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GIRLS BASKETBALL: Defensive minded Adams swarms Rochester
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ROCHESTER HILLS — Sometimes one team just has another’s number. Such as the case for Rochester Adams in its girls basketball rivalry with Rochester. The Highlanders continued their recent dominance over the Falcons, posting a 58-27 OAA crossover victory Friday over shorthanded Rochester in […]
GIRLS BASKETBALL: Waterford Our Lady stuns Kingston to reach Final Four
BY DAN STICKRADT SENOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoakalndsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans WATERFORD — If you would have asked Steve Robak six months ago if Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes would be in the Class D Final Four, the veteran coach would have thought you were crazy. Ask him that same question six weeks ago and he still […]
GIRLS BASKETBALL: Kettering sinks Stoney Creek in overtime
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans STERLING HEIGHTS — This time the pendulum has swung Waterford Kettering’s way. Kettering, which beat Rochester Stoney Cougars in the Class A regionals in 2012 and lost to the Cougars in the regional semifinals in 2014, gained a measure of revenge on Stoney Creek in this year’s […]
GIRLS BASKETBALL: Oxford wins first league title since 2001
OXFORD — For the first time since the fall of 2001, Oxford has been crowned a league champion in girls basketball. The Wildcats wrapped up the regular season Friday by dropping neighboring rival Lake Orion, 41-22, in an OAA White Division contest. Oxford, which carries a 16-4 overall record into Monday’s Class A districts, finished […]
GIRLS BASKETBALL: Rochester Hills Christian earns berth in MACS-I state finals
CLARKSTON — Rochester Hills Christian is back in the state finals. The Eagles ousted Lake Orion Baptist in the Michigan Association of Christian Schools Division I state semifinals for the second straight year Friday, topping the Lions, 51-45, at Clarkston Springfield Christian. Rochester Hills Christian (15-5) will face Midland Calvary Baptist in the MACS-I state […]
GIRLS BASKETBALL: Adams remains unbeaten with Orena win over Rochester
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ROCHESTER HILLS — As a player at Rochester Adams two decades ago, Shay Lewis never had the chance to play her crosstown rivals in front of a large capacity such as Oakland University’s Athletics Center Orena. Now as the Highlanders first-year coach, she witnessed her team put […]
GIRLS BASKETBALL: Rochester rallies past Woods-tower for first win of the season
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.Stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ROCHESTER HILLS — Rochester proved that it is not how you start, but how finish. After struggling from the floor in the first half, the Falcons turned up the heat on both ends of the floor in the second half to topple Warren Woods-Tower 40-30 in […]
GIRLS BASKETBALL: 2014 All-OAA Team
ALL-OAKLAND ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATION Below are the 2014 All-Oakland Activities Association girls basketball selections: ALL-OAA RED DIVISION Farmington Harrison Kyla Roland, jr.; Kristen Nelson, soph.; Amber Stephens, soph.; Clarkston: Erika Davenport, jr.; Kacy Robinson, sr.; Southfield Lathrup: Taiye Bello, soph.; Deja Church, fr.; North Farmington: Megan Carter, jr.; Brijanae Durrough, sr.; Rochester Stoney Creek: Maria […]
GIRLS BASKETBALL: 2014 All-Flint Metro League Team
2014 ALL-FLINT METRO LEAGUE GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM FIRST TEAM — Alyssa Copley, Holly sr.; Cara Horst, Clio sr.; Hannah Evo, Fenton sr.; Kaitlyn Smith, Holly soph.; Iamani Taylor, Swartz Creek sr.; Kaitlyn Hendershott, Ortonville Brandon jr.; Chanda June, Lapeer West sr. SECOND TEAM — Alyssa Logie, Linden sr.; Cassandra Reuschlein, Fenton sr.; Amanda Harvard, […]
