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Associated Press Girls Basketball Class A All-State Team

Associated Press Girls Basketball Class A All-State Team

| March 16, 2012 | Comments (6)

ASSOCIATED PRESS ALL-STATE GIRLS BASKETBALL CLASS A ALL-STATE FIRST TEAM   Player of the Year: Caprice Dennis, Detroit Pershing, 5-9, Sr., Branndais Agee, Detroit Cass Tech, 5-11, Sr. Kelsey Mitchell, Inkster, 6-1, Sr. Raven Bankston, Detroit Mumford, 6-7, Jr. Marie Gaedke, Dearborn Edsel Ford, 5-10, Sr. Elena Popkey, Warren Cousino, 5-7, Sr. Gabby Yurik, Stoney […]

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Back again: Our Lady of the Lakes downs St. Patrick to gain third straight finals berth

Back again: Our Lady of the Lakes downs St. Patrick to gain third straight finals berth

| March 15, 2012 | Comments (5)

BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans   EAST LANSING — Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes received a scare Thursday evening. Yet it was the Lakers’ defensive schemes that proved to be the fright of the night. Locked in a three-point game with7:17 to go, the seventh-ranked Lakes went on a 13-0 run, […]

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Back in the Final Four: Lakes cruises past Michigan Lutheran Seminary to reach state semis once again

Back in the Final Four: Lakes cruises past Michigan Lutheran Seminary to reach state semis once again

| March 13, 2012 | Comments (7)

BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter:@LocalSportsFans   WATERFORD — As the two-time defending state champions in Class D, Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes’ girls basketball has played with a chip on its shoulder all season. Despite a tough schedule, the Lakers have were only able to finish seventh in the final Associated Press […]

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Cruise control: Lakes downs Westland for fourth straight regional crown

Cruise control: Lakes downs Westland for fourth straight regional crown

| March 9, 2012 | Comments (3)

WATERFORD — The members of Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes’ girls basketball program probably don’t mind a little déjà vu this time of year, as long as the Lakers keep winning in the postseason. It’s a case of been there, done that. WOLL, the two-time defending state champs in Class D, took another step […]

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GIRLS BASKETBALL: Kettering shuts of Stoney Creek for regional crown

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Kettering shuts of Stoney Creek for regional crown

| March 9, 2012 | Comments (1)

BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com   LAKE ORION — Scott Woodhull has plenty of memories of Waterford Kettering making a long postseason run. The veteran Waterford Kettering girls basketball coach was on the sidelines when the Captains last made the Class A Final Four in 2000. Now in his second stint with the Captains, […]

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Arthur Hill uses quickness to dispatch Clarkston

Arthur Hill uses quickness to dispatch Clarkston

| March 7, 2012 | Comments (2)

DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com   BAY CITY — Speed is a weapon that a coach cannot teach or simulate in practice. Clarkston has a lot of speed and quickness in girls basketball this season. The Wolves met their match Tuesday night in the Class A regional semifinals. Saginaw Arthur Hill used its overall quickness […]

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Lakers sail into regional finals with rout of Roeper

Lakers sail into regional finals with rout of Roeper

| March 7, 2012 | Comments (3)

BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com   WATERFORD — Several of the top Class D girls basketball programs fell to the way side during district week. Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes has made sure that it has not become one of those victims.   The Lakers, the two-time defending state champions, rolled over visiting […]

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No satisfaction: Stoney Creek takes down Marian to advance to Sweet 16

No satisfaction: Stoney Creek takes down Marian to advance to Sweet 16

| March 7, 2012 | Comments (2)

BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com   LAKE ORION — Brad Crighton presented a challenge Tuesday afternoon. The Rochester Stoney Creek girls basketball coach asked his players if they were just satisfied with the school’s first-ever district championship in basketball, boys or girls. Apparently, the cougars are plotting to stay awhile in their new-found territory. […]

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MACS ALL-STATE BASKETBALL

MACS ALL-STATE BASKETBALL

| March 5, 2012 | Comments (3)

MACS ALL-STATE BASKETBALL Below are the 2011-12 Michigan Association of Christian Schools All-State boys basketball and girls basketball teams, as selected by coaches of member schools. Corrections and additions of player’s height, grade and position can be submitted to dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com   BOYS BASKETBALL DIVISION I DIVISION 1 FIRST TEAM Todd Gardiner        Temperance Stateline Chr. […]

