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| Softball | 5/16/2012 | Troy Athens | 5-9 | Rochester | 1-0
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GIRLS TENNIS: Check out tennis beat writer Jason Schmitt's regional predictions
Updated: 5/17/2012 11:02:28 AM EST
On Thursday and Friday, 47 Oakland County schools will compete at nine different regionals in the hopes that they'll qualify for states, which will be played on June 2-3. To qualify, a team must finis...
TRACK AND FIELD: Brandon girls primed for regional competition
Updated: 5/17/2012 1:07:21 AM EST
As host of Friday’s Division 1 track and field regional, Ortonville Brandon’s girls should have a bit more giddyup in their step as the Blackhawks hope to capitalize on the home field advantage. Regi...
TRACK AND FIELD: Athletes get faster, throw farther in latest Honor Roll listings
Updated: 5/17/2012 10:17:03 AM EST
Oakland County Girls Track and Field Honor Roll SHOT PUT — Brittany Mann (Detroit Country Day) 44-7; Briana Ratchford (Birmingham Roeper) 40-8; Sam Pavlika (Novi) 40-5 1/2; Chelsea Sava...
GIRLS SOCCER: Brandon falls short against Linden
Updated: 5/16/2012 11:56:47 PM EST
ORTONVILLE – The Linden Eagles picked up a tight 1-0 win over the Ortonville Brandon Blackhawks in Flint Metro League girls soccer action Wednesday night. Ashley Peck set up Karrah Varner for the gam...
TRACK AND FIELD: Farmington boys, girls win OAA White meet title
Updated: 5/16/2012 11:26:30 PM EST
Due to scoring errors at last Friday’s OAA White track and field meet at Farmington, the incorrect results were released. After a review of the results, Farmington was declared the meet winner with 1...
TRACK AND FIELD: WL Western trio of vaulters reaching new heights WITH VIDEO
Updated: 5/17/2012 10:12:41 AM EST
They’re not the Three Musketeers nor the Three Amigos, this trio of student-athletes from Walled Lake Western High School. But even without a catchy moniker, this track and field threesome can stand ...
BASEBALL: Walled Lake Northern sweeps away Waterford Mott in KLAA North doubleheader
Updated: 5/16/2012 11:52:52 PM EST
WALLED LAKE – The Knights are contenders. After a rough go of it on the diamond last spring, the 2012 Walled Lake Northern baseball team is 18-6 and in the running for the program’s first league crow...
Wednesday's prep roundup: Avondale and Lahser split baseball double-header
Updated: 5/16/2012 10:47:36 PM EST
AUBURN HILLS — A.J. Susick hit a walk-off RBI single in the bottom of the seventh inning to lead Auburn Hills Avondale to a 4-3 win over Bloomfield Hills Lahser in the first game of a doubleheader on ...
BASEBALL: Offense carries Lake Orion to doubleheader sweep of Stoney Creek WITH VIDEO
Updated: 5/17/2012 10:16:09 AM EST
ROCHESTER HILLS — Needing a doubleheader sweep against Stoney Creek on Wednesday to bring Lake Orion to the cusp of a division title, the Dragons left nothing to chance by starting their two ace left-...
SOFTBALL: Athens caps off perfect OAA White season with doubleheader sweep of Rochester
Updated: 5/16/2012 10:11:20 PM EST
ROCHESTER – Dave Marr and the Troy Athens softball team wanted more than just a share of the OAA White title. Coming into Wednesday’s doubleheader with Rochester, The Red Hawks already had a piece of...
BASEBALL: Groves, North Farmington split key OAA White doubleheader
Updated: 5/16/2012 10:00:10 PM EST
FARMINGTON HILLS – As the battle atop the Oakland Activities Association White Division between Birmingham Groves and North Farmington rages on, both teams looked to separate themselves from one anoth...
WEDNESDAY NIGHT LIVE: Scores from prep action around Oakland County
Updated: 5/16/2012 9:39:34 PM EST
Baseball Auburn Hills Avondale 4-2, Bloomfield Hills Lahser 3-6 Bloomfield Hills Andover 2-14, Troy Atrhens 1-0 Hazel Park 17-17, Berkley 4-11 Pontiac 4, Southfield-Lathrup 2 Rochester Adams 10-1...
BOYS GOLF: Novi celebrates like it's 2002 at Oakland County Tournament WITH VIDEO
Updated: 5/16/2012 5:23:50 PM EST
WATERFORD TWP. — Just like most coaches usually like to do when commemorating a significant anniversary, Novi boys golf coach Brad Huss has been trying to put together a reunion. It’s been almost 10 ...
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GIRLS SOCCER: State powers Adams, Troy play to scoreless tie
Updated: 5/15/2012 10:50:46 PM EST
ROCHESTER HILLS -- Exactly 80 minutes of soccer were played on Tuesday night, and although the game featured the top two teams in the Oakland Activities Association Red Division, not a single goal was...
Tuesday's Prep Roundup: Athens shuts out Rochester in OAA Red match
Updated: 5/16/2012 2:02:37 AM EST
ROCHESTER — Liz Abro scored the only goal of the game in the second half to lead Troy Athens to a 1-0 win over Rochester in an Oakland Activities Association Red Division girls soccer game. Danielle ...
BASEBALL: Bayliss, Schilling pitch Bishop Foley to sweep of Brother Rice
Updated: 5/15/2012 10:15:50 PM EST
MADISON HEIGHTS — Whether it’s politicians attacking each other or criminal background checks that are done, there’s so much emphasis on what a person’s “record” is. Well, looking at the pitching rec...
GIRLS SOCCER: Northern shuts out Kettering in KLAA North rematch WITH VIDEO
Updated: 5/15/2012 10:56:01 PM EST
COMMERCE TWP. — It was less than three weeks ago that Walled Lake Northern walked off the field against Waterford Kettering thoroughly unhappy with its performance in a losing effort. Flash forward t...
GIRLS SOCCER: Ferndale grabs first ever OAA Blue title with win over Farmington
Updated: 5/15/2012 10:06:05 PM EST
FARMINGTON – The Ferndale Eagles clinched their first ever division title in soccer Tuesday night, wrapping up the OAA Blue Division with a 2-1 road win over the second place Farmington Falcons. “The...
GIRLS SOCCER: Notre Dame Prep comes up just short in upset bid against Ladywood WITH VIDEO
Updated: 5/16/2012 9:37:19 AM EST
PONTIAC – The roof caved in on the Pontiac Notre Dame Prep girls soccer team, just as it was ready to pull a major upset. Despite outplaying their opponent for the majority of the game, the host Figh...
TUESDAY NIGHT LIVE: Scores from prep action around Oakland County
Updated: 5/15/2012 10:01:13 PM EST
Baseball Auburn Hills Avondale 9, Bloomfield Hills Lahser 1 Novi Franklin Road Christian 12, Southfield Christian 2 Oxford 6-5, Orchard Lake Saint Mary's 1-5 Royal Oak Shrine 6, Ann Arbor Gabriel ...
BASEBALL: Andover makes its move late, clips spunky Franklin Road Christian in interesting non-conference affair WITH VIDEO
Updated: 5/16/2012 9:30:06 AM EST
BLOOMFIELD HILLS – David took on Goliath Monday and Goliath won. But by no means was it a total mismatch, as some might have thought. Class B power Bloomfield Hills Andover broke open a close game i...
TRACK AND FIELD: Brother Rice tops Catholic Central in dual meet WITH VIDEO
Updated: 5/14/2012 10:29:18 PM EST
BIRMINGHAM — Novi Detroit Catholic Central track and field coach Tony Magni had a bad feeling during the Shamrocks’ annual track and field confrontation with rival Birmingham Brother Rice. And the me...
Monday's Prep Roundup: Rochester Adams, Lake Orion split softball doubleheader
Updated: 5/15/2012 3:03:46 PM EST
ROCHESTER — Jackie McCasland went 2-for-3 and Maddy Phelps had four RBI to lead Rochester to an 8-4 win over Lake Orion in the first game of a softball doubleheader on Monday. Lake Orion picked up th...
MIPrepZone Weekly 5-13-12
Updated: 5/15/2012 3:05:47 PM EST
In this week's MIPrepZone Weekly, reporter Patrick McIntyre travels out to Lake Orion to visit the Dragons' 2012 boys track and field team, which is unbeaten this season and recently won the OAA Red c...
PREP NOTEBOOK: Lakeland softball boosted by the return of its ace
Updated: 5/14/2012 11:04:03 PM EST
Selena Hicks’ much-anticipated return to the pitching circle has been sensational. Sidelined for the first half of the prep softball season due to internal team issues, Lakeland’s junior ace reclaimed...
MONDAY NIGHT LIVE: Scores from prep action around Oakland County
Updated: 5/14/2012 9:22:16 PM EST
Baseball Birmingham Seaholm 6, Stoney Creek 3 Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood 10, Birmingham Groves 5 Novi 18, Wayne Memorial 0 (3 innings) Southfield-Lathrup 11, Hazel Park 1 Swartz Creek 1...
SOFTBALL: Eagles fly high once again, Lakeland grabs another Pieper Tournament title WITH VIDEO
Updated: 5/14/2012 2:24:03 AM EST
ROYAL OAK – Being first was the theme on Sunday afternoon for the Lakeland softball team. Finishing in first place in the annual Fred Pieper Tournament for the fourth straight year, the Eagles became...
TRACK AND FIELD: Results of KLAA Lakes, Kensington, OAA meets
Updated: 5/13/2012 6:01:40 PM EST
Girls track and field OAA White Meet (Friday at Farmington) TEAMS — 1. Farmington 109; 2. Farmington Harrison 105; 3. West Bloomfield 91; 4. Troy 89; 5. North Farmington 62; 6. Pontiac 38. Events ...
BASEBALL: Andover trounces Lamphere in non-league twin bill WITH VIDEO
Updated: 5/14/2012 2:16:28 AM EST
BLOOMFIELD HILLS – The Barons are blazing. Arguably the hottest prep baseball team in the area, the Bloomfield Hills Andover Barons kept bruising and battering their way past opponents on the diamond...
BOYS BASKETBALL: Country Day has another pair sign to play D-1 ball
Updated: 5/12/2012 9:22:59 PM EST
Perennial blue chip factory Birmingham Detroit Country Day has churned out two more Division I college basketball players. Last week, center Robert Puleikis signed a National Letter of Intent with Dr...
