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M.A.C.S. All-State Boys Basketball

M.A.C.S. All-State Boys Basketball

| March 22, 2012 | Comments (6)

MACS ALL-STATE BASKETBALL   Below are the 2011-12 Michigan Association of Christian Schools All-State boys basketball and girls basketball teams, as selected by coaches of member schools. Corrections and additions of player’s height, grade and position can be submitted to dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com     BOYS BASKETBALL   DIVISION I   DIVISION 1 FIRST TEAM Todd Gardiner […]

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A.P. Boys Basketball Class B All-State Team

A.P. Boys Basketball Class B All-State Team

| March 22, 2012 | Comments (8)

ASSOCIATED PRESS BOYS BASKETBALL CLASS B ALL-STATE TEAM   CLASS B ALL-STATE FIRST TEAM: Player of the Year: Denzel Valentine, Lansing Sexton, 6-6, Sr. Anthony Clemmons, Lansing Sexton, 6-1, Sr. Bryn Forbes, Lansing Sexton, 6-3, Sr. Lloyd Neely, Detroit Crockett, 6-5, Sr. Derrick Walton, Jr., Harper Woods Chandler Park Academy, 6-0, Jr. John Simons, Cadillac, […]

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A.P. Boys Basketball Class C All-State Team

A.P. Boys Basketball Class C All-State Team

| March 22, 2012 | Comments (4)

ASSOCIATED PRESS BOYS BASKETBALL CLASS C ALL-STATE TEAM CLASS C ALL-STATE FIRST TEAM: Monte Morris, Flint Beecher, 6-1, Sr., Spencer Krannitz, North Muskegon, 6-4, Sr. Monte Morris, Flint Beecher, 6-1, Sr. Luke Ryskamp, Schoolcraft, 6-3, Jr. Travon Baker, Detroit Consortium, 6-0, Sr. Vincent Hunter, Detroit Consortium, 6-6, Jr. Damon Bozeman, Madison Heights Madison, 6-2, Sr. […]

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A.P. Boys Basketball Class D All-State Team

A.P. Boys Basketball Class D All-State Team

| March 22, 2012 | Comments (6)

ASSOCIATED PRESS BOYS BASKETBALL CLASS D ALL-STATE TEAM CLASS D ALL-STATE FIRST TEAM Player of the Year: Chris Hass, Pellston, 6-4, Sr. Brett Branstrom, Rock Mid-Peninsula, 6-5, Sr. Jordan LaPlant, Ewen-Trout Creek, 6-1, Sr. Joey Blauwkamp, Wyoming Tri-Unity Christian, 6-0, Jr. Tyler Walden, Middleton-Fulton, 5-11, Sr. Malachi Satterlee, Climax-Scotts, 6-7, Jr. Chris Hass, Pellston, 6-4, […]

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PREP STATE RANKINGS—Spring Sports

PREP STATE RANKINGS—Spring Sports

| March 21, 2012 | Comments (2)

PREP STATE RANKINGS Digital sports publication www.northoaklandsports.com will publish state rankings each week. Forward copies by e-mail to senior editor dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com or to results@northoaklandsports.com.   Baseball (By the coaches association) Division 1 — 1. Rockford; 2. Portage Central; 3. Grosse Pointe South; 4. Grand Ledge; 5. Hudsonville; 6. Birmingham Brother Rice; 7. Temperance-Bedford; 8. Sterling […]

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AOTW: New Hampshire-bound Duffey savors moment of state championship run

AOTW: New Hampshire-bound Duffey savors moment of state championship run

| March 20, 2012 | Comments (2)

BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans   EAST LANSING — When Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes girls basketball program walked off the court at Michigan State University’s Breslin Center Saturday afternoon, several individuals involved enjoyed the special moments. While the Lakers celebrated its rare third straight Class D girls basketball title, it […]

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Three times as nice: Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes wins third straight state title

Three times as nice: Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes wins third straight state title

| March 17, 2012 | Comments (0)

BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans EAST LANSING — Most student athletes never get a chance to play for a state championship. Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes has plaed for three straight in girls basketball — and the Lakers have won all three times. Lakes put the finishing touches on the rare […]

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Associated Press Girls Basketball Class C All-State Team

Associated Press Girls Basketball Class C All-State Team

| March 16, 2012 | Comments (5)

  ASSOCIATED PRESS GIRLS BASKETBALL CLASS C ALL-STATE TEAM   CLASS C ALL-STATE FIRST TEAM Player of the Year: Madison Ristovski, Grosse Pointe Woods University-Liggett, 5-10, Sr. Sheyna Deans, Mount Clemens, 5-10, Sr. Sarah Appold, Saginaw Valley Lutheran, 5-9, Sr. Dy’man Webb, Flint Hamady, 6-1, Sr. Annemarie Hamlet, McBain, 5-6, Sr. Bailey Cairnduff, Morley-Stanwood, 5-11, […]

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2012 ALL-STATE BOYS HOCKEY

2012 ALL-STATE BOYS HOCKEY

| March 16, 2012 | Comments (2)

