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DIVISION 3 BONUS COVERAGE: St. Mary’s uses experience, speed to win first title since 2000
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com DETROIT — Playing at Ford Field is a case of been there, done that for the players on Orchard Lake St. Mary’s football team. Walking off the field with a state championship and that’s a different story. The fourth-ranked Eaglets have played in numerous Catholic High School League games […]
DIVISION 5 BONUS COVERAGE: Flint Powers stuns top-ranked Lansing CC for state crown
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com DETROIT — Six hours after watching Saginaw Nouvel Catholic score a state finals state record 56 points, Flint Powers Catholic got into the same act. In a weekend of high-octane offenses and wild upsets, Flint Powers shocked top-ranked and previously unbeaten Lansing Catholic Central, 56-26, in the Division 5 […]
DIVISION 7 BONUS COVERAGE: Saginaw Nouvel devastates Pewamo-Westphalia
FOR MORE COVERAGE: http://northoaklandsports.com/?s=Football&x=12&y=12 BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com DETROIT — Pewamo-Westphalia was in the path of a tornado Friday morning. It came straight out of Saginaw and was simply devastating. Saginaw Nouvel Catholic was such a F5 funnel cloud, wrecking the Pirates’ state title dreams in a flash by recording a lopsided 56-26 […]
DIVISION 4 BONUS COVERAGE: No. 2 Zeeland West runs roughshod over top-ranked Marine City
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com DETROIT — On this day, No. 2 was truly better than No. 1. Zeeland West, ranked second in the state in Division 4 all season, put the finishing touches on a perfect season Friday night, topping top-ranked and previously-unbeaten Marine City, 44-7, at Ford Field in the D-4 state […]
DIVISION 6 BONUS COVERAGE: Ithaca defends state title with another perfect season
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com DETROIT — Sometimes the pieces of the puzzle can come together and fit just right. For Ithaca, those pieces came together three years ago have stayed joined together — perfectly. The Yellowajckets have become a state powerhouse in the making on the football field, making three straight runs to […]
DIVISION 2 BONUS COVERAGE: Brother Rice goes to ‘Church’ to win seventh state title
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com DETROIT — Records can be deceiving. Birmingham Brother Rice proved that on the football field once again this season. The seventh-ranked Warriors, who entered the postseason at just 5-4 after playing a brutally tough schedule — those four losses were by a combined 12 points — captured their seventh […]
STATE RANKINGS — Final Regular Season Football Rankings
Football Final high school regular season high school football rankings, as of Oct. 25. Division 1 — 1. Rockford; 2. Novi Detroit Catholic Central; 3. Utica Eisenhower; 4. Grand Haven; 5. Plymouth; 6. Plymouth Canton; 7. Northville; 8. Clarkston; 9. Grand Blanc; 10. Brighton. Others receiving votes — Lake Orion, Ann Arbor Pioneer. Division 2 […]
DIVISION 8 BONUS COVERAGE: Top-ranked Mendon earns title No. 11 with shutout of Fowler
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com DETROIT — Like many rural, agricultural small towns across Michigan, Mendon does not have a massive budget, nor does it have the large student body population to sponsor dozens of sports. So when the Hornets do make a long tournament run, it is understandably a big deal in the […]
Final destination check-in: Football finalists ready to clash for coveted titles
Nearly four months ago, close to 700 schools across the state began preparation to play on the prep football season’s final weekend. Only eight of those schools have reached the plateau. The MHAA football state finals are set for Ford Field in Detroit Nov.25-26 with several intriguing matchups. There are eight schools that carry perfect […]
Avenall the right choice to lead Clarkston into volleyball history
CLARKSTON — Kelly Avenall doesn’t always speak kindly of herself as a high school student. That’s common when a teacher and coach looks back on their youth. “I was kind of a band geek in high school,” she laughed. Avenall is a 1989 graduate of Clarkston High School. She played the rare instrument Oboe, a […]
Golden Grizzlies volleyball nets Summit League tournament berth
ROCHESTER HILLS – Meghan Bray tallied 18 kills, Ashley Nevelle dished out 44 assists, and junior Alli Kirk picked up 24 digs as the Oakland volleyball team clinched its first-ever trip to The Summit League Championship tournament after a 3-1 victory over IUPUI (15-15, 8-9) on Friday night at the Athletics Center O’rena. “When I […]
New Hampshire scoops up Clarkston defensive star Lightfoot
BY RAYMOND ROLAK STUDENT CORRESPONDENT CLARKSTON — Maddie Lightfoot is hoping for a legacy championship. Now that the Clarkston 5-foot-4 senior libero has aided her team to a district and regional title in the Class A girls volleyball tournament, she hopes to follow in her mom’s footsteps and have the same experience as Kristie Lightfoot […]
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Notre Dame Prep advances to regional finals
ARMADA — One step further. Pontiac Notre Dame Prep has advanced at least one step further than last season, as the Fighting Irish swept Madison Heights Lamphere, 3-0, Tuesday in a Class B girls volleyball regional semifinal at Armada High School. Notre Dame Prep posted scores of 25-19, 25-14 and 25-7, overpowering the Rams in […]
MHSAA Girls Volleyball Regional Draws
Below are the 2011 MHSAA girls volleyball pairings involving high schools in the www.northoaklandsports.com coverage area. CLASS A REGION NO. 3 AT LAPEER WEST Tuesday, Nov. 8 Game 1 — Clarkston vs. Flushing, 6 p.m.; Game 2 — Davison vs. Midland, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov.10 Game 3 — Finals, 7 p.m. REGION NO. 8 AT […]
Top-ranked Marine City too much for Notre Dame Prep
EAST CHINA TWP. — For a half, Marine City was slowed offensively Friday. The top-ranked Mariners could only muster a 14-10 lead on sixth-ranked Pontiac Notre Dame Prep. One of the state’s top offenses took over in the second half. Marine City erupted for 27 points in the third quarter and tacked on 14 more […]
Wolves make quick prey out of Bobcats
CLARKSTON — Already winning a league title and setting a school record for wins, Clarkston has turned its attention to the state tournament. The Wolves are hunting down their prey and devouring them in a hurry. Clarkston swept Grand Blanc Wednesday in a Class A girls volleyball district semifinal on its home floor, posting a […]
ALL-OAA FOOTBALL TEAMS
ALL-OAA FOOTBALL TEAMS (Selected on by league head coaches) ALL-OAA RED DIVISION Coach of the Year: Josh Heppner, Troy Athens Quarterbacks: Mitch Baenziger, Clarkston; Sean Charette, Lake Orion; Justin Losey, Troy. Running Backs: Joey Goss, Clarkston; Jacob Miller, Lake Orion; Mark Cargle, Pontiac; Kezlow Smith, Pontiac; Cody Devoe, Rochester; Nolan Jones, Royal Oak; Oliver Jiang, […]
