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BASEBALL: Oxford manages split with No. 2 Lake Orion
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans LAKE ORION — Oxford’s hitters faced one of the state’s top pitching duos Wednesday afternoon. The Wildcats amassed only three hits and struck out 26 times against the Dragons’ Josh Deeg and Brad Schaenzer over 14 innings of play. Yet, Oxford still found a way to […]
BASEBALL Adams sweeps Rochester
ROCHESTER HILLS — Rochester Adams collected 19 runs and was able to roast rival Rochester Thursday with a 10-6, 9-0 OAA Red Division baseball twinbill sweep. In the opener, CJ Borglin scattered eight hits, struck out six and walked two while giving up four earned runs to gain the win. Borglin helped his own cause […]
BASEBALL: Weigand powers Troy offense to 9-6 victory over Athens
BY JAKE LOURIM STUDENT CORRESPONDENT j.lourim@comcast.net TROY — Mitch Weigand hammered the ball to the gap in left center field. And the winning runs came home. One, by one, by one. “It’s sort of something you dream about at home,” Weigand said. Weigand went 3-for-4 with six RBI, leading Troy over archrival Troy […]
2013 BASEBALL TEAM CAPSULES
2013 BASEBALL TEAM CAPSULES Below are the 2013 baseball team capsules for schools located in the coverage area for www.northoaklandsports.com. To submit information on your team, email Senior Editor Dan Stickradt at Dan.Stickradt@northoaklandsports.com or Results@northoaklandsports.com Auburn Hills Avondale HEAD COACH: Tommy Kurczewski, 11th season. LAST SEASON’S RECORD: 26-9, 12-3 OAA blue Division (first). LAST […]
MONDAY’S BASEBALL ROUNDUP: Brandon, Holly split behind pair of no-nos; Avondale clubs Athens
HOLLY — Ortonville Brandon and Holly took turns Monday posting pitching gems, as the neighboring rivals each picked up no-hitters from their starters in a flint Metro League twinbill split Monday in Holly. The opener saw Holly’s Joel Perry fire a no-hitter, striking out seven and walking five in a 5-0 shutout of the Blackhawks. […]
SATURDAY’S BASEBALL/SOCCER ROUNDUP: Rochester sweeps Utica Ford; Troy, Grand Blanc battle to scoreless tie
ROCHESTER — Behind 18 runs in two games, Rochester inched closer to the five-hundred mark with an 11-7and 7-2 twinbill sweep of visiting Utica Ford Saturday in non-league baseball action. In the opener, Mike Halsey finished 1-for-2, scored three runs scored and had an RBI double to pace Rochester. Matt Beckstrom was 2-for-4 and scored […]
BASEBALL: Stoney Creek slams Utica Ford
ROCHESTER HILLS — Rochester Stoney Creek jumped on Utica Ford with five runs over the first three innings and cruised from there in a 10-1 on-league baseball win Monday. Kyle Walsh got the win on the mound, going five strong innings with six hits four walks and three strikeouts. Kyle Schweiger belted a home run […]
RECRUITING: Pontiac’s Cole commits to Central Michigan for baseball
PONTIAC — For the first time in many years, the city of Pontiac has a Division I baseball prospect. Pontiac High’s Dazon Cole, still a junior, committed to Central Michigan recently, giving the Phoenix a legitimate high-level college prospect. Cole, an infielder and right-handed pitcher, still has two seasons of high school baseball left. Last […]
2012 ALL-FLINT METRO LEAGUE BASEBALL TEAM
ALL-FLINT METRO LEAGUE BASEBALL TEAM FIRST TEAM An asterisk denotes a unanimous selection. OUTFIELDERS — Ben Crawford, Ortonville Brandon sr.*; Dillon Nash, Linden sr.*; Joel Perry, Holly soph.; Zeke Stone, Lapeer East jr. INFIELDERS — Paul Adas, Flint Kearsley sr.*; Allan Antcliff, Clio sr.; Gary Bulzan, Lapeer East sr.; Chad Carson, Lapeer East sr.* FIRST […]
Four local stars selected for MHSBCA All-Star baseball game
DETROIT — One last time in a high school uniform. Four local players have been selected to play in the annual Michigan High School Baseball Coaches Association All-Star Game. The contest will be plated for June 26 at 7 p.m. at Comerica Park in Detroit. Rochester Hills Lutheran Northwest’s Chad Cook, Troy Athens’ Tommy Eng, […]
PREP BASEBALL: Hartland shuts off Lake Orion to claim regional title
Rochester Adams, Rochester Stoney Creek also ousted BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans HARTLAND — And then there was silence. Lake Orion, champions of the OAA Red Division with the second highest win total (30) in school history, were blanked for only the second time all season Saturday — at the […]
PREP BASEBALL: Lake Orion ends five-year drought, claims district crown
LAKE ORION — Despite being one of the state’s top prep baseball programs over the past dozen years, Lake Orion has run into a postseason roadblock on the baseball diamond in recent times. Since winning its only state baseball championship in 2007, the state-ranked Dragons have not been able to escape the district round of […]
BASEBALL: Stoney Creek topples Eisenhower for first district title
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans SHELBY TWP. — A decade can be a long time to suffer through the disease of frustration. That’s been the postseason fever for Rochester Stoney Creek’s baseball team. Beginning in its inaugural 2003 season, the Cougars did not win a postseason game through 2010 and in […]
BASEBALL: Oakland Christian enjoying turnaround season, wins first league title since 1996
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans AUBURN HILLS — Winning championships and baseball have not gone hand-in-hand in recent times when referring to Auburn Hills Oakland Christian While the Lancers have been known for its boys soccer and boys basketball teams during the past couple of decades, Oakland Christian has not been […]
PREP BASEBALL: Lancers upend Baptist Park to maintain league lead
AUBURN HILLS — For the first time in nearly two decades, Auburn Hills Oakland Christian is in a position to win a conference championship in baseball. Behind a five-hitter from Colin O’Connor, the Lancers outlasted Taylor Baptist Park 8-5 to maintain its lead in the Michigan Independent Athletic Conference Red Division and come from within […]
SMALL SCHOOL PREP BASEBALL: Bethany Christian looking to defend MACS state title
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans TROY — Field renovations at Troy Bethany Christian have forced the Bruins to play all of its baseball games on the road this season. That hasn’t deterred the Bruins from enjoying another fine season. Now, Bethany Christian is turning to another path of road games in […]
BASEBALL: Lake Orion sweeps Clarkston to claim OAA-Red title
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans LAKE ORION — One of the perks of winning a conference championship is that it proves that a team can sustain a high level of play for a long period of time. Lake Orion has proven to be a model of consistency on the baseball diamond […]
BASEBALL: Back in familiar position, Lake Orion leading charge in OAA Red Division
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans LAKE ORION — It almost seems that it is a right of passage for Lake Orion to at least compete for a league championship in baseball. The Dragons are back in their usual spot in mid-May — in the heat of the OAA Red Division race. […]