GIRLS BASKETBALL: Clarkston’s Erika Davenport is Class A Player of the Year
Holly’s Copley, Rochester Adams’ Jamison, Oxford’s Murphy also make the cut CLARKSTON — Erika Davenport is the Associated Press Class A All-State Player of the Year — and for good reason. The 5-foot-11 junior post player dominated throughout the season, including a 48-point explosion in a district opening win over Rochester Adams. In that same […]
GIRLS BASKETBALL: 2014 A.P. Class A Girls Basketball Team
The Associated Press Class A All-State Girls Basketball Team, as selected by a panel of 10 Michigan sports writers: FIRST TEAM Erika Davenport, Clarkston, 5-11, Jr., Player of the Year Marte Grays, Detroit King, 6-2, Sr. Tyra Jones, Detroit Cody, 6-1, Sr. Tinara Moore, Southgate Anderson, 6-4, Sr. Asia Robeson, Kalamazoo Central, 6-4, Sr. […]
GIRLS BASKETBALL: 2014 A.P. Class B All-State Team
Below is the Associated Press Class B All-State Girls Basketball Team, as selected by a panel of 10 Michigan sports writers: FIRST TEAM Tania Davis, Goodrich, 5-5, Jr., Player of the Year Payton Birchmeier, Corunna, 6-1, Sr. Asia Doss, Birmingham Detroit Country Day, 5-7, Sr. Madison Geers, Scottville Mason County Central, 5-9, Sr. Ally […]
GIRLS BASKETBALL 2014 A.P. Class C All-State Team
Below is The Associated Press Class C All-State Girls Basketball Team, as selected by a panel of 10 Michigan sports writers: FIRST TEAM Alley Wright, St. Ignace, 5-10, Sr., Player of the Year Karina Cole, Lincoln Alcona, 5-10, Sr. Claire Denecker, Blissfield, 6-0, Sr. Brook Howard, Mendon, 5-10, Sr. Jade Madison, New Buffalo, […]
GIRLS BASKETBALL: 2014 A.P. Class D All-State Team
The Associated Press Class D All-State Girls Basketball Team, as selected by a panel of 10 Michigan sports writers: FIRST TEAM Lexi Gussert, Crystal Falls Forest Park, 6-0, Sr., Player of the Year Kari Borowiak, Gaylord St. Mary Cathedral, 5-6, Sr. Vanessa Freberg, Eben Junction Superior Central, 5-9, Sr. Sara Hansen, Mount Pleasant […]
GIRLS BASKETBALL: Cardinal Mooney pulls away from Everest Collegiate to reach state semifinals
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR Dan.Stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans WATERFORD — All eyes were on Katie Theut Tuesday. The fifth and final female basketball standout at Marine City Cardinal Mooney Catholic lived up to her legacy by leading her teammates to a 43-36 victory over fourth-year program Clarkston Everest Collegiate Tuesday in the Class D […]
GIRLS BASKETBALL: Holly enjoying perfect 22-0 ride
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR Dan.Stickradt Twitter: @LocalSportsFans HOLLY — Allyssa Copley made a promise a couple of years ago to Holly girls basketball coach David Hall. “I told him that we’d win at least one championship before I graduated,” said Copley, a 6-foot-1 senior standout. True to her words, Holly did win […]
GIRLS BASKETBALL: Maplewood Baptist stuns previously unbeaten Rochester Hills Christian in 2OTs for MACS-I state title
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR Dan.Stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans CLARKSTON — Hannah May must have ice in her veins. The sophomore from Kinross Maplewood Baptist calmly sank two free throws with 14 seconds left in the second overtime period, and the Black Bears’ defense made it stand, as they stunned previously unbeaten Rochester Hills Christian, […]
GIRLS BASKETBALL: Springfield Christian wins first MACS-II title since 1988
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR Dan.Stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans CLARKSTON — The last time Clarkston Springfield Christian won a state title in girls basketball, Ronald Reagan was in his final months of presidency. Safely put, it had been a long time for the Eagles. Springfield Christian ended its quarter century drought Saturday, winning the Michigan […]