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Crossing the Bridge: Maplewood Baptist topples Springfield Christian for MACS-II title

Crossing the Bridge: Maplewood Baptist topples Springfield Christian for MACS-II title

| March 5, 2012 | Comments (2)

BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com   CLARKSTON — Kinross Maplewood Baptist accomplished a feat that no other girls basketball team from the Upper Peninsula has ever accomplished before: win a Michigan Association of Christian Schools state championship. The Black Bears crossed the bridge to win a pair of games Friday and Saturday, and rolled […]

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Fellowship Baptist holds off Rochester Hills Christian for MACS state title

Fellowship Baptist holds off Rochester Hills Christian for MACS state title

| March 3, 2012 | Comments (11)

BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com   CLARKSTON — Carson City Fellowship Baptist felt the disappointment of being upset last season in the Michigan Association of Christian Schools Division I state tournament. The Falcons more than made up for it this season. Going into the postseason with the No. 1 ranking, Fellowship Baptist put the […]

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Our Lady rallies past Cardinal Mooney for district crown

Our Lady rallies past Cardinal Mooney for district crown

| March 3, 2012 | Comments (1)

BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com   WATERFORD — The first difficult test came across Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes Friday night and the defending Class D girls basketball champions passed with flying colors. The Lakers defeated rival Marine City Cardinal Mooney, 42-35, in a Class D district final to advance to their own […]

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GIRLS BASKETBALL DISTRICT FINALS ROUNDUP: Kettering edges Avondale; Capac ousts Notre Dame Prep

GIRLS BASKETBALL DISTRICT FINALS ROUNDUP: Kettering edges Avondale; Capac ousts Notre Dame Prep

| March 3, 2012 | Comments (2)

AUBURN HILLS — Waterford Kettering outscored Avondale 31-23 in the second half to edge host Auburn Hills Avondale 39-32 Friday in a Class A girls basketball district final. The state-ranked Captains (21-2) advance to the Lake Orion regional Tuesday to face Southfield Lathrup. Using a stall tactic, Avondale led 9-8 at the half but couldn’t […]

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MACS: Rochester Hills Christian reaches to first D-I final; Springfield advances in D-II

MACS: Rochester Hills Christian reaches to first D-I final; Springfield advances in D-II

| March 3, 2012 | Comments (2)

BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com   CLARKSTON — A year ago, Rochester Hills Christian saw its season come to an end via upset. The Eagles, despite a loft No. 1 ranking all season, were upset in the Michigan Association of Christian Schools Division I state semifinals by Davison Faith Baptist, 29-26. That was with […]

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Cut ‘em down: Stoney Creek celebrates first basketball district championship

Cut ‘em down: Stoney Creek celebrates first basketball district championship

| March 2, 2012 | Comments (2)

BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com   ROCHESTER HILLS — Rochester accomplished a feat that no other team has been able to do in the past four years: Keep Rochester Stoney Creek’s Gabby Yurik from reaching the scoring column.   Stoney Creed was still able to accomplish something Friday that no other boys basketball or […]

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GIRLS BASKETBALL: Patient Wolves emerging as one of state’s best

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Patient Wolves emerging as one of state’s best

| March 2, 2012 | Comments (3)

BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com   CLARKSTON — It was two years ago when Clarkston girls basketball seemingly fell off the map. The Wolves struggled to a 6-15 record, which included dead last in the OAA Red Division and a first-round loss to Rochester Stoney Creek in a Class A district basketball pre-district contest. […]

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AOTW: Dubay is Rochester Hills Christian’s three-sport sparkplug

AOTW: Dubay is Rochester Hills Christian’s three-sport sparkplug

| March 2, 2012 | Comments (3)

BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com ROCHESTER HILLS — Allise Dubay had a decision to make four years ago. Stay at a small school and play three sports or go to a large high school and probably play just one sport. She chose the small-school route and has never regretted it. Dubay is now a […]

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GIRLS BASKETBALL: Unlikely source helps Stoney Creek rally past Adams

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Unlikely source helps Stoney Creek rally past Adams

| March 1, 2012 | Comments (1)

BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com ROCHESTER HILLS — Rochester Adams’ defensive plan was simple Wednesday night. Tightly guard Rochester Stoney Creek’s seniors, in particular all-time leading scorer Gabby Yurik, and make the other players beat the Highlanders. The Cougars’ found such a lethal player in freshmen Maria Zandi. Zandi delivered the dagger, a wide-open […]

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