Saturday's Prep Roundup: Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes clinches Catholic League title
Updated: 5/14/2012 11:05:27 PM EST
BLOOMFIELD HILLS — Stephen Scott threw a no-hitter in the first game and Lucas Neme went 3-for-4 in the second game to lead Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes to a sweep of Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kin...
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GIRLS TENNIS: Seaholm and Clarkston take home rain-soaked OAA Red championship WITH VIDEO
Updated: 5/14/2012 11:05:53 PM EST
CLARKSTON — Some tennis is better than no tennis. There are people that might argue that. But if you’re a fan of OAA Red tennis, you’ll take anything you can get. The league tennis tournament has ...
SOFTBALL: Five county teams advance to final day at Pieper Tournament WITH VIDEO
Updated: 5/14/2012 2:07:15 AM EST
ROYAL OAK — Five thrived. A fearsome five-pack of Oakland County teams made their presence felt Saturday on the first day of action in the 34th annual Fred Pieper Softball Tournament. Troy Athens, W...
TRACK AND FIELD: Grand Blanc boys, Hartland girls win KLAA Lakes Conference meet
Updated: 5/15/2012 1:28:16 PM EST
PINCKNEY – With umbrellas and raincoats surrounding the track at Pinckney high school, Mother Nature put a bit of a damper on Saturday’s KLAA Lakes Conference track and field meet. But the rain that ...
SOFTBALL: Notre Dame Prep seniors looking to leave own legacy WITH VIDEO
Updated: 5/12/2012 6:04:30 PM EST
PONTIAC — If Bigfoot ever did roam the Earth and wore shoes, that pair still wouldn’t be as big as the shoes the current seniors on the Pontiac Notre Dame Prep softball team tried to fill when they st...
BASEBALL: Dylan Peck at the top of the pecking order for Clarkston WITH VIDEO
Updated: 5/13/2012 2:55:58 AM EST
CLARKSTON — Usually the senior year is the one all high school students can’t wait to live out, but one couldn’t blame Clarkston senior Dylan Peck if he would’ve just preferred to stop time and stay a...
Keith Dunlap's baseball/softball quick hits and rankings for May 13
Updated: 5/12/2012 5:51:43 PM EST
Keith Dunlap’s quick baseball/softball hits — This fact is repeated every year in this space, but it bears repeating every year. There is no high school sport where district draws are as important as...
BOYS LACROSSE: Brad Thomas taking Lake Orion to new heights WITH VIDEO
Updated: 5/12/2012 5:40:44 PM EST
LAKE ORION — In Oakland County, it’s pretty easy to weed out the good lacrosse teams from the bad. After all, the best in the area are also some of the best in the country. That is why it is often di...
BASEBALL: Berkley bests Troy in game with much meaning
Updated: 5/12/2012 2:52:45 AM EST
BERKLEY – Baseball is more than a game. It is a sport that connects communities and builds everlasting relationships. It can even serve to promote a greater cause, like Friday night’s Cancer Awarenes...
TRACK AND FIELD: Lake Orion boys, Rochester Adams girls take OAA Red meet titles WITH VIDEO
Updated: 5/12/2012 12:36:34 PM EST
ROCHESTER — With a failed exchange on the 400-meter relay, Lake Orion missed a chance to score even more points at the OAA Red track and field meet Friday at Rochester High. But it was probably the o...
TRACK AND FIELD: Farmington boys and Harrison girls claim OAA White league meet titles
Updated: 5/12/2012 3:16:07 AM EST
FARMINGTON — This year’s Farmington boys track team isn’t one that matches up well in numbers. But on Friday night, Farmington used its depth to take points in almost every single event and ran away ...
Friday's Prep Roundup: Stoney Creek uses big second inning to cruise past Rochester Adams
Updated: 5/14/2012 1:18:01 PM EST
ROCHESTER — Niko Gonzalez went 3-for-4 with a home run and two RBI for Stoney Creek, as the Cougars defeated Rochester Adams 12-6 on Friday afternoon in an OAA divisional matchup. Stoney Creek (17-8,...
BOYS LACROSSE: Brighton hands South Lyon Unified its first loss of the season WITH VIDEO
Updated: 5/11/2012 11:41:34 PM EST
SOUTH LYON — In just one game, the South Lyon Unified boys lacrosse team may have learned more than it did in its previous 14 combined. After starting the season 14-0, South Lyon faced its toughest t...
FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE: Scores from prep action around Oakland County
Updated: 5/11/2012 9:54:40 PM EST
Baseball (Thursday) Walled Lake Central 8-1, Walled Lake Northern 0-5 Baseball Berkley 9, Troy 3 Rochester Hills Lutheran Northwest 14, Allen Park Inter-City Baptist 1 Southfield 17, Southfiel...
GIRLS SOCCER: Cranbrook Kingswood concludes league play with win over Lutheran North
Updated: 5/11/2012 9:10:08 PM EST
BLOOMFIELD HILLS — The Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Cranes concluded their Catholic High School League girls soccer season Friday evening with a 1-0 victory over the Macomb Lutheran North Mustangs. Ma...
BASEBALL: Walled Lake Western runs all over West Bloomfield WITH VIDEO
Updated: 5/11/2012 8:39:15 PM EST
WEST BLOOMFIELD — Early in Friday’s afternoon baseball game, an obvious path to success presented itself for Walled Lake Western, as the Warriors’ typically aggressive baserunning created havoc for We...
TRACK AND FIELD: Holly girls sweep Fenton, Flint Kearsley
Updated: 5/11/2012 12:45:57 PM EST
The Holly girls’ track team ended the Flint Metro League meet season on a high note Wednesday at Flint Kearsley. The Lady Bronchos swept the Fenton Tigers and the host Hornets, dominating Fenton 110-2...
TRACK AND FIELD: Avondale boys, Seaholm girls capture OAA Blue titles WITH VIDEO
Updated: 5/11/2012 9:02:54 AM EST
BLOOMFIELD HILLS — Avondale’s Anna Haritos, crumpled in a heap on the track after her leg on the 1,600-meter relay, was as exhausted as can be. “That was fun,” she finally smiled, as teammates helped...
GIRLS TENNIS: League tennis tournaments set to kick off Saturday around the county
Updated: 5/11/2012 9:22:29 PM EST
It's not how you start the season, it's how you end it. Last year, the Clarkston tennis team started, and ended it, the same way. With a win. That wasn't the case this year. The Wolves entered the...
BASEBALL: Franklin Road Christian keeps humming along, mercies Greenhills in MIAC diamond tilt WITH VIDEO
Updated: 5/14/2012 2:04:57 AM EST
NOVI – Young, hungry and talented. That’s the best way to describe the Novi Franklin Road Christian baseball team this spring. Coming through with another knockout performance on Thursday, the Warri...
GIRLS SOCCER: No scoring for either Seaholm or Groves
Updated: 5/10/2012 10:59:24 PM EST
BIRMINGHAM– The Battle of Birmingham ended in a draw Thursday evening as the Seaholm Maples and Groves Falcons battled to a 0-0 draw in girls soccer. Groves had the better of the chances, but a numbe...
GIRLS SOCCER: Stoney Creek stays red hot with win at Athens
Updated: 5/10/2012 10:56:17 PM EST
TROY — The Stoney Creek girls soccer team is playing as well as anyone in Oakland County right now. The Cougars have been cruising through their conference of late and, in convincing fashion, handed ...
GIRLS LACROSSE: Feiten's big night lifts Birmingham past Sacred Heart
Updated: 5/10/2012 10:54:30 PM EST
BIRMINGHAM — Birmingham Unified head coach Jen Dunbar said heading into Thursday’s game against Bloomfield Hills Sacred Heart her team was struggling to find some consistent scoring this season. That...
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Thursday's prep roundup: Waterford Mott outlasts Walled Lake Central
Updated: 5/11/2012 11:43:05 PM EST
COMMERCE TWP. — Lexanna Simasz scored two goals to lead Waterford Mott to a 2-1 win over Walled Lake Central in a Kensington Lakes Activities Association North Division girls soccer game on Thursday. ...
BOYS LACROSSE: Lake Orion gets balanced scoring in win over Romeo WITH VIDEO
Updated: 5/10/2012 10:52:25 PM EST
LAKE ORION — If the right one doesn’t get you, the left one will. In the case of Lake Orion’s lacrosse team, it could also be the other right or even the other left that will eventually get you. Beh...
THURSDAY NIGHT LIVE: Scores from preps action around Oakland County
Updated: 5/10/2012 9:31:00 PM EST
Softball Birmingham Groves 8, Rochester Adams 5 Ferndale 21, Southfield-Lathrup 11 Lakeland 5-11, Waterford Kettering 4-1 North Farmington 6-7, Lake Orion 1-5 Southfield Christian 5, Westland Lut...
Wednesday's prep roundup: Rochester sweeps softball double-header with West Bloomfield
Updated: 5/9/2012 10:23:53 PM EST
ROCHESTER — Amanda Graham and Emily Ellis each went 2-for-4 with a double and Haley Lenderman threw a complete game one-hitter in the first game to lead Rochester to a 8-2 win in a doubleheader sweep ...
GIRLS SOCCER: Rochester shuts out Avondale
Updated: 5/9/2012 10:13:01 PM EST
AUBURN HILLS — This one’s for you, coach! That’s what the Rochester girls soccer team said with its play on Wednesday evening, streaking past host Auburn Hills Avondale 2-0, after being forced to tak...
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TRACK AND FIELD: Throwers highlight track and field honor roll
Updated: 5/9/2012 9:51:04 PM EST
With the track and field season just past the halfway point and the championship season upon athletes, the cream is beginning to rise to the top among Oakland County teams and individuals. Walled Lak...
BASEBALL: North Farmington, Farmington split doubleheader WITH VIDEO
Updated: 5/9/2012 10:07:58 PM EST
FARMINGTON — In a number of ways, Wednesday's baseball doubleheader between city rivals, Farmington and North Farmington, came down to really good timing. For one thing, the passing rain storm conven...
BOYS GOLF: Despite slump, Cranbrook's Griffin Smith still one of the state's best WITH VIDEO
Updated: 5/9/2012 7:17:17 PM EST
BLOOMFIELD HILLS — Griffin Smith may not have won a U.S. Open like world-famous professional golfer Rory McIlroy, but the senior from Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood does have one big thing in co...
WEDNESDAY NIGHT LIVE: Scores from prep action around Oakland County
Updated: 5/9/2012 9:53:13 PM EST
Baseball Auburn Hills Avondale 5-3, Troy 0-5 Bloomfield Hills Andover 6, Bloomfield Hills Lahser 1 Lakeland 7, Waterford Kettering 1 North Farmington 8-2, Farmington 0-3 Rochester 3, Lake Orion 1...
