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MONDAY’S SOFTBALL ROUNDUP: Brandon sweeps rival Holly; Bayliss helps NDP gain upper hand on Lutheran North
HOLLY — Ortonville Brandon amassed 31 runs off Holly pitching Monday and the Blackawks rolled to a convincing sweep in flint Metro League softball action. Brandon won Game 1 by a 16-0 count, while the Blackhawks took the nightcap 15-2. The two games featured a combined nine innings. Katey Hendershott went 4-6 with two doubles […]
Former Lake Orion softball coach Denny Davis passes at age 65
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans LAKE ORION — Denny Davis was always known as mild-mannered coach who calmly told jokes and almost always wore a smile while in the dugout or on the sidelines for nearly 40 years. These jokes and friendly smile were silenced over the weekend. Davis, the former […]
COLLEGE SOFTBALL: Connie Miner named Oakland’s softball coach
BY DAN GLIOT CORRESPONDENT ROCHESTER HILLS — Connie Miner has been named the new head softball coach at Oakland, announced Director of Athletics Tracy Huth on Wednesday. Miner brings 22 years of head coaching experience at UC Riverside, San Jose State and Eastern Michigan while amassing over 500 wins in her career. “We welcome Connie […]
COLLEGE SOFTBALL: LaDonia Hughes resigns as Oakland softball coach
BY DANIEL GLIOT Oakland Sports Communications ROCHESTER HILLS — LaDonia Hughes resigned as the head coach of the Oakland softball team, Athletics Director Tracy Huth announced on Monday. Hughes is leaving Oakland to join her family in Virginia and spend time raising her daughter. “We certainly understand LaDonia’s decision to prioritize her family,” said […]
PREP SOFTBALL: Lakeland the one left standing at all-star regional
Romeo stuns No. 2 Clarkston; Athens eliminated BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans HARTLAND — There is one thing that Joe Alsup really enjoys about winning regional championships. “It never gets old,” smiled Alsup, White Lake Lakeland’s veteran softball coach. Sixth-ranked Lakeland downed Romeo, 3-0, Saturday in a Division 1 regional […]
SOFTBALL: Clarkston trips up Lake Orion, Kettering for district crown
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans LAKE ORION — After suffering the pain of being an upset victim the past two seasons, Clarkston’s softball team more than made up for it at Monday’s Division 1 district. The second-ranked Wolves blanked Lake Orion 8-0 in the semifinals and avenged Waterford Kettering, the same […]
SOFTBALL: Athens claims first softball district since 1997
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans TROY — Championships had been few and far between concerning Troy Athens’ softball team over the years. In fact, winning a league and district title in the same season was an unknown commodity. That all changed Saturday on Athens’ home diamond. The Red Hawks staked claim […]
SOFTBALL: OAA-Red champion Wolves turn attention to state tournament
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans CLARKSTON — As a state powerhouse program, Clarkston always has high expectations on the softball diamond. The Wolves are frequent visitors to the Division 1 top 20 and play a loaded schedule year-in and year-out. That still hasn’t translated tin o tremendous success in the postseason […]
PREP SOFTBALL: Adams sweeps Lamphere
ROCHESTER HILLS — Wins were hard to come by during the first half of the season for Rochester Adams’ softball team. The Highlanders have picked up the pace in recent weeks. Adams torched Madison Heights Lamphere Monday for a double-header sweep, topping the Rams by identical 12-1 scores to move to 13-17 overall. In the […]
SOFTBALL: Athens sweeps West Bloomfield
TROY— Behind a sweep, Troy Athens remained in the hunt for the OAA White Division softball title with a pair of victories over West Bloomfield. The Red Hawks claimed the opener, 4-3, and came back to win the nightcap, 3-1. In the opener, Athens scored twice in the third and had single runs in the […]
SOFTBALL: Revived Athens hoping to escape rival’s shadows
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans TROY— It’s hard enough not be all that successful on a consistent basis. Try living in the shadows of a highly-successful competitor who also happens to be your crosstown rival. Such is life for Troy Athens’ softball program, which is enjoying quite a revival in 2012. […]
Oakland softball lands pair on All-Summit League team
ELMHURST, Ill. – The Oakland softball team earned two spots on the All-Summit League teams as Erika Polidori was named All-Summit League first team and Erin Galloway was named All-Summit League second team, as voted on by the league’s nine head coaches. This is the second consecutive season that both Polidori and Galloway have named […]
SOFTBALL: Athens sweeps Avondale to clinch OAA White Division title share; Clarkston slaps Farmington
TROY — Troy Athens picked up a pair of wins on the softball diamond Friday and with it clinched at least a tie of its first league title in decades. The Red Hawks swept Auburn Hills Avondale, 9-1 and 14-3, to come to within one game of an outright title. Athens will visit second place […]
SOFTBALL: Clarkston finishes as runner-up at Stars Tournament
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans GRAND BLANC — As it turned out, Clarkston wasn’t so much of a gracious host at the annual Michigan Stars Softball Tournament after all. The Wolves, ranked third in Division 1, advanced all the way to the finals of the championship flight Sunday before falling to […]
SOFTBALL: Lake Orion earns split with rival Clarkston
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans LAKE ORION — After a tough spurt to open the season, Lake Orion is beginning to establish itself as one of the area’s top softball teams. The Dragons posted a split with arch-rival Clarkston Wednesday on the softball diamond, remaining in which is now just a […]
SOFTBALL: Brandon splits with Lapeer West; Notre Dame Prep haunts Richard; Rochester sweeps Oxford
LAPEER — Ortonville Brandon took Game 1 and Lapeer West won Game 2 in a Flint Metro League softball double-header Tuesday. Brandon collected 15 hits in the opener, to back the nine-hitter by pitcher Christina Mihalick, who stuck out three. Genna Oertel finished 3-for-3, scored a run and drove in another, Miranda Zimmerman was 2-for-4, […]
COLLEGE SOFTBALL: Oakland seniors shine on Senior Day in sweep of Windsor
ROCHESTER HILLS — Senior Leah DiCristofaro blasted a three-run home run, senior Colleen Zimmerman drove in two runs and senior Brittany Doyle threw a complete game as the OU seniors shined on Senior Day for the Oakland softball team, beating Western Ontario, 9-3 and 10-1, Tuesday afternoon at the OU Softball Field. “These were two […]
