BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Both Troy and Grand Haven have both had teams make long tournament runs in the past, and have combined for seven Final Four appearances including this season. The two together make for an interesting pairing, when they meet in the Division 1 boys soccer state semifinals Wednesday at 6 […]
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com ROYAL OAK — Priscilla Larned never thought she’d see the day. The veteran Auburn Hills Oakland Christian volleyball coach celebrated her 37th wedding anniversary with her husband, Patrick Larned, Tuesday night. “This was a great anniversary present,” admitted Larned, whose team swept Rochester Hills Lutheran Northwest 3-0 in a […]
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com TROY — Members of Troy’s volleyball team lived with the pain of losing in the first round of the Class A volleyball districts last season to Auburn Hills Avondale for an entire year. It took just an hour Monday night to erase those memories. The Colts posted a 3-0 […]
CLARKSTON — Clarkston enjoyed a long stay in the Class A girls volleyball tournament last season, advancing all of the way to the state quarterfinals. On Monday, the Wolves took the first step of trying to repeat that feat with a 3-0 sweep of visiting Holly. Clarkston dispatched the Bronchos 25-10, 25-9, 25-5, to advance […]
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, […]
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com TROY — Waterford Kettering Monday night proved that every point in volleyball truly does count. The Captains, facing the brink of elimination with a 14-12 deficit Game 5, rallied for the final four points to post a dramatic, 3-2, victory over Troy Athens in a Class A volleyball district […]
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com GOODELS — Winning regional titles is always a fine benchmark for any program. Using it as motivation is also a great tool. Royal Oak Shrine Catholic used the repeat talk as motivation at Saturday’s Lower Peninsula Division 4 regional at Goodells County Park west of Port Huron. The Knights […]
STERLING HEIGHTS — As overtime games in the postseason often go, it’s normally just one play that can separate a team from the opposition. Warren DeLaSalle proved that Saturday afternoon at Sterling Heights Stevenson. The top-ranked Pilots upended unranked Troy Athens, 1-0, in double overtime to claim a Division 1 regional championship and advance to […]
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com CLARKSTON — Three days after unseating defending state champions Troy Bethany Christian from its throne, Davison Faith Baptist proved that it was no fluke on the soccer pitch on the 2011 season’s final day. The Eagles won their fourth Michigan Association of Christian Schools Division I state title in […]
AUBURN HILLS — After the scoreless first half, Auburn Hills Christian tucked away two goals in the final 40 minutes of play Saturday and defeated unranked Lansing Christian, 2-0, for a Division 4 boys soccer regional championship. The eighth-ranked Lancers, who moved to 18-5-1 on the season, will play MIAC Blue Division league rival Allen […]
Below are the 2011 MHSAA girls volleyball district pairings involving schools in the www.northoaklandsports.com coverage area. Call host school for further details. CLASS A DISTRICT NO. 8 HOSTED BY CLARKSTON Monday, Oct. 31 Game 1 — Clarkston vs. Holly, 5:30 p.m.; Game 2 — Swartz Creek vs. Fenton, 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 2 Game 3 […]
Girls Cross Country DIVISION 1 REGIONAL (Saturday at Hess-Hathaway Park) TEAM SCORES — 1. Birmingham Seaholm, 42; 2. Waterford Mott, 69; 3. Troy, 79; 4. North Farmington, 109; 5. Farmington, 135; 6. Troy Athens, 207; 7. Birmingham Groves, 231; 8. Royal Oak, 242; 9. West Bloomfield, 247; 10. Waterford Kettering, 264; 11. Berkley, 267; 12. […]
BY JAKE LOURIM STUDENT CORRESPONDENT j.lourim@comcast.net LAKE ORION — After Saturday’s regional title game, Troy senior A.J. Kalina and the team’s coaches were joking about Kalina’s loss of being the team’s leading scorer. Fellow senior Jason Leslie now owns that distinction with 11 goals. Kalina will just have to be satisfied with Troy’s first regional […]
BLOOMFIELD HILLS — Clarkston established a new school record for wins in a season Saturday, as the Wolves finished unbeaten at the Bloomfield Hills Andover Tournament. Clarkston finished 6-0-0 on the day and beat Grosse Pointe North in three games in the finals, 25-15, 25-15, 25-19. The six wins gave Clarkston a 49-5-1 record on […]
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com GOODELLS — Participating in two sports in the same season, Gabrielle Thivierge is just now rounding into form in cross-country. A longtime swimmer, where she is a distance freestyler for the Highlanders’ state-ranked swimming team, Thivierge is starting to show her natural ability on the trails in her first […]
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com GOODELLS — There is a first for everything. Such a first came Saturday for Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood on the cross country course. The Cranes captured their first-ever girls cross country regional championship at Goodells County Park west of Port Huron. Cranbrook landed three runners in the top six […]
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com PONTIAC — The perfect season will continue and waiting in the wings is another perfect team. Pontiac Notre Dame Prep opened up the Division 4 postseason with a resounding 47-13 victory Saturday night over visiting Marysville. The Fighting Irish set up a date with fellow state-ranked Marine City next […]
HOLLY — With a piece of its first football league championship in 59 years on its resume, Holly was seeking its first-ever postseason win Friday. South Lyon had other plans. The Lions, making their first postseason appearance since 2007, rolled to a 33-14 victory over the host Bronchos Friday in a Division 2 pre-district contest. […]
