BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR Dan.Stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans PONTIAC — Even in a year when Troy Athens shared a conference crown, the Red Hawks didn’t fully live up to expectations. Those finally surfaced during the past week. Athens captured its second straight district crown — the first time that has happened since winning district […]
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR Dan.Stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans HOLLY — Three years ago Plymouth Canton made a run to the Class A Final Four. The Chiefs still have three holdovers from that team and they are not ready to let their dream of a return trip die just yet. Canton cleared a big […]
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR Dan.Stickradt Twitter: @LocalSportsFans HOLLY — Allyssa Copley made a promise a couple of years ago to Holly girls basketball coach David Hall. “I told him that we’d win at least one championship before I graduated,” said Copley, a 6-foot-1 senior standout. True to her words, Holly did win […]
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR Dan.Stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans CLARKSTON — If Midland Calvary Baptist and Rochester Hills Christian could have hit the basketball court 10 times this season, the two would likely go 5-5 against one another. Fortunately for Calvary Baptist, its turn to shine came Saturday afternoon at Clarkston Springfield Christian High School. […]
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR Dan.Stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans CLARKSTON — Hannah May must have ice in her veins. The sophomore from Kinross Maplewood Baptist calmly sank two free throws with 14 seconds left in the second overtime period, and the Black Bears’ defense made it stand, as they stunned previously unbeaten Rochester Hills Christian, […]
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR Dan.Stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans CLARKSTON — The last time Clarkston Springfield Christian won a state title in girls basketball, Ronald Reagan was in his final months of presidency. Safely put, it had been a long time for the Eagles. Springfield Christian ended its quarter century drought Saturday, winning the Michigan […]
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR Dan.Stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans CLARKSTON — Twice this season, Rochester Stoney Creek threw its best punch at Clarkston only to see the Wolves rally in the end. The third time was more than a charm, but a true knockout blow. Stoney Creek, making its fifth straight appearance in the Class […]
LINDEN — Trailing 41-39 entering the fourth quarter, Holly found a little magic in its bag of tricks to continue its perfect season Friday night. The Bronchos closed out with an 18-6 run to topple Fenton, 57-47, in a Class A girls basketball district final at Linden. The win gave Holly its first district […]
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR Dan.Stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans DAVISON — An end of an era will come Saturday for six seniors on Rochester Hills Christian’s boys basketball team. The Eagles hope to fly out into the sunset with a happy ending. Rochester Hills Christian advanced to the state finals of the Michigan Association […]
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR Dan.Stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans DAVISON — For whatever reason, luck has not been on the side of Rochester Hills Christian in recent years when it comes to the later stages of the Michigan Association of Christian Schools Division I state tournament. In 2011, the Eagles were upset in the […]
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR Dan.Stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans MACOMB — Revenge can be ever so sweet. Even sweeter in the state tournament. Rochester United has chance to avenge its postseason death of a year ago Thursday night and seized it, as second-ranked United skated to a 4-1 victory over host and 12th-ranked Macomb Dakota […]
LINDEN — Holly made sure there was not a playoff hiccup Wednesday night. After going a perfect 20-0 in the regular season, the Bronchos won their 21st straight game with a 60-40 rout of host Linden in a Class A district semifinal. Holly (21-0) jumped out to a 23-4 lead after the first quarter and […]
BLOOMFIELD HILLS — Lake Orion set the tone with two goals in the first 50 seconds and never let its foot off the pedal Tuesday night. That insured the Dragons another date in the postseason ice dance. The Dragons made quick work of Fenton-Linden Unified at the Detroit Skate club, rolling to a mercy-shortene3d, 12-0, […]
OXFORD — Connor Elzerman had a career night Tuesday. The junior from Oxford scored a game-high 42 points, one of the highest single-game point totals in school history, in leading Oxford to a 72-66 victory over Hazel Park in an OAA Blue Division contest. The guard made nine two-pointers, canned for three-pointers and finished a […]
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR Dan.Stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans BLOOMFIELD HILLS — Every team needs a hero in order to advance in the postseason. Grand Blanc had two of them Tuesday night. Senior forward Jack Clary netted three second-period goals and freshman goaltender Spencer Bully stood on his head, as the Bobcats stunned 11th-ranked Clarkston, […]
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR Dan.Stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans LAKE ORION — Growing up in a household of athletes, Breanne Watterworth has drawn a lot of comparisons to family members and has had a lot to live up to over the years. Instead of always trying to mimic everything her siblings or parents have accomplished, […]
Boys Bowling DIVISION 1 REGIONAL (Feb. 21-22 at Century Bowl, Waterford) TEAM SCORES — 1. Clarkston, 3378; 2. Walled Lake Central,3573; 3. Oxford 3745; 4. Walled Lake Northern, 3681; 5. Waterford Kettering, 3647; 7. Farmington-Harrison Unified, 3586; 8. Lake Orion, 3564; 9. Hartland, 3510; 10. North Farmington, 3458; 11. Waterford Mott, 3430; 12. Birmingham […]
BY DAN STICKRADT CORRESPONDENT Dan.Stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans BATTLE CREEK — Payback is never tougher than in a championship setting. Ask those around Davison’s wrestling program. After losing to fellow state powerhouse Novi Detroit Catholic Central in last season’s Division 1 state title match, 29-26, in a meet that went down to the final weight […]
