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BOYS SOCCER: Doepke’s PKs lift Troy over Clarkston

BOYS SOCCER: Doepke’s PKs lift Troy over Clarkston

| September 6, 2012 | Comments (0)

BY JAKE LOURIM STUDENT CORRESPONDENT j.lourim@comcast.net   TROY — Zac Doepke let Ian Fox take Troy’s penalty kick last week at Walled Lake Northern. “I wasn’t as confident as I could have been,” Doepke said. Tuesday night, he was more confident and took the first kick. And the second? Well, then he just wanted to […]

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GIRLS VOLLEYBALL: Lapeer Faith sweeps Eagles; Powers Catholic outlasts Holly

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL: Lapeer Faith sweeps Eagles; Powers Catholic outlasts Holly

| September 6, 2012 | Comments (0)

ROCHESTER HILLS — Lapeer Faith Home School captured three of four games Wednesday to topple host Rochester Hills Christian, 3-1, in a non-league girls volleyball match. The visiting Falcons captured Game 1 (25-14), Game 2 (25-13 and Game 4 (25-15), while RHC won Game 3 (25-20). Ashley Parker with eight kills and Jenna Porter with […]

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BOYS TENNIS: Athens swats Rochester; Lake Orion doubles up Avondale

BOYS TENNIS: Athens swats Rochester; Lake Orion doubles up Avondale

| September 6, 2012 | Comments (0)

  TROY ATHENS 7, ROCHESTER 2  SINGLES — 1. Richard Zhang (TA) d. Torre Rocco 6-1, 6-0; 2. Eric Flewelling (TA) d. Collin Perozich 6-0, 6-2; 3. Jason Potter (TA) d. Mike Sepeta 6-2, 6-0; 4. Sheevan Naik (TA) d. Dillon Solanki 6-3, 6-2 DOUBLES — 1. Axl Patulinghug-Scott Schlagel (R) d. Philip Ma-Aditya Yelamanchi […]

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   GIRLS GOLF: Holly slips past Clio; Andover sinks Athens

GIRLS GOLF: Holly slips past Clio; Andover sinks Athens

| September 6, 2012 | Comments (0)

  GROVELAND TWP — Led by Alex Johnson’s round of 45, Holly slipped past Clio 195-201 Wednesday in a Flint Metro League girls golf match at Heather Highlands. Paige Johnson followed with a 46, while Taylor Turner also carded a 46 and Landy hill a 58 for the Bronchos (1-0, 1-0). Ayla Bogie shot a […]

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PREP STATE RANKINGS — Sept. 5

PREP STATE RANKINGS — Sept. 5

| September 5, 2012 | Comments (0)

  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. Troy; 3. Warren DeLaSalle; 4. Rockford; 5. Rochester Stoney Creek; 6. Brighton; 7. Troy Athens; […]

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FOOTBALL: WOLL outlasts Britton-Deerfield in defensive struggle

FOOTBALL: WOLL outlasts Britton-Deerfield in defensive struggle

| September 4, 2012 | Comments (0)

WATERFORD — Lucas Neme caught a 63-yard pass from Sal Mastromatteo in the second quarter and Spencer Howell’s extra point helped carry Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes to a 10-6 non-conference football victory Saturday over visiting Britton-Macon-Deerfield. Howell gave WOLL a 3-0 lead with a 28-yard field goal in the first quarter. BMD took […]

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FOOTBALL: Parkway Christian takes advantage of Oakland Christian’s miscues

FOOTBALL: Parkway Christian takes advantage of Oakland Christian’s miscues

| September 3, 2012 | Comments (0)

BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans   FRASER — After being blown out in its season opener, Sterling Heights Parkway Christian did everything but retreat into a shell Saturday night. In fact, the Eagles were the one delivering some punishment of their own in its second football game of the 2012 campaign. Parkway […]

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AOTW: Drews brings competitive nature to stardom at Lutheran Northwest

AOTW: Drews brings competitive nature to stardom at Lutheran Northwest

| September 1, 2012 | Comments (0)

BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans   ROCHESTER HILLS — Some athletes have a competitive nature. Then there’s Nathan Drews. Drews, a senior two-sport athlete at Rochester Hills Lutheran Northwest, is as competitive as they come at the school. He entered Northwest in 2009 as an athlete to watch. Now he is in […]

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 FOOTBALL: Stoney Creek cruises to shutout of Pontiac

FOOTBALL: Stoney Creek cruises to shutout of Pontiac

| September 1, 2012 | Comments (0)

BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans   PONTIAC — With each passing quarter, Rochester Stoney Creek is a football team that is gaining confidence and playing with a new-found swagger. After combining for a 3-15 record the past two years, including 1-8 last season where the Cougars finished on an eight-game skid, Stoney […]

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FRIDAY FOOTBALL: Lake Orion shatters school record in 68-point outburst; Clarkston, Oxford win league openers

