ROCHESTER – Peyton Apsey signed a national letter of intent to play for the women’s basketball team at Oakland University next season, head coach Beckie Francis announced on Tuesday. In addition to being an all-state honorable mention basketball player, Apsey was the valedictorian at Hemlock High School. “We are excited that Peyton will be joining […]
2011 GIRLS LACROSSE TEAM CAPSULES Below are the team capsules for girls lacrosse programs located in the coverage area for www.northoaklandsports.com. Teams wishing to have their information published here can e-mailto results@northoaklandsports.com or to Senior Editor Dan Stickradt at dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Clarkston HEAD COACH: Stephanie Dellinger, first season. LAST SEASON’S RECORD: Overall record not available, 2-2 […]
Below is the directory for the All-Area Teams for the winter season 2010-11: 2011 All-Area teams – Winter Sports – www.northoaklandsports.com Below are the links for the 2011 All-Area teams for the winter sports for the 2010-11 season BOYS BASKETBALL: http://northoaklandsports.com/2011/04/18/2011-all-area-boys-basketball-coachable-players-help-yield-great-success/ GIRLS BASKETBALL: http://northoaklandsports.com/2011/04/15/2524/ BOYS-GIRLS SKIING: http://northoaklandsports.com/2011/04/18/2011-all-area-ski-team-clarkston-lake-orion-head-up-talented-cast-of-ski-racers/ BOYS GIRLS BOWLING: http://northoaklandsports.com/2011/04/17/2011-all-area-bowling-this-group-knocks-them-down-with-precision/ WRESTLING: http://northoaklandsports.com/2011/03/31/2011-all-area-wrestling-state-champions-head-up-deep-and-talented-group-of-matmen/ BOYS HOCKEY: […]
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com While talent is always in abundance locally on basketball courts each winter, this year some stellar coaching had a big help in the success of area teams. A huge help. In fact, perhaps 2010-11 was truly the year of the coach in the coverage area for www.northoaklandsports.com. In a […]
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com High School skiing offers the shortest season of all of the sports sanctioned by the Michigan High School Athletic Association. The sport’s competition run lasts less than two months, going from January to late February. Clarkston’s boys, which finished an all-time best second at the Division 1 state finals, […]
There are amazing moments in sports that happen all over the globe. Here is a short video of one of the greatest soccer goals ever scored, tallied by Quinonez Wilson of Brazil. The ironic thing about the play was that Wilson was still issued a yellow card for taking off his shirt after the play, […]
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com The sport of high school bowling is less than a decade old in Michgian and the level of play has grown considerably since it’s since its debut in 2003-04. The scores and averages have gradually improved and so has the depth of various leagues around the state, as more […]
Girls Track 49TH OXFORD INVITATIONAL (at Oxford High School) TEAM SCORES — 1. (tie) Novi, 84; Waterford Mott, 84; 3. Walled Lake Central, 70; 4. Rochester Adams, 62; 5. Pontiac Notre Dame Prep, 56; 6. Pontiac, 51; 7. Bloomfield Hills Lahser ,38; 8. Oxford, 30; 9. Plymouth Salem, 28; 10. Walled Lake Northern, 26; 11. […]
CLARKSTON — Anthony Carrillo and Sam Koelzer shut down Clarkston’s potent offensive attack and the Red Hawks gained some timely hitting in the second inning to post a 2-0 victory Friday over the host Wolves in OAA Red Division baseball play. In the second inning David Mandziara and Ira Land Followed both singles, Hayato Ando […]
ROCHESTER HILLS — Rochester Hills Lutheran Northwest’s strength this season is the pitching staff. The Crusaders showcased one of those arms Friday in a MIAC Blue Division game against Ann Arbor Greenhills. Senior Luke McCatty fired a one-hitter, struck out nine and walked only one in leading Northwest to a 3-0 shutout of visiting Greenhills. […]
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Although there were no state champions from the area this season, boys swimmers and divers from made an impact in 2010-11 throughout Oakland County and the state as well. All of that is evidenced by the talent represented on the second annual www.northoaklandsports.com All-Area team. In all but the […]
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com TROY — Troy Athens has been down in softball the past few years. There are some signs of hope for the Red Hawks. With some key returnees and a highly-touted freshman class, Athens opened up the 2011 softball season with a 9-2, 16-1 OAA crossover sweep Wednesday over visiting […]
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com When it comes to girls basketball, there’s always plenty of storylines when referring to area teams. There’s no doubt the 2010-11 campaign was full of them. With plenty of talent on several teams, there were five local squads that made it to at least the Sweet 16 (regional finals) […]
TOP BASEBALL PLAYERS (Listed alphabetically) Below are the top baseball prospects for the www.northoaklandsports.com coverage area for the 2011 season. NICK BRADLEY, Rochester: Bradley enters the season as one of the state’s top 25 seniors and the three-sport athlete is a fourth-year starter in baseball. Rotating between the pitcher’s mound and shortstop, Bradley become’s the […]
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com ROCHESTER HILLS — Troy Athens had its eye-opener. Now, the Red Hawks are making opponents wince. The Red Hawks, who opened the season two weeks 16 days ago with a 3-0 loss to-arch-rival Troy, have now won three straight, including Thursday’s 3-1 OAA Red Division triumph over host Rochester. […]
GIRLS SOCCER TEAM CAPSULES Below are the 2011 girls soccer team capsules, as compiled by NorthOaklandSports staff. All information sent in by coaches. Is your team’s information missing from the season preview? Please forward pertinent information to results@northoaklandsports.com or dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com SCHOOL: Auburn Hills Avondale HEAD COACH: Dave Muczynski, 17th season. 2010 RECORD: 11-8-3, 4-4-2 OAA […]
BIRMINGHAM SEAHOLM 6, ROCHESTER 2 SINGLES — 1. Kelsey Dieters (R) d. Nancy Benda 7-5, 6-1; 2. Allyson Foreman (S) d. Brittany Baxter 6-4, 7-5; 3. Arielle Williams (S) d. Anna Parker 7-5, 7-6 (5); 4. Lauren Frazier (S) d. Rachel Parker 6-1, 6-0; DOUBLES — 1. Labina Petrovsky-Elizabeth Gunckle (S) d. Julie Markiewicz-Kelli Wetherhold […]
Girls Tennis ROCHESTER 8, ROCHESTER STONEY CREEK 0 (at Stoney Creek) SINGLES — 1. Kelsey Dieters (R) d. Angela Shoenhals) 6-0, 6-0; 2. Brittany Baxter (R) d. Alex Sekulovski 6-0, 6-0; 3. Anna Parker (R) d. Shelby Stone 6-2, 6-1; 4. Rachel Parker (R) d. Kate Freely, 6-5, 6-1. DOUBLES — 1. Julie Markiewicz-Kelli Wetherhold […]
