Tag: "football"
OAA RED DIVISION TEAM CAPSULES
PREP FOOTBALL PREVIEWS 2012 OAKLAND ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATION TEAM CAPSULES (Team capsules compiled by Dan Stickradt. He can be reached by email at dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com. Follow on Twitter @LocalSportsFans) OAA RED DIVISION Clarkston HEAD COACH: Kurt Richardson, 26th season (179-76). ASSISTANT COACHES: Jeff Long, Pete Gallagher, Tom Hurley, Ryan Kaul, Phil Price, Brian Zezula, […]
OAA WHITE DIVISION TEAM CAPSULES
PREP FOOTBALL PREVIEWS 2012 OAKLAND ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATION TEAM CAPSULES Team capsules compiled by Dan Stickradt. He can be reached by email at dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com. Follow on Twitter @LocalSportsFans) OAA WHITE DIVISION Farmington HEAD COACH: John Bechtel, 14th season (75-65). ASSISTANT COACHES: Tom Burk, Jason Albrecht, Greg Smith, Harvey Heitman, Chuck Petitpas, Rod Risner 2011 […]
CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL LEAGUE TEAM CAPSULES
PREP FOOTBALL 2012 CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL LEAGUE TEAM CAPSULES (Team capsules compiled by Dan Stickradt. He can be reached by email at dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com. Follow on Twitter @LocalSportsFans) CHSL-CENTRAL DIVISION Birmingham Brother Rice HEAD COACH: Al Fracassa, 53rd season (404-115-7 overall). ASSISTANT COACHES: 2011 RECORD: 10-4, 1-3 CHSL-Central Division (fourth); Postseason: Def. North Farmington […]
PLAYOFFS FOOTBALL TEAMS THROUGHOUT THE YEARS
PLAYOFFS CHART Below is a look back at all of the prep football teams from the www.northoaklandsports.com coverage area and the years that each school reached the postseason. The order is listed from most to least playoffs teams: Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes Postseason Appearances: 22, 1982, 1983, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993; […]
OAA BLUE DIVISION TEAM CAPSULES
PREP FOOTBALL 2012 OAKLAND ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATION TEAM CAPSULES OAA BLUE DIVISION (Team capsules compiled by Dan Stickradt. He can be reached by email at dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com. Follow on Twitter @LocalSportsFans) Auburn Hills Avondale HEAD COACH: Steve Deutsch, 11th season at Avondale (50-46); 28th overall. ASSISTANT COACHES: Torre Robinson, Anthony Epperson, James Prince, Roderick Reed, Stephen Watkins, […]
Daily Poll: Who will win the CHSL-AA Division football race this season?:
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]
Who will win the CHSL Intersectional Division football race this season?
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]
DAILY POLL: Who will win the CFLM Metro Division football race this season?
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 […]
DAILY POLL: Who will win the OAA Blue Division footaball race this season?
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]
DAILY POLL: Who will win the Flint Metro League football race this season?
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]
Football teams head back to work as optimism rings at high volumes
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 […]
COLLEGE FOOTBALL COMMITMENTS — Class of 2013
Know of a local prep football player made an oral commitment, agreed to terms for a walk-on position or is currently playing collegiate sports from the www.northoaklandsports.com coverage region? Please feel free to submit information about any local athletes. Include photos and contact information and we will compile feature stories on as many of these […]
Zube the new face in charge of Stoney Creek football
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com ROCHESTER HILLS — Brad Zube considers himself old school. His philosophies are of old school, smashmouth football and the days of multi-sport athletes suiting up on Friday nights still fits well into his system. It is that system that is headed over to Rochester Stoney Creek. Zube was […]
2011 ALL-NORTH OAKLAND AREA FOOTBALL TEAM: Explosive athletes, seasoned veterans anchor grid-iron squad
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com It was another banner year for area football teams and players in 2011. The list of accomplishments was long and so is the recruiting list, as many athletes from the www.northoaklandsports.com coverage region are being sought after by colleges of all sizes. There were nine area schools that made […]
Band of brothers: Renel, Wayne State playing for D-II national title
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com FLORENCE, Alabama — When Josh Renel was a senior in high school, he and his teammates fell one game short of playing for a state championship. An all-state all-purpose running back, Renel and Rochester Adams were upset in the Division 2 state semifinals by Detroit King in the state […]
Simply the best: Oxford’s Prescott Line wins 2011 MetroPCS Mr. Football Award
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com OXFORD — Four months ago, Prescott Line vowed to bring Oxford’s football program back to prominence. The Oxford senior accomplished that and much more during the 2011 season. Line, a three-sport athlete, was announced as the 2011 recipient of the State Champs / MetroPCS Mr. Football Award, given annually […]
DIVISION 5 BONUS COVERAGE: Flint Powers stuns top-ranked Lansing CC for state crown
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com DETROIT — Six hours after watching Saginaw Nouvel Catholic score a state finals state record 56 points, Flint Powers Catholic got into the same act. In a weekend of high-octane offenses and wild upsets, Flint Powers shocked top-ranked and previously unbeaten Lansing Catholic Central, 56-26, in the Division 5 […]
DIVISION 1 BONUS COVERAGE: Cass Tech shocks Catholic Central for first state title
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com DETROIT — Unheralded and unranked no more. Detroit Cass Tech pulled off one of the more memorable upsets in state finals history, establishing many firsts with an out-of-nowhere, 49-13, route of second-ranked Novi Detroit Catholic Central in the Division 1 finals at Ford Field. The Technicians, highly-rated in the […]
