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Repeat Offender: Oakland claims second straight regular season Summit League title
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com ROCHESTER HILLS — For the first time this season, Oakland failed to shoot over 50 percent from the floor in a Summit League men’s basketball game. In fact, a 40.4 percent performance was one of the team’s lowest overall in the past two years combined. That didn’t deter the […]
Hartland dispatches Adams, Clarkston for 10th straight regional title
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com HARTLAND — It may almost seem like a right of passage, but Hartland is making a return trip to the Division 1 state quarterfinals. The fourth-ranked Eagles, slated for a rebuilding year, took down a pair of OAA Red Division schools Wednesday on their home mats, topping Rochester Adams […]
Showing no mercy: Bruins clinch FBAC title share by rolling Springfield Christian by 38
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com CLARKSTON — Troy Bethany Christian has had some blowout wins in the Fundamental Baptist Athletic Conference this season. Still the Bruins had to work for a 10-point decision over Clarkston Springfield Christian last week. This time around, Bethany Christian returned to its blowout ways. With Springfield Christian missing its […]
Adams matmen top Lake Orion to end 10-year district drought
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com LAKE ORION — The last time Rochester Adams won a district title in wrestling, Mike Holtz was a freshman in college. The current Highlanders head coach was part of some of Adams’ all-star teams in the late 90s and graduated from Adams in 2000. The Highlanders won a district […]
Clash of the Titans…No. 3 Oxford pins down No. 2 Davison for district title
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com OXFORD — Seven straight years, Oxford has walked off the wrestling mats with a district championship. Perhaps none were bigger than Wednesday’s title. The third-ranked Wildcats avenged an earlier defeat to Davison, topping the visiting No. 2-ranked Cardinals, 31-19, in a Division 1 district final. Oxford, which has appeared […]
Clarkston keeps Troy in check
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com CLARKSTON — Both Clarkston and Troy shared a common thread entering Tuesday night. The host Wolves shared the lead in the OAA Red Division boys basketball race, while Troy is the sole leader of the OAA White Division. As conference leaders, both have played extremely well in recent weeks. […]
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Versatile Watterworth shining bright for Golden Grizzlies
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com ROCHESTER HILLS — If there is a fault in Bethany Watterworth’s basketball game, it’s that’s she’s tough to label. Put her in the post, then she’ll pull a quick spin move and go up hard for the basket, or she’ll quickly kick the ball back out to open teammate. […]
Standing tall: Stoney Creek has master plan of defending first cheerleading state title
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com ROCHESTER HILLS — There’s nothing like peaking at the right time. Rochester Stoney Creek did just that in competitive cheerleading last winter, posting its best efforts on the final two weekends of the season. That is the goal again this season. “I think we finally put it all together […]
Seaholm stakes claim to Oakland County crown
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com LAKE ORION — Kenneth Stelpflug knows the importance of the championship season in swimming. The Clarkston senior made sure he opened up that final stretch with a strong kick. He was one of only two individuals to win two open events at the prestigious Oakland County Boys Swimming & […]
Oxford ready to put finishing touches on OAA-Red wrestling title
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com OXFORD — A change in conferences can leave any team apprehensive about its new surroundings. Not Oxford’s wrestling program. The Wildcats, ranked third in Division 1, have more than weathered the storm in the confines of the Oakland Activities Association Red Division this season, where they finished the dual […]
What a Duzey … Athens senior to take multi talents to Iowa
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com TROY — When Jake Duzey was in middle school, his mom had this notion that he would someday be a great swimmer. “Yeah, she did,” chuckled Duzey. “I swam for about two and half years. I wasn’t bad it, but I liked other sports better.” Duzey has spent much […]
Adams-Rochester to clash at Crosstown Showdown
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com ROCHESTER HILLS — The rivalry between Rochester and Rochester Adams in some sports goes back some 40 years to the 1969-70 school year, when Adams opened its doors. The rivalry still stands today. Although somewhat different due to the district moving to three high schools in 2002, the Adams-Rochester […]
Aubrey’s triple helps Gazelles avenge Everest Collegiate WITH VIDEO
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com CLARKSTON — In the span of a month, Clarkston Everest Collegiate and Bloomfield Hills Sacred Heart have formed quite an intense girls basketball rivalry. After dropping a 40-35, double-overtime, contest to Everest earlier this month, the Gazelles returned the favor with a 38-33 CHSL Tri-Sectional victory Thursday over host […]
Oakland sets all-time Summit League record with 17th straight conference win
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com FARGO, N.D. — Streaks com in all sizes. For Oakland University’s men’s basketball team, the Golden Grizzlies current streak is longer than any other in conference history. Oakland captured its 17th straight regular season Summit League win Saturday night —20th straight including the three conference tournament wins last season […]
Blue turf given green light at Oxford
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com OXFORD — Finally, turf will be arriving in Oxford. The Oxford Community Schools Board of Education voted unanimously Monday night to except a financial gift donation, plus money already raised by the public, to allow installation of a blue turf inside the track at the high school athletics stadium. […]
2010 All-Area Football: Weapons on both sides of the ball spark postseason accolades
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com For the first time since 2003, an area football team captured a state title. That’s why there is no great surprise that this year’s all-area team has a Lake Orion flavor to it. The Dragons have multiple first-team and second-team honorees, but by no means occupy the whole squad. […]
2010 All-Area Boys Soccer: This talented group has all the accolades to prove worth
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Time and time again schools throughout Oakland County have produced plenty of fine talent when it comes to the sport of boys soccer. The pipeline is so deep that is goes back more than 30 years and it never seems to waver. Just in the coverage area of www.northoaklandsports.com, […]
2010 All-Area Girls Cross-Country: Runners join the front pack to bring home accolades
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Championship cross-country teams or individuals have come from this area of Michigan for many years. That continued again this fall again in girls cross country. Although no area teams finished in the top five at the state finals, the area did produce several all-state runners and another state champion. […]
