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GIRLS VOLLEYBALL: Lake Orion avenges Oxford with district sweep
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans HOLLY — Being a Final Four team each of the past two years, Lake Orion didn’t always play like a superior volleyball team this season. The Dragons had their fair share of ebbs and flows and ups and downs. Yet when it counted most, Lake Orion jacked […]
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL: Lake Orion opens tourney with swift sweep of Waterford Kettering
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans HOLLY — Coming off back to back trips to the Class A/Division 1 Final Four, including the 2018 state championship, Lake Orion took the first step in that same direction Monday night as the state tournament kicked off across the state. The Dragons, honorable mention in the […]
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL: Lake Orion becomes first OAA school to win volleyball state title
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans BATTLE CREEK — Despite being a dominant league in all sports across the board, the Oakland Activities Association had never captured a state title in girls volleyball in its 25-year history. That is, until Saturday afternoon at Battle Creek’s Kellogg Arena. Lake Orion broke down the long-standing […]
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL: Lake Orion sweeps Stoney Creek for first regional title since 2011
BY DAN STICKRADT CORRESPONDENT dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans LAKE ORION — Revenge can be sweet. Especially when it comes in the state tournament. After falling to Rochester Stoney Creek in an OAA Red Division showdown one month ago, Lake Orion gained its measure of revenge on the Cougars with a 3-0 sweep in the Division 1 […]
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL: Knockout blow: Clarkston ousts Lake Orion in five-game thriller for district crown
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans LAKE ORION — Momentum can be a strange animal in the sport of volleyball. The moment you feel you have it, a play can quickly develop and spin the pendulum the other way faster than one can say the first string of letters in the alphabet. Ask […]
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL: Lake Orion claims league title, hits postseason in stride
BY DAN STICKRADT CORRESPONDENT dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans LAKE ORION — With a perfect record, Lake Orion has retained the OAA Red Division championship. And this time the Dragons are not in a sharing mood. A year ago after finishing in a three-way tie for the league title with Rochester Stoney Creek and Birmingham Seaholm at […]
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL: Lake Orion climbing back to top 10 territory, eyes OAA Red Division title
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans LAKE ORION — Over the past decade, Lake Orion has consistently fielded a girls volleyball team ranked inside the Class A top 20. That trend has more than continued this season. The Dragons, who finished as the runner-up to state powerhouse North Branch at the Mt. Morris […]
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL: Romeo outlasts Lake Orion in five-game whirlwind thriller
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ROMEO — Lake Orion knew the eye of the storm was coming. The Dragons found out just what it feels like to be in the path of the tornado. The funnel cloud came in the shape of Romeo’s Gia Milana. The 6-foot-2 senior outside hitter recorded a […]
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL: Lake Orion enacts district revenge on Clarkston
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans WATERFORD — Over the past decade-plus, Clarkston has held an upper hand on Lake Orion when it comes to district success and championships. In fact, the only time in recent memory that Lake Orion did not lose to Clarkston in a district contest was when the […]
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL: Back from recess, Clarkston sweeps Lake Orion for 11th district title in 13 seasons
Wolves advance to regional finals for fourth time in six years BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR Dan.Stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans LAKE ORION — After falling into a little bit of a lull during the final two weeks of the regular season, Clarkston’s girls volleyball program made quite a statement Friday that the Wolves are […]
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL: Clarkston fends off Lake Orion to reach district finals
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 VOLLEYBALL COVERAGE: http://northoaklandsports.com/?s=Volleyball&x=0&y=9 BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans CLARKSTON — It is only fitting that Clarkston and Lake […]
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL: Clarkston rallies to upset No. 2 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 FOR MORE VOLLEYBALL COVERAGE: http://northoaklandsports.com/?s=Volleyball&x=0&y=9 a BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans LAKE ORION — It’s hard to call Clarkston beating […]
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL: Clarkston rallies past Lake Orion in five games for sixth straight district
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ROMEO — Mission accomplished. With its bar set high every season, Clarkston’s volleyball team passed its first postseason test Saturday, topping arch-rival Lake Orion, 3-2, in a Class A district finals at Romeo High school to complete a 3-0 week. The second-ranked Wolves posted a 21-25, […]
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL: Lake Orion sweeps Oxford to set up showdown with Clarkston
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ROMEO — For three straight years, Clarkston defeated Lake Orion on the final night of OAA Red Division play to capture a conference championship. The Dragons suffered a five-game defeat by the hands of the second-ranked Wolves only two weeks ago, including a nail-biting 18-16 fifth […]
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL: Down to the wire, Lake Orion holds off Troy
BY JAKE LOURIM STUDENT CORRESPONDENT j.lourim@comcast.net LAKE ORION — As Troy senior Nicole Hahn went up to try to save a 10th match point for the Colts, the entire gym fell silent. The only sound was Troy coach Vince Muscat’s “Cover her!” It was too late. Lake Orion’ Sophie Murdock blocked Troy’s last […]
VOLLEYBALL: Lake Orion reloading its arsenal
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ROCHESTER HILLS — For those around Lake Orion’s volleyball program, the 2011 seasons was a campaign to remember. But despite advancing the Final Four and finishing as the Class A state runner-up a year ago, Lake Orion’s season of dreams did not include a league title. […]
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL: NDP downs Oxford, Grand Blanc
LAKE ORION — Pontiac Notre Dame Prep finished 2-1 Tuesday at a non-league quad at Lake Orion. The fighting Irish defeated Grand Blanc (23-25, 25-19, 25-18) and Oxford (25-17, 25-21)and lost to Lake Orion (19-25, 25-19, 25-16). Leading the attack for the 7-1-1 Irish was Katherine Carlson, who went 77-for-84 attacking including 43 kills. The […]
BACK TO WORK: Lake Orion opens with high expectations
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans LAKE ORION — Behind a grand season, Lake Orion’s volleyball team advanced farther in 2011 than any other school from the Oakland Activities Association since the league’s inception in 1994-95. The Dragons were Class A state runner-up, falling to Rockford 3-0 in the title match. Part […]