GREENBORO, S.C. — Recent Pontiac Notre Dame Prep grad Sara Barron capped her high school track and field career with high honors. Barron earned All-America status in the 800 meters with a top-six finish at the New Balance Outdoor Track and Field Nationals at North Carolina-Greensborough. Barron, the state champ in Division 2 in both […]
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans PONTIAC — After playing 12 games in a month, the one thing for certain pertaining to the Michigan Bucks is that this team again is a title contender. The Bucks moved to 10-1-1 on the year and posted their fifth shutout in its last eight games with […]
BY JAKE LOURIM STUDENT CORRESPONDENT j.lourim@comcast.net EASTLANSING — Most of the giants were gone. Top-ranked Northville, bye-bye. Defending state champion Novi, out of the picture. OAA Red champion Rochester Adams, departed. They were all out of the girls soccer tournament, and the only one left standing from the east side was Troy. So when eighth-ranked […]
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans TROY — Irene Young had a secret that she had to hold onto for a few days. The recent Troy High graduate found out the day of Troy’s state semifinal on June 13 that she was to receive the highest honor of any high school soccer […]
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans EAST LANSING — Defending Division 4 state champion Auburn Hills Oakland Christian has fallen from grace. The Lancers, who won the D-4 boys golf state title in convincing fashion last season, dropped to fourth overall at this year’s state tournament. Oakland Christian posted a two-day total […]
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TROY — You had a tough decision last Sunday, Michigan High School Soccer Coaches Association panel. You had to select the All-State girls soccer players for the first, second, and third teams, plus honorable mention. That’s no easy task. That’s why I’m making it easier. The best goalie in the state is Troy junior Alison […]
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans EAST LANSING — Simply put, Okemos left no doubt who the best girls soccer team in the state was in 2012. The Chieftains finished up an improbably season, finishing 24-1-1, yielding six goals and pitching 20 shutouts. The final chapter came in Saturday’s Division 1 state […]
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BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans PONTIAC — While Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes-Clarkston Everest Collegiate Unified might have one of the state’s longest names for a high school athletics program in the state of Michigan, the Lakers do have one of the shortest time periods for its girls soccer team. […]
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans LAKE ORION — There are some puzzles that just can’t be solved. For Pontiac Notre Dame Prep, the Fighting Irish simply could not solve top-ranked and defending state champion Flint Powers Catholic on the soccer pitch on two separate occasions this season. After falling to Powers […]
EAST LANSING — Four athletics administrators who additionally have made significant contributions at the league, state and MHSAA tournament levels — Robin Dilday of Utica, Robert Dowd of Troy, Curt Ellis of Saline and Greg Lattig of Mason — have been named the recipients of the Michigan High School Athletic Association’s Allen W. Bush Award […]
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BY JAKE LOURIM STUDENT CORRESPONDENT j.lourim@comcast.net FARMINGTON — There was one key difference between Troy and Plymouth Canton heading into their girls soccer state semifinal matchup Wednesday. “(Coach Brian Zawislak) said before the game — we’ve been here before and they haven’t,” Troy forward Madison Hirsch said. “So let’s show them how to play […]
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans HOLT — Sometimes soccer can come down to one big play. Okemos had a grand opportunity in overtime Wednesday and seized the moment. The second-ranked Chiefs picked up a goal in the first overtime period and the defense made it stand in a 1-0 victory over […]
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NEW YORK — Oakland University left-handed pitcher Hayden Fox was selected by the Miami Marlins in the 21st round of the 2012 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft, the league announced via teleconference. The redshirt sophomore from Macomb, Mich. became the 16th Golden Grizzlies player to be drafted out of college. “I am very happy […]
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