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MONDAY’S BOYS BASKETBALL DISTRICT ROUNDUP:  Pontiac holds off Kettering; Mott edge Avondale; Northwest rolls Madison

MONDAY’S BOYS BASKETBALL DISTRICT ROUNDUP: Pontiac holds off Kettering; Mott edge Avondale; Northwest rolls Madison

| March 5, 2013 | Comments (0)

TROY — Pontiac staved off Waterford Kettering’s fourth quarter barrage to post a 60-54 victory over the Captains in a Class A boys basketball district opener at Troy High School Monday. Kettering (4-17) outscored the Phoenix 24-11 to make it a six-game deficit inside the final minute. The Captains could not  complete the comeback. Javante […]

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Everest Collegiate trips Lakes for district crown

Everest Collegiate trips Lakes for district crown

| March 10, 2012 | Comments (4)

BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter:@LocalSportsFans   CLARKSTON — Sometimes a metropolitan area can takes years, even decades, to build up. Championship teams often take many years as well. At Clarkston Everest Collegiate, the boys basketball program has flourished in just three short seasons. The Mountaineers built captured their first-ever CHSL Intersectional Division title […]

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Imlay City clamps down on Notre Dame Prep for district title

Imlay City clamps down on Notre Dame Prep for district title

| March 10, 2012 | Comments (4)

BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans IMLAY CITY — There was a mandated overtime session Friday in Imlay City and the host Spartans were rewarded with a district trophy for their extra work. Imlay City outscored Pontiac Notre Dame Prep, 18-2, in the overtime period to lift it to a 57-41 victory the […]

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Fenton snaps Clarkston’s district streak at 19 straight titles, 47 consecutive district wins

Fenton snaps Clarkston’s district streak at 19 straight titles, 47 consecutive district wins

| March 10, 2012 | Comments (8)

BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans   SWARTZ CREEK — In 1993, Clarkston lost in a boys basketball Class A district semifinal to Romeo, 67-52. At the time, the result didn’t seem to add up to much. The Wolves went on to post one of the longest streaks in the state of Michigan […]

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Breaking the hex: Lake Orion stuns Rochester for first district title in 28 years

Breaking the hex: Lake Orion stuns Rochester for first district title in 28 years

| March 10, 2012 | Comments (7)

BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans   ROCHESTER HILLS — A long drought had to come to an end Friday night at Rochester Adams. Both Rochester and Lake Orion had not won a district since the mid-1980s, with Rochester’s last district coming in 1988 and Lake Orion’s 1984. Despite losing in the district […]

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Lake Orion holds off Oxford for district win

Lake Orion holds off Oxford for district win

| March 8, 2012 | Comments (1)

BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com   ROCHESTER HILLS — One long drought will end Friday night. Lake Orion, which has not won a district championship in boys basketball since 1984, will play for a district championship thanks to a 64-57 victory Wednesday over rival Oxford in a Class A district semifinal at Rochester Adams. […]

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BOYS BASKETBALL: Clarkston thumps Holly, 73-19; Fenton knocks out Brandon

BOYS BASKETBALL: Clarkston thumps Holly, 73-19; Fenton knocks out Brandon

| March 8, 2012 | Comments (1)

SWARTZ CREEK — Clarkston has heard the verbal abuse this season that its size, or lack thereof, will eventually cost the Wolves. Clarkston has time and time again silenced its critics. With one of its smallest teams height-wise since the mid-1990s, the Wolves used their superior guard play to thump Holly, a team with much […]

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Troy avenges Pontiac in district semis; Mott upends Athens

Troy avenges Pontiac in district semis; Mott upends Athens

| March 8, 2012 | Comments (2)

TROY — Behind a 22-17 lead to start the game, Troy was able to grab the early lead and cruised to a 66-57 triumph over Pontiac in a Class A district semifinal at Troy Athens. Pontiac (formerly Pontiac Northern) had knocked the Colts out four times in less than a decade, including in a district […]

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Troy escapes upstart Kettering, eyes Pontiac

Troy escapes upstart Kettering, eyes Pontiac

| March 6, 2012 | Comments (2)

BY JAKE LOURIM STUDENT CORRESPONDENT j.lourim@comcast.net   TROY — All hopes of a Troy-Pontiac showdown Wednesday were about to disappear at the hands of the most unlikely opponent. But a few big plays from James Young, and Troy escaped with a sloppy effort to advance.   Troy eventually withstood pesky Waterford Kettering’s upset bid Monday […]

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MONDAY’S BOYS BASKETBALL DISTRICT ROUNDUP: Lake Orion eliminates Stoney Creek; Foley knocks out Oakland Christian

MONDAY’S BOYS BASKETBALL DISTRICT ROUNDUP: Lake Orion eliminates Stoney Creek; Foley knocks out Oakland Christian

| March 6, 2012 | Comments (2)

ROCHESTER HILLS — Upsets often occur on the first night of the postseason. Teams with less-than-stellar regular seasons are given new life during the district week. Rochester Stoney Creek was hoping to be one of those teams. With no realistic chance at a district trophy, the Cougars would love nothing more than to bump off […]

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