GIRLS SOCCER: Troy's Irene Young making the game look easy
Updated: 5/9/2012 5:13:03 PM EST
TROY — Troy’s Irene Young makes scoring goals look simple. Most great players make the most difficult tasks look easy, and Young is no exception. Young can make a difficult goal look effortless. But ...
TRACK AND FIELD: Waterford Mott boys, girls sweep Waterford Kettering WITH VIDEO
Updated: 5/8/2012 10:59:06 PM EST
WATERFORD — Only one school would dare to compete on the aged and dilapidated track and field surface at the Waterford Kettering athletic complex. That would be crosstown rival Waterford Mott, all to ...
TRACK AND FIELD: Western boys, Central girls earn bragging rights in Walled Lake
Updated: 5/8/2012 10:53:56 PM EST
WALLED LAKE – With the track and field regular season winding to a close, plenty of the individual events have started to heat up as the postseason meets have drawn closer. Tuesday’s meet between Wal...
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Tuesday's prep roundup: Marian knocks off Ladywood in CHSL soccer action
Updated: 5/9/2012 2:32:50 AM EST
LIVONIA — Annika Johnson assisted on a Katie White goal in the first half for Birmingham Marian, which shut out Livonia Ladywood 1-0 in girls soccer action Tuesday night. Makenzie Larson had the shut...
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GIRLS SOCCER: Rochester upsets Troy
Updated: 5/8/2012 11:13:26 PM EST
ROCHESTER HILLS -- After suffering their first loss of the year just over two weeks ago, the Troy girls soccer team appeared to use that game as fuel for their next few matches. The Colts won three-s...
GIRLS SOCCER: Novi, Northville tie in battle of state powers WITH VIDEO
Updated: 5/8/2012 11:00:12 PM EST
NOVI — Put all of the talk of there being a new "team to beat" to rest, for now. Two-time defending Division 1 girls soccer champion, Novi, may not boast the same unbeaten record it had last season, b...
GIRLS SOCCER: Stoney Creek hands Adams first league loss
Updated: 5/9/2012 9:37:22 AM EST
ROCHESTER – The Stoney Creek Cougars picked up a key OAA Red victory on Tuesday night, handing their cross town rivals Rochester Adams its first league loss of the season by a score of 4-1. The Couga...
PREP CHAT: Fantastic pitching performances dot the area diamond this spring WITH VIDEO
Updated: 5/8/2012 10:08:50 PM EST
Oakland Press prep sports gurus Scott Burnstein & Jeff Dullack discuss all the great pitching efforts popping up around the county this season ...
TUESDAY NIGHT LIVE: Scores from preps action around Oakland County
Updated: 5/8/2012 10:01:03 PM EST
Baseball Auburn Hills Avondale 6, Oxford 5 Berkley 3, Pontiac 0 Bloomfield Hills Andover 10, Farmington Hills Harrison 0 (5 innings) Clawson 17, Madison Heights Madison 1 Ferndale 9, Hazel Park 4...
Monday's Prep Roundup: Waterford Mott soccer keeps rolling, shuts out Andover
Updated: 5/7/2012 10:32:43 PM EST
BLOOMFIELD HILLS — Alyssa Bolling and Jaime Carter each scored in the second half to push visiting Waterford Mott past Bloomfield Hills Andover, 2-0, Monday night in a non-league girls soccer game. V...
PREP NOTEBOOK: Weekend tournaments preparing teams for upcoming playoff runs
Updated: 5/8/2012 5:06:39 AM EST
We’re still three weeks away from the start of the postseason, but a few area prep baseball and softball teams are already in a playoff state-of-mind. The baseball teams at Walled Lake Western, Walle...
BOYS GOLF: N. Farmington's Kollin, Brother Rice team shine brightest in loaded field at Oakland Hills WITH VIDEO
Updated: 5/7/2012 10:26:44 PM EST
BLOOMFIELD HILLS — North Farmington senior Max Kollin knows exactly what it’s like to win an individual state golf title, since he did just at the Division 1 state tournament last June. While what Ko...
MONDAY NIGHT LIVE: Scores from prep action around Oakland County
Updated: 5/7/2012 9:39:25 PM EST
Softball Waterford Kettering 8, Brighton 1 Boys golf Bloomfield Hills Lahser 168, Berkley 180 Boys lacrosse Birmingham Brother Rice 11, New Trier (Illinois) 3 (from Sunday) Birmingham Brothe...
ROWING: Host St. Mary's takes third at annual Regatta
Updated: 5/7/2012 1:59:03 PM EST
ORCHARD LAKE — Most Saturday afternoons on Orchard Lake, boaters relax on the water, possibly getting away from another stressful week at the workplace. But this past Saturday was different. Instead...
SOFTBALL: Clarkston's Maday throws two no-hitters on Sunday at Stars Tournament
Updated: 5/7/2012 1:54:28 PM EST
The hosts almost ended up being the champs as well. Annually the hosts of the Michigan Stars Softball Tournament, Clarkston advanced to the finals of the tournament. on the strength of back-to-back ...
Walled Lake City Track and Field Meet Results WITH VIDEO
Updated: 5/7/2012 8:57:38 AM EST
Girls track and field Walled Lake City Meet (Saturday at Walled Lake Central) WALLED LAKE NORTHERN 82, WALLED LAKE CENTRAL 63, WALLED LAKE WESTERN 30 HIGH JUMP — 1. Alyssa Sherman (N) 5-1, 2. Devi...
BASEBALL: Reserve pitching corps comes through big for WL Western, spurs Warriors to Farmington Tournament championship
Updated: 5/6/2012 9:10:30 PM EST
FARMINGTON – Walled Lake Western dug deep into its arsenal of weapons on Saturday afternoon. The result: A first-place championship trophy in the annual Farmington High School Power 15 Baseball Tourn...
BASEBALL: Royal Oak knocks off Clawson in consolation game of Jim Evans tournament
Updated: 5/6/2012 12:50:29 AM EST
ROYAL OAK – Joel Gorbold has been learning the game of baseball with his twin brother, Dylan, since they can remember growing up in Royal Oak. “I’ve been learning to play – my brother and me - since ...
TRACK AND FIELD: Walled Lake Northern boys, girls sweep city meet WITH VIDEO
Updated: 5/6/2012 9:42:32 PM EST
COMMERCE TWP. — With balloons decorating the seating areas, tolerable weather conditions and the PA system belting out occasional pop tunes, the annual Walled Lake city track and field meet late Satur...
SOFTBALL: Hazel Park takes home Daily Tribune/Jim Evans Softball tournament title
Updated: 5/6/2012 12:29:40 PM EST
A cool Saturday morning had no affect on Hazel Park’s bats as the girls put 27 runs on the board and only gave up two to take home the third annual Daily Tribune/Jim Evans Softball Tournament. The Vik...
SOFTBALL: Four area teams advance to championship flight at Michigan Stars Tournament
Updated: 5/6/2012 5:41:23 PM EST
GRAND BLANC – In the end, whichever team won the game really didn’t matter. But since neither team knew that at the time and were on the field trying to win, Troy Athens and North Farmington went ahe...
BASEBALL: Brother Rice secures league banner, CC stays alive in CHSL playoff chase, as bitter rivals split diamond double dip
Updated: 5/5/2012 8:29:21 PM EST
BIRMINGHAM – There was a lot at stake Saturday afternoon in the prep baseball doubleheader between Catholic League arch rivals Novi Detroit Catholic League and Birmingham Brother Rice. Host Brother R...
Saturday's Prep Roundup: Clarkston finishes 3-0 on day one of Michigan Stars Tournament
Updated: 5/7/2012 10:40:14 PM EST
GRAND BLANC — At the Michigan Stars Tournament, Clarkston finished the day with a perfect 3-0 record including a 3-0 win over Farmington Hills Harrison highlighted by a no-hitter by Madeline Maday who...
BOYS LACROSSE: Catholic Central's Mike Mullen working to get back in the game WITH VIDEO
Updated: 5/6/2012 1:55:58 PM EST
NOVI — Over recent years, the word “concussion” has grown in its impact. Not just in the medical sense, but in the awareness of its severity. The long-term impacts are still being discovered, but th...
GIRLS SOCCER: Hat trick from Heimerdinger leads Cranbrook past Oakland Christian
Updated: 5/5/2012 7:42:39 PM EST
BLOOMFIELD HILLS – The Cranbrook Cranes defeated the Oakland Christian Lancers 4-0 in a Saturday girls soccer matinee behind a hat trick from senior Maddie Heimerdinger. The Cranes jumped out early w...
TRACK AND FIELD: Brother Rice shares Rice Relays title WITH VIDEO
Updated: 5/5/2012 5:23:55 PM EST
BIRMINGHAM — There was little time to waste Saturday at the annual Brother Rice Relays at Brother Rice High. Events went off like clockwork, one after the other, giving athletes little time to rest or...
Keith Dunlap's quick baseball/softball hits/rankings for May 6
Updated: 5/5/2012 1:19:53 PM EST
Softball quick hits — Both Troy softball coach Tom Calnen and North Farmington softball coach Dave Brubaker have made interesting points to me regarding the early warm weather during the first couple...
SOFTBALL: Palmer of Athens is worst nightmare for opposing pitchers, defenses WITH VIDEO
Updated: 5/5/2012 1:23:02 PM EST
TROY — When opposing pitchers stand on the rubber and then have to start the game by facing Troy Athens leadoff hitter Melissa Palmer, this is all they’re up against. A left-hander, Palmer steps into...
BASEBALL: Andover's Berman has made quick transformation into ace pitcher WITH VIDEO
Updated: 5/5/2012 1:25:44 PM EST
BLOOMFIELD HILLS — Since Bloomfield Hills Andover senior Gabe Berman is one of the top pitchers in the state, surely he has honed his craft on the mound ever since he took up baseball as a young boy. ...
GIRLS SOCCER: Moore's lone goal lifts North Farmington past Farmington
Updated: 5/4/2012 11:07:02 PM EST
FARMINGTON — Sometimes, it only takes one. And that’s all that North Farmington needed on Friday night. Megan Moore netted the game’s lone goal in the first half to lead the Raiders past rival Farmi...
BASEBALL: Under the lights, Seaholm slams Berkley
Updated: 5/5/2012 2:29:13 AM EST
BERKLEY — Playing under the lights Friday night, the Birmingham Seaholm baseball team lit it up in a major way. Pounding out a total of 13 hits, the Maples went on the road and blasted the host Berkl...
