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Final step: Oxford prepped for state title run
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com BATTLE CREEK — When Ben Ralston and Matt Frisch were freshman, they dreamed about what it would be like to win a wrestling state championship. Now as seniors, they have helped put together quite a legacy and are now three wins away from such a goal. The Wildcats, ranked […]
Oakland Christian holds on against Inter-City Baptist
BY TIMOTHY PONTZER STUDENT CORRESPONDENT AUBURN HILLS — As the tournament quickly approaches, teams around the area are making their final push to March Madness. One team in particular that likes it chances this upcoming March is Auburn Hills Oakland Christian. The Lancers (15-1, 10-1) are currently ranked seventh in the Associated Press Class D […]
Birmingham schools favored in county waters
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 […]
F5: Avondale leaves Oxford in a swirl
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 […]
FLASHBACK–2009 All-Area Volleyball: Players hit their points in the right places
Smack down: All-Area Volleyball players hit their points in the right places BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com The perception of volleyball in this area of the state has definitely changed in recent years. With more than one school in Oakland County winning state titles in the past couple of seasons, teams around here are […]
2010 All-Area Girls Volleyball: This team brings it all to the floor
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com (EDITOR’S NOTE: Several area coaches did not nominate athletes for all-area volleyball after nearly two months of trying to contact them.) Several area volleyball teams shined this season. To make it one of the more memorable seasons in recent memory for schools in the coverage region of www.northoaklandsports.com. Consider: […]
PREP STATE RANKINGS
PREP STATE RANKINGS Sports newspaper www.northoaklandsports.com will publish state rankings each week. Forward copies by e-mail to senior editor dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Competitive Cheer Division 1 — 1. Rochester; 2. Sterling Heights Stevenson; 3. Grandville; 4. Rochester Stoney Creek; 5. Hudsonville; 6. Hartland; 7. Holland West Ottawa; 8. Southgate Anderson; 9. East Kentwood; 10. Lake Orion. Division […]
TUESDAY’S ROUNDUP: Troy cruises past Groves; Clarkston falls to Flint Northern
TROY — Behind a 23-7 first quarter and a 26-8 third quarter, Troy had little problems with Birmingham Groves Tuesday in a 73-49 OAA crossover boys basketball victory over Birmingham Groves. John Stibich pumped in a game-high 22 points, including five three-pointers, to pace the Colts (7-2). James Young followed with 16 points, and both […]
PREP STATE RANKINGS-JAN. 3
PREP STATE RANKINGS Sports newspaper www.northoaklandsports.com will publish state rankings each week. Forward copies by e-mail to senior editor dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Girls Basketball (By the Associated Press) Note: The top 10 teams in the Michigan Associated Press high school girls basketball poll, with records in parentheses. Totals are based on 15 points for a first-place vote, […]
Top-10 stunner: Oakland knocks off No. 7 Tennessee
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The date Dec.14, 2010 may not have any major significance around the globe. For Oakland University men’s basketball coach Greg Kampe and his Golden Grizzlies, the date may live on for eons. Three days after falling by one point, 77-76, to then-seventh-ranked Michigan State, Oakland posted […]
That close: Michigan State withstands Oakland’s upset bid
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com AUBURN HILLS — As surprising as its sounds, Michigan State is a team searching for an identity. So is Oakland University, but in a different way. The eighth-ranked Spartans are looking to keep their footing as a top-10 team, while the Golden Grizzlies are searching for a marquee win […]
Five local standouts honored on All-State golf team
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com The Oakland Activities Association Red Division featured three teams that were ranked in the top 10 in the Division 1 girls golf polls all season, a trend in recent years as being one of the state’s premier conference for high school golf. Rochester Stoney Creek, Rochester and Troy all […]
Who will win the MHSAA Division 1 High School Football state title?
Take the poll and share your opinion on whether or not Lake Orion or Plymouth will be the State Division 1 Football Champions. [polldaddy poll=4128433]
ALL-OAA BOYS SOCCER TEAMS
ALL-CONFERENCE BOYS SOCCER TEAMS Below are the final 2010 OAA boys soccer all-division teams and final conference standings: ALL-OAA RED DIVISION FINAL STANDINGS: 1. Troy; 2. Bloomfield Hills Lahser; 3. Rochester Adams; 4. Lake Orion; 5. (tie) Clarkston, Rochester; 7. Troy Athens; 8. (tie) Rochester Stoney Creek, Royal Oak. ALL-DIVISION TROY: Sean Cunningham, Jeff Bumbales, […]
Lancers fall short of regional title bid
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com WATERFORD — Auburn Hills Oakland Christian took the wrong night not to have its best performance. The Lancers, honorable mention in the Class D polls, were making their 10th straight appearance in the regional finals, but came up short in a 3-1 loss to Plymouth Christian. The state-ranked Eagles […]
15-gone: Dragons end long district drought with sweep of Rochester
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com LAKE ORION — The last time Lake Orion won a volleyball district, most of the current players were very young. In fact, some of those sophomores and freshmen in the program weren’t even born yet. The year was 1995, and the title came in March of that year when […]
Lahser trips up Avondale for district title
FOWLERVILLE — Bloomfield Hills Lahser and Auburn Hills Avondale have both made long runs in the boys soccer postseason in recent years. So it was fitting that they met for the district title game Saturday at Fowlerville.. Lahser, ranked in the top 10 in the state in Division 2 the whole season, repeated as a […]
Troy lands sixth at golf finals
YPSILANTI — Saturday was bittersweet for Devon Compton.. The senior golfer from Rochester Stoney Creek ended her high school career with an individual state championship, but her team came up an agonizingly three strokes shy of a state title.. Compton, a four-time state qualifier had to play an extra hole for a tiebreaker with Holt’s […]
