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SOFTBALL: Adams outlasts Stoney Creek for district crown
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR Dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com TW: @LocalSportsFans | North Oakland Sports FB: www.facebook.com/North-Oakland-Sports-439028726180861 ROCHESTER HILLS – Sabrina Lee remembers the feeling of winning a district title like it was yesterday. The then-freshman pitcher at Rochester Adams was an integral part of the Highlanders’ postseason accolades that included a Division 1 district championship in […]
COLLEGE NATIONAL LETTER-OF-INTENT 2020-2021
COLLEGE NATIONAL LETTER-OF-INTENT 2020-2021 Athletes that have signed or committed to play collegiate athletics in any sport from high schools located in the coverage area for www.northoaklandsports.com. Email senior editor Dan Stickradt at dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com or to results@northoaklandsports.com CLASS OF 2021 AUBURN HILLS AVONDALE AUBURN HILLS CHRISTIAN ACADEMY AUBURN HILLS OAKLAND CHRISTIAN CLARKSTON CLARKSTON SPRINGFIELD CHRISTIAN […]
SOFTBALL: Rochester Adams’ Curran, Nash wrap up prep careers with All-Star nods
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR Dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans Facebook: www.facebook.com/North-Oakland-Sports-439028726180861/ ROCHESTER HILLS – When Emma Curran and Mary Nash made the varsity cut back in 2016, the Rochester Adams softball program was going through some lean years. The duo and recent 2019 Adams grads helped change that. The duo, part of a six-senior class […]
SOFTBALL: Oxford’s Chloe Allen exits stage left in style
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR Dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans Facebook: www.facebook.com/North-Oakland-Sports-439028726180861/ OXFORD – Before Chloe Allen’s arrival at Oxford, the Wildcats softball program didn’t have a ton of history in terms of success. She and her teammates helped put the program back on the map. Allen, a 2019 Oxford grad, capped a fine four-year career […]
SOFTBALL: Rochester Stoney Creek’s deepest postseason run ends in Sweet 16
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans Instagram: stickradtdan Snapchat: Dan.Stickradt LAKE ORION — In recent years, Rochester Stoney Creek’s softball team has enjoyed plenty of success. A couple of OAA White Division championships was followed up by three years competing in the ever-tough OAA Red Division — a league known to be one […]
SOFTBALL: Top-ranked Clarkston downs Athens, Stoney Creek to repeat as regional champion
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans Instagram: stickradtdan Snapchat: Dan.Stickradt LAKE ORION — After losing in the state semifinals last season and Clarkston appears to be a team on a mission to make it back to the final weekend of the season. The top-ranked Wolves captured their second straight regional title and third […]
SOFTBALL: Rochester Adams makes headways with OAA-White title
BY DAN STICKRADT CORRESPONDENT dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans Instagram: stickradtdan Snapchat: Dan.Stickradt ROCHESTER HILLS — Sometimes teams exceed expectations. Then there’s really exceeding expectations. After finishing under five hundred the past three seasons, the Rochester Adams softball team made a quantum leap this season earning its first league title since 2010 and finishing well above […]
SOFTBALL: Richmond ends Notre Dame Prep’s season in regional finals
BIRMINGHAM — Pontiac Notre Dame Prep reached the end of the road Saturday and it had a Richmond connection. Richmond ended NDP’s season in the Division 2 regional finals, topping the Fighting Irish, 4-0, at Birmingham Detroit Country Day. It marked the second straight year that NDP was ousted in the Sweet 16. Last season, […]
SOFTBALL: Lake Orion rallies past Romeo to claim first regional crown since 2004
Troy Athens ousted in regional semifinals BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans BLOOMFIELD HILLS — In several recent trips to the regional round of the Division 1 softball state tournament, the lack of one big inning or clutch play has hindered Lake Orion’s bid to reach the state quarterfinals. That was not the […]
SOFTBALL STATE RANKINGS — May 4
Softball (By the coaches association) Division 1 — 1. Portage Central; 2. Farmington Hills Mercy; 3. Caledonia; 4. Hudsonville; 5. Clarkston; 6. Romeo; 7. Lake Orion; 8. Lakeland; 9. Monroe; 10. Utica Ford Honorable mention — Bay City Western, Belleville, Flint Kearsley, Grosse Pointe South, Hartland, Holt, Howell, Macomb Dakota, Marquette, Mattawan, Midland, Plymouth, Southgate […]
2014 ALL-NORTH OAKLAND AREA SOFTBALL: Diamond gems offer up stellar lineup
FOR MORE SOFTBALL COVERAGE: http://northoaklandsports.com/?s=Softball&x=8&y=11 BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans Another season, another assembly of stellar talent. That simply describes the 2014 All-North Oakland Area Softball Team. Selected by NOS staff in conjunction with area coaches, this year’s bumper crop has it all — heavy hitters, sure-handed fielders, speed […]
SOFTBALL: 2014 All-OAA Softball Teams
Below are the 2014 All-Oakland Activities Association Softball Teams: ALL-OAA RED DIVISION FINAL STANDINGS — 1. Lake Orion (9-1); 2. Troy (7-3); 3. Clarkston; 4. Troy Athens; 5. North Farmington; 6. Birmingham Groves. Lake Orion: Sierra Gonzales, jr. P; Kennedi Thomas, sr. OF; Alex Carpenter, jr. OF-3B; Kayla Knoblock, sr. OF; Troy: Sydney Heath, […]
SOFTBALL: Notre Dame Prep hits quarterfinals roadblock against Ladywood
ANN ARBOR — Pontiac Notre Dame Prep recorded a school record 33 wins on the softball diamond this season. The Fighting Irish could not locate the win column on the big stage at the University of Michigan. Livonia Ladywood ended Notre Dame Prep’s stellar campaign, ousting the Irish 7-1 in the Division 2 state […]
SOFTBALL: Notre Dame Prep wins eighth straight district
PONTIAC — There’s something about softball districts and Pontiac Notre Dame Prep that just go hand-in-hand. At least that’s what appears on the surface in recent years. The Fighting Irish captured their eighth straight district title as they defeated Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood 13-0 in five innings in the semifinals, then came back to […]
SOFTBALL: Lutheran Northwest eying another postseason run
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 BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ROCHESTER HILLS — Jeff Ludwig fully understands that making a long postseason run in softball, or […]
SOFTBALL: OAA White Division champion Rochester Adams looking for better fortune in state tourney
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 BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ROCHESTER HILLS — Rochester Adams ended an unusual drought this season on the softball diamond: […]
SOFTBALL: Area District Pairings
Softball MORE SOFTBALL LINKS: http://northoaklandsports.com/?s=Softball&x=8&y=11 Below are the 2014 MHSAA softball district pairings for schools in the coverage area for www.northoaklandsports.com DIVISION 1 DISTRICT NO. 4 (Hosted by Davison) Tuesday’s pre-district game: Lapeer East vs. Davison, 4 p.m. Saturday’s district semifinals games: Lapeer East/Davison winner vs. Ortonville Brandon, 10 a.m.; Grand Blanc […]
SOFTBALL: Clarkston gains split with Lake Orion, snaps Dragons’ streak at 17
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR Dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans LAKE ORION — Clarkston figured out a mystery on Thursday evening that no one has been able to solve since May of 2012: Beat Lake Orion on the softball diamond. The Wolves, honorable mention in this week’s Division 1 polls, bounced back for an 8-6 […]
