TROY— For the moment, Troy is in the pole position. The Colts took over the league lead in the OAA White Division boys basketball race Firday, topping Auburn hills Avondale 70-63 and avenging a league loss from back in December. Rochester Stoney Creek’s upset of Ferndale also put Troy in sole lead, with four weeks […]
OAA COMPETITIVE CHEER CHAMPIONSHIPS OAA RED DIVISION TEAM SCORES — 1. Rochester Stoney Creek, 791.0672; 2. Rochester, 789.6280; 3. Lake Orion, 783.3000; 4. Rochester Adams, 776.4024; 5. Troy, 764.3984; 6. Troy Athens, 764.3984. FINAL LEAGUE STANDINGS — 1. Rochester Stoney Creek, 2372.196; 2. Rochester, 2372.1882; 3. Troy, 2313.9444; 4. Rochester Stoney Creek, 2289.836; 5. Troy […]
Wrestling OAA WHITE TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIPS (Friday at Rochester Stoney Creek H.S.) TEAM SCORES — 1. Farmington 186; 2. North Farmington 158; 3. Rochester Stoney Creek 145.5; 4. Hazel Park 132; 5. Farmington Harrison 131.5; 6. Birmingham Seaholm 81; 7. Royal Oak 51.5; 87. Troy 49; 9. Ferndale 34. DUAL-MATCH STANDINGS — Not available. FINAL STANDINGS […]
Wrestling OAA RED DIVISION CHAMPIPONSHIPS (Feb. 4 at Oxford H.S.) TEAM SCORES — 1. Oxford, 266; 2. Rochester, 168.5; 3. Clarkston, 163.5;4. Rochester Adams, 125.5; 5.Auburn Hills Avondale, 89;6. Lake Orion, 83; 7. West Bloomfield, 65; 8. Troy Athens, 24. DUAL MEETS — 1. Oxford (7-0); 2. Rochester (6-1); 3. Rochester Adams (5-2); 4. Clarkston […]
37TH ANNUAL OAKLAND COUNTY BOYS SWIMMING & DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS (Feb. 5 at Lake Orion) TEAM SCORES — 1. Birmingham Seaholm, 332; 2. Birmingham Groves, 257.5; 3.Novi, 173; 4. Birmingham Brother Rice, 160; 5. Clarkston, 149; 6. Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood, 144; 7. Lake Orion,143.5; 8.South Lyon Unified, 131; 9. White Lake Lakeland, 128; 10. Novi […]
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com OXFORD — New conference, same old result for Oxford’s wrestling team. The Wildcats, ranked third in the state in Division 1, captured their fifth straight conference crown and sixth in 12 years by winning the OAA Red Division tournament crown Friday on their home mats. Oxford, 7-0 in league […]
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com LAKE ORION — If there’s one common thread to the Oakland County Boys Swimming & Diving Championships in recent years, the meet surely has a definite Birmingham feel to it. Only on a couple of occasions, has a tea m other than Birmingham Brother Rice, Birmingham Seaholm or Birmingham […]
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com OXFORD — A change in conferences can leave any team apprehensive about its new surroundings. Not Oxford’s wrestling program. The Wildcats, ranked third in Division 1, have more than weathered the storm in the confines of the Oakland Activities Association Red Division this season, where they finished the dual […]
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com TROY — When Jake Duzey was in middle school, his mom had this notion that he would someday be a great swimmer. “Yeah, she did,” chuckled Duzey. “I swam for about two and half years. I wasn’t bad it, but I liked other sports better.” Duzey has spent much […]
COLLEGE COMMITMENTS/SIGNINGS Below are the local high school athletes from the www.northoaklandsports.com coverage area that have signed or committed to play collegiate athletics. For additions to this list, e-mail senior editor Dan Stickradt at dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com with all pertinent information. AUBURN HILLS AVONDALE Sarah Becker Black Hawk College Volleyball AUBURN HILLS OAKLAND CHRISTIAN Caleb Stanko […]
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com ROCHESTER HILLS — The rivalry between Rochester and Rochester Adams in some sports goes back some 40 years to the 1969-70 school year, when Adams opened its doors. The rivalry still stands today. Although somewhat different due to the district moving to three high schools in 2002, the Adams-Rochester […]
New years resolutions are something we all think about this time of year. We can all think of personal resolutions, family resolutions and career resolutions. I’ve tried to come up with some golf related resolutions that you can think about achieving in 2011. It’s always best when we put pen to paper, listing our goals […]
Girls Basketball (By the Associated Press) NOTE: School, Total, Points. Class A — 1. Inkster (5) (14-0) 75; 2. Grand Haven (13-0) 69; 3. Detroit Pershing (13-0) 66; 4. Byron Center (13-0) 60; 5. Midland Dow (13-1) 54; 6. Plymouth Canton (10-2) 47; 7. Midland (10-2) 45; 8. East Lansing (10-2) 40; 9. Livonia Ladywood […]
Top-ranked Rochester College wins 10th straight with win over Great Lakes Christian ROCHESTER HILLS — Rochester College has been ranked among the top men’s basketball teams in the United States Collegiate Athletic Association circles all season. The top-ranked Warriors proved that to Great Lakes Christian Monday. RC landed five players in double figures in a […]
ROCHESTER HILLS – Twice this season Oakland has had to work overtime at home this season. Both times the games ended with the same result. Oakland finally succumbed to Summit League-leading Oral Roberts Monday night at the Athletics Center O’rena, falling 80-72 in double-overtime. It was the Golden Grizzlies first loss at home since an […]
DAVISON — Rochester Hills Christian has been pounding opponents all season long. The Eagles did so again Monday on the defensive end of the basketball court. Rochester Hills held host Davison Faith Baptist to sub 20-percent shooting to claim a 28-20 non-conference girls basketball victory. The Eagles, now 13-0 and off to their best start […]
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com ROCHESTER HILLS — Inside and out, Oakland has multiple weapons on the basketball court. The Golden Grizzlies went deep into their arsenal Saturday night against Centenary. Oakland landed 10 of 11 active players into the scoring column and pounded Centenary 100-70 in front of a crowd of over 3,600 […]
BLOOMFIELD HILLS – Inconsistent goaltending has been an Achilles’’ Heel for Clarkston’s hockey team the past couple of seasons. Enter Jack Viazanko. The freshman got a rare start Saturday night against arch-rival Lake Orion Saturday night and he stopped 36 of 38 shots in a 5-2 win over the Dragons in an OAA Red Division […]
