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Blue turf given green light at Oxford
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com OXFORD — Finally, turf will be arriving in Oxford. The Oxford Community Schools Board of Education voted unanimously Monday night to except a financial gift donation, plus money already raised by the public, to allow installation of a blue turf inside the track at the high school athletics stadium. […]
2010 All-Area Boys Soccer: This talented group has all the accolades to prove worth
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, […]
CAMPUS CLIPS: Oxford grad Line earns All-Conference USA honors for Southern Methodist
Five Southern Methodist football players garnered All-Conference USA honors, announced the league recently, which is the most in one season since 1984 for the Mustangs. Among that group of first-teamers is Zach Line, an Oxford High School graduate. Line, a 2008 grad of Oxford, is a sophomore at SMU. He rushed for 1,391 yards this […]
CAMPUS CLIPS: Wayne State’s Renel is finalist for GLIAC Commissioner’s Award
The Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) announced the recipients of the Fall 2010 Meijer Commissioner’s Awards earlier today. The awards, sponsored by Meijer, Incorporated, are presented after the fall, winter, and spring athletics seasons to six male and six female student-athletes that excel both in the classroom and on the fields of play. The […]
Lake Orion’s Bell named Detroit Lions high school Coach of the Year
ALLEN PARK — The Detroit Lions have named Lake Orion football head coach Chris Bell the 2010 High School Coach of the Year. Bell and his Lake Orion Dragons captured the Division 1 state title with a victory over Plymouth in the championship game at Ford Field last Saturday. The Dragons concluded the 2010 season […]
ABT holds off Athens’ rally
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com BIRMINGHAM — Marcel Smith relishes close basketball games. Smith, a senior from Melvindale Academy of Business &Tech, finished with a game-high 25 points, knocking down 9-of-10 free throws and 4-of-9 three-pointers, in leading the two-time defending Class C state champion Gators to a 60-51 boys basketball triumph over upstart […]
BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM CAPSULES 2010-2011
BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM CAPSULES 2010-2011 Below are the 2010 boys basketball team capsules for schools in the coverage area for www.northoaklandsports.com. To submit additional information, e-mail senior editor Dan Stickradt at www.northoaklandsports.com. Auburn Hills Avondale COACH: Jeff Borja, first season. LAST SEASON’S RECORD: 8-13, 4-8 OAA Red Division (sixth). STATE TOURNAMENT: Lost in Class A […]
Rochester wrestlers looking for for first long tournament trip
BY AARON KUHN STUDENT CORRESPONDENT aaronkuhn14@yahoo.com ROCHESTER HILLS — Senior Jameson Joyce sizes up his opponent, trying to figure out how to get a pin, and a victory for the wrestling team. Then, after contemplating his next move, he goes in for a shot, an attack on the legs just as his opponent sprawls, pulling […]
Bell, staff, players grow together to lead Lake Orion to promised land
DETROIT — Chris Bell had a chance to do something Saturday that no former Lake Orion football player at the school has done in the past. In fact, he had a chance to do something that no other football head coach has done at the school over the decades. That is to lead the school’s […]
Grand Rapids Catholic Central rallies past Williamston for first title since 1987
— STAFF REPORTS DETROIT — Kevin Vacari scored a pair of touchdowns in the final 3:30 in leading Grand Rapids Catholic Central past Williamston 27-23 for the Division 4 football state championship at Ford Field. It marked Catholic Central’s first state title in football since the Cougars claimed the 1987 Class B state championship trophy. […]
AOTW: Complete Back: Lake Orion’s Stevenson a threat anywhere on the field
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com LAKE ORION — While some students spend their entire school days darting between class rooms every hour, Marques Stevenson has a chance to leave campus. The Lake Orion senior has co-op through school to clerk at the 52nd/53rd district court in Rochester Hills. “I get a chance to clerk, […]
BONUS COVERAGE: Sacred Heart leaves no doubt in rout of Saugatuck for D-8 crown
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com DETROIT — Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart left no doubt in the Division 8 state championship game. Using incredible depth and speed, the Fighting Irish had four players combine for five touchdowns in the first half, and Sacred Heart even turned a punt for another score early in the third […]
BONUS COVERAGE: Harrison corrals 13th state title with 38-28 comeback win over Lowell
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com DETROIT — No lead is safe. Especially when the opponent on the football field is state powerhouse Farmington Hills Harrison. Lowell found that out the hard way during Friday’s Division 2 state finals at Ford Field. Trailing 21-10 midway through the third quarter, top-ranked Harrison scored four straight touchdowns […]
Lake Orion looking for a different outcome in D-1 state title game
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com DETROIT — There are some differences for Lake Orion regarding Saturday’s Division 1 state championship football game as compared to the Dragons’ first championship game in 2008: Lake Orion is looking for a better outcome. This time the seventh-ranked Dragons will take on unranked Plymouth at 1 p.m. Saturday […]
Stick’s Picks: Classic matchups set for season’s final weekend
The final weekend in finally here. The final weekend of the fall sports season concludes at Ford Field with the football state finals Friday and Saturday. There are several powerhouse teams that have made the march down to Detroit once again, while some others are looking for their first shot at glory. Lake Orion is […]
Tech Wrecker: Lake Orion halts Cass Tech’s dream season with late defensive play, moves into state finals for second time in three years
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com TROY — Andrew Shafkalis has only been a student at Lake Orion for about 10 months. The junior made one of the biggest defensive plays in Lake Orion football history Saturday afternoon. A transfer from Rochester, Shafkalis, undersized against Detroit Cass Tech’s beefy defensive line and linebackers unit, broke […]
Could Cass Tech be Lake Orion’s mirror?
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com LAKE ORION — In 2003, Lake Orion opened up the season as the team to beat. With a roster packed with college prospects — many that ventured onto Division I and Division II schools after graduation — all indications pointed to Lake Orion having a Dream season. Even the […]
STICK’S PICKS: Lake Orion the sole area hopeful for state finals berth
For the second time in three years, Lake Orion is one win for advancing to the state title game for Division 1 football. This is nothing new for local teams. Over the past three decades, five different local schools have reached at least the state semifinals in football. Four schools have played on Thanksgiving Weekend […]