Friday's prep roundup: Rochester Adams picks up a pair of wins with sweep of Berkley
Updated: 5/4/2012 10:51:35 PM EST
ROCHESTER — Kelly McCasland pitched a perfect game with four strikeouts for Rochester Adams, winning game one of a double header versus Berkley 10-0 on Friday. Bre Polcyn went 2-for-4 with two double...
GIRLS SOCCER: Young Stoney Creek team tosses aside Royal Oak WITH VIDEO
Updated: 5/4/2012 11:20:25 PM EST
ROCHESTER HILLS — It would stand to reason that a team boasting more freshmen starters than total seniors on its roster would require a handful of games to really settle in and begin to realize their ...
BOYS LACROSSE: Catholic Central rallies to beat Eisenhower
Updated: 5/4/2012 9:14:42 AM EST
NOVI — A three-game losing streak is never something that is welcomed in any sport. But that’s not to say it can’t be understood. The Novi Detroit Catholic Central boys lacrosse team was riding a th...
Thursday's prep roundup: Walled Lake Northern soccer wins weather-shortened rivalry game
Updated: 5/4/2012 4:30:21 PM EST
COMMERCE TWP. — Agatha Weddle and Emma Boelker each scored to lead Walled Lake Northern to a 2-0 win over Walled Lake Central in a Kensington Lakes Activities Association North Division girls soccer g...
BASEBALL: Avondale, Andover split key OAA Blue doubleheader
Updated: 5/3/2012 10:15:20 PM EST
AUBURN HILLS -- After dropping the first half of Thursday’s doubleheader, 4-1, in a closely fought game to Auburn Hills Avondale, the Bloomfield Hills Andover baseball team knew what getting swept and...
GIRLS SOCCER: Waterford cross-town showdown between Mott and Kettering suspended
Updated: 5/4/2012 12:30:41 PM EST
WATERFORD - Mother Nature wasn't very cooperative Thursday at the intra-city prep girls soccer match-up between Waterford Mott and Waterford Kettering. Lightning stopped the game with 12 minutes to p...
THURSDAY NIGHT LIVE: Scores from preps action around Oakland County
Updated: 5/3/2012 10:23:17 PM EST
Baseball Allen Park Cabrini 4-5, Pontiac Notre Dame Prep 3-3 Auburn Hills Avondale 4-0, Bloomfield Hills Andover 1-4 Holly 6, Fenton 5 Madison Heights Bishop Foley 10-17, Riverview Gabriel Richard...
GIRLS TENNIS: Lineup adjustment has made Clarkston, once again, a team to beat WITH VIDEO
Updated: 5/3/2012 5:44:26 PM EST
To say Gabriella Spindler's decision not to play for her high school team this spring threw a curve ball at Clarkston tennis coach Becky Freeman might be a bit of an understatement. It was more like ...
GIRLS TENNIS: State rankings for April 30
Updated: 5/3/2012 5:15:20 PM EST
The latest state high school tennis rankings from the Michigan High School Tennis Coaches Association were released Monday, April 30. READ JASON SCHMITT'S LATEST ...
PREP CHAT: Butcher bids adieu to Walled Lake Central hoops program WITH VIDEO
Updated: 5/3/2012 5:41:06 PM EST
Oakland Press prep sports gurus Scott Burnstein and Jeff Dullack talk about Denny Butcher departing as boys basketball coach at Walled Lake Central to take the job at Hartland....
TRACK AND FIELD: Holly girls sweep Clio, Swartz Creek
Updated: 5/3/2012 3:22:31 PM EST
HOLLY — The Holly girls track team resoundingly defeated Clio and Swartz Creek in Holly Wednesday night, beating the former 131-6 and the latter 109 1/2-27 1/2. However, the boys, who dominated Clio ...
SOFTBALL: Lake Orion, Clarkston split a twinbill
Updated: 5/3/2012 12:46:41 AM EST
LAKE ORION — After a tough spurt to open the season, Lake Orion is beginning to establish itself as one of the area’s top softball teams. The Dragons posted a split with archrival Clarkston Wednesday...
SOFTBALL: Great pitching leads Troy to doubleheader sweep of N. Farmington WITH VIDEO
Updated: 5/3/2012 12:29:33 AM EST
FARMINGTON HILLS – It was as if the Troy softball team got into a time machine during its Oakland Activities Association Red Division softball doubleheader at North Farmington on Tuesday. Granted, th...
WEDNESDAY'S PREP ROUNDUP: Rochester splits with rival Adams in softball double-header
Updated: 5/4/2012 3:27:53 PM EST
ROCHESTER HILLS — Cross-town rivals Rochester and Rochester Adams split a softball doubleheader on Wednesday, with the Falcons taking the early game, 4-1, and the Highlanders winning the second game, ...
GIRLS SOCCER: Clawson cruises past Warren Mott to maintain first place in MAC Gold
Updated: 5/3/2012 12:23:35 PM EST
CLAWSON – The host Clawson Trojans picked up a 4-0 victory over the Warren Mott Marauders Wednesday night to maintain first place in the MAC Gold Division. Leading 1-0 at halftime, the Trojans blew t...
BASEBALL: Groves, Farmington each take a game in doubleheader
Updated: 5/3/2012 12:22:44 PM EST
BIRMINGHAM — It was a spirited and high-intensity environment Wednesday at the prep baseball doubleheader between Farmington and Birmingham Groves. With the competition heated and full of a fervor, t...
BASEBALL: White's walk-off leads Ferndale past Southfield in extra innings
Updated: 5/3/2012 12:21:56 PM EST
FERNDALE — Head varsity baseball coach Steve Sharp has built Southfield’s program into respectability the past several years, and the Bluejays would have added one more notch to their baseball belt ha...
WEDNESDAY NIGHT LIVE: Scores from prep action around Oakland County
Updated: 5/2/2012 10:20:00 PM EST
Baseball Birmingham Brother Rice 2-11, Warren De La Salle 1-5 Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood 14, Birmingham Detroit Country Day 4 (5 innings) Clarkston 2-8, Stoney Creek 1-3 (doubleheader) F...
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TRACK AND FIELD: Seaholm doubles its pleasure with sweep of Groves WITH VIDEO
Updated: 5/2/2012 12:21:18 PM EST
BIRMINGHAM — The battle of Birmingham didn’t take place south of the Mason-Dixon line, but in Oakland County, just south of Maple Road and west of Woodward. That's where Seaholm and Groves collided on...
GIRLS SOCCER: Two goals from Rhoades leads Mott past Northern
Updated: 5/1/2012 10:55:17 PM EST
WATERFORD – Hannah Rhoades scored twice and the Waterford Mott Corsairs defeated the Walled Lake Northern Knights 2-1 in a key KLAA North girls soccer game Tuesday night to hold onto first place in th...
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Tuesday's Prep Roundup: Troy edges out Troy Athens again in rivalry matchup
Updated: 5/3/2012 11:11:01 PM EST
TROY — Troy defeated Troy Athens, 3-0, on Tuesday night in a Oakland Activities Association Red Division girls soccer matchup. Irene Young and Erin Wrubel scored goals for Troy in the first half. Mad...
TRACK AND FIELD: Clarkston sweeps away Oxford
Updated: 5/1/2012 10:20:40 PM EST
OXFORD — Heading into Tuesday’s track meet against Oxford, the Clarkston girls team was looking to finish off their dual meet season with an unblemished record. Behind a strong showing in field event...
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BASEBALL: Shrine, Our Lady of the Lakes split doubleheader WITH VIDEO
Updated: 5/1/2012 10:31:10 PM EST
WATERFORD — After one doubleheader against a league opponent, teams will begin to get a real sense of what the other brings to the mound and the plate by the end of the day. But with two doubleheaders...
TUESDAY NIGHT LIVE: Scores from preps action around Oakland County
Updated: 5/1/2012 10:04:45 PM EST
Baseball Bloomfield Hills Andover 5, Birmingham Groves 3 Howell 4, Waterford Kettering 1 Linden 4, Holly 1 Madison Heights Bishop Foley 3-12, Pontiac Notre Dame Prep 0-2 Novi Franklin Road Christ...
BOYS LACROSSE: Walled Lake Central rallies to earn first-ever win over Walled Lake Northern
Updated: 4/30/2012 11:27:13 PM EST
COMMERCE — It was just a matter of time. After being shut down for much of the first half on offense, Walled Lake Central broke through for 10 second-half goals, en route to a 13-10 win over rival Wa...
GIRLS SOCCER: Linden knocks off Holly in Flint Metro League action
Updated: 4/30/2012 9:56:26 PM EST
HOLLY – The Linden Eagles defeated the Holly Bronchos 4-1 on Monday night in Flint Metro League girls soccer. The Eagles jumped out to an early lead when Megan Harp got behind the defense on a pass f...
Monday's Prep Roundup: Gustafson twirls a no-hitter for Walled Lake Central baseball
Updated: 4/30/2012 10:01:51 PM EST
WALLED LAKE — Brett Gustafson of Walled Lake Central stymied Pinckney hitters for seven no-hit innings, allowing just a single walk and striking out 12 in the Vikings’ 3-0 victory Monday afternoon on ...
Smith, House among Pontiac High athletes who sign for college
Updated: 4/30/2012 9:27:44 PM EST
PONTIAC — Meshia Smith and Breonna House, teammates on Pontiac’s girls basketball team this past season, will be teammates at the collegiate level, too. The pair of basketball standouts was among fiv...
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BOYS GOLF: Ruffino, Shyu share medalist honors at Holiday Inn Express-Birmingham Invite
Updated: 4/30/2012 8:39:21 PM EST
ORCHARD LAKE — For those who question the toughness of golfers, try being in the shoes of those who competed at the Holiday Inn Express-Birmingham Invitational at Orchard Lake Country Club on Monday. ...
BASEBALL: Sharp throws no-hitter, North Farmington makes it three straight over rival Harrison
Updated: 4/30/2012 11:37:42 PM EST
FARMINGTON HILLS – Under nasty weather conditions on Monday, North Farmington ace pitcher Sterling Sharp spun a beauty. The Raiders’ long and athletic star junior hurler threw the first no-hitter of ...
PREP NOTEBOOK: Notre Dame Prep's Timko accepts soccer scholarship
Updated: 4/30/2012 6:51:49 PM EST
She's young and really, really good. Only a sophomore, Pontiac Notre Dame Prep girls soccer star Taylor Timko recently accepted a scholarship to the University of Michigan, verbally committing to the...
