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BOYS BASKETBALL: Oxford advances in D-1 state tournament with first regional win since 1948; Roseville rolls by Troy
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans HOWELL — What is more recent? The end of World War II or Oxford winning a regional game in the sport of boys basketball. If you chose the latter, you would be correct. But barely. World War II ended in 1945, while Oxford last won a regional […]
BOYS BASKETBALL: Oakland Christian rolls into Sweet 16 with rout of Peck
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans AUBURN HILLS — Dennis Hopkins made a deal with his basketball players last week. Win a district and you won’t have to work a regional game this season. The players on Auburn Hills Oakland Christian’s roster have taken their coach’s bargaining chip to heart. Oakland Christian captured […]
BOYS BASKETBALL: Rochester Hills Christian wins third MACS state championship
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans SAGINAW — Rochester Hills Christian is back on top. The second-seeded Eagles toppled No. 4-seeded Midland Calvary Baptist, 64-58, in the Michigan Association of Christian Schools Division I state championship game Saturday at Saginaw Swan Valley High School. “We have been to the state championship game seven […]
GIRLS BASKETBALL: Lake Orion Baptist finally breaks through with first MACS Division I state championship
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans SAGINAW — A streak ended on Saturday and perhaps a new tradition began at the same time. Lake Orion Baptist ended Midland Calvary Baptist’s reign as the four-time defending Michigan Association of Christian Schools Division I state champions in girls basketball. And it took a late rally […]
BOYS BASKETBALL: Oxford bounces Lake Orion to earn first district title since 1993
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans LAKE ORION — No one had to remind Steve Laidlaw of the significance of Friday’s basketball victory for Oxford. After all, the Wildcats have not enjoyed much postseason success on the hardcourt in some 100-plus years of boys basketball campaigns. Oxford continued its best season in school […]
BOYS BASKETBALL: Lake Orion phases Rochester Adams out of district picture
BY DAN STICKRADTYBY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans LAKE ORION — Much like rival Oxford, Lake Orion has not enjoyed tremendous postseason success when it comes to boys basketball. So it’s only fitting that Lake Orion has earned a date in this year’s newly-renamed Division 1 — formerly Class A — district finals. […]
BOYS BASKETBALL: Oxford ousts Waterford Kettering to advance to rare district finals
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans LAKE ORION — It’s no secret that Oxford has had very limited postseason success over the decades. In fact, one can count on just one hand the years where the Wildcats have even competed in a district finals in boys basketball over the past 40-plus years. Despite […]
BOYS BASKETBALL: Rochester Adams upsets two-time defending state champion Clarkston
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans LAKE ORION — Brad Crighton hesitated to call Monday’s Division 1 pre-district win by Rochester Adams the biggest in school history, but he didn’t shy away from the importance of the triumph, either. Unranked Adams, the OAA White Division champion two years removed from a winless […]
GIRLS BASKETBALL: Stoney Creek turns up the pressure to deflate Rochester
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans Instagram: stickradtdan ROCHESTER HILLS — In recent years, Rochester Stoney Creek’s bread and butter has been stifling defense on the basketball court. That was on full display Friday night, as the Cougars made their debut in the annual Crosstown Showdown at Oakland University’s O’rena. Stoney Creek also […]
BOYS BASKETBALL: Fast start propels Stoney Creek past Rochester in Crosstown Showdown debut
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans Instagram: stickradtdan ROCHESTER HILLS — Rochester Stoney Creek made the most of its first-ever appearance in the Crosstown Showdown. The Cougars, in their 16th school year of existence, used a 25-7 run to start Friday’s game, then closed with an 18-4 fourth-quarter blitz to upend rival Rochester […]
BOYS BASKETBALL: Lake Orion to continue upward trends
BY DAN STICKRADT CORRESPONDENT dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans Instagram: stickradtdan LAKE ORION — Following a major rebuilding campaign two years ago, Lake Orion is looking to continue an upward trend this winter. The Dragons finished a dismal 4-17 during the 2016-17 season only to pull a reverse and finish 17-4 in 2017-18. That included an 8-2 […]
BOYS BASKETBALL: Clarkston’s Foster Loyer is a rare breed for prep athlete
. BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans Instagram: stickradtdan Snapchat: Dan.Stickradt . EAST LANSING — Dan Fife just knew he had something special in Foster Loyer four years ago. But just how special remained to be seen. Loyer, now a senior guard at Michigan prep basketball powerhouse Clarkston, finished up his high school […]
BOYS BASKETBALL: Sweet repeat: Clarkston explodes on Holland West Ottawa to defend Class A title
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans Instagram: stickradtdan Snapchat: Dan.Stickradt . EAST LANSING — Like a runaway freight train. Like a well-oiled machine. Like a fine-tuned engine. Pick your cliche’, but there’s nothing quite like Clarkston’s run to a second straight Class A state championship. The top-ranked Wolves put the final stamp on […]
BOYS BASKETBALL: Holland West Ottawa plotting to derail top-ranked Clarkston
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans Instagram: stickradtdan Snapchat: Dan.Stickradt EAST LANSING — Excuse Steve Windemuller if he doesn’t get a bunch of sleep Friday night. The fifth-year Holland West Ottawa boys basketball coach has guided his senior-laden Panthers to the Class A state championship game. Windemuller and seventh-ranked West Ottawa’s reward? Going […]
BOYS BASKETBALL: Dirty jobs Nick Wells an unsung hero for Clarkston
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans Instagram: stickradtdan Snapchat: Dan.Stickradt EAST LANSING — You won’t find Nick Wells on any All-State or All-County lists this spring. Those are reserved mainly for players who are scorers and snare the limelight night-in and night-out on the basketball court. You won’t find Nick Wells being discussed […]
BOYS BASKETBALL: Clarkston seizes control, rolls past Warren DeLaSalle to reach state finals
Mr. Basketball Foster Loyer scores 42 as Wolves ground Pilots BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans Instagram: stickradtdan Snapchat: Dan.Stickradt EAST LANSING — Clarkston is headed back to the Class A state finals. Foster Loyer wouldn’t have it any other way. Neither would Nick Wells. Or CJ Robinson. Or Taylor Currie. Loyer scored […]
BOYS BASKETBALL: Top-ranked Clarkston blows out Flint Carman-Ainsworth to reach state semis
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans Instagram: stickradtdan Snapchat: Dan.Stickradt GRAND BLANC — For the first time this season, Foster Loyer missed three free throws. From the field, the Mr. Basketball winner shot just 6-for-17 from the floor. Loyer’s Clarkston teammates more than made up for it. In a game where the top-ranked […]
BOYS BASKETBALL: Clarkston’s Foster Loyer earns Mr. Basketball award
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans Instagram: stickradtdan Snapchat: Dan.Stickradt CLARKSTON — Before a recent practice, Foster Loyer stepped inside the three-point line and calmly swished 17 straight shots before missing. He started over, then made 16 more in a row before caroming one off the heel of the rim. That is commonplace […]
