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GIRLS BASKETBALL: Lutheran Northwest stays in MIAC title chase by chopping down Inter-City Baptist
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ROCHESTER HILLS — It has been far from a thing a beauty at Rochester Hills Lutheran Northwest this season, but the Crusaders are getting the right type of results on the hardcourt. Host Lutheran Northwest continued one of its best starts in school history Tuesday despite […]
WRESTLING: Clarkston wins OAA-Red tourney to garner co-championship with Oxford
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ROCHESTER HILLS — Clarkston gained some long-awaited revenge on Oxford Friday evening. The Wolves, who lost to Oxford in a dual match last month and have repeatedly finished behind the Wildcats in recent years at the league level, won the team title at the OAA Red Division […]
BOYS BASKETBALL: Oakland Christian digs deep to pull away from Pontiac Academy For Excellence
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans AUBURN HILLS — Perhaps Auburn Hills Oakland Christian is starting to come of age. Despite a playing rotation that features five sophomores in the 10-man rotation and the fact the Lancers were missing two key post players Friday — 6-foot-7 junior Brad Miller and 6-2 sophomore Hunter […]
BOYS BASKETBALL: Rochester Hills Christian remains perfect in bouncing Lake Orion Baptist
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans LAKE ORION — Lake Orion Baptist had a simple plan Tuesday: Put a box-and-one on Rochester Hills Christian senior standout Ryan Patton and make other players beat the Lions. The problem is that Rochester Hills Christian is far from a one-man show and the Eagles displayed a […]
GIRLS BASKETBALL: Youthful Lake Orion Baptist pulls away from Rochester Hills Christian
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans LAKE ORION — As young teams go, Lake Orion Baptist might be a work-in-progress. But for a team that starts three freshmen and a sophomore and boasts just one senior in its starting five, the Lions are coming along despite its youth movement. Lake Orion Baptist outworked […]
GIRLS BASKETBALL: Holly puts the clamps down on Brando
n BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans HOLLY — Kaitlyn Smith, Paige Reid and Jenna Pepper made sure that nothing would go wrong in their house Friday night. Every time Ortonville Brandon made a run in the first half, the Holly trio responded with clutch play. The Bronchos ended up posting a convincing […]
BOYS BASKETBALL: Brandon snaps Holly’s FML unbeaten streak at 22
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans HOLLY — By his own observations, Ross Gauthier felt his team has not played very good defense this season. Consider this week’s practices sessions a wake up call to the members of Ortonville Brandon’s boys basketball team — and the rest of the Flint Metro League. Defense […]
HOCKEY: Stoney Creek’s late goals puts the freeze on Rochester United
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter @LocalSportsFans ROCHESTER — Evan Lazarevich said there’s no particular drill his team runs in practice simulating if a game is tied late in a period. It’s just instincts of putting the puck towards the net and see what happens. Larzarevich came through in the clutch in such […]
BOYS BASKETBALL: Adams remains perfect in downing pesky Rochester
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ROCHESTER HILLS — As part of its 8-0 start, Rochester Adams has found different ways to win ball games this winter. On Friday against arch-rival Rochester, the Highlanders went to its inside-outside game to tame the Falcons, 57-45, in the 10th annual Crosstown Showdown at Oakland University’s […]
GIRLS BASKETBALL: Defensive minded Adams swarms Rochester
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ROCHESTER HILLS — Sometimes one team just has another’s number. Such as the case for Rochester Adams in its girls basketball rivalry with Rochester. The Highlanders continued their recent dominance over the Falcons, posting a 58-27 OAA crossover victory Friday over shorthanded Rochester in […]
GIRLS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: WOLL clobbers Plymouth Christian; Lake Orion singes Avondale; Stoney Creek remains perfect
PLYMOUTH — Alex Troy led a blanced attack with 13 points to lead Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes to a 52-25 non-conference road triumph Tuesday Tiffany Senerius added 12 for WOLL (5-1). Paige Perkey scored 12 points for Plymouth Christian. LAKE ORION 55, AUBURN HILLS AVONDALE 29: Maddie Novak scored 14 points to […]
BOYS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Rochester Hills, Stoney Creek roll to convincing wins; Adams’ Littleson records triple-double
AUBURN HILLS — Rochester Hills remained unbeaten on the year with a 57-38 victory Tuesday over host Auburn Hills Christian in FBAC crossover play. Ryan Patton totaled 19 points, 18 rebounds and five steals to pace the Eagels (8-0). Jerem Byers added 13 points and seven rebounds and Noah Bossnier contributed nine points and eight […]
SPORTS BRIEFS: 5K fundraiser run set for New Day Foundation
5K FUNDRAISER A 5K charity run in honor of Rochester Stoney Creek High School freshman Sam Kell, who is battling brain cancer, is set for 10 a.m. Saturday (Jan. 9) at Stony Creek Metropark in Washington Twp. The cost is $20 per athlete. To register, go to www.runsignup.com. All proceeds go to the New Day […]
BOYS BASKETBALL: Lake Orion holds off Avondale
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans LAKE ORION — Tuesday night was far from a thing of beauty in the eyes of Jim Manzo, who returned to Lake Orion’s sidelines after a seven-year hiatus. But reclaiming the reigns of a program that won only four contests last […]
WRESTLING: 56TH ANNUAL OAKLAND COUNTY TOURNAMENT RESULTS
56TH ANNUAL OAKLAND COUNTY TOURNAMENT (Dec. 18-19 at Lake Orion H.S.) TEAM SCORES — 1. Novi Detroit Catholic Central, 330; 2. Clarkston, 264.5; 3. Oxford, 255; 4. Walled Lake Central, 190; 5. Rochester Adams, 175.5; 6. Waterford Kettering, 154; 7. Ortonville Brandon,145.5; 8. Rochester, 126; 9. Holly, 120.5; 10. Waterford Mott, 113; 11. (tie) Lake […]
BOYS BASKETBALL: Stoney Creek steals one away from Troy
BY DAN STICKRADT CORRESPONDENT dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ROCHESTER HILLS — Perhaps Rochester Stoney Creek really did become the Grinch of this Christmas season on Tuesday night. The Cougars clawed back from a 14-point, third-quarter deficit to sink Troy in overtime, 62-59, in an OAA crossover contest. “I think we did steal one,” smiled Stoney Creek […]
DIVISION 1 STATE FINALS: Romeo takes down Cass Tech for first state title
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickrdt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LcoalSportsFans DETROIT — Romeo made the most of its first ever appearance in the state finals. With a legion of some 10,000-plus fans behind them, the seventh-ranked Bulldogs never trailed fourth-ranked Detroit Cass Tech and came way with a 41-27 victory in the Division 1 state finals […]
FOOTBALL: Associated Press All-State Football Division 1-2
Associated Press All-State Football Division 1-2 The 2015 Associated Press Division 1-2 All-State football team, which is selected by a statewide panel of Michigan sports writers: PLAYER OF THE YEAR Donnie Corley, Detroit King, Senior QUARTERBACKS Josh Jackson, Saline, Senior Bruce Mann, Midland Dow, Junior RUNNING BACKS Emanuel Jackson, Novi, Senior Mike Marston, Lapeer, Senior […]