MONDAY NIGHT LIVE: Scores from prep action around Oakland County
Updated: 4/30/2012 9:34:43 PM EST
Baseball Bloomfield Hills Andover 6, Berkley 3 Holly 4, Linden 3 North Farmington 10, Farmington Hills Harrison 0 (6 innings) Novi 10, Livonia Franklin 3 (6 innings) Southfield-Lathrup 6, Ferndal...
Oxford Invitational Results WITH VIDEO
Updated: 4/29/2012 7:53:35 PM EST
Boys track and field 50th annual Oxford Invitational (Saturday at Oxford High School) TEAMS —1. Lake Orion 107; 2. Davison 60; 3. Walled Lake Northern 52; Utica 42; 5. (tie) Auburn Hills Avondale...
TRACK AND FIELD: Lake Orion, Ortonville Brandon capture Oxford Invitational WITH VIDEO
Updated: 4/29/2012 1:04:34 PM EST
OXFORD — Longtime Oxford coaches Elmer Ball and Ray Sutherland were honored before Saturday’s Oxford Invitational Track and Field meet. Sutherland is retiring after this season and Ball, one of the sc...
BASEBALL: Busy day for Bishop Foley, Ventures take 2 of 3 versus Cabrini in trio of CHSL battles
Updated: 4/29/2012 2:27:24 AM EST
MADISON HEIGHTS – Everyone has heard of the doubleheader, but what about the tripleheader? It’s a grueling task just thinking about it. Didn’t seem to faze the Madison Heights Bishop Foley baseball ...
MIPrepZone Weekly 4-29-12
Updated: 4/30/2012 8:39:58 PM EST
MIPrepZone Weekly features a look at Walled Lake Central track and field star Cullen Prena and four county baseball players who have committed to Central Michigan....
Saturday's Prep Roundup: Saint Mary's takes two of three from Catholic Central in baseball
Updated: 4/28/2012 11:27:17 PM EST
ORCHARD LAKE — Orchard Lake St. Mary’s went 2-1 on the day against Novi Detroit Catholic Central on Saturday in a boys baseball triple-header. In the first game, Julian Jones went 1-for-3 with an RBI,...
FOOTBALL: Pontiac hires Redmond as new coach WITH VIDEO
Updated: 4/29/2012 8:15:15 PM EST
PONTIAC — The cream rose to the top. After a lengthy and exhaustive hiring process, Pontiac High School named Damian Redmond its new head football coach last week. Formerly a defensive coordinator a...
Keith Dunlap's quick baseball/softball hits/rankings for April 29
Updated: 4/28/2012 11:25:42 PM EST
Baseball quick hits — This week was the start of doubleheaders for baseball teams in the OAA, who decided to institute twinbills over the offseason. Just like the KLAA, the OAA played single league g...
SOFTBALL: Country Day's Collins epitomizes unselfishness WITH VIDEO
Updated: 4/28/2012 6:27:46 PM EST
BEVERLY HILLS — It’s not uncommon for coaches to preach passionately about how unselfish certain players are, but it’s not quite as common when those coaches are able to come up with good examples as ...
BASEBALL: Walled Lake Central's Rendi inspiring baseball team WITH VIDEO
Updated: 4/30/2012 11:25:44 AM EST
COMMERCE TWP. — Sitting in the dugout for every Walled Lake Central baseball game this year, Central senior Kate Rendi does what all baseball bookkeepers do, which is jot down the game stats. Yes, he...
BASEBALL: Lahser wins a pitcher's duel against Troy
Updated: 4/28/2012 9:56:14 AM EST
Bloomfield Hills Lahser continued its winning ways on Friday with a 2-1 win over Troy in an OAA crossover. Neal Krentz doubled home Zach Tornow in the first inning and then again in the fifth on a dou...
TRACK AND FIELD: Milford boys capture Raider Relays title WITH VIDEO
Updated: 4/28/2012 12:19:16 PM EST
FARMINGTON HILLS — As darkness enveloped the track and field complex Friday at North Farmington High, and athletes and coaches began filing out the gates, the winner of the boys competition at the ann...
BASEBALL: Offense comes through for Stoney Creek in sweep of Rochester
Updated: 4/27/2012 11:01:38 PM EST
ROCHESTER HILLS — Most baseball coaches will refute the notion of carry-over momentum from one game to the next, insisting instead that everything starts clean for each new contest. But Friday’s doubl...
BASEBALL: West Bloomfield and Farmington play to split doubleheader WITH VIDEO
Updated: 4/30/2012 12:08:52 PM EST
WEST BLOOMFIELD — There was some of everything on Friday in the prep baseball doubleheader between Oakland Activities Association foes Farmington and West Bloomfield. There was good pitching, good hi...
Friday's Prep Roundup: North Farmington baseball edges out Harrison in intra-city battle
Updated: 4/27/2012 10:38:12 PM EST
FARMINGTON — Eric Stanis led the North Farmington baseball team on Friday in the Raiders’ 9-3 win over Farmington Hills Harrison in a Oakland Activities Association Blue Division game. Stanis drove i...
SOCCER: One goal enough for North Farmington in win over Waterford Kettering
Updated: 4/27/2012 11:04:01 PM EST
WATERFORD – The North Farmington Raiders picked up a 1-0 win over the host Waterford Kettering Captains in girls soccer Friday night. Jessie Carruthers got the game’s only goal late in the first half...
FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE: Scores from prep action around Oakland County
Updated: 4/27/2012 10:40:10 PM EST
Updated Prep Scores Baseball Auburn Hills Avondale 8-12, Troy Athens 1-2 Bloomfield Hills Andover 12-15, Royal Oak 5-0 Bloomfield Hills Lahser 2, Troy 1 Clarkston 7-8, Rochester Adams 4-4 Nort...
GIRLS SOCCER: Lutheran North gets the best of Royal Oak Shrine
Updated: 4/27/2012 8:25:19 PM EST
ROYAL OAK – Senior sweeper Maddie Traynor knows what her role is as captain of the Royal Oak Shrine girls’ soccer team. “I’ve been playing defense since I was four years old,” Traynor said Thursday. ...
'IN THE ZONE BLOG': Jason Schmitt takes a look at the latest in Oakland County high school girls tennis
Updated: 4/27/2012 5:11:44 PM EST
For all the latest in Oakland County high school tennis, READ JASON SCHMITT'S LATEST 'IN THE ZONE' TENNIS BLOG HERE ...
GIRLS TENNIS: State rankings for April 26
Updated: 4/27/2012 5:08:32 PM EST
The latest state high school tennis rankings from the Michigan High School Tennis Coaches Association were released Thursday, April 26. READ JASON SCHMITT'S LATES...
TRACK AND FIELD: Brandon girls bump off Holly, Linden
Updated: 4/27/2012 1:14:14 AM EST
Wednesday was for the birds in the Flint Metro League as the Brandon Blackhawk girls and Linden Eagles boys each edged the Holly Bronchos in track and field action at Holly. Hoping to follow-up on a ...
BOYS LACROSSE: Birmingham Unified escapes Athens with a win
Updated: 4/26/2012 10:50:31 PM EST
TROY — In his first year at the helm, Birmingham Unified head boys lacrosse coach Burt Engel has his staff and players committed to becoming a state power once again. With a solid core of returning p...
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Thursday's Prep Roundup: Mott outlasts Western in KLAA soccer action
Updated: 5/12/2012 2:04:34 AM EST
WALLED LAKE — Hannah Messer and Alyssa Bolling each scored to lead Waterford Mott to a 2-1 win over Walled Lake Western in a Kensington Lakes Activities Association girls soccer game on Thursday. Hann...
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GIRLS SOCCER: Adams continues hot start with win over rival Rochester
Updated: 4/27/2012 11:16:26 AM EST
ROCHESTER HILLS — Rochester Adams has made one thing known to kick off the girls soccer season: It’s not a team to be taken lightly. After knocking off the state’s No. 1 team in Troy on Friday, 4-1, ...
GIRLS SOCCER: Ferndale rallies to beat Seaholm
Updated: 4/26/2012 10:35:31 PM EST
FERNDALE – The Ferndale Eagles picked up a key 3-2 come from behind victory over the Birmingham Seaholm Maples in OAA Blue girls soccer action on Thursday evening. Trailing 2-0 entering the second h...
BASEBALL: Young talent carries Franklin Road Christian to exciting win on the road against Lutheran NW WITH VIDEO
Updated: 4/30/2012 12:07:25 PM EST
ROCHESTER HILLS – It’s not usual for eighth graders to make an impact on a varsity sport. Well, Dan Weaver and Gavin Harris are doing just that this season over on the baseball diamond at Novi Frankl...
GIRLS TENNIS: Reloaded Notre Dame Prep setting its goals even higher
Updated: 4/26/2012 10:51:21 PM EST
For many years, the ultimate success of reaching the state tennis finals has been more a matter of dodging bullets for Pontiac Notre Dame Prep than overcoming what always seems to be a stacked regiona...
THURSDAY NIGHT LIVE: Scores from preps action around Oakland County
Updated: 4/26/2012 10:13:57 PM EST
Softball Birmingham Groves 4-2, Farmington 3-0 Southfield Christian 8, Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett 7 (9 innings) Baseball Auburn Hills Avondale 3, Berkley 1 Birmingham Groves 5-6, Bi...
TRACK AND FIELD: Avondale boys, Groves girls win key dual meets WITH VIDEO
Updated: 4/26/2012 6:41:10 PM EST
AUBURN HILLS — Auburn Hills Avondale’s Nate Chapman has been versatile in running events but jumping hasn’t been his forte until recently. The senior, in only his second competition in the long jump,...
TRACK AND FIELD: Walled Lake Central's Prena rewriting the record books WITH VIDEO
Updated: 4/26/2012 1:27:35 PM EST
COMMERCE — Records are made to be broken. And Walled Lake Central’s Cullen Prena is proving just that. Just one week after breaking the school discus record held by Steve Theibert for 29 years, Pren...
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Wednesday's prep roundup: Clarkston softball makes statement by sweeping N. Farmington
Updated: 5/3/2012 11:11:47 PM EST
CLARKSTON — Rachel Alli’s RBI double drove in the game-tying and game winning runs in the top of the seventh inning in the nightcap for Clarkston, which swept an Oakland Activities Association Red Div...
