BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com AUBURN HILLS — Standout players can bring forth highlights. Team basketball can win championships. At least that’s what Auburn Hills Avondale is banking on this season in girls basketball. Like an F5 tornado, the Yellowjackets keep blowing past opponents, damagin everything in their wake, and were back to their […]
CLARKSTON 46, AUBURN HILLS AVONDALE 27 103: Brett Foltz (C) by void’; 112: Matt Wright (C) by void; 119: Cameron Wilkie (C) p. Baldwin Liu 3:40; 125: Mike Cardinale d. Trevor Wright 8-7; 130: Sam Trella (AHA) p. Patrick Wesley 1:30; 135: Victor Vettese (AHA) p. Grant Ulrich 1:44; 140: Kyle Reinhart (AHA) d. Nick […]
BY JAKE LOURIM STUDENT CORRESPONDENT j.lourim@comcast.net TROY — A year ago, a fast-paced, high-intensity league game could have been one that the Troy varsity basketball team gave away in the final minutes. This is a different team. And this team is 8-1. Another sensational performance from James Young — 28 points on 4-for-7 shooting from […]
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com TROY— Great teams find ways to win. Even without its best effort, Farmington found a way to remain unbeaten out on the ice Wednesday. The Falcons, ranked seventh in the state, scored three times in the latter part of the first period then added a third-period goal in recording […]
OAA WHITE DIVISION JAMBOREE NO. 2 (Jan. 19 at Oxford HS) TOTAL TEAM SCORES — 1. North Farmington, 689.5420; 2. Oxford, 679.3434; 3. West Bloomfield, 663.3152; 4. Clarkston, 663.2310; 5. Royal Oak, 636.3568; 6. Hazel Park, 631.1271. ROUND I — 1. North Farmington, 208.3; 2. Oxford, 199.1; 3. West Bloomfield, 197.5; 4. Clarkston, 196.2; 5. […]
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com For the first time since 2003, an area football team captured a state title. That’s why there is no great surprise that this year’s all-area team has a Lake Orion flavor to it. The Dragons have multiple first-team and second-team honorees, but by no means occupy the whole squad. […]
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Time and time again schools throughout Oakland County have produced plenty of fine talent when it comes to the sport of boys soccer. The pipeline is so deep that is goes back more than 30 years and it never seems to waver. Just in the coverage area of www.northoaklandsports.com, […]
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com TROY— Oxford hockey coach Dave Hague had a few choice words for his team following the second period Wednesday. The Wildcats were sitting uncomfortably with a 5-4 lead over Auburn Hills Avondale and playing anything but inspired hockey. Message received. The Wildcats, coming off a 0-1-1 streak, hounded Avondale […]
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Championship cross-country teams or individuals have come from this area of Michigan for many years. That continued again this fall again in girls cross country. Although no area teams finished in the top five at the state finals, the area did produce several all-state runners and another state champion. […]
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com By no means was the talent level down in the boys cross country circles in the area this season. It was simply young. With many teams competing with high numbers of underclassmen this season, the youth is reflected on the 2010 All-Area Boys Cross Country Team for www.northoaklandsports.com. Of […]
ROCHESTER HILLS — Rochester Stoney Creek outscored Rochester in three of the four quarter to post a 50-39 OAA Red Division girls basketball win. Stoney Creek used a 14-4 run in the fourth quarter to pull ahead. The Cougars (4-5, 3-5) led 12-11 after the first quarter and 24-20 at the half. Rochester went on […]
ELMHURST, Ill. – Oakland University’s Keith Benson was named The Summit League Athlete of the Month for December, the league office announced on Friday. The senior center from Farmington Hills, Mich. averaged 16.8 points, 9.1 rebounds and 3.4 blocks per game during the month of December to lead Oakland, which defeated then-No. 7 Tennessee. In […]
CLARKSTON — Behind a 14-9 run in the fourth quarter, Clarkston Everest Collegiate waqs able to pull ahead of West Bloomfield Jewish Academy in CHSL boys basketrball play Sunday in Clarkston. Everest led 20-10 at the half, but fell behind 23-22 through three quarters thanks to the Jaguars’ 13-2 run in the third quarter. Donald […]
BLOOMFIELD HILLS — Mark Hazelwood continued his fast pace Tuesday, scoring 21 points in leading visiting Oxford to a 69-59 triumph over Bloomfield Hills Andover. Jacques Toussaint scored 11 points and dished off eight assists and Chris Calvin scored eight points with 12 rebounds for Oxford (4-4, 2-2). Jeremy Fishmen scored a game-high 23 points […]
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com LAKE ORION — Tuesday’s first half between Lake Orion and Oxford definitely was not a thing a beauty. For the host Dragons, the second half, however, was quite a gem. The Dragons led only 15-11 at the half, but punished Oxford in the second half to post a 55-25 […]
ELMHURST, Ill.– Oakland University’s Reggie Hamilton was named The Summit League men’s basketball player of the week, announced by the league office on Tuesday. Hamilton, a junior guard from Chicago, posted a career-high 31 points in an 18-point win over second-place IPFW last Saturday. Hamilton finished 9 of 14 from the floor and 2 of […]
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com AUBURN HILLS — Transfers can bring forth plenty of anticipation before they become eligible. For Auburn Hills Oakland Christian, the arrival of a new player just brought forth yet another weapon to the basketball court for an already talented team. The Lancers welcomed 6-foor-3 transfer Charles Heyden to the […]
COUGARS SPIRIT INVITATIONAL (Jan. 15 at Rochester Stoney Creek) TOTAL TEAM SCORES — 1. Rochester Stoney Creek, 800.7368; 2. Rochester Adams, 783.8952; 3. Troy, 773.2120; 4. Utica Eisenhower, 770.8540; 5. Sterling Heights Stevenson, 763.8336; 6. Davison, 747.2844; 7. Novi, 727.6188. ROUND I — 1. Sterling Heights Stevenson, 234.5; 2. Troy, 233.2; 3. Rochester Stoney Creek, […]
