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SOFTBALL: Lutheran Northwest surprises with district championship
ROCHESTER HILLS — Welcome to Division 3. After always competing in Class D/Division 4 for 25 years, Rochester Hills Lutheran Northwest was promoted to Division 3 for this year’s softball state tournament, thanks to a small enrollment hike. The Crusaders still captured a district title for the second straight season/ Lutheran Northwest downed Madison Heights […]
BOYS LACROSSE: Cranbrook snaps Notre Dame Prep’s 14-game win streak, wins regional crown
PONTIAC — Pontiac Notre Dame Prep was gunning for its third straight appearance in the boys lacrosse Division 2 Final Four. Longtime state powerhouse Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood had other ideas. Cranbrook held off Notre Dame Prep, 13-10, Saturday afternoon, to win a regional crown and advance to next Wednesday’s state semifinals. Matt Gamperoni led […]
TRACK: Falling short: Lake Orion boys finish third; Adams girls run fourth at D-1 state finals
Orion’s T.J.Carey wins first elusive individual title; Avondale’s Hollomon wins state title in 100 BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans EAST KENTWOOD — Twelve men. Ten events. One goal. Defending a ttle. That was Lake Orion’s theme this boys track and field season, as the Dragons were unbeaten heading into Saturday’s Division […]
BASEBALL: Lake Orion rolls to district title
LAKE ORION — After losing the state tournament opener to Oxford two years ago, Lake Orion gained some postseason revenge on the neighboring Wildcats. The state-ranked Dragons knocked out Oxford in a Division 1 district final Saturday, topping Oxford, 6-1. Lake Orion (30-7) captured its second straight district title and advance to the Rochester regional […]
GIRLS SOCCER: Surging Troy continues streak with 3-0 rout of Utica
BY JAKE LOURIM STUDENT CORRESPONDENT j.lourim@comcast.net STERLING HEIGHTS — The Troy girls soccer team arrived at Sterling Heights Stevenson Friday night just in time to see its crosstown rival Troy Athens advance to the district final. It was only fair the Colts held up their end of the bargain. Powered by two more set-piece goals […]
BASEBALL: Thomas outduels Pontiac’s Cole, sends Troy to district semis
BY JAKE LOURIM STUDENT CORRESPONDENT j.lourim@comcast.net TROY — Pontiac’s baseball team wouldn’t normally come to mind as a strong program, but it rolled into Troy on Friday with junior pitcher Dazon Cole and his mid-80s fastball. As it turned out, it would take more than just one player to beat Troy. The Colts picked up […]
BOYS LACROSSE: Unchartered waters: Clarkston cruises into first Final Four
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans TROY — Brian Kaminskas wasn’t in shape for a Gatorade shower Friday evening. Some heavy rain blanketed eastern Oakland County off and on during the early evening hours, leaving all in attendance at Troy Athens a little damp. It was worth it. Kaminskas, Clarkston’s veteran boys […]
GIRLS SOCCER: Mazur’s OT heroics lift No. 3 Notre Dame Prep past No. 2 Country Day
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans BEVERLY HILLS — Timing is everything. Pontiac Notre Dame Prep forward Sarah Mazur couldn’t have picked a better time to score her first goal of the season. Mazur knocked in the game’s only goal in the first overtime, as Division 3 third-ranked Notre Dame Prep stymied No. […]
BOYS LACROSSE: Clarkston topples Athens to reach regional finals
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans TROY — Sitting in a one-goal deficit after the first period turned out to be a good thing Wednesday for Clarkston’s boys lacrosse team. The Wolves, ranked second in the state in the LaxPower Super 25, quickly responded with a three-goal outburst in the second frame and […]
AOTW: Pack leader: Adams ace Biebelhausen going the distance
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ROCHESTER HILLS — Throughout his running career at Rochester Adams, Stephen Biebelhausen has always been one of the Highlanders’ best. As a senior, he is trying to make sure that he is also one of the state’s best distance runners. Biebelhausen will run his final race in […]
GIRLS SOCCER: The Gatekeepers: Rochester’s Heber, Troy’s Holland are two of state’s best between the pipes
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans When Stephanie Heber was in elementary school, she was usually the one that would stand in goal during soccer practice. She hasn’t left. Either has Alison Holland, who began in a similar way many years ago.. The two felt quite comfortable between the pipes — and now […]
AOTW: Adams’ Jessica Howell is a rare breed
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ROCHESTER HILLS — Jessica Howell had to make a change when she was 14 years old. She transferred from Oxford to Rochester Adams after her freshman school year. Her father was already a teacher in the district but she had to sit out a semester. Like […]
GIRLS SOCCER: Adams bumps off No. 3 Stoney Creek
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ROCHESTER HILLS — Rochester Adams proved once again that it has Rochester Stoney Creek’s number in the postseason. The Highlanders, who recently fell from the Division 1 state rankings, opened up the girls soccer postseason Tuesday night with one of the state’s bigger upsets, shocking the […]
GIRLS SOCCER: Rochester blanks Lake Orion
ROCHESTER HILLS — Three weeks ago, Rochester’s Jenny Goethals tripped over the ball while trying to slow down in a game against Rochester Stoney Creek. The result was a sprained ankle which kept her from seven games as well as the championship season of the track and field season, including the league, regional, Oakland County […]
MEN’S SOCCER: Rovers’ late goals down Bucks
BY DAN DUGGAN CORRESPONDENT CANTON — What started out to be a glorious day at the 31st annual Canton Cup Memorial Weekend Soccer Tournament ended in disaster for the Michigan Bucks on Saturday as they gave up two goals in the game’s final minutes to give the River City Rovers their first win of the season, […]
TRACK AND FIELD: Rochester Adams, Lake Orion race to Oakland County titles
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans HOLLY — One thing that eluded Rochester Adams’ best girls track and field team during their best season last spring was an Oakland County championship. The Highlanders gained that distinction this season. Adams won its fourth county title in school history Friday on the grand oval of […]
PREP STATE RANKINGS
PREP STATE RANKINGS Baseball (By the coaches association) Division 1 — 1. Bay City Western; 2. Brighton; 3. Portage Central; 4. Sterling Heights Stevenson; 5. Howell; 6. Birmingham Brother Rice; 7. Macomb Dakota; 8. Temperance Bedford; 9. Clarkston; 10. Saline; 11. Lake Orion; 12. Mattawan. Division 2 — 1. Bay City John Glenn; 2. […]
SOFTBALL: Stoney Creek sweeps Seaholm
ROCHESTER HILLS — Rochester Stoney Creek kept its dream season alive Thursday with a13-3 and 10-8 sweep of Birminghm Seaholm in OAA blue Division play. Sara Beyer pitched a two hitter in Game 1 to pace the Cougars (22-10, 12-0). Carly Cribbs belted a three-run home run in the nightcap and finished with five RBI, […]