SOFTBALL: Good pitching dominates split between Waterford Mott and Kettering WITH VIDEO
Updated: 4/30/2012 12:05:30 PM EST
WATERFORD — The circle was scorching. Wednesday’s cross-town softball doubleheader pitting arch rivals Waterford Mott and Waterford Kettering featured a pair of exquisite pitching performances. Spli...
GIRLS SOCCER: Brandon plays to tie with Kearsley
Updated: 4/25/2012 10:19:17 PM EST
ORTONVILLE – The Ortonville Brandon Blackhawks and Flint Kearsley Hornets played a 2-2 draw in Flint Metro League girls soccer action Wednesday night. Desrae Munoz scored her second goal of the game ...
BASEBALL: Walled Lake Western, Central split doubleheader WITH VIDEO
Updated: 4/26/2012 3:02:46 PM EST
WALLED LAKE — Approaching the heart of the season with increased significance applied to inter-division games, cross-town rivals Walled Lake Western and Walled Lake Central came together to split a do...
WEDNESDAY NIGHT LIVE: Scores from prep action around Oakland County
Updated: 4/25/2012 10:24:16 PM EST
Baseball Berkley 15, Southfield-Lathrup 1 (5 innings) Bloomfield Hills Andover 10, Farmington Hills Harrison 2 Bloomfield Hills Lahser 10, Troy Athens 8 Lake Orion 5, Stoney Creek 3 Madison Heigh...
BASEBALL: Lake Orion wins resumed game against Stoney Creek WITH VIDEO
Updated: 4/25/2012 10:05:12 PM EST
LAKE ORION — Admission isn’t typically charged at high school baseball games, but if it were, people certainly would’ve gotten their money’s worth just to watch the last at-bat between Lake Orion and ...
TRACK AND FIELD: Ferndale's boys, girls sweep Southfield Lathrup WITH VIDEO
Updated: 4/25/2012 1:27:21 AM EST
FERNDALE — The experience factor of officials and helpers assembled at Ferndale High School Tuesday for a dual track and field meet against Southfield Lathrup was off the charts. There was former Tro...
GIRLS SOCCER: Royal Oak, Berkley tie in key OAA White game
Updated: 4/24/2012 11:05:20 PM EST
BERKLEY – Coming into Tuesday night, the Royal Oak Ravens and host Berkley Bears were tied atop the OAA White girls soccer standings and after an evenly played 2-2 draw, that’s also how they ended the...
GIRLS SOCCER: Offense hard to come by in tie between Clarkston, Lahser WITH VIDEO
Updated: 4/30/2012 12:03:27 PM EST
BLOOMFIELD HILLS – Despite outshooting their opponents by a 2-to-1 margin, the visiting Clarkston Wolves needed some last-second defensive wizardry on Tuesday night to come away with a 0-0 tie in the ...
Tuesday's prep roundup: Troy edges out Stoney Creek
Updated: 5/3/2012 11:09:48 PM EST
ROCHESTER HILLS — Alyssa Cabelof and Sarah Troccoli each scored in the first half for Troy, which defeated Stoney Creek 2-1 in an Oakland Activities Association Red division girls soccer game Tuesday....
GIRLS SOCCER: Mercy, Notre Dame Prep play to a draw
Updated: 4/24/2012 8:16:55 PM EST
PONTIAC — With high scoring sophomore Taylor Timko out due to injury, Pontiac Notre Dame Prep had to find another source of offense on Tuesday afternoon as the Fighting Irish hosted Farmington Hills M...
BASEBALL: West Bloomfield earns walk-off win against St. Mary's WITH VIDEO
Updated: 4/24/2012 8:37:08 PM EST
WEST BLOOMFIELD — After losing more than its share of one-run baseball games through the early portion of its season, West Bloomfield was able to reverse that trend Tuesday afternoon, as the Lakers gr...
TUESDAY NIGHT LIVE: Scores from preps action around Oakland County
Updated: 4/24/2012 10:32:16 PM EST
Baseball Auburn Hills Oakland Christian 16, Newport Lutheran South 1 (4 innings) Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood 9-3, Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes 4-8 Rochester Hills Lutheran Northwest 13,...
BASEBALL: Andover back on track, takes two in sweep of pair of Troy diamond cutters WITH VIDEO
Updated: 4/24/2012 3:44:13 AM EST
BLOOMFIELD HILLS – The Bloomfield Hills Andover baseball team is riding high once again. The Barons have won five straight, capped by a pair of big wins on Monday on their home field Torching Troy 1...
TRACK AND FIELD: Hot 3,200 highlighted Tri-County Invitational
Updated: 4/23/2012 11:38:00 PM EST
While Lake Orion’s T.J. Carey took first place in the 3,200-meter run at the Tri-County Invitational at Brandon High, helping the Dragons to the team title, he was pushed by a freshman from Royal Oak....
BOYS LACROSSE: Clarkston makes statement against OAA rival Athens
Updated: 4/23/2012 10:22:43 PM EST
CLARKSTON — After dropping games in each of the past two seasons to Oakland Activities Association rival Troy Athens, Clarkston looked to turn the tables on the Red Hawks in boys lacrosse on Monday ni...
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Monday's Prep Roundup: Avondale wins slugfest baseball game over Royal Oak
Updated: 4/25/2012 6:17:00 PM EST
ROYAL OAK — Tim Foley went 3-for-4 with two runs batter in to help Auburn Hills Avondale out-slug Royal Oak, 14-12, in Oakland Activities Association Blue Division baseball action on Monday afternoon....
GIRLS SOCCER: Late goal leads Athens past Rochester
Updated: 4/23/2012 10:11:18 PM EST
TROY – Natalie Sabourin started a 3-on-2 breakaway with just under two minutes to play, feeding Liz Abro down the right side. Abro held the ball til the last possible minute before firing across to ...
PREP NOTEBOOK: Late-inning drama highlights the week in baseball
Updated: 4/23/2012 8:37:35 PM EST
It was an intense past week on the prep baseball diamond, with drama worthy of an Academy Award highlighting action from around Oakland County. The fireworks got started last Monday when North Farmin...
TRACK AND FIELD: Walled Lake Western runs to third-place finish at Saturday's Stafford Relays
Updated: 4/23/2012 7:13:23 PM EST
WALLED LAKE — Track and field teams throughout the area are usually used to seeing some of the worst weather throughout the spring season. But so far this season, the weather has been more that coope...
MONDAY NIGHT LIVE: Scores from prep action around Oakland County
Updated: 4/23/2012 10:00:18 PM EST
All we accumulate scores, we'll update this page. Check back periodically. Baseball Auburn Hills Avondale 14, Royal Oak 12 Birmingham Groves 5, West Bloomfield 4 Ferndale 9, Oak Park 0 Hartland...
MIPrepZone Weekly 4-22-12
Updated: 4/30/2012 1:51:36 PM EST
This week's MIPrepZone Weekly features the return of Farmington Hills Mercy senior tennis player Margaux Kabodian, who is back with the Marlins after missing the 2011 season with a severe knee injury....
BASEBALL: Ortel rockets walk-off homer to send Bishop Foley to sweep in rivalry renewal WITH VIDEO
Updated: 4/22/2012 2:28:40 AM EST
MADISON HEIGHTS – One of the state’s best prep baseball rivalries reconvened on Saturday afternoon with Madison Heights Bishop Foley and arch nemesis Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard going at it on the diamo...
TRACK AND FIELD: Brandon flies away with Tri-County Invitational title
Updated: 4/21/2012 9:39:24 PM EST
FROM STAFF REPORTS ORTONVILLE — Jayona Dent ran legs on three winning relays as Ortonville Brandon’s girls won the Brandon Tri-County Invitational track and field meet Saturday at Brandon High. Dent...
TRACK AND FIELD: Athletes compete at Balawajder Classic Co-ed Relays WITH VIDEO
Updated: 4/21/2012 9:34:52 PM EST
MILFORD — The memory of Eugene Balawajder is strong in the Huron Valley School district, particularly around track and field circles, where the former Milford High School coach and athletic director m...
Saturday prep roundup: Cranbrook's Chapman tosses complete game shutout
Updated: 5/12/2012 2:05:16 AM EST
BLOOMFIELD HILLS — Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood took advantage of two stellar pitching performances and won both games of a double-header against Royal Oak Shrine in a boys baseball game on Sa...
Keith Dunlap’s quick baseball/softball hits and rankings
Updated: 4/23/2012 5:50:04 PM EST
— The high school baseball community in both the county and state lost a legend on Thursday morning when longtime Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood coach Jack Sanders died at the age of 86. A gradu...
BASEBALL: All spots are sweet for Stoney Creek's Niko Gonzalez WITH VIDEO
Updated: 4/21/2012 9:39:57 PM EST
ROCHESTER HILLS — Evidently, Niko Gonzalez didn’t get the memo. You know, the one where high school baseball players might as well try and bunt every time they step to the plate due to new bat restri...
SOFTBALL: Troy's LaCarter has adapted well to softball in the north WITH VIDEO
Updated: 4/21/2012 9:50:52 PM EST
TROY — There are probably too many subject titles to count in those series of books entitled “For Dummies,” but add another to the list, since Troy senior softball player Kamryn LaCarter would be the ...
GIRLS BASKETBALL: The 2012 All County Team
Updated: 4/21/2012 5:45:56 PM EST
If you’re a player, there’s no more flattering concept than knowing that the other team completely changed its game-plan just to stop you. In that same vein, you can always tell which players are the...
GIRLS SOCCER: Lamphere routs Romeo
Updated: 4/20/2012 11:27:28 PM EST
MADISON HEIGHTS – The host Madison Heights Lampere Rams picked up a 6-1 victory over the visiting Romeo Bulldogs on a cold, windy and rainy Friday evening. Victoria Borngesser got the game winner ear...
Friday's prep roundup: Mott edges out Lakeland in first half of doubleheader
Updated: 4/20/2012 10:05:52 PM EST
WATERFORD — Austin Maas had two hits and Justice Bolling had two RBI to lead Waterford Mott to a 2-1 win over Lakeland in the first game of a Kensington Lakes Activities Association North Division bas...
BASEBALL: Seaholm, Farmington have controversy in rain-shortened game WITH VIDEO
Updated: 4/22/2012 2:13:44 AM EST
BIRMINGHAM – A little bit of baseball, a little bit of rain and a little bit of controversy came together Friday at Birmingham Seaholm's home diamond and made for an interesting outcome. The host Map...
BASEBALL: Walled Lake Western, Northern can't make it past third inning
Updated: 4/20/2012 8:36:33 PM EST
COMMERCE – One of the few misfortunes of the spring sports season is the unpredictable weather, and unfortunately Friday’s game between rivals Walled Lake Western and Walled Lake Northern fell victim ...
