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BASEBALL: Lake Orion edges Troy; Northwest stymies Greenhills
LAKE ORION — Lake Orion won for he fourth time in four days Tuesday, topping Troy 2-0 in an OAA Red Division baseball game to remain in a first-place tie with Troy Athens and Clarkston. Bret Wyss went 2-for-3 and scored both runs for Lake Orion (14-4, 5-2). Cole Schaenzer struck out nine in seven […]
Oxford stuns state-ranked Brother Rice
OXFORD — Oxford’s first baseball win of the season came in grand fashion Tuesday. The Wildcats stunned Division 1 fourth-ranked Birmingham Brother Rice, 5-1, in a non-conference game. Oxford scored a run in the fifth and added four in the sixth while surrendering only one run in the top of the seventh. Matt Economou was […]
Clarkston seniors gain first taste of victory over Lake Orion
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com LAKE ORION — Seniors on Clarkston’s baseball team had never experienced the satisfaction of defeating its chief rival. That came to an end Friday. The visiting Wolves built a 6-1 advantage on Lake Orion through two innings and hung on for a 8-5 OAA Red Division victory. “Beating Lake […]
Top-ranked Liggett shows no mercy on Lutheran Northwest
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com ROCHESTER HILLS — Grosse Pointe Woods University-Liggett has long been a small-school powerhouse in baseball. By the Knights’ standards, last year’s fourth-place finish in the MIAC Blue Division was a rebuilding year that was tough to swallow. Apparently, the Knights have found of cure of its one-year hiccup. The […]
Rochester upsets sixth-ranked Lake Orion
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com ROCHESTER HILLS — After a slow start, Rochester is starting to find its groove on the baseball diamond. The Falcons won for the fifth time in its last six games, pulling a 6-2 upset of Division 1 sixth-ranked Lake Orion Wednesday in OAA Red Division play. It was the […]
BASEBALL ROUNDUP: Athens blasts Oxford; Oakland Christian sweeps Roeper
OXFORD — With two outs and nobody on base, Athens went on to score nine runs in the top of the first inning and that set the stage for a 16-7 victory over host Oxford in OAA Red Division baseball play. Ira Land went 4-for-5 with a double, scored three runs and had five RBI […]
PREP BASEBALL: Athens holds off Avondale; Lake Orion cruises past Stoney Creek
TROY — Troy Athens kept pace in the OAA Red Division by topping visiting Auburn Hills Avondale 6-4 Monday. Tommy Eng was 3-for-4 with two doubles scored twice and had an RBI to lead the Red Hawks (5-2, 4-0). Jacob Barger hit a home run and had two RBI for Athens. Alex Harrison tossed a […]
Up in da club: Clarkston finds the rhythm to dance past Adams
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com CLARKSTON — There’s a few traditions that have been founded in the baseball dugouts at Clarkston: Dancing and pulling pranks. The Wolves are often found dancing to the beat, multiple players in sync, between innings to songs from a multitude of decades. Players are also getting into the act […]
Rochester hands Stoney Creek first league loss
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com ROCHESTER HILLS — In the preseason, Rochester was supposed to be one of the better baseball teams in Oakland County this spring. Yet Falcons coach Eric Magiera has not always seen evidence of that on the ball diamond this season. Rochester is starting to show signs of coming to […]
THURSDAY’S BASEBALL ROUNDUP: Zott’s walk-off avenges Oxford; Stoney Creek hammers Troy
LAKE ORION — Oxford ended Lake Orion’s season last June with a walk-off home run in a Division 1 pre-district. On Thursday, the Dragons remembered. Lake Orion picked up a two-run home run in the bottom of the eighth-inning from senior Zach Zott to lift the Dragons to a 7-5 OAA Red Division victory over […]
TUESDAY’S BASEBALL ROUNDUP: Athens erupts for seven in sixth to topple Shrine
TROY — After dropping its season opener to Bloomfield hills Andover as part of a double header, Troy Athens has been on a tear. The Red Hanes captured their fifth straight win under unfavorable rainy conditions Tuesday, topping visiting Royal Oak Shrine Catholic, 7-3, in a none-league baseball game. Anthony Carrillo led the attack, going […]
Northwest’s McCatty guns down Greenhills
ROCHESTER HILLS — Rochester Hills Lutheran Northwest’s strength this season is the pitching staff. The Crusaders showcased one of those arms Friday in a MIAC Blue Division game against Ann Arbor Greenhills. Senior Luke McCatty fired a one-hitter, struck out nine and walked only one in leading Northwest to a 3-0 shutout of visiting Greenhills. […]
TOP BASEBALL PLAYERS
TOP BASEBALL PLAYERS (Listed alphabetically) Below are the top baseball prospects for the www.northoaklandsports.com coverage area for the 2011 season. NICK BRADLEY, Rochester: Bradley enters the season as one of the state’s top 25 seniors and the three-sport athlete is a fourth-year starter in baseball. Rotating between the pitcher’s mound and shortstop, Bradley become’s the […]
PREP BASEBALL ROUNDUP: Rochester blanks Avondale
ROCHESTER HILLS — Senior right-hander Nick Bradley shut Auburn Hills Avondale down and the Falcons picked up a 4-0 shutout over Auburn Hills Avondale in the OAA Red Division baseball opener for both teams. Rochester scored three runs in the first and tacked on another in the top of the six in a game played […]
Ando’s eighth-inning RBI lifts Athens past Troy
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com TROY — Winning the OAA Red Division baseball title was the furthest thing from Hayato Ando’s mind a year ago. The Troy Athens sophomore didn’t even know it existed. Ando is from Japan, and is taking part in a one-year foreign exchange program in Troy. The Red Hawks are […]
PREP ROUNDUP: Eagles sweep Immanuel; Stevenson drops Lake Orion
ROCHESTER HILLS — Rochester Hills Christian only won three games last season on the baseball diamond. The Eagles are already close to matching that total. Rochester Hills opened the season at home Tuesday, posting a non-league sweep of Corunna Immanuel Christian, 10-1 and 8-1. Freshman Misael Hernandez retired the first 12 batters he faced and […]
OAA Red Division baseball title chase wide open
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com There just might be a fine between winning or losing in the OAA Red Division baseball circle this spring. A very fine line. Always a very competitive league, there seems to be depth in the conference, which bumps up to nine schools with the addition of Oxford. The Wildcats […]
2011 PREP BASEBALL TEAM CAPSULES
2011 PREP BASEBALL TEAM CAPSULES Below are the baseball team capsules for high schools in the www.northoaklandsports.com coverage area. If you wish to have your school’s information posted here, please submit all pertinent information to results@northoaklandsports.com or contact senior editor Dan Stickradt at dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com SCHOOL: Auburn Hills Avondale HEAD COACH: Tommy Kurcewski, 10th season. LAST […]
