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FOOTBALL: Associated Press All-State Football Division 3-4

FOOTBALL: Associated Press All-State Football Division 3-4

| November 28, 2015 | Comments (0)

Associated Press All-State Football Division 3-4 By The Associated Press The 2015 Associated Press Division 3-4 All-State football team, which is selected by a statewide panel of Michigan sports writers: PLAYER OF THE YEAR Josh Ross, Orchard Lake St. Mary’s, Junior QUARTERBACKS Omar Salih, Detroit Cesar Chavez, Senior Pat Naughton, Comstock Park, Senior RUNNING BACKS […]

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FOOTBALL: Associated Press All-State Football Division 5-6

FOOTBALL: Associated Press All-State Football Division 5-6

| November 28, 2015 | Comments (0)

Associated Press All-State Football Division 5-6   By The Associated Press The 2015 Associated Press Division 5-6 All-State football team, which is selected by a statewide panel of Michigan sports writers: PLAYER OF THE YEAR Mason Gee-Montgomery, Stockbridge, Junior QUARTERBACKS Tony Poljan, Lansing Catholic, Senior Mason Gee-Montgomery, Stockbridge, Junior RUNNING BACKS Eric Bugg, Ida, Senior […]

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FOOTBALL: Associated Press All-State Football Division 7-8

FOOTBALL: Associated Press All-State Football Division 7-8

| November 28, 2015 | Comments (0)

Associated Press All-State Football Division 7-8 By The Associated Press The 2015 Associated Press Division 3-4 All-State football team, which is selected by a statewide panel of Michigan sports writers: PLAYER OF THE YEAR Clay Senerius, Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes, Senior QUARTERBACKS Blake Dunn, Saugatuck, Junior Clay Senerius, Waterford Our Lady of the […]

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FOOTBALL DIVISION 8: Muskegon CC stymies Waterford Our Lady for third straight crown

FOOTBALL DIVISION 8: Muskegon CC stymies Waterford Our Lady for third straight crown

| November 27, 2015 | Comments (0)

  BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans DETROIT — Shutting down a high-powered offensive machine can be like solving a Rubix Cube. It can take plenty of patience and determination for a likable end result. Muskegon Catholic Central solved such a riddle that no prep football team has been able to accomplish this […]

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FOOTBALL: Our Lady of the Lakes cruises past Seminary to advance to Final Four

FOOTBALL: Our Lady of the Lakes cruises past Seminary to advance to Final Four

| November 14, 2015 | Comments (0)

BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans WATERFORD — It was a little more than two years ago when Josh Sawicki took over the Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes football program. At that time, the rookie head coach saw something in his sophomore class at the time that could end up being “special.” […]

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2015 MHSTECA ALL-STATE BOYS TENNIS TEAMS

2015 MHSTECA ALL-STATE BOYS TENNIS TEAMS

| November 12, 2015 | Comments (0)

2015 MHSTECA ALL-STATE BOYS TENNIS TEAMS DIVISION 1 DIVISION 1 FIRST TEAM SINGLES — David Gandham, Ann Arbor Huron jr.; Kobie Mueller, Ann Arbor Huron soph.; Ian Yi, Ann Arbor Pioneer jr.; Jack Winkler, Birmingham Brother Rice jr.; Andrew Zhang, Bloomfield Hills soph.; Constantine Hemmrich, Bloomfield Hills soph.; Josh Mukherjee, Bloomfield Hills jr.; Alex Matisse, […]

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2015 ALL-STATE BOYS CROSS COUNTRY

2015 ALL-STATE BOYS CROSS COUNTRY

| November 12, 2015 | Comments (0)

2015 ALL-STATE BOYS CROSS COUNTRY DIVISION 1 — 1. Isaac Harding (Rockford) 15:10.4; 2. Mitchell Da (Alpena) 15:13.4; 3. Cole Johnson (Rockford) 15:15.0; 4. Enael Woldemichael (Grand Rapids Northview) 15:16.6; 5. Anthony Berry (Traverse City Central) 15:20.5; 6. Joost Plaetinck (Novi) 15:23.8; 7. Logan Kleam (Woodhaven) 15:29.5; 8. Riad Rababeh (Dearborn) 15:30.8; 9. Tony Floyd […]

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GIRLS VOLLEYBALL: Romeo outlasts Lake Orion in five-game whirlwind thriller

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL: Romeo outlasts Lake Orion in five-game whirlwind thriller

| November 11, 2015 | Comments (0)

BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ROMEO — Lake Orion knew the eye of the storm was coming. The Dragons found out just what it feels like to be in the path of the tornado. The funnel cloud came in the shape of Romeo’s Gia Milana. The 6-foot-2 senior outside hitter recorded a […]

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BOYS SOCCER: West Highland pulls away from Oakdale Christian for first MACS state title

BOYS SOCCER: West Highland pulls away from Oakdale Christian for first MACS state title

| November 7, 2015 | Comments (0)

BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans CLARKSTON — Two years ago, Milford West Highland Christian got a sniff of what it’s like to be near the top of the pitch. On Saturday, the Mustangs finally reached summit. A pair of early goals gave West Highland plenty of momentum nd helped push the Mustangs […]

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FOOTBALL: WOLL-ing: Top-ranked Lakers sail past Parkway Christian into regional finals

FOOTBALL: WOLL-ing: Top-ranked Lakers sail past Parkway Christian into regional finals

| November 7, 2015 | Comments (0)

BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans PONTIAC — Sterling Heights Parkway Christian accomplished a feat against Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes Friday that few have done in recent years. Score on the Lakers in the opening minute of the game. The quick deficit didn’t phase the Lakers. It simply awoke a sleeping […]

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BOYS SOCCER: Canton edges Adams to reach state final

BOYS SOCCER: Canton edges Adams to reach state final

| November 5, 2015 | Comments (0)

  BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR DAn.Stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans TROY — David McGrath was given a call to duty Wednesday night — on short notice. The sophomore goalkeeper still delivered in his brief few minutes on the soccer pitch. McGrath, who did not play in regulation or overtime, made a save in a shootout and […]

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GIRLS VOLLEYBALL: Lake Orion enacts district revenge on Clarkston

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL: Lake Orion enacts district revenge on Clarkston

| November 3, 2015 | Comments (0)

  BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans WATERFORD — Over the past decade-plus, Clarkston has held an upper hand on Lake Orion when it comes to district success and championships. In fact, the only time in recent memory that Lake Orion did not lose to Clarkston in a district contest was when the […]

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BOYS SOCCER: Adams edges Utica Ford for second straight regional crown

BOYS SOCCER: Adams edges Utica Ford for second straight regional crown

| November 1, 2015 | Comments (0)

  BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans FRASER — In a tightly-contested regional final game, Josh Hickey did not want anyone else to stand between the pipes other than Dylan Brown. The seventh-year Rochester Adams boys soccer coach does not want anyone else facing a penalty kick against a Mr. Soccer candidate, either. […]

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FOOTBALL: Romeo knocks out two-time defending state champ Clarkston

FOOTBALL: Romeo knocks out two-time defending state champ Clarkston

| October 31, 2015 | Comments (1)

  BY DAN STICKRADT CORRESPONDENT dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans WASHINGTON TWP. — There will be a new state champion in Division 1. Undersized Romeo used its sterling defense to thwart two-time defending state champion Clarkston, 28-14, in a D-1 pre-district contest Friday at Romeo’s Barnabo Field. Clarkston played its first game on grass since 2008 — […]

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BOYS SOCCER: Troy Bethany Christian going for third MACS title in six years

BOYS SOCCER: Troy Bethany Christian going for third MACS title in six years

| October 30, 2015 | Comments (0)

BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR DAn.Stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans TROY — Troy Bethany Christian is currently in defensive mode — as in trying to defend its title. The Bruins, the defending Michigan Association of Christian Schools Division I boys soccer state champions, are one win away from its second straight crown, third in six years and […]

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BOYS SOCCER: Adams advances to Elite Eight with win over Bloomfield Hills

BOYS SOCCER: Adams advances to Elite Eight with win over Bloomfield Hills

| October 28, 2015 | Comments (0)

  BY DAN STICKRADT CORRESPONDENT dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans FRASER — Experience is an ingredient that one cannot teach in practice. It’s also one of the true strengths for Rochester Adams on the soccer pitch this season. The Highlanders, a senior-laden team, kept their postseason hopes alive Wednesday, topping short-handed and unranked Bloomfield Hills, 1-0, in […]

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BOYS SOCCER: Brandon advances to regional finals; Cranbrook ousts DCD in shootout

BOYS SOCCER: Brandon advances to regional finals; Cranbrook ousts DCD in shootout

| October 28, 2015 | Comments (0)

BY DAN STICKRADT CORRESPONDENT dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans AUBURN HILLS — Give Ortonville Brandon a lead and characteristically, the Blackhawks will rarely relinquish it. Brandon made sure that it would not allow the opposition rally Tuesday night. In fact, the Blackhawks’ defense was simply suffocating St. Clair Shores Lake Shore for 80 minutes. Defensive-minded Brandon cashed […]

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GIRLS SWIMMING: Mercy again dominant in winning 11th straight Oakland County title

GIRLS SWIMMING: Mercy again dominant in winning 11th straight Oakland County title

| October 26, 2015 | Comments (0)

Marian, Rochester Adams follow in loaded field BY DAN STICKRADT CORRESPONDENT dan.Stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans LAKE ORION —  Dominating. Farmington Hills Mercy has redefined the term inside the Oakland County Girls Swimming and Diving circles. The Marlins, ranked third in the state in Division 1, captured their unprecedented 11th straight Oakland County Championships title Saturday at […]

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