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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 […]
COLLEGE NATIONAL LETTER-OF-INTENT 2020-2021
COLLEGE NATIONAL LETTER-OF-INTENT 2020-2021 Athletes that have signed or committed to play collegiate athletics in any sport from high schools located in the coverage area for www.northoaklandsports.com. Email senior editor Dan Stickradt at dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com or to results@northoaklandsports.com CLASS OF 2021 AUBURN HILLS AVONDALE AUBURN HILLS CHRISTIAN ACADEMY AUBURN HILLS OAKLAND CHRISTIAN CLARKSTON CLARKSTON SPRINGFIELD CHRISTIAN […]
BASEBALL: Lake Orion’s Josh Slayton caps fine prep career with Dream Team honors
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR Dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans Facebook: www.facebook.com/North-Oakland-Sports-439028726180861/ LAKE ORION – It seems like only yesterday to Josh Slayton when got the call up to the varsity ranks. He now departs high school with one of the highest honors for a prep baseball player in Michigan. Slayton, a recent graduate of Lake […]
BASEBALL: Rochester Hills Christian ends banner year with first MACS diamond state title
Eagles fly high to capture fourth boys sports state crown during 2018-19 school year BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR Dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans Facebook: www.facebook.com/North-Oakland-Sports-439028726180861/ LAKE ORION – An unforgettable school year ended with another banner and trophy celebration at Rochester Hills Christian. And it was a first. The Eagles recently captured their first Michigan […]
BASEBALL: Sweet Repeat: Lake Orion Baptist captures third straight MACS state title
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans Instagram: stickradtdan Snapchat: Dan.Stickradt LAKE ORION — Without three of its seniors gone on a senior trip to Europe in mid-May, Lake Orion Baptist hit a little hiccup in its quest for a league title. The Lions dropped a pair of games late in the regular season, […]
BASEBALL: Northville ends 45-year drought by ending Rochester’s tourney run in quarterfinals
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans DETROIT — Northville ended one of Michigan’s longest prep baseball droughts Tuesday — and at Rochester’s expense. Northville advanced to the MHSAA Division 1 for the first time since 1972 — that’s 45 years to be exact — with a 9-5 state quarterfinals victory over red-hot Rochester […]
BASEBALL: Lake Orion Baptist finally wins first MACS title with win over Troy Bethany Christian
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans AUBURN HILLS – By the shear number of chances, it was eventually bound to happen for Lake Orion Baptist on the baseball diamond. The Lions, previously 0-6 in the Michigan Association of Christian Schools Division I baseball state finals, finally claimed their first state title Saturday with […]
BASEBALL: Rochester upsets Adams to win first regional title since 1998
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans BLOOMFIELD HILLS — Each year at least one school makes an unexpected run deep into the Division 1 baseball postseason. This year, that school is unranked Rochester. The Falcons, although no strangers to long postseason runs in its history, remained alive in the 2016 tournament with a […]
BASEBALL: Hartland downs Troy Athens to reach first Final Four since 2000
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR Dan.Stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans NOVI — At first you don’t succeed, dust yourself and try again. After losing in the state quarterfinals three times in the past six years, Hartland finally broke the quarterfinal hex Tuesday with a 4-1 victory over Troy Athens in a Division 1 state quarterfinals at Novi […]
BASEBALL: Athens wins first regional title in school history
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.Stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ROCHESTER HILLS — Not too many in attendance gave Troy Athens or Utica Eisenhower much of a chance entering Saturday’s Division 1 regional at Rochester High. Still, the two unheralded ball clubs advanced to the regional finals with Athens claiming its first regional title in school history […]
BASEBALL: Everest Collegiate downs rival Waterford Lakes for district title
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans DRYDEN — For the past six years, Clarkston Everest Collegiate’s baseball players competed on the same unified program with Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes. Now that the Mountaineers have split off from the Lakers, Everest climbed past its former teammates in a 3-2 victory Monday […]
BASEBALL: Bay City Western knocks out Clarkston in state semifinals
NOTE: Have photos or video of this event you would like to share with digital daily www.northoaklandsports.com? Email pertinent information to results@northoaklandsports.com or to Senior Editor Dan Stickradt at Dan.Stickradt@northoaklandsports.com BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans EAST LANSING — In the history of the Class A/Division 1 baseball state tournament, […]
BASEBALL: Clarkston ousts Brighton, advances to first Final Four since 2002
NOTE: Have photos or video of this event you would like to share with digital daily www.northoaklandsports.com?Email pertinent information to results@northoaklandsports.com or to Senior Editor Dan Stickradt at Dan.Stickradt@northoaklandsports.com FOR MORE BASEBALL COVERAGE: http://northoaklandsports.com/?s=Baseball&x=16&y=13 BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans NOVI — When he learned early Tuesday that he would […]
BASEBALL: Area District Pairings
MORE BASEBALL LINKS: BASEBALL: http://northoaklandsports.com/?s=Baseball&x=16&y=13 Baseball Below are the 2014 MHSAA baseball district pairings for schools in the coverage area for www.northoaklandsports.com. DIVISION 1 DISTRICT NO. 4 (Hosted by Davison) Tuesday’s pre-district game: Lapeer East vs. Davison, 4 p.m. Saturday’s district semifinals games: Lapeer East/Davison winner vs. Ortonville Brandon, 10 a.m.; Grand […]
BASEBALL: Davison Faith blanks Troy Bethany in MACS semifinals
DAVISON —Davison Faith Baptist returned to the diamond Saturday and whisked away Troy Bethany Christian in the Michigan Association of Christian Schools state semifinals, 4-0. Junior Parker Barnett went the distance and carried a no-hitter until there were two outs in the seventh. He finished the day with single-game school record 19 strikeouts, one […]
BASEBALL: Kettering’s Dudek pitches 1-0 district gem in upset of Lake Orion
NOTE: Have photos or video of this event you would like to share with digital daily www.northoaklandsports.com?Email pertinent information to results@northoaklandsports.com or to Senior Editor Dan Stickradt at Dan.Stickradt@northoaklandsports.com BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans LAKE ORION — Avery Dudek openly admits he was a little nervous Tuesday evening. With […]
BASEBALL: Holly picking up the pace, sweeps rival Fenton
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR Dan.Stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter:@LocalSportsFans HOLLY — When Holly captured its first league championship in baseball in 43 seasons last year, the Bronchos started slow and finished strong. Holly eventually overcame a 2-6 start to finish 10-6 in the league and share the crown with Clio. Benny Jackson, Holly’s third-year coach, hopes […]
2014 BASEBALL TEAM CAPSULES
2014 BASEBALL TEAM CAPSULES Below are the 2014 baseball team capsules for teams located in the coverage region for www.northoaklandsports.com and The Real Deal Sports Magazine. Profiles compiled by Senior Editor Daniel Stickradt based on surveys emailed to coaches. Email updates, scores and other information to Dan.Stickradt@northoaklandsports.com or Results@northoaklandsports.com. Follow on Twitter @LocalSportsFans or […]
