Tag: "Basketball"
COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Maynard returning home to Rochester College
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ROCHESTER HILLS — Drew Maynard is returning to Oakland County and he will be in new digs. Maynard signed recently with Rochester College, a national powerhouse in the United States Collegiate Athletic Association and a new member of the NAIA. Maynard, a 2008 graduate of Lake […]
COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Lester Harbin added to Oakland women’s basketball coaching staff
ROCHESTER HILLS — Lester Harbin, Jr. has been hired as an assistant women’s basketball coach at Oakland, head coach Beckie Francis announced on Monday. Harbin brings experience as both an assistant and head coach, which will help him in his new role with the Golden Grizzlies. “I’m very excited about hiring Les,” said Francis. “He […]
Former Oakland star Hamilton ready to take the next step
BY GARRETT ELLIOTT STUDENT CORRESPONDENT gtelliot@oakland.edu ROCHESTER HILLS — His days of being a student-athlete are done, but the work is far from over for former Oakland University basketball player Reggie Hamilton. Hamilton is on the basketball court at the Athletics Center O’Rena — a place that has become home for him the last […]
GIRLS BASKETBALL: All-Conference teams
Girls Basketball ALL-FUNDAMENTAL BAPTIST ATHLETIC CONFERENCE RED DIVISION LEAGUE MVP — Emily Hinkenkamp, Clinton Township Faith Christian 6-2 sr. F. FIRST TEAM Clinton Township Faith Christian: Emily Hinkenkamp, 6-2 sr. F.; Hannah Bossner, 5-8 soph. G; Lake Orion Baptist: Breanne Watterworth, 6-3 soph. C; Jill Streetman, 5-11 sr. F; Rochester Hills Christian: Allise Dubay, […]
A.P. Boys Basketball Class A All-State Team
ASSOCIATED PRESS BOYS BASKETBALL CLASS A ALL-STATE TEAM CLASS A ALL-STATE FIRST TEAM: Player of the Year: Matt Costello, Bay City Western, 6-10, Sr. Travontis Richardson, Saginaw, 6-3, Sr. Bishop Robinson, Kalamazoo Loy-Norrix, 6-2, Jr. Connar Tava, Warren De La Salle, 6-6, Sr. Denzel Watts, Flint Carman-Ainsworth, 6-1, Jr. Kahlil Felder, Detroit Pershing, […]
L’Anse Creuse North knocks down Lake Orion to reach Final Four
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans DETROIT — With neither team being ranked in the top 20 entering the postseason, Macomb L’Anse Creuse North boys basketball coach was asked Tuesday night if his Crusaders or Lake Orion were Cinderella stories. Don’t tell that to L’Anse Creuse North. The Crusaders have now extended […]
Oakland’s Hamilton named Lou Henson All-America
BOSTON — Oakland’s Reggie Hamilton was named to the 2012 Lou Henson All-America team, announced by CollegeInsider.com. Hamilton, a native of Chicago, leads the nation in scoring at 26.3 points per game. Hamilton has the Golden Grizzlies in the semifinals of the CIT Postseason tournament. He tallied a Summit League record919 points this season and […]
Oakland cooks up some ‘Rice’, advances to CollegeInsider semifinals
By DAN FENNER CORRESPONDENT Special to NorthOaklandSports.com ROCHESTER — Three games, three wins. latest victim of Oakland’s inspired run to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament semifinals was Rice University on Tuesday night, as the Grizzlies survived to win, 77-70, thanks to the dominance they displayed in the first half. Oakland was a team possessed in the first […]
AOTW: New Hampshire-bound Duffey savors moment of state championship run
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans EAST LANSING — When Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes girls basketball program walked off the court at Michigan State University’s Breslin Center Saturday afternoon, several individuals involved enjoyed the special moments. While the Lakers celebrated its rare third straight Class D girls basketball title, it […]
Oakland rolls past Buffalo into CollegeInsider.com Elite Eight