BASEBALL: Groves, North Farmington called one out short of becoming official WITH VIDEO
Updated: 4/20/2012 8:39:21 PM EST
BEVERLY HILLS — When Birmingham Groves committed a defensive error in the top of the fifth inning Friday afternoon, the consequences were quickly felt, but not so much the scoreboard. With rain falli...
BASEBALL: Rain cuts short Stoney Creek, Lake Orion in 4th inning
Updated: 4/20/2012 8:49:15 PM EST
LAKE ORION — Sometimes it’s simply unfortunate when Mother Nature comes along and spoils a good thing. The Lake Orion and Stoney Creek baseball teams had spent a majority of the week gearing up for a...
GIRLS LACROSSE: Rochester has little trouble with Stoney Creek
Updated: 4/19/2012 11:03:58 PM EST
ROCHESTER HILLS — Better late than never. Rochester staked claim as the team to beat in the OAA White Division, showcasing another high offensive explosion in a 13-5 victory over Stoney Creek. Seven ...
GIRLS SOCCER: Northville gets the best of defending champ Novi
Updated: 4/19/2012 11:08:56 PM EST
NORTHVILLE – The host Northville Mustangs picked up a crucial 1-0 win over their rivals the Novi Wildcats in girls soccer Thursday night. Sophomore forward Jamie Cheslik had the game’s only goal midw...
Thursday's Prep Roundup: Marian topples Notre Dame Prep in Catholic League showdown
Updated: 4/20/2012 2:06:29 AM EST
BLOOMFIELD HILLS — Alexa Finger, Kelly Sweeney and Hanna Beck-Sawyer each scored to lead Birmingham Marian to a 3-1 win over Pontiac Notre Dame Prep in a Catholic League girls soccer game on Thursday....
GIRLS SOCCER: Walled Lake Northern wins Challenge Cup over rival Western
Updated: 4/19/2012 10:46:01 PM EST
COMMERCE — Playing their semi-annual rivalry game, known as the Challenge Cup, the Walled Lake Northern and Walled Lake Western girls soccer teams took to the field looking to capture intra-city bragg...
GIRLS SOCCER: Mercy has recipe for success in win over Bishop Foley WITH VIDEO
Updated: 4/24/2012 12:59:09 PM EST
FARMINGTON HILLS – With any successful recipe, you need just the right mix of ingredients to make it work. Farmington Hills Mercy girls soccer coach Butch Babler thinks his Marlins squad has that rig...
GIRLS TENNIS: Back in the game ... Mercy's Kabodian returns from severe knee injury WITH VIDEO
Updated: 5/10/2012 1:14:59 PM EST
FARMINGTON HILLS - To the ultimate competitor, losing is a hard pill to swallow. But what is even more difficult to endure is losing the ability to compete altogether. And that's something Margaux K...
THURSDAY NIGHT LIVE: Scores from preps action around Oakland County
Updated: 4/19/2012 9:39:15 PM EST
Girls soccer Auburn Hills Oakland Christian 6, Ann Arbor Greenhills 3 Berkley 5, Bloomfield Hills Lahser 0 Birmingham Marian 3, Pontiac Notre Dame Prep 1 Farmington Hills Mercy 2, Madison Heights...
TRACK & FIELD: Holly boys and girls run by Lapeer East and West
Updated: 4/19/2012 12:04:52 AM EST
As they did to start the 2011 Flint Metro League track season, the Holly Bronchos boys and girls teams cruised to easy wins over both Lapeer East and West Wednesday night at Holly. Both Holly squads ...
SOFTBALL: Farmington and Lake Orion each win decisively in double-header split WITH VIDEO
Updated: 4/24/2012 12:57:28 PM EST
FARMINGTON — When reflecting on the prep softball doubleheader just played by host Farmington and visiting Lake Orion on Wednesday, Farmington head coach Stephanie Volpe, said it best. “Things were p...
SOFTBALL: Clarkston sweeps double-header with Troy WITH VIDEO
Updated: 4/19/2012 3:20:21 AM EST
CLARKSTON — Chances are, Wednesday’s doubleheader sweep over Troy won’t be the prettiest wins of the Clarkston softball season, but the Wolves will no doubt take them. After edging out a 4-3 win in t...
Wednesday's Prep Roundup: Oxford baseball knocks off Athens with walk-off home run
Updated: 4/20/2012 2:04:38 AM EST
OXFORD — Kyle Hartwick blasted a three-run, walk-off home run in the bottom of the seventh inning, lifting Oxford to an 8-6 win over Troy Athens in OAA baseball action Wednesday. Liam Logan contribut...
FOOTBALL RECRUITING: McGreevey headed to Air Force Academy
Updated: 4/19/2012 8:00:22 PM EST
PONTIAC — Uncle Sam has a crush on Oakland County. Over the last year, four local prep athletes have landed at one of the American military service academies to continue their respective careers at t...
BASEBALL: Northrup ready to takes talents to Hillsdale
Updated: 4/18/2012 8:25:43 PM EST
The Hillsdale College baseball program already has Stoney Creek’s Zak Northrup in the fold as one of their recruits. And as Northrup continues to shine this season, coaches are secure they made the r...
TRACK AND FIELD: Stoney Creek athletes going to next level
Updated: 4/18/2012 8:19:23 PM EST
A dozen years from now, Berrion Berry may find herself out of the country. Not on vacation, mind you, and certainly not in exile. But on official business, as perhaps a diplomat or working with the U....
WEDNESDAY NIGHT LIVE: Scores from prep action around Oakland County
Updated: 4/18/2012 9:49:44 PM EST
All we accumulate scores, we'll update this page. Check back periodically. Baseball Auburn Hills Avondale 12, Rochester 2 (5 innings) Howell 10, Walled Lake Northern 2 Oxford 8, Troy Athens 6 P...
PREP CHAT: Early spring impressions WITH VIDEO
Updated: 4/18/2012 6:46:33 PM EST
Oakland Press prep sports gurus Scott M. Burnstein and Jeff Dullack discuss their impressions from the early portion of the spring sports season....
TRACK AND FIELD: Watch Walled Lake Central's Cullen Prena's record-toss in discus WITH VIDEO
Updated: 5/8/2012 1:31:57 PM EST
Walled Lake Central's Cullen Prena won the discus competition in his team's 86-50 win over Waterford Kettering Tuesday. His toss, measuring 184-4, set an Oakland County record. His father, Ron, shared...
GIRLS SOCCER: Marian freshman Sweeney continues hot start in win over Bishop Foley
Updated: 4/17/2012 10:46:40 PM EST
MADISON HEIGHTS — The learning curve has been more like a smooth straight line for Birmingham Marian freshman soccer star Kelly Sweeney. Sweeney has tallied seven goals in her first six games at the ...
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GIRLS SOCCER: Stoney Creek takes charge in second half against Athens
Updated: 4/17/2012 10:43:07 PM EST
ROCHESTER HILLS — The Oakland Activities Association Red Division features some of the best girls soccer competition in the area. With a league that’s as talented from top to bottom as the Red Divisi...
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Tuesday's prep roundup: Walled Lake Northern takes down rival Western
Updated: 5/3/2012 11:19:13 PM EST
COMMERCE — Aggie Weddle scored two first half goals to lead Walled Lake Northern to a 4-1 win over Walled Lake Western in a Kensington Lakes Activities Association North Division girls soccer game on ...
TRACK AND FIELD: West Bloomfield girls, boys sweep Pontiac WITH VIDEO
Updated: 4/17/2012 11:50:19 PM EST
West Bloomfield’s Erin Finn, one of the nation’s top high school distance runners, didn’t win all her races at Tuesday’s dual track and field meet against Pontiac. But there was no panic in Laker tow...
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GIRLS SOCCER: Waterford Mott shuts out rival Kettering WITH VIDEO
Updated: 4/17/2012 10:55:03 PM EST
WATERFORD — Like any other high school team, Waterford Mott had its fair share of departures through graduation this season. The Corsairs returned just one of four starting defenders and were tasked w...
GIRLS SOCCER: Witt, TerMarsch lead Oakland Christian past Lutheran Northwest
Updated: 4/17/2012 9:11:01 PM EST
ROCHESTER HILLS – The Auburn Hills Oakland Christian Lancers got two goals each from Chyenne Witt and Rachel TerMarsch as they opened the MIAC league season with a 4-1 win over the Rochester Hills Lut...
TUESDAY NIGHT LIVE: Scores from preps action around Oakland County
Updated: 4/17/2012 10:16:49 PM EST
Baseball Auburn Hills Oakland Christian 4, Huron Valley Lutheran 1 Clarkston 6, Bloomfield Hills Lahser 3 (8 innings) Novi Franklin Road Christian 8, Ann Arbor Greenhills 7 Pontiac Notre Dame Prep...
PREP NOTEBOOK; Lots of young local pitchers making a name for themselves
Updated: 4/17/2012 7:23:08 PM EST
The newcomers wanted to be heard. And they were, as Oakland County saw a series of breakout pitching performances on the local prep baseball diamond last week. Milford junior Derek Beslock threw a p...
BASKETBALL RECRUITING: Foley's Green inks with N. Georgia St. WITH VIDEO
Updated: 4/17/2012 7:18:23 PM EST
MADISON HEIGHTS - The official Georgia state fruit is a peach. Well, the North Georgia State mens basketball program just got itself one peach of a player, as Madison Heights Bishop Foley's Corey Gre...
Former Country Day star McCallum named to national All-Jesuit Team
Updated: 4/17/2012 1:16:46 PM EST
WASHINGTON, D.C.- Sophomore guard Ray McCallum (Country Day) was named to the 2011-2012 National All-Jesuit Men’s Basketball Team, as announced today by the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universi...
GIRLS SOCCER: Milford starts fast, shuts out Holly
Updated: 4/16/2012 11:02:18 PM EST
HOLLY - The Milford Mavericks got off to a fast start en route to a 3-0 girls soccer win over the host Holly Bronchos on Monday night. It took the Mavericks just 49 seconds to score the game's first ...
BOYS GOLF: Adams wins first OAA Red tourney
Updated: 4/16/2012 10:53:23 PM EST
The Oakland Activities Red Division figures to be as competitive a league as there is in the state this season, so Rochester Adams was obviously thrilled to get an early leg up in the league title rac...
