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STICK’S PICKS: Rivalries collide in Week 8
This is Week 8 of the high school football season and it’s a week of rivalry games and league championship contests. Many local teams are also a win or two away from postseason berths. So much is on the line. The biggest game on tap is the Clarkston-Lake Orion contest, which pits two of the […]
BOYS TENNIS: Brother Rice, Adams advance to state finals
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ROCHESTER HILLS — For any boys tennis team coming out of Oakland County, advancing to the state finals is not a right or passage but an earned merit. Birmingham Brother Rice captured its fifth straight Division 1 regional title Thursday at Rochester High, topping the nine-school […]
BASKETBALL: Mr. Basketball favorite James Young sends oral to Kentucky
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans MADISON HEIGHTS — James Young is about to be a part of an historic recruiting class at the University of Kentucky. The 6-foot-7 senior swingman, who recently transferred to Rochester High from Troy High for his senior year after his family moved in July, announced Thursday that […]
MHSAA News: Prep football playoffs points through Week 7
Week 8 Football Playoff Listing: Schools With 4+ Wins EAST LANSING, Mich. – Oct. 9 – Here is a list of Michigan High School Athletic Association football playing schools, displaying their win-loss records and playoff averages through the seventh week of the season. Schools on this list are in enrollment order. An asterisk (*) […]
TUESDAY’S BOYS SOCCER: Stoney Creek blanks Troy; Berkley edges Adams
ROCHESTER HILLS — Rochester Stoney Creek scored a pair of second half goals to upend Troy 2-0 in an OAA Red Division boys soccer match Tuesday. The win helped the Cougars clinch third place in the OAA-Red with 12 points. Adam Anderson scored off an assist from Scott Alampi, while Alampi notched an insurance tally […]
PREP STATE RANKINGS — Oct. 9
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. Boys Soccer (By the coaches association) Division 1 — 1. East Kentwood; 2. Rockford; 3. Brighton; 4. Rochester Stoney Creek; 5. Plymouth Salem; 6. Plymouth Canton; 7. Okemos; […]
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL: Troy battles service errors to top Oxford
BY JAKE LOURIM STUDENT CORRESPONDENT j.lourim@comcast.net TROY — The first four points were quick. Olivia Parks’ kill, Nicole Hahn’s kill, Hahn again, then Marcela Sanabria. Right from the outset, it was clear there wasn’t going to be any hangover from last week’s loss to Lake Orion for the Troy volleyball team. “We were so […]
BOYS SOCCER: Rochester gains revenge on Adams
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ROCHESTER HILLS — It’s hard to even fathom that a Rochester-Rochester Adams boys soccer match not having much meaning on the big scale. With the OAA Red Division title already decided last week — Troy Athens clinched the title — there was no league glory on […]
GIRLS GOLF: Oakland County Division I Tournament Results
Girls Golf OAKLAND COUNTY DIVISION I GIRLS GOLF TOURNAMENT (Sept. 19 at Pontiac Country Club) TEAM SCORES — 1. Farmington Hills Mercy, 326; 2. South Lyon, 343; 3. Birmingham Seaholm, 344; 4. Rochester Stoney Creek, 345; 5. Troy, 348; 6. Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood, 351; 7. Birmingham Detroit Country Day, 353; 8. North Farmington-Harrison […]
SWIMMING AND DIVING: 2012 Oakland County Championships Results
40th ANNUAL OAKLAND COUNTY GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS (Oct. 6 at Waterford Kettering) MORE SWIMMING: http://northoaklandsports.com/?s=Swimming&x=11&y=14 TEAM SCORES — 1. Farmington Hills Mercy, 426.5; 2. Novi, 224; 3. Birmingham Marian, 211; 4. Clarkston, 188; 5. Lake Orion, 171; 6. Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood, 159; 7. South Lyon Unified, 145; Bloomfield Hills Lahser, 145; 9. […]
FOOTBALL: Clarkston breaks loose in second half, blanks Troy
BY JAKE LOURIM STUDENT CORRESPONDENT j.lourim@comcast.net TROY — The Troy football team was driving. Inside Clarkston territory, the Colts had a chance to knock off the No. 1 team in the state. But then there was Ian Eriksen. “He’s got the capability to go the distance any time he touches the ball,” Clarkston coach Kurt […]
CROSS COUNTRY: Milford, Seaholm defend Oakland County titles
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans MILFORD TWP. — Brian Kettle understands the tradition of Milford’s cross country program. He is now a big part of it. A junior, Kettle won the individual title Saturday in helping the top-ranked Mavericks win the prestigious 52nd Annual Oakland County Championships at Kensington Metropark. “There’s […]
FOOTBALL: Adams upsets Southfield; Stoney Creek, Notre Dame Prep, Avondale all win
ROCHESTER HILLS — Trailing 13-6 at the half, Rochester Adams erupted for 28 second-half points to stun Southfield, 34-20, in OAA White Division football play Friday. Ray Buford hauled in a 30-yard pass from Tre Walton and Jacob Studdard was on the receiving end of another Walton TD strike, this time from 20 yards out, […]
GIRLS SWIMMING: Oh, Mercy! Marlins glide to another county crown
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans WATERFORD TWP. — Shannon Dunworth might not have had the best memory in the world and his math skills were not on site Saturday at Waterford Kettering. Please forgive the veteran Dunworth, as Saturday was his birthday. His Farmington Hills Mercy squad gave him another present […]
MIAC FOOTBALL: Northwest grinds up Mayville; Southfield Christian outlasts Oakland Christian
ROCHESTER HILLS — Behind three touchdowns from Josh Morrison and two from Nathan Drews, Rochester Hills Lutheran Northwest inched closer to a postseason berth Friday with a 49-20 non-league triumph over visiting Mayville. Morrison caught touchdown passes by Drew of 40 and 10 yards while he also returned another interception 40 yards for the score. […]
FOOTBALL: Eriksen barrels over 1,000 yards mark in Clarkston’s win over Troy
CLARKSTON — Ian Eriksen eclipsed the 1,000 rushing yards barrier and Clarkston had no problem moving to7-0 on the season with a 28-0 shutout of visiting Troy Friday. Clarkston, ranked No. 1 in the state in Division 1, set up next week’s showdown at No. 2 Lake Orion which will determine the OAA Red Division […]
CROSS-COUNTRY: Milford, Seaholm high favorites at Oakland County meet
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans MILFORD TWP. — There’s a great chance that repeat performers will be reaching the winner’s circle at Saturday’s 52nd annual Oakland County Cross Country Championships. Both Milford and Birmingham Seaholm are expected to contend for top honors at Kensington Metropark again this season. Milford, ranked […]
FOOTBALL: Rochester inches closer to playoffs berth with win over Troy Athens
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ROCHESTER HILLS — At the beginning of preseason football practice, James Ward was nowhere to be found in Rochester’s training camp. Fighting through injury that lapsed into the spring and summer months, Ward didn’t even show up until midway through the second week of camp. […]
