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ASSOCIATED PRESS ALL-STATE FOOTBALL 2010
Players from the www.northoaklandsports.com coverage area are found in bold. DIVISION 1-2 The 2010 Associated Press Division 1-2 All-State football team, which is selected by Michigan sports writers and broadcasters PLAYER OF THE YEAR Gabe Dean, Lowell, 5-11, 195, Jr. QUARTERBACKS Tommy Vento, Farmington Hills Harrison, 6-1, 185, Sr. Gabe Dean, Lowell, 5-11, 195, Jr. […]
BASEBALL: Model of consistency, Lake Orion rolls to 11th district championship
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR Dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com TW: @LocalSportsFans | North Oakland Sports FB: www.facebook.com/North-Oakland-Sports-439028726180861 OXFORD – Since taking the reigns of the Lake Orion baseball program in 1999, Andy Schramek has helped the Dragons to become a model of consistency in every meaning of the word. In 20 of the 24 seasons under […]
GIRLS SOCCER: Notre Dame Prep molds together first district title since 2017
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR Dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com TW: @LocalSportsFans | North Oakland Sports FB: www.facebook.com/North-Oakland-Sports-439028726180861 CLAWSON – After a season of band-aids and hodge-podge lineups due to injuries of significant players, Pontiac Notre Dame Prep is starting to put it all together. The Division 3 third-ranked Fighting Irish have molded together quite a dangerous lineup […]
GIRLS SOCCER: Stoney Creek blanks Eisenhower to reach district finals
GIRLS SOCCER: Stoney Creek blanks Eisenhower to reach district finals BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR Dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com TW: @LocalSportsFans | North Oakland Sports FB: www.facebook.com/North-Oakland-Sports-439028726180861 ROMEO – A year ago Rochester Stoney Creek logged the whole season in the Division 1 top 15 and was one of the most dangerous teams in the state. But […]
BOYS BASKETBALL: Oak Park jacks up the pressure to stymie shorthanded Clarkston
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR Email: dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans Facebook: North Oakland Sports: https://www.facebook.com/North-Oakland-Sports-439028726180861 CLARKSTON — Relentless pressure defense and crashing the boards has become Oak Park’s bread and butter on the court this season. Those ingredients certainly worked Tuesday night at Clarkston. The Knights collected 13 team steals, forced Clarkston into an uncharacteristic 22 […]
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL: Pontiac Notre Dame Prep takes three-time defending state champion Grand Rapids Christian to reach state finals
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans BATTLE CREEK — Never in its storied history has Pontiac Notre Dame Prep entered the Final Four of the volleyball season with nine seniors and four fourth-year veterans. The stellar group will come together one final time Saturday and compete in the Division 2 state finals at […]
CROSS-COUNTRY: Lake Orion, Oxford track down Oakland County titles
Rochester’s Cook, Farmington’s Baracco impressive in individual wins BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans MILFORD TWP. — Every time Peter Baracco steps onto a cross-country course or track, he expects to compete. The Farmington senior was his usual self Saturday afternoon on the picturesque but difficult 3.1-mile course at Kensington Metropark. Baracco cruised […]
CROSS-COUNTRY: Stoney Creek cruises into driver’s seat in OAA-White race
Rochester’s Lucy Cook, Farmington’s Peter Baracco impressive in individual wins BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ROCHESTER HILLS — Lucy Cook has some large shoes to fill. Make that very big shoes. With a history of legions of talented female cross-country runners over the past five-plus decades coming through Rochester, there are […]
FOOTBALL: Lake Orion unleashes speed in lopsided victory over Utica Eisenhower
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter@LocalSportsFans LAKE ORION — Perhaps Lake Orion will display an element on the football field this season that it hasn’t seen since the glory days of the 2000s. Dynamite speed. The Dragons unleashed some lethal team speed, led by the debuts of sophomore Billy Roberson and senior Stephen Brown, […]
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL: Clarkston rallies past Grand Blanc to reach Final Four for first time since 2011
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans LAPEER — Claire Nowicki had seen enough. Ditto for Sydney Hasenfratz and Elizabeth Adams and the rest of Clarkston’s deep well of hitters. After a disastrous first set where Clarkston blew a 19-13 advantage, the state-ranked Wolves regained the momentum and returned to their winning ways in […]
BOYS SOCCER: Troy Athens set for another classic battle with Traverse City West
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans TROY — Once again the road to another state championship for Troy Athens will have to go through Traverse City West. Defending Division 1 state champion Athens will face Traverse City West at 6 p.m. Wednesday in the state semifinals at Holt. The Red Hawks defeated West, […]
FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS ROUNDUP: Top-seeded Clarkston takes down Oxford; Grand Blanc topples Lake Orion; Troy continues grand turnaround
CLARKSTON — It didn’t come easy, but Clarkston’s first playoff game since losing in the 2018 Division 1 state finals finally arrived Friday night and the Wolves prevailed with a 21-7 victory over visiting Oxford. Clarkston defeated Oxford 35-14 during Week 2 of the regular season. The unbeaten Wolves (7-0) tied the game on Davis […]
FOOTBALL: Adams uses ball-control offense on Rochester to roll in D-1 pre-district
Highlanders defeat Falcons for 23rd straight time BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com @LocalSportsFans ROCHESTER HILLS — Ball control offense proved to be a lethal injection for Rochester Adams against rival Rochester Friday night. The result was the Highlanders defeating Rochester for the 23rd straight time in a surprising 39-7 rout of the previously-unbeaten […]
BOYS SOCCER: Everest shocks Liggett for second straight regional title
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans MADISON HEIGHTS — Sometimes soccer can come down to finishing opportunities. That couldn’t be any more true than for Clarkston Everest Collegiate on the soccer pitch Thursday at Madison Heights Bishop Foley Catholic. The Mountaineers only had three shots on frame against perennial state powerhouse Grosse Pointe […]
BOYS SOCCER: Everest Collegiate peaking at right time, advances to second straight regional finals
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans MADISON HEIGHTS — It’s not how you start, but how you finish. Clarkston Everest Collegiate is living proof to that theory. After graduating two key defensemen and starting goalkeeper from a team that finished 15-4-1 last year, the Mountaineers had to do some quick retooling of their […]
FOOTBALL: Stoney Creek caps first unbeaten regular season with OAA-White title
Cougars draw first-round bye in expanded playoff format BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ROCHESTER HILLS — Camron Burford knows he speaks for his entire football team at Rochester Stoney Creek when he says the Cougars want to cruise into some unchartered waters. So far, so good. The Cougars are doing just […]
FOOTBALL: Clarkston regains OAA-Red title to enter postseason on a roll
Wolves draw familiar foe Oxford in pre-district contest BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans CLARKSTON — After a trying, injury-plagued season in 2019 where Clarkston finished 3-6 and missed the postseason for the first time since 2002, the Wolves are finally back near the top of the pile in terms of Division […]
FOOTBALL: Ortonville Brandon clinches FML-Stars title with rout of Clio
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ORTONVILLE — Nothing was going to keep Ortonville Brandon from clinching the Flint Metro League Stars Division title Friday night. Absolutely nothing. The unbeaten Blackhawks captured their second league title in three years with a resounding 56-6 victory over visiting Clio, dominating all phases of the game. […]
