Tag: "high school football"
Upset special: Adams holds the line to take down Oxford
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com OXFORD — Tony Patritto insists that he had one of the best football players in the state on his side in Tony Annese. The Rochester Adams football coach proved to the state why Friday night that very belief on the opening night of the Division 2 football playoffs. Annese, […]
AOTW: Clarkston’s Baenziger deals with countless acts of adversity to shine on the field
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com CLARKSTON — Some athletes have to face all types of adversity. Mitch Baenziger has had to face plenty of it as an athlete at Clarkston High School — and that list is long. Yet the two-sport athlete, who is a quarterback in football and plays guard in basketball, has […]
Second season: Holly, eight other local schools celebrate playoffs invite
Adams, Athens, Avondale, Brandon, Clarkston, Lake Orion, Notre Dame Prep Oxford also prepping for postseason games BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com HOLLY — It has been said in sports that all good things must come to an end. In Holly, the good things are only just beginning. Now that the Bronchos have broken their […]
Notre Dame Prep completes perfect regular season with Prep Bowl title
DETROIT— Nothing was going to stop Pontiac Notre Dame Prep from a perfect regular season. Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard was just in the path of a storm. The Fighting Irish, ranked in the top 10 in Division 4, put the finishing touches on a 9-0 season to carry some momentum into the postseason, rolling to […]
Wolves down Lake Orion to gain OAA-Red title share
BY TIM PONTZER STUDENT CORRESPONDENT CLARKSTON — With their backs against the wall, the Clarkston Wolves stepped up and rallied in a major way Friday night. Clarkston, needing a sixth win to reach the postseason, came back from a 31-21 deficit in the fourth quarter with a 17-0 spurt to take down arch-rival Lake Orion, […]
Rochester closes out Royal Oak for third straight win; Avondale edges Berkley on Sroka’s boot
ROCHESTER HILLS — Behind 13 points in both the first and third quarters, Rochester closed the 2011 season with three straight wins behind a 26-7 triumph over visiting Royal Oak. Manny Mendoza, who recently had a cast removed from a broken bone in his hand, hauled in a 72-year pass from John Doroshewitz to kickstart […]
Athens downs Troy to shift rivalry Red Hawks’ way
BY JAKE LOURIM STUDENT CORRESPONDENT j.lourim@comcast.net TROY — Midway through the annual Troy-Troy Athens game on Friday, Athens quarterback Ben Bartnowak missed a screen throw to his running back, who promptly took the poor throw off the bounce in the backfield and took it upfield for a first down. A fitting play amidst a rough […]
Adams clinches 15th straight postseason appearance with shutout of Stoney Creek
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com ROCHESTER HILLS — Few schools in Michigan can bolster the type of streak that Rochester Adams has in prep football. The Highlanders clinched their 15th straight postseason appearance Friday night. Behind the combination of Tony Annese and David Jagow, Adams rolled over host Rochester Stoney Creek, 35-0, in OAA […]
Oxford plows by Oak Park for fifth straight win
OAK PARK — Every team wants to enter the postseason on a roll. Oxford is just a team. The Wildcats capped the regular season with their fifth straight win Friday, topping host Oak Park 31-21 . Prescott Line was held to 25 carries and 176 yards and scored on 1, 2 and 6 yards for […]
The drought has ended: Holly stymies Brandon to earn first league championship since 1952
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com HOLLY — The last time that Holly won a conference championship in football, Dwight D. Eisenhower was President of the United State and rock era hadn’t even begun on the airways. Davey Crockett hats were more common than cell phones today and television — if you were lucky enough […]
Oxford’s Line a Mr. Football finalist
OXFORD — Oxford senior running back-linebacker Prescott Line is a finalist for the 2011 Mr. Football award, given annually to one senior football player in Michigan by State Champs TV and MetroPCS. Line joins Ann Arbor Skyline QB Andrew Copp, Novi Detroit Catholic Central OT-DT Matt Godin, Farmington Harrison senior WR-RB Aaron Burbridge, Ann Arbor […]
Stick’s Picks: League titles, final playoff spots on the line in Week 9
It was two months ago when football teams at nearly 700 schools around the state entered the 2011 season with high hopes. For most, those hopes have dwindled. For a few, league championships have been won and playoff spots have been clinched. For a few others, there is still Week 9 to grab that final […]
MHSAA News: Week 9 football playoffs points listing
EAST LANSING – Here is a list of Michigan High School Athletic Association football playing schools, displaying their win-loss records and playoff averages through the seventh week of the season. Schools on this list are in enrollment order. An asterisk (*) beside a record indicates that a team has 8 or fewer games scheduled. A […]
Holly clinches playoff spot with win over Lansing Waverly
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com HOLLY — Lansing Waverly has averaged over 300 yards rushing a game this season. Holly limited that ground assault to 30 attempts for 71 yards. The result was the host Bronchos chalking up a 37-25 non-conference football victory Friday over Waverly, which clinched Holly’s second straight postseason berth and […]
Adams plows past Troy in OAA crossover
BY JAKE LOURIM STUDENT CORRESPONDENT j.lourim@comcast.net TROY — Having to win out in order to make the state postseason for the 14th straight time, Rochester Adams made sure there was still hope entering Week 9 of the season. The Highlanders won the battle at the line of scrimmage and rolled past Troy, 35-19, in the […]
Harrison downs Lake Orion to become undisputed OAA champ
BY GARRETT SMITH STUDENT CORRESPONDENT LAKE ORION — Farmington Hills Harrison is the undisputed top team in the Oakland Activities Association. The Hawks, who are ranked nationally in multiple circles, defeated host Lake Orion, 28-7, Friday night in a game that featured the top teams from the OAA White Division and OAA Red Division. Harrison […]
Oxford pushes the ‘Line’ past Clarkston to clinch playoff spot
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com CLAKRSTON — With blood on his torn and tattered jersey, Prescott Line could only wear a smile late Friday night. The Oxford two-way starter literally carried more than another All-American performance on his shoulders. With several teammates involved in a car accident Thursday night, including one still in the […]
Friday’s Roundup: Rochester downs Stoney Creek; Athens stymies Southfield
ROCHESTER HILLS — For the first time in 41 years, Rochester will not face rival Rochester Adams on the grid-iron. The Falcons had the next best thing Friday night, drawing Rochester Stoney Creek in the OAA Crossover Showcase at home. Rochester did not disappoint, rolling to a 14-0 lead after the first quarter and cruising […]