FRIDAY FOOTBALL: Lake Orion shatters school record in 68-point outburst; Clarkston, Oxford win league openers

| September 1, 2012 | Comments (0)

DETROIT — Lake Orion was somewhat unimpressive offensively in earning 17-10 victory in Week 1 over Oxford. The Dragons, often a pass-happy team, did not complete a single pass last week. Lake Orion was more compared to an erupting volcano Friday afternoon at Ford Field in Detroit and finally re-discovered its potent offense. Playing in […]

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FOOTBALL: Critical matters: Rochester outslugs Troy in key OAA-Red showdown

FOOTBALL: Critical matters: Rochester outslugs Troy in key OAA-Red showdown

| August 31, 2012 | Comments (0)

BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ROCHESTER HILLS — For a football program that has only started a season 2-0 only twice during the previous 20 years, style points are not an issue for Rochester. Finding ways to win football games is the mission. The Falcons ventured down “Ugly Game Boulevard” Thursday at […]

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BOYS TENNIS ROUNDUP: Adams edges Stoney Creek; Seaholm swats Rochester

BOYS TENNIS ROUNDUP: Adams edges Stoney Creek; Seaholm swats Rochester

| August 31, 2012 | Comments (0)

ROCHESTER ADAMS 5, ROCHSTER STONEY CREEK 4 SINGLES — 1. Nick Fiaschetti (RSC) d. Justin Hyman 6-3,6-2; 2. Charles Xu (RA) d. Vlad Oltean 6-1, 6-0; 3. Rahul Jain (RA) d. Ben Li 6-1, 6-2; 4. Eric Chang (RA) d. Shyam Sudheera 6-3, 6-0. DOUBLES — 1. Jake Kruk-Chris Stanburg (RSC) d. Zhibin Deng-Matt Lillie […]

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THURSDAY’S BOYS SOCCER ROUNDUP: Adams, Athens, Stoney Creek pick up wins

THURSDAY’S BOYS SOCCER ROUNDUP: Adams, Athens, Stoney Creek pick up wins

| August 31, 2012 | Comments (1)

ROCHESTER HILLS — Rochester Adams scored three goals in each half Thursday to upend visiting Waterford Kettering 6-0 in a non-league boys soccer match. Evan Skiff and Jacob Cvengros each scored twice for Adams (2-3-0). Patrick Spike and Brian Kane also scored and Grant Gibson picked up four saves for the shutout for the Highlanders. […]

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THURSDAY’S FOOTBALL ROUNDUP: Avondale, Northwest, Notre Dame Prep all gain lopsided wins

THURSDAY’S FOOTBALL ROUNDUP: Avondale, Northwest, Notre Dame Prep all gain lopsided wins

| August 31, 2012 | Comments (0)

AUBURN HILLS — Despite some early miscues and an 6-0 deficit, Auburn Hills Avondale got untracked in the second quarter Thursday and eventually scored 41 unanswered points in a 41-6 trouncing of visiting Birmingham Groves in an OAA Blue Division football game. Avondale scored 14 points in each the second and third quarters and tacked […]

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BOYS SOCCER: Eagles upend defending soccer state champions

BOYS SOCCER: Eagles upend defending soccer state champions

| August 30, 2012 | Comments (0)

ROCHESTER HILLS — Rochester Hills Christian opened up the newly-named Wolverine Christian Conference boys soccer season with a win over a defending state champion. The Eagles, who lost to Davison Faith Baptist, 2-1, in last year’s Michigan Association of Christian Schools Division I state finals, toppled visiting Faith Baptist 2-0 Tuesday, gaining its revenge some […]

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STICK’S PICKS: Week 2 offers some delicious early-season, all-important matchups

STICK’S PICKS: Week 2 offers some delicious early-season, all-important matchups

| August 30, 2012 | Comments (0)

 Early in the season it’s sometimes hard to gage just how a team will fare over the length of the football campaign. There are winning streaks, losing streaks, the unexpected, the expected, injuries and teams that come from out of the blue. There are also games in the early stages that turn out to be […]

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BOYS SOCCER: Unpredictable Athens rallies to trip up Adams

BOYS SOCCER: Unpredictable Athens rallies to trip up Adams

| August 29, 2012 | Comments (0)

DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans   ROCHESTER HILLS — Todd Heugh openly admits that he doesn’t know what to expect from his Troy Athens boys soccer team this sdason. Perhaps the second-year coach learned a thing or two about his side Tuesday. The Red Hawks found a way to fight back from a […]

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Mr. Basketball candidate Young transfers from Troy to Rochester

Mr. Basketball candidate Young transfers from Troy to Rochester

| August 28, 2012 | Comments (3)

BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans   ROCHESTER HILLS — James Young, one the nation’s top high school boys basketball players, has left Troy High School and has enrolled in nearby Rochester High School. Vic Fournier, athletics director at Rochester High, confirmed that Young and his family officially enrolled him at Rochester High […]

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