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TEAM TALK: Michigan BBC Select earns Division 1 state runner-up status
The 15U Michigan BBC Select team finished second at the AAU Division 1 Regional Qualifying Tournament. The team moved up to the D-1 level, after winning the 14U-Division-2 regional a year ago. During pool play, the Select team defeated the Southfield Transition (92-80) and lost to the D-1 defending champs Detroit Super Friends (61-57). In […]
Barn burners: Stars aligning just right for Avondale’s track team
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com AUBURN HILLS — To enjoy tremendous success in the sport of track and field, the stars must sometime align just perfectly. First and foremost, athletes must remain healthy. A coaching staff must have a solid core of athletes that can also score and score big in a variety of […]
For greener pastures: Fife leaves IPFW for assistant coaching spot at MSU
FORT WAYNE, Ind. – Having just completed his sixth and most successful season as head coach of the IPFW men’s basketball team, Dane Fife has resigned to become an assistant coach on the staff of Tom Izzo at Michigan State. Fife leaves the school as IPFW second all-time winningest coach with an overall record of […]
2011 SOFTBALL TEAM CAPSULES
Below are the 2011 girls softball team capsules, as compiled by NorthOaklandSports staff. All information sent in by coaches. Is your team’s information missing from the season preview? Please forward pertinent information to results@northoaklandsports.com or dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Auburn Hills Avondale LAST YEAR’S RECORD: 24-12, 13-1 OAA White Division (first). STATE TOURNAMENT: Lost in Division 1 district […]
Rochester College gains acceptance into NAIA
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com ROCHESTER HILLS — Nearly a year after applying for the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, Rochester College learned Tuesday that it was accepted to the governing body, which athletics programs at nearly 300 colleges and universities, as a new member institution. Rochester College Athletics Director Klint Pleasant said the […]
Winter Sports All-Area Teams Directory
Below is the directory for the All-Area Teams for the winter season 2010-11: 2011 All-Area teams – Winter Sports – www.northoaklandsports.com Below are the links for the 2011 All-Area teams for the winter sports for the 2010-11 season BOYS BASKETBALL: http://northoaklandsports.com/2011/04/18/2011-all-area-boys-basketball-coachable-players-help-yield-great-success/ GIRLS BASKETBALL: http://northoaklandsports.com/2011/04/15/2524/ BOYS-GIRLS SKIING: http://northoaklandsports.com/2011/04/18/2011-all-area-ski-team-clarkston-lake-orion-head-up-talented-cast-of-ski-racers/ BOYS GIRLS BOWLING: http://northoaklandsports.com/2011/04/17/2011-all-area-bowling-this-group-knocks-them-down-with-precision/ WRESTLING: http://northoaklandsports.com/2011/03/31/2011-all-area-wrestling-state-champions-head-up-deep-and-talented-group-of-matmen/ BOYS HOCKEY: […]
TOP BASEBALL PLAYERS
TOP BASEBALL PLAYERS (Listed alphabetically) Below are the top baseball prospects for the www.northoaklandsports.com coverage area for the 2011 season. NICK BRADLEY, Rochester: Bradley enters the season as one of the state’s top 25 seniors and the three-sport athlete is a fourth-year starter in baseball. Rotating between the pitcher’s mound and shortstop, Bradley become’s the […]
2011 GIRLS SOCCER TEAM CAPSULES
GIRLS SOCCER TEAM CAPSULES Below are the 2011 girls soccer team capsules, as compiled by NorthOaklandSports staff. All information sent in by coaches. Is your team’s information missing from the season preview? Please forward pertinent information to results@northoaklandsports.com or dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com SCHOOL: Auburn Hills Avondale HEAD COACH: Dave Muczynski, 17th season. 2010 RECORD: 11-8-3, 4-4-2 OAA […]
2011 PREP BASEBALL TEAM CAPSULES
2011 PREP BASEBALL TEAM CAPSULES Below are the baseball team capsules for high schools in the www.northoaklandsports.com coverage area. If you wish to have your school’s information posted here, please submit all pertinent information to results@northoaklandsports.com or contact senior editor Dan Stickradt at dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com SCHOOL: Auburn Hills Avondale HEAD COACH: Tommy Kurcewski, 10th season. LAST […]
Can Oakland hold its reign in the Summit League next season?
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com ROCHESTER HILLS — Coming off its back-to-back Summit League championships and berths in the NCAA tournament, Oakland University has built plenty respect in the college basketball world. Now, can the Golden Grizzlies keep it going, or will they fall back into the obscurity as a college that some still […]
Rochester College earns fifth-place in USCAA national tournament for retiring coach Pleasant
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com UNIONTOWN, Pa. — The exit stage left outing for veteran Garth Pleasant didn’t result in a national championship for the retiring Rochester College men’s basketball coach, but at least the 38-year head coach got to coach a win in his final game on the sidelines. Rochester College, ranked No. […]
Soaking it all up: Lakers repeat as Class D state champs
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com EAST LANSING — Last year Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes’ run to the Class D state championship was somewhat unexpected. This year, there was no secret that the Lakers had the mettle to repeat. WOLL put the finishing touches on its repeat bid at the Michigan State’s Breslin […]
Oakland sophomore Ledrick Eackles to transfer
ROCHESTER HILLS – Sophomore Ledrick Eackles has decided to leave the Oakland University men’s basketball team, announced by head coach Greg Kampe on Thursday. Eackles, a native of Zachary, La., will leave at the conclusion of the winter semester. “I enjoyed my two years here at Oakland and I am thankful to be on two […]
Decades of Excellence: Rochester College’s Pleasant steps away after brilliant coaching career
Video courtesy of Rochester College. ROCHESTER HILLS — Sitting back in his office, Garth Pleasant can remember the days of returning to school at 2 a.m., then having to return early in the morning to teach a class. Pleasant was a basketball coach, an athletics director, a bus driver, an instructor, a mentor, a jack-of-all-trades […]
State of Mind: ‘Will the Thrill’ Hudson is Oakland’s glue-guy
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com ROCHESTER HILLS — Will Hudson has a tattoo on his left arm that offers up the phrase “State of Mind.” Engraved in that same tattoo is the shape of his home state, Wisconsin. “That will always be home,” smiled Hudson, who grew up near Madison, Wisconsin. “That’s where a […]
SUBMITTED VIDEO: Greatest high school buzzer beaters
Each and every year in the sports of girls basketball and boys basketball, there are memorable buzzer-beaters. Some tie the game, some win the game, others are just improbable shots from a distance. Do you have Youtube videos of incredible high school buzzer beaters, especially in the state tournament? E-mail in those Youtube embed codes […]
Predestined for Breslin: Waterford Our Lady cruises into Final Four
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com WATERFORD — Last year it was little unexpected. This time around, Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes was predestined to make a run at another Final Four. Now, they have reached that goal. The Lakers never trailed Tuesday at Waterford Mott, rolling over Cinderella Bay City All Saints, 61-36, […]
Prep State Rankings
Boys Basketball (By the Associated Press) Class A (School, first-place votes, record, points) — 1. Romulus (5) (19-1) 75; 2. Ann Arbor Huron (19-1) 70; 3. Kalamazoo Central (17-3) 62; 4. Saginaw (17-3) 56; 5. Detroit Cody (17-3) 53; 6. Detroit Southeastern (17-3) 44; 7. Warren De La Salle (18-2) 38; 8. East Lansing (17-3) […]
