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TUESDAY’S TRACK AND FIELD ROUNDUP: Clarkston sweeps Stoney Creek; Athens splits with Lahser
Boys Track CLARKSTON 97, ROCHESTER STONEY CREEK 30 SHOT PUT: Mike Eldridge (SC) 44-8; HIGH JUMP: Mike Schwartz (C) 5-10; LONG JUMP:Chris Turner (C) 18-5; DISCUS: Matt Wright (C) 121-5; 3,200 RELAY: Clarkston 8:27.0; 110 HURDLES: Karl Nielson (SC) 18.4; 100: Devon Williams (C) 11.9; 800 RELAY: Clarkston 1:37.25; 1,600: Sam Tanielian (C) 4:36; 400 […]
SPORTS SHORTS: Avondale pair wins state indoor track titles; Elite lacrosse camp heading to Country Day w/ Video
YPSILANTI — Auburn Hills Avondale’s Kyle Redwine earned the Boys Track Performer of 2012 award on the winter indoor circuit, as the senior became one of the nation’s top sprinters. Redwine won the 60-meter dash at the Michigan Indoor High School Championships Saturday at Eastern Michigan University, clocking in at 6.83 seconds. Redwine’s effort was […]
Port Huron Northern freezes Cougars in their tracks, advance to Final Four
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com MACOMB TOWNSHIP — In a year where there has been an unusually high number of state-ranked boys hockey teams falling in the earlier rounds, Port Huron Northern has done nothing but back up its top-10 status in the postseason. The Huskies (17-9-1), ranked third in the state heading […]
Track icon Ambrose passes at 101
Michigan high school track and field icon Kermit Ambrose, who coached and was an track and field and cross country official for over 60 years in Michigan, has died. He was 101 years old. Ambrose died of natural causes in his Bloomfield Hills residence. Funeral arrangements include the viewing: Friday, March 2, from 4-8 p.m.; […]
OAKLAND TRACK/SWIMMING NOTEBOOK: Oakland completes action at the Grand Valley’s ‘Big Meet’
ALLENDALE, Mich. — Desiree Pettiford earned a third place finish in the 200-meter dash (25.26), Serena San-Cartier finished fifth in the 60-meter hurdles (9.15) and Ryan Balzer earned a 15th-place finish in the high jump (5 feet 10.75 inches) as the Oakland men’s and women’s track and field teams completed action at the Big Meet […]
Avondale leads the way with seven all-state track athletes
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Fresh off its best-ever finish at the boys track & field state finals, Auburn Hills Avondale is reaping the benefits. The Yellowjackets boys, third at the Division 2 state finals in June, led the www.northoaklandsports.com coverage area with seven all-state athletes, six boys and one girl, as announced recently […]
Schiller, Hall honored as MITCA 2011 Miss Track, Mr. Track
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com After some dominating performances this past high school track and field season, Grand Ledge’s Tory Schiller and East Kentwood’s Ricco Hall were given the state’s top honor this week by being awarded as the 2011 Michigan Interscholastic Track Coaches Association recipients of Miss Track and Mr. Track. The duo, […]
2011 ALL-AREA GIRLS TRACK & FIELD TEAM: All-State athletes burnt up the grand oval
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Sometimes years of greatness are very hard to reproduce. The girls track and field season of 2010 in the area was hard to match in 2011. After all, a team state champion and five individual state champions last season was a rarity and several of those athletes departed last […]
ALL-AREA BOYS TRACK & FIELD: Power, speed highlight postseason squad
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com In a bizarre spring, track and field athletes generally had slow starts due to consistent bad weather, but were still able to pull off some fine finishes in the final weeks of the season. That is all evidenced on the 2011 All-Area Boys Track and Field Team. Across the […]
Back on track: Anchor Bay holds off Troy to reach Final Four
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com MADISON HEIGHTS — New Baltimore Anchor Bay is back at full strength. That could be the final piece of the puzzle in the softball season’s final week of the season for the Tars. Anchor Bay returned Lauren Podroski from a five-week hiatus from a wrist injury and the Tars […]
TRACK: Division 2 State Finals Results
Boys Track MHSAA L.P. DIVISION 2 STATE FINALS (June 4 at Houseman Field, Grand Rapids) TEAM SCORES — 1. East Lansing, 56; 2. Chelsea, 48; 3. (tie) Birmingham Detroit Country Day, 40; Auburn Hills Avondale, 40; 5. Byron Center, 36; 6. Cedar Springs, 33; 7. Mason, 27; 8. Grand Rapids Christian, 26; 9. Adrian, 24; […]
MHSAA Division 1 Track & Field State Finals Results
Boys Track MHSAA DIVISION 1 STATE FINALS (June 4 at Rockford High School) TEAM SCORES — 1. East Kentwood, 72; 2. Ypsilanti, 28; 3. West Bloomfield, 24; 4. Rockford, 23; 5. Portage Northern, 22; 6. (tie) Hudsonville, 21; Novi Detroit Catholic Central 21; 8. (tie) Dexter, 20; Jackson, 20; 10. Walled Lake Central, 18; 11. Ann […]
Division 4 Track State Finals Results
Boys Track MHSAA DIVISION 4 STATE FINALS (June 4 at Jenison H.S.) TEAM SCORES — Albion 48; Big Rapids Crossroads Academy 48; Muskegon Catholic Central 46; Reading 42; Centreville 40; Pewamo-Westphalia 28; White Pigeon 27; Homer 23.50; Litchfield 20; Hillsdale Academy 18; Auburn Hills Oakland Christian 17; Lutheran Westland 17; Hesperia 17; Carsonville-Port Sanilac 16; […]
Top-seeded athletes look to burn up track at state finals
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Although there will not likely be a team champion from the area this weekend at the boys and girls track and field state championships, there will still be dozens of athletes from the www.northoaklandsports.com coverage area that will that have set their sights on top-eight finishes in several events […]
Oakland County Track & Field Championships Results
Boys Track 52ND ANNUAL OAKLAND COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS (May 27 at Milford H.S.) TEAM SCORES — 1. Novi Detroit Catholic Central, 75; 2. Birmingham Detroit Country Day, 56; 3. Oxford, 44; 4. Walled Lake Central, 42; 5. Ferndale, 35; 6. West Bloomfield, 32; 7. Auburn Hills Avondale, 28; 8. Waterford Mott, 27; 9. (tie) Walled Lake […]
In their tracks: Catholic Central, Novi rule supreme in county circles
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com MILFORD — Auburn Hills Avondale entered the 2011 track and field season with extremely high hopes to contend for a variety of championships. Injuries to two of the Yellowjackets’ key athletes took away some of those chances. Still, Avondale turned in at least one sterling performance at Friday’s 52nd […]
Which records will fall at Oakland County track championships?
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com MILFORD — While the Oakland County Track and Championship always serves as a special meet, last season the meet gained some national attention. With Rochester’s Megan Goethals scratching out of the 3,200 relay and 1,600, the nationally-ranked distance standout went after the state and national records in the 3,200-meter […]
Oakland Christian, Lutheran Westland track down MIAC titles
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com ROCHESTER HILLS — Victor Allen uses each meet as a way to springboard towards the end of the season. The Southfield Christian senior won the 1,600 and 800 meters at Tuesday’s Michigan Independent Athletic Conference league meet at Rochester Hills Lutheran Northwest, the perfect tune-up for the upcoming Oakland […]
