PREP FOOTBALL 2012 MICHIGAN INDEPENDENT ATHLETIC CONFERENCE TEAM CAPSULES Team capsules compiled by Dan Stickradt. He can be reached by email at dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com. Follow on Twitter @LocalSportsFans Auburn Hills Oakland Christian HEAD COACH: Bill Schaeffer, second season (2-7 at Oakland Christian). ASSISTANT COACHES: Rusty Mandle, Brian Hoffman, Joe Whitt, Jeremiah Nichols, Andrew Kern, Chris […]
Pontiac Notre Dame Prep finished unbeaten in the CHSL-AA Division last season.Will the Irish repeat or will someone unseat them? [polldaddy poll=6481892]
Detroit Loyola dominated foes in the CHSL Intersectional-II Division last season. Now, the two Intersectional divisions have been merged into one seven-school division.Which school will emerge from the group this season and win the division title? [polldaddy poll=6481862]
This is the fifth season of the Christian Football League of Michigan, which is expanding into northern Ohio and northern Indiana and into two divisions this season, the Metro Division and the Lakes Division. Who will win the Detroit-area Metro Division crown this season? [polldaddy […]
For the first time, Grosse Pointe Woods University-Liggett ran the tables with a 9-0 regular season record and claimed the Michigan Independent Athletic Conference title at 5-0. Can the Knights repeat as league champs only a few years since dropping their program.Or will one of the other schools step up and provide a challenge? […]
Last season North Farmington and Birmingham Groves shared the OAA Blue Division football crown. With North Farmington moving to the OAA White Division, which school will take the title in the OAA Blue Division this season? [polldaddy poll=6480553] [polldaddy poll=6480553]
Last season five football teams from the OAA White Division made the MHSAA state playoffs, but only one team, Farmington Harrison, won the league championship. Which school will emerge as the winner this season? [polldaddy poll=6480548]
Last season Holly ended a 59-year drought of not winning a league title by sharing the Flint Metro League title with Lapeer East. Who will emerge from the heap in 2012? [polldaddy poll=6480530]
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans AUBURN HILLS — It’s not that Kyle Redwine is considered a one-hit wonder in the sport of track and field team, it’s that the recent Auburn Hills Avondale graduate only had one full season while with the Yellowjackets. Now, the 2012 grad has put together quite […]
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans LAKE ORION — Behind a grand season, Lake Orion’s volleyball team advanced farther in 2011 than any other school from the Oakland Activities Association since the league’s inception in 1994-95. The Dragons were Class A state runner-up, falling to Rockford 3-0 in the title match. Part […]
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans HOLLY — Something is quite different at Holly High School this August. For the first time in 60 years, Holly opens up the prep football season with a target on its back. They enter the 2012 season as a defending co-league champion in the Flint Metro […]
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans Less than a decade ago, girls lacrosse was just an afterthought in this region of the country. Few schools even offered the sport and the ones that did had to often just play in a small circle or go out of state for games. Times have […]
A total of five local girls lacrosse earned All-State honors, as the Michigan High School Girls Lacrosse Coaches Association announced its postseason teams for 2012. On the Division 1 first team, Troy junior goalkeeper made the cut, while Troy junior midfielder Haley Burns was named to the second team. Additionally, Clarkston senior midfielders Stephanie Dellinger […]
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans There were no state championships celebrated by area boys golf teams in 2012. But that was about the only thing that didn’t occur in the www.northoaklandsports.com coverage area this past season. There were five local golfers that placed in the top 10 at one of the […]
Pre-Game, during-game and post-game, coaches, athletes, parents and sports fans from around the area are frequent visitors to multiple sports bars. Whether it be following a Friday night high school football game, a Tuesday night recreational softball game, to watch NFL games or after a round of golf, So what’s your favorite sports bar destination, […]
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans Another exceptional girls tennis season is in the record books and local teams and players more than shined on the courts over the past couple of months. Five local teams qualified for one of the four state finals — Clarkston (Division 1), Troy (Division 1), Rochester […]
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BY WILLIAM DUNFORD CORRESPONDENT ROCHESTER HILLS — Oakland University men’s basketball coach Greg Kampe will support Coaches vs. Cancer by embarking on a 30-day fast, beginning on August 7th. Kampe, who enters his 29th season as head coach, encourages supporters to pledge a dollar amount for each day he is able to adhere to his […]
