BASEBALL TEAM CAPSULES 2012 Below are the prep baseball team capsules for schools located in the www.northoaklandsports.com coverage area. Capsules compiled by Dan Stickradt. Wishing to have your team’s information published in this space, forward pertinent information to results@northoaklandsports.com or dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Auburn Hills Avondale HEAD COACH: Tommy Kurzewski, 11th season. 2011 RECORD: 16-11, 8-8 […]
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Know of a student-athlete that has signed a letter of intent, made an oral commitment, agreed to terms for a walk-on position or is currently playing collegiate sports from the www.northoaklandsports.com coverage region? Please feel free to submit information about any local athletes. Include photos and contact information and we will do feature stories on […]
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ROCHESTER HILLS — Colin Sheehan of Rochester Hills Lutheran Northwest has committed to play football for Olivet College in 2012. A senior wide-receiver/defensive back, Sheehan is hoping to help Olivet college turn its football season around after it has posted just a 2-38 record the past four seasons. Sheehan was an All-MAC First Team and […]
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BOYS TRACK AND FIELD TEAM CAPSULES 2012 Below are the prep boys track and field team capsules for schools located in the www.northoaklandsports.com coverage area. Capsules compiled by Dan Stickradt. Wishing to have your team’s information published in this space, forward pertinent information to results@northoaklandsports.com or dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com PACK LEADER: Lake Orion’s TJ Carey (left) […]
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CLARKSTON — Sometimes the odds are stacked against you, especially when the numbers are not there to support it. Ann Lowney has had to face that at Clarkston Everest Collegiate, which added a high school four years ago. It’s been a climb, but a somewhat surprising rapid climb towards the top despite being such a […]
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ROCHESTER HILLS – The Oakland men’s basketball team will host Bowling Green State University on Wednesday night at 7 p.m. inside the Athletics Center O’rena for the opening round game of the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament, announced by CollegeInsider.com on Sunday night. The Golden Grizzlies are appearing in the postseason for the fourth consecutive year. […]
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BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ROCHESTER HILLS — Stephan Henning was faced with a dilemma two years ago at Rochester College. Return the following season and then finish classes long after his college basketball career was complete, or take a redshirt year in 2010-11 and then play with an extremely talented […]
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DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com AUBURN HILLS — Standing on center stage, Nick Gajdzik accomplished something Saturday night that no one else in his school’s 10-year history had done before. The Rochester Stoney Creek senior claimed an individual state championship in wrestling. Gajdzik took down Logan Rimmer of Temperance Bedford, 2-1, in the final […]
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BIRMINGHAM — Three weeks ago, Lake Orion thought it clinched the regular season title of the Oakland Activities Association Red Division hockey race. The Dragons defeated Clarkston, 2-1, in overtime, in front of a packed house at the Detroit Skate club. Due to league by-laws, the game was switched to a tie as teams are […]
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BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com BATTLE CREEK — Oxford’s Matt Anger missed virtually the whole wrestling season. In fact, a severe knee injury in Week 3 of the prep football season has caused the Oxford senior most of his senior year of athletics. Anger, however, returned to the Wildcats’ wrestling lineup recently and has […]
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EAST LANSING — The Michigan High School Athletic Association has selected 13 student-athletes from Class A member schools to receive scholarships through its Scholar-Athlete Award program. Farm Bureau Insurance, in its 22nd year of sponsoring the award, will give a $1,000 college scholarship to 32 individuals who represent their member school in at least one […]
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Buffalo Wild Wings Athlete of the Week GO BACK TO NORTHOAKLAND SPORTS BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Insert new content here… ALL-AREA TEAMS DIRECTORY: http://northoaklandsports.com/2012/01/04/all-area-teams-directory/ CLARKSTON — Matt Dellinger received a long distance phone call at about 11:35 a.m. Wednesday morning. The call came all the way from Afghanistan. “It was my dad,” smiled […]
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BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com OXFORD —With a record number, Oxford High School has announced that 14 student-athletes from the Class of 2012 have signed letters-of-intent to play sports at the collegiate level. Each athlete signed as part of the school’s Winter Signing Period ceremony on Monday. Among the group are Cassie Edgemon […]
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Know of a student-athlete that has signed a letter of intent, made an oral commitment, agreed to terms for a walk-on position or is currently playing collegiate sports from the www.northoaklandsports.com coverage region? Please feel free to submit information about any local athletes. Include photos and contact information and we will do feature stories on […]
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TROY — Five student-athletes for Troy Athens signed national letters of intent Wednesday at a school ceremony. The Red Hawks sent one football player to the Division ranks, as Andrew Aurand signed with Western Michigan University. Brandon Neal signed with Adrian College for football, Rachel Senopole singed with Olivet College for soccer, Jake Spinke is […]
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[polldaddy poll=5810775] Below are the links for the high school all-area teams from December, 2009, to January,2011. In the fall of 2011, Digital Daily www.northoaklandsports.com added Holly, Ortonville Brandon and Pontiac Notre Dame Prep high school. Previously in January of 2011, NOS expanded to include Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes. NorthOaklandSports was founded in […]
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When looking back at the year gone by, it’s hard to really place a ranking order of some of the great sports moments. It truly goes down to just a matter of opinion. It could be your favorite local high school team or athlete, college team, professional team, either here or overseas, or it could […]
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BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM CAPSULES Below are the boys basketball team capsules for teams in the AdaVan Media Group’s www.northoaklandsports.com coverage area. Additional information can be sent to Senior Editor Dan Stickradt at dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com. Follow on Twitter @LocalSportsFans 2010-11 CAPSULES: http://northoaklandsports.com/2010/12/15/boys-basketball-team-capsules-2010-2011/ MORE BASKETBALL COVERAGE: http://northoaklandsports.com/?s=Basketball&x=13&y=12 Auburn Hills Avondale HEAD COACH: Jeff Borja, second season. LAST SEASON’S […]
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