCCER: Rochester Hills Christian’s shootout win gives Eagles first MACS state title since 1992
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans CLARKSTON — Marques Hatcher hasn’t spent much time between the pipes this season. The junior from Rochester Hills Christian got his chance to play goalkeeper Saturday afternoon and delivered on the big stage. Inserted into net for his team’s shootout against Davison Faith Baptist, Hatcher turned […]
FOOTBALL: Oxford pounds Seaholm to advance to Sweet 16
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans BIRMINGHAM — Throughout his historic coaching career, Bud Rowley said he has never felt intimidated to march his Oxford football team up against any team in Michigan, regardless of conference, record or tradition. His troops are currently well motivated to do just that. Oxford made amends […]
FOOTBALL: Lake Orion cruises past Stevenson
LAKE ORION — Only two teams have been able to give Lake Orion much of a challenge this season. Sterling Heights Stevenson was not one of them. In a rematch of a 2008 regional final, the home-standing Dragons made sure they would not need to stage a game-winning field goal to advance. This time Lake […]
FOOTBALL: Clarkston steamrolls Davison, 41-0
CLARKSTON — In eight of its 10 games, Clarkston has prevailed in blowout fashion. Davison became the latest such victim in the form of a brutal beating Friday night. Clarkston raced out to a 14-0 lead after the first quarter and never looked back in throttling visiting Davison, 41-0, in a Division 1 football pore-district. […]
FOOTBALL: Avondale’s Williams saves day in 21-19 win over Lahser
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans AUBURN HILLS — Forget All-State. Auburn Hills Avondale is now in better hands and Mitchel Williams is the new agent in town. The junior two-way lineman came through in the clutch Friday, blocking both a third-quarter extra point attempt to go along with batting down a […]
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 […]
BOYS SOCCER: Oakland Christian upends Harbor Beach to advance to regional finals
SAGINAW — Making long runs through the state tournament is nothing new for the Auburn Hills Oakland Christian’s boys soccer team. The Lancers took another big step on Wednesday at Saginaw Nouvel Catholic. Scott Howard scored in the first half and Daniel smith added an insurance tally in the second half in leading the fifth-ranked […]
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) […]
BOYS SOCCER: Grand Blanc’s late rally helps Bobcats upset Stoney Creek
C.J.ROLAK CORRESPONDENT TROY — What a difference six weeks can make. After being blanked by fourth-ranked Rochester Stoney Creek, 4-0, back in early-September, Grand Blanc had the last laugh in Tuesday’s Division 1 boys soccer regional semifinal at Troy High School. The unranked Bobcats rallied back from a late, 3-1 deficit to upset Stoney Creek, […]
BOYS SOCCER: Rochester Hills Christian holds off rival Troy Bethany to advance to MACS state finals
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans CLARKSTON — A year ago Rochester Hills Christian made a run to the state championship game of the Michigan Association of Christian Schools Division I tournament with a sophomore-laden team. The Eagles are making a return trip this year as well — with far more experience. […]
VOLLEYBALL: Stoney Creek downs Falcons for Rochester City Cup title
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ROCHESTER HILLS — Rochester Stoney Creek has put together one of its best girls volleyball seasons to date this fall. The Cougars added another chapter totheir success story Tuesday evening. Stoney Creek captured the Rochester City Cup for the second straight season — the first time […]
VOLLEYBALL: Troy sweeps Rochester
BY JAKE LOURIM STUDENT CORRESPONDENT j.lourim@comcast.net TROY — Seven seniors played their final league game on the Troy High floor on Thursday night. There was no way they were going to lose. “We had to win,” senior captain Nicole Hahn said. “It just came down to that.” Troy wiped out Rochester on Wednesday night […]
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 […]
2012 MHSAA PREP FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS PAIRINGS
Below are the pairings for the 2012 MHSAA Football Playoffs, which begin with Pre-Districts in the 11-Player Playoffs and Pre-Regionals in the 8-Player Playoffs Oct. 26-27. Qualifying teams for the Playoffs were divided into eight Divisions of 32 schools each. Within each Division are four Regions of eight teams each; and within those regions are […]
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 […]
BOYS SOCCER: Stoney Creek prevails in shootout over Adams to win ‘District of Death’
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ROCHESTER HILLS — A shootout is a guessing game. For Rochester Stoney Creek’s Matt Houghton, he guessed right on the money. The senior goalkeeper dove to his left to stop Rochester Adams’ fifth shooter of a shootout Saturday afternoon, helping the Cougars register a 2-1 victory […]
BOYS SOCCER: Rochester Hills Christian, Troy Bethany Christian reach MACS state semifinals
ROCHESTER HILLS — Despite missing four starters for various reasons, Rochester hills Christian will be making a return trip to the Michigan Association of Christian Schools boys soccer state semifinals. The third-ranked Eagles upended visiting Clinton Township Faith Christian, 2-1, Jesse Montgomery set up Aaron Berry for a first-half goal, while Berry assisted on Montgomery’s […]