BY DAN FENNER CORRESPONDENT Special to NorthOaklandSports.com ROCHESTER — No, it isn’t the NCAA Tournament, but for Oakland University men’s basketball coach Greg Kampe and his players, the CollegeInsider.com postseason tournament is not being taken lightly. Coming off a convincing victory over Bowling Green on Wednesday, the Golden Grizzlies followed up with one of their best […]
Associated Press Girls Basketball Class C All-State Team
ASSOCIATED PRESS GIRLS BASKETBALL CLASS C ALL-STATE TEAM CLASS C ALL-STATE FIRST TEAM Player of the Year: Madison Ristovski, Grosse Pointe Woods University-Liggett, 5-10, Sr. Sheyna Deans, Mount Clemens, 5-10, Sr. Sarah Appold, Saginaw Valley Lutheran, 5-9, Sr. Dy’man Webb, Flint Hamady, 6-1, Sr. Annemarie Hamlet, McBain, 5-6, Sr. Bailey Cairnduff, Morley-Stanwood, 5-11, […]
Associated Press Girls Basketball Class B All-State Team
ASSOCIATED PRESS GIRLS BASKETBALL CLASS B ALL-STATE TEAM CLASS B ALL-STATE FIRST TEAM Player of the Year: Aerial Powers, Birmingham Detroit Country Day, 5-11, Sr. Amber Deane, Birmingham Detroit Country Day, 5-9, Sr. Brittany Streetman, Warren Lincoln, 5-7, Sr. Kiara Kudron, New Boston Huron, 6-2, Sr. Rosanna Reynolds, Dearborn Divine Child, 5-9, Sr. Tori Jankoska, […]
Michigan Association of Christian Schools All-State Girls Basketball
MACS ALL-STATE BASKETBALL Below are the 2011-12 Michigan Association of Christian Schools All-State boys basketball and girls basketball teams, as selected by coaches of member schools. Corrections and additions of player’s height, grade and position can be submitted to dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com GIRLS BASKETBALL DIVISION I DIVISION I FIRST TEAM Emily Hinsenkamp Clinton Twp. Faith […]
Associated Press Girls Basketball Class A All-State Team
ASSOCIATED PRESS ALL-STATE GIRLS BASKETBALL CLASS A ALL-STATE FIRST TEAM Player of the Year: Caprice Dennis, Detroit Pershing, 5-9, Sr., Branndais Agee, Detroit Cass Tech, 5-11, Sr. Kelsey Mitchell, Inkster, 6-1, Sr. Raven Bankston, Detroit Mumford, 6-7, Jr. Marie Gaedke, Dearborn Edsel Ford, 5-10, Sr. Elena Popkey, Warren Cousino, 5-7, Sr. Gabby Yurik, Stoney […]
Associated Press Girls Basketball Class D All-State Team
Associated Press Girls Basketball Class D All-State Team CLASS D ALL-STATE FIRST TEAM Sarah Theut, Marine City Cardinal Mooney, 5-10, Sr., Player of the Year Carlee Cottrell, Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes, 5-9, Sr. Lexie Robak, Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes, 5-9, Jr. Sara Hansen, Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart, 5-6, So. Lexi Gussert, […]
Back again: Our Lady of the Lakes downs St. Patrick to gain third straight finals berth
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans EAST LANSING — Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes received a scare Thursday evening. Yet it was the Lakers’ defensive schemes that proved to be the fright of the night. Locked in a three-point game with7:17 to go, the seventh-ranked Lakes went on a 13-0 run, […]
87 years in the making: Lake Orion wins first regional title since 1925
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter:@LocalSportsFans LAKE ORION — Just a few short weeks ago, Tom Risi wrote a brief challenge up on the board in the team meeting room for his players to see. Perhaps his players took the message to heart. Risi, Lake Orion’s first-year boys basketball coach, told his team […]
Back in the Final Four: Lakes cruises past Michigan Lutheran Seminary to reach state semis once again
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter:@LocalSportsFans WATERFORD — As the two-time defending state champions in Class D, Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes’ girls basketball has played with a chip on its shoulder all season. Despite a tough schedule, the Lakers have were only able to finish seventh in the final Associated Press […]