Monday's Prep Roundup: Lahser baseball slips past Andover
Updated: 4/17/2012 9:21:07 AM EST
BLOOMFIELD HILLS — Jonathan Watkins pitched six strong innings for Bloomfield Hills Lahser in a 3-2 victory over rival Bloomfield Hills Andover on Monday night in Oakland Activities Association Gold D...
BASEBALL: Raiders rally to edge Farmington on Lett's walk-off WITH VIDEO
Updated: 4/22/2012 2:15:42 AM EST
FARMINGTON HILLS – Bobby Lett wouldn’t be denied his time in the spotlight. Lett, a junior third baseman, laced a game-winning RBI single with the bases loaded and two outs in the bottom of the seven...
BASEBALL: Stoney Creek fends off Adams to win a pitcher's duel
Updated: 4/16/2012 10:22:30 PM EST
ROCHESTER HILLS — The Rochester Adams and Stoney Creek baseball teams Monday probably had two questions in mind as they arrived at Stoney Creek’s field, which is nestled between woods and a subdivisio...
MONDAY NIGHT LIVE: Scores from prep action around Oakland County
Updated: 4/16/2012 10:03:37 PM EST
All we accumulate scores, we'll update this page. Check back periodically. Baseball Auburn Hills Avondale 5, Troy 1 Berkley 6, Ferndale 3 Birmingham Groves 5, Farmington Hills Harrison 4 Bloom...
5 Questions w/Burney - Lake Orion diamond duo Nick Deeg & Roman Kuster WITH VIDEO
Updated: 4/16/2012 12:51:58 PM EST
Oakland Press prep sports guru Scott Burnstein discusses life and baseball with Lake Orion's dangerous diamond duo consisting of junior pitcher Nick Deeg and junior catcher Roman Kuster...
COACHES CORNER; Waterford Mott's Jeff Jayson WITH VIDEO
Updated: 4/16/2012 1:25:35 AM EST
Oakland Press prep sports guru Scott Burnstein talks hoops with Waterford Mott first-year coaching sensation, Jeff Jayson, a Corsairs' alum, who took his program to epic heights this past winter....
MIPrepZone Weekly 4-15-12
Updated: 4/15/2012 12:24:50 PM EST
This week's MIPrepZone Weekly features the Rochester girls tennis team, which has had to adjust to life without Kelsey Dieters, the best tennis player in school history who graduated and is now playin...
BASEBALL: Lahser sweeps Birmingham Groves
Updated: 4/15/2012 4:03:48 PM EST
Coming off a 3-2 win over Royal Oak on Friday, Bloomfield Hills Lahser kept the momentum going with a doubleheader sweep of Birmingham Groves on Saturday. Lahser's offense scored 34 combined runs in ...
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Oakland County top Girls Track and Field Athletes
Updated: 4/14/2012 9:29:11 PM EST
Oakland County top-50 girls track and field athletes 1. Kendall Baisden, Country Day — Olympic Trials are possible if she recovers from injury 2. Erin Finn, West Bloomfield —...
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Oakland County Girls Track and Field Preview
Updated: 4/15/2012 2:39:09 PM EST
Oakland County has had its share of top-level talent the past several seasons, enough to produce a Division 1 state title two seasons ago from Rochester, and Detroit Country Day’s Division 2 crown las...
Saturday's prep roundup: Troy sweeps Rochester in baseball doubleheader
Updated: 4/16/2012 3:06:29 AM EST
TROY — Derrick Verbruggan and John Wassel each went 3-for-3 and combined for three RBI to lead Troy to a 7-4 win in the first game of a doubleheader against Rochester. In the secnond game, Tyler Horn...
TRACK AND FIELD: Sims, Parker lead Harrison to Groves Invitational title
Updated: 4/16/2012 6:31:52 PM EST
BIRMINGHAM — Laticia Sims and Tiera Parker may still be trying to round themselves into genuine racing shape and the process may take a few more weeks. However, both appear to be making progress aft...
Oakland County Top Boys Track and Field Athletes
Updated: 4/14/2012 8:45:40 PM EST
Oakland County top-50 boys track and field athletes 1. John Hill, Country Day — Could be Oakland County’s fastest sprinter, but he’ll be challenged 2. Cullen Prena, Walled Lake Cen...
BASEBALL: Bishop Foley cruises past Pontiac NDP in doubleheader WITH VIDEO
Updated: 4/16/2012 12:31:02 PM EST
MADISON HEIGHTS – The baseball field at Madison Heights Bishop Foley High School turned into a slaughterhouse on Saturday afternoon, as the host Ventures sliced and diced their way to a pair of domina...
Boys Track and Field Preview
Updated: 4/15/2012 2:40:26 PM EST
There’s a new look on the boys side with at least a few new coaches coming into view. West Bloomfield’s Rick Mickley takes over for long-time coach Lee Averill, who coached Mickley when he was an athl...
BOYS LACROSSE: Country Day's Iftikhar among the nation's best goalies WITH VIDEO
Updated: 4/14/2012 6:38:25 PM EST
BIRMINGHAM — The job of a goalie is often a thankless one. In hockey, most fans to think you can find a better one. The same can be said for lacrosse, which is a higher-scoring game, and thus puts m...
SOCCER: Young's goal helps Troy edge Marian in Saturday matinee
Updated: 4/14/2012 5:01:07 PM EST
TROY – The Troy Colts picked up a 1-0 win over the Birmingham Marian Mustangs in a tightly contested girls soccer game on Saturday afternoon. Irene Young scored the game’s only goal on a penalty kick...
GIRLS SOCCER: Walled Lake Western too much for Harrison
Updated: 4/14/2012 8:29:07 PM EST
FARMINGTON HILLS – The visiting Walled Lake Western Warriors used a fast start to the second half to defeat the Farmington Hills Harrison Hawks 4-0 in girls soccer on Friday night. After a scoreless ...
Friday's Prep Roundup: Troy edges out Troy Athens in rivalry game
Updated: 4/13/2012 10:30:08 PM EST
TROY — Nick Guitar hit a grand slam in the first inning to lead the Troy baseball team to a 4-2 win over Troy Athens in a Oakland Activates Association Blue matchup on Friday. Mike Thomas pitched a c...
BASEBALL: Avondale swings its way to 7-4 win over Andover WITH VIDEO
Updated: 4/16/2012 12:54:57 PM EST
BLOOMFIELD HILLS – Stinging and swarming. That’s about the best way to describe what the Auburn Hills Avondale Yellowjackets were doing on the baseball diamond Friday when they took to the road to sq...
BASEBALL: Stoney Creek continues hot play with mercy of Clarkston
Updated: 4/13/2012 8:29:04 PM EST
ROCHESTER HILLS — As the defending OAA Red Division baseball champions, Stoney Creek is trying to accomplish something this season that no other baseball team in the school’s 10-year history has done ...
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BASEBALL: Deeg, Lake Orion cruise past Adams WITH VIDEO
Updated: 4/13/2012 8:10:55 PM EST
ROCHESTER HILLS — For all the success he’s had and the things he’s seen in his 14 years as baseball coach at Lake Orion, this spring might end up offering something Andy Schramek has yet to see. Of c...
FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE: Scores from prep action around Oakland County
Updated: 4/13/2012 9:26:42 PM EST
Baseball Auburn Hills Avondale 7, Bloomfield Hills Andover 4 Ferndale 17, Hazel Park 0 (4 innings) Lake Orion 11, Rochester Adams 0 (5 innings) Stoney Creek 11, Clarkston 1 (6 innings) Troy 4, Tr...
PREP CHAT: 2012 Baseball Preview, Top Players and Teams in Oakland County WITH VIDEO
Updated: 4/13/2012 9:04:47 PM EST
Oakland Press prep sports gurus Scott Burnstein and Jeff Dullack discuss the 2012 high school baseball season's top local players and teams....
GIRLS SOCCER: Troy and Cabelof joined at the hip in win over Rochester WITH VIDEO
Updated: 4/15/2012 9:00:46 PM EST
TROY – Jenna Cabelof was shooting from the hip on Thursday night. Leading Troy to a 1-0 victory over Rochester on the girls soccer pitch, the sophomore midfielder knocked in the game-winning goal wit...
Thursday's prep roundup: Milford's Beslock throws a perfect game
Updated: 5/12/2012 2:05:50 AM EST
ANN ARBOR — Milford junior baseball player Derek Beslock couldn’t have had a better debut in what was his first ever varsity game. Beslock tossed a perfect game for the Mavericks, striking out one bat...
BOYS LACROSSE: Country Day rolls to 5-0 start
Updated: 4/12/2012 10:33:54 PM EST
BIRMINGHAM – A bad day for Birmingham Detroit Country Day’s lacrosse team might not be the same for most. Coming into Thursday’s game with the University of Detroit Jesuit, the Yellowjackets were 4-0...
GIRLS SOCCER: Big second half lifts Adams past rival Stoney Creek
Updated: 4/12/2012 10:24:12 PM EST
ROCHESTER HILLS — For Rochester Adams in its second game of the season, the difference between the Highlanders' solid, but generally lackluster first half and a dominating second half was signified by...
GIRLS SOCCER: Bartelotti's two goals lead Royal Oak past Andover
Updated: 4/12/2012 10:21:16 PM EST
BLOOMFIELD HILLS – Samantha Bartelotti had two goals, and the visiting Royal Oak Ravens improved to 3-0-1 in OAA White play with a 3-1 victory over the host Bloomfield Hills Andover Barons in girls so...
BASEBALL: Senior-heavy Waterford Mott routs Troy Athens
Updated: 4/12/2012 9:43:35 PM EST
TROY -- Looking back to last year, Mother Nature did her part to slow up the starting of baseball season by raining and snowing all over fields across Oakland County. The terrible weather in 2011 imp...
SOFTBALL: Kettering offense hot again in sweep of Ortonville Brandon
Updated: 4/12/2012 9:37:39 PM EST
WATERFORD — Waterford Kettering might only be through its first three games of the softball season, but the Captains are making something known to whoever they play. They can flat out hit. After bea...
THURSDAY NIGHT LIVE: Scores from preps action around Oakland County
Updated: 4/12/2012 10:31:58 PM EST
EDITOR'S NOTE: Check back frequently as we are updating this list every 15-20 minutes Girls soccer Birmingham Seaholm 1, Farmington 1 Bloomfield Hills Lahser 5, West Bloomfield 1 Clarkston...
BOYS LACROSSE; So far, so good for Walled Lake Central this season
Updated: 4/12/2012 1:42:41 PM EST
The Walled Lake Central boys lacