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GIRLS TENNIS RANKINGS — May 4
Girls Tennis (By the coaches association) Division 1 — 1. Northville; 2. Midland Dow; 3. Grosse Pointe South; 4. Traverse City Central; 5. Ann Arbor Pioneer; 6. Bloomfield Hills; 7. Troy; 8. Ann Arbor Skyline; 9. (tie) West Bloomfield, Hudsonville, Rockford, Ann Arbor Huron Division 2 — 1. Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern; 2. (tie) […]
Baseball State Rankings — May 5
Baseball (By the coaches association) Division 1 — 1. Bay City Western; 2. Saline; 3. Battle Creek Lakeview; 4. Sterling Heights Stevenson; 5. Grosse Pointe North; 6. Woodhaven; 7. Northville; 8. Birmingham Brother Rice; 9. Taylor Kennedy; 10. Portage Northern; 11. Brighton; 12. Rockford Division 2 — 1. East Grand Rapids; 2. Pontiac Notre Dame […]
Girls Soccer Rankings — May 5
Girls Soccer (By the coaches association) Division 1 — Grandville; 2. Walled Lake Northern; 3. Rochester Stoney Creek; 4. Utica Eisenhower; 5. East Kentwood; 6. Grand Blanc; 7. Troy Athens; 8. Saline; 9. Northville; 10. Novi Honorable Mention — Hartland, Rochester Adams, Grand Rapids Forest Hills Forest Hills Central, Caledonia Division 2 — Birmingham Marian […]
BOYS BASKETBALL: Morenci holds off Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes to reach ‘D’ state finals
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.Stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFams EAST LANSING — Nick Robak was placed in a difficult predicament Thursday night. Convert three free throws with 0.6 seconds left on the clock to earn overtime or see a brilliant boys basketball season come to an end. The 6-foot-3 senior made his first two foul shots, […]
BOYS BASKETBALL: Final ‘Breslin’ation: Waterford Our Lady overcomes poor shooting to reach state semifinals for first time in 22 years
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans WEST BLOOMFIELD — Thing a beauty? Far from it. In fact, it was downright ugly. But every ugly duckling can produce a swan. Ditto for Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes. The unbeaten Lakers continued their vision quest for the perfect season by downing unranked Burton Genesee […]
GIRLS BASKETBALL: Waterford Our Lady stuns Kingston to reach Final Four
BY DAN STICKRADT SENOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoakalndsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans WATERFORD — If you would have asked Steve Robak six months ago if Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes would be in the Class D Final Four, the veteran coach would have thought you were crazy. Ask him that same question six weeks ago and he still […]
BOYS BASKETBALL: Clarkston ‘Loyer’s-up to bounce Avondale in regional semifinals
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans TROY — It was another day at the office Monday for Clarkston. Another opponent, another victory. The unbeaten and fifth-ranked Wolves, behind the stellar ply of 6-foot freshman point guard Foster Loyer, picked up their 23rd win of the season by bouncing Auburn Hills Avondale, 74-51, Monday […]
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL: Notre Dame Prep’s Kathleen Carlson wins Miss Volleyball
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.Stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @Local SportsFans PONTIAC — When she entered Pontiac Notre Dame Prep as a freshman, Kathleen Carlson had big dreams of success on the volleyball court. She never dreamed that it would culminate with such a storybook of awards. Carlson, a 5-foot-11 senior outside hitter, added to her […]
BOYS SOCCER: Eisenhower pulls upset of Rochester Stoney Creek; Avondale edges Brandon
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.Stickradt@northoakalandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans LAKE ORION — Utica Eisenhower made some defensive adjustments of the soccer pitch a few weeks ago. It is paying dividends in the postseason. The unranked Eagles posted its third straight shutout Thursday and second straight in the postseason, posting a 2-0 upset of OAA Red […]
BOYS SOCCER: Avondale pulls away from Holly
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.Stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans AUBURN HILLS — Just three years removed from its first and only state championship team, finding the win column this season has been quite a struggle for Auburn Hills Avondale’s youthful squad. There are only two remaining holdovers from that team and the Yellowjackets only put […]
FOOTBALL: Clarkston cruises past Troy Athens to clinch 12th straight postseason bid
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.Stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans TROY — Even in the midst of a 19-game win streak, Clarkston’s coaching staff can still find flaws and concerns. The Wolves put together another dominating performance Friday night on the road at Troy Athens, but far from the level accustomed to by the Wolves’ coaching […]
OAKLAND COUNTY CORSS COUNTY RESULTS
Boys Cross Country 55TH ANNUAL OAKLAND COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS (Sept. 27 at Kensington Metropark) TEAM SCORES — 1. Waterford Mott, 93; 2. White Lake Lakeland, 126; 3. Novi, 153; 4. Holly, 166; 5. Walled Lake Central, 201; 6. Lake Orion, 213; 7. Milford, 236; 8. Novi Detroit Catholic Central, 238; 9. Birmingham Seaholm, 272; 10. […]
FOOTBALL: Top-ranked Clarkston rolls by Oxford
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.Stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans OXFORD — In the midst of an 18-game win streak, Clarkston’s DJ Zezula feels the Wolves have not fired on all cylinders just yet. That’s a scary thought. The Division 1 top-ranked Wolves took advantage of a couple of Oxford turnovers and rolled to a convincing […]
CROSS COUNTRY: State powers to converge at prestigious Oakland County meet
Birmingham Seaholm girls, Waterford Mott boys tagged as favorites BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans MILFORD TWP — Birmingham Seaholm will look to join some elite company this Saturday morning at Kensington Metropark. The Maples girls cross-country program will look to become only the second girls team to win four straight […]
BOYS GOLF: Oxford, Rochester lead heap at D-1 district tourney
Rochester Adams’ Barrows fires 68 to earn medalist honors BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR Dan.Stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ORION TWP. — Despite winning a couple of tournaments, Oxford boys golf coach Terry Kelley has felt his team has flown under the radar. So Wednesday’s impressive performance at Bald Mountain Golf Course didn’t surprise the […]
TRACK: Westland Lutheran sweeps MIAC titles
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR Dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ROCHESTER HILLS — After finishing each distance race, Jenna Wisner hovered near the finish line, quickly shaking the hands of each competitor and sending a congratulatory message their way. A classy act by to say the least. Her school, Lutheran Westland, was a class act on […]
Tribute to our moms: The real MVPs of our lives
It was kind of fitting that when Kevin Durant was named the National Basketball Association MVP for 2013-14 this past week, he spent plenty of time on record thanking his mom, Wanda Pratt, for helping, teaching and guiding him to where his is today. The Oklahoma City Thunder star wasn’t glorifying himself and putting his […]
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL: Lake Orion Baptist finally wins first MACS state title
NOTE: Have photos or video of this event you would like to share with digital daily www.northoaklandsports.com? Email pertinent information to results@northoaklandsports.com or to Senior Editor Dan Stickradt at Dan.Stickradt@northoaklandsports.com FOR MORE VOLLEYBALL COVERAGE: http://northoaklandsports.com/?s=Volleyball&x=0&y=9 BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans CLARKSTON — There’s something about the little […]