Boys Hockey   2012 MICHIGAN HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY COACHES ASSOCIATION ALL-STATE TEAM   DIVISION 1   FIRST TEAM Forwards Michael Babcock, Novi Detroit Catholic Central Collin Finkhouse, Lowell Charlie Green, Novi Detroit Catholic Central Peter Halash, Novi Detroit Catholic Central Curtis Herzog, Novi Tommy Kivisto, Brighton J.P. Lucchese, Grosse Pointe North Mark McGee, Plymouth Salem […]

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Associated Press Girls Basketball Class B All-State Team

Associated Press Girls Basketball Class B All-State Team

| March 16, 2012 | Comments (4)

ASSOCIATED PRESS GIRLS BASKETBALL CLASS B ALL-STATE TEAM CLASS B ALL-STATE FIRST TEAM Player of the Year:  Aerial Powers, Birmingham Detroit Country Day, 5-11, Sr. Amber Deane, Birmingham Detroit Country Day, 5-9, Sr. Brittany Streetman, Warren Lincoln, 5-7, Sr. Kiara Kudron, New Boston Huron, 6-2, Sr. Rosanna Reynolds, Dearborn Divine Child, 5-9, Sr. Tori Jankoska, […]

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Michigan Association of Christian Schools All-State Girls Basketball

Michigan Association of Christian Schools All-State Girls Basketball

| March 16, 2012 | Comments (4)

MACS ALL-STATE BASKETBALL   Below are the 2011-12 Michigan Association of Christian Schools All-State boys basketball and girls basketball teams, as selected by coaches of member schools. Corrections and additions of player’s height, grade and position can be submitted to dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com   GIRLS BASKETBALL DIVISION I DIVISION I FIRST TEAM Emily Hinsenkamp   Clinton Twp. Faith […]

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Associated Press Girls Basketball Class A All-State Team

Associated Press Girls Basketball Class A All-State Team

| March 16, 2012 | Comments (6)

ASSOCIATED PRESS ALL-STATE GIRLS BASKETBALL CLASS A ALL-STATE FIRST TEAM   Player of the Year: Caprice Dennis, Detroit Pershing, 5-9, Sr., Branndais Agee, Detroit Cass Tech, 5-11, Sr. Kelsey Mitchell, Inkster, 6-1, Sr. Raven Bankston, Detroit Mumford, 6-7, Jr. Marie Gaedke, Dearborn Edsel Ford, 5-10, Sr. Elena Popkey, Warren Cousino, 5-7, Sr. Gabby Yurik, Stoney […]

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Associated Press Girls Basketball Class D All-State Team

Associated Press Girls Basketball Class D All-State Team

| March 15, 2012 | Comments (3)

Associated Press Girls Basketball Class D All-State Team CLASS D ALL-STATE FIRST TEAM Sarah Theut, Marine City Cardinal Mooney, 5-10, Sr., Player of the Year Carlee Cottrell, Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes, 5-9, Sr. Lexie Robak, Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes, 5-9, Jr. Sara Hansen, Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart, 5-6, So. Lexi Gussert, […]

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Back again: Our Lady of the Lakes downs St. Patrick to gain third straight finals berth

Back again: Our Lady of the Lakes downs St. Patrick to gain third straight finals berth

| March 15, 2012 | Comments (5)

BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans   EAST LANSING — Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes received a scare Thursday evening. Yet it was the Lakers’ defensive schemes that proved to be the fright of the night. Locked in a three-point game with7:17 to go, the seventh-ranked Lakes went on a 13-0 run, […]

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87 years in the making: Lake Orion wins first regional title since 1925

87 years in the making: Lake Orion wins first regional title since 1925

| March 15, 2012 | Comments (8)

BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter:@LocalSportsFans   LAKE ORION — Just a few short weeks ago, Tom Risi wrote a brief challenge up on the board in the team meeting room for his players to see. Perhaps his players took the message to heart. Risi, Lake Orion’s first-year boys basketball coach, told his team […]

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TEAM TRYOUTS — March, 2012

TEAM TRYOUTS — March, 2012

| March 14, 2012 | Comments (1)

TEAM TRYOUTS GREG GRANT BASKETBALL CLUB There will be an open tryout for ninth grade girls interested in laying with the Greg Grant Basketball Club two AAU teams. There will be an open gym workout on March 1 0 from 2-4 p.m. at Oakland Christian High School in Auburn Hills, 3075 Shimmons. Cost is $5 […]

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Back in the Final Four: Lakes cruises past Michigan Lutheran Seminary to reach state semis once again

Back in the Final Four: Lakes cruises past Michigan Lutheran Seminary to reach state semis once again

| March 13, 2012 | Comments (7)

BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter:@LocalSportsFans   WATERFORD — As the two-time defending state champions in Class D, Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes’ girls basketball has played with a chip on its shoulder all season. Despite a tough schedule, the Lakers have were only able to finish seventh in the final Associated Press […]

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Southfield Christian suffocates Everest Collegiate

Southfield Christian suffocates Everest Collegiate

| March 13, 2012 | Comments (6)

BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans   BLOOMFIELD HILLS — Death by suffocation can sometimes been slow and painful. In other times, it can be long and quite horrendous. Southfield Christian caused such death by suffocation Monday night, and it was the long, punishing, agonizing death type. The Eagles, ranked second in the […]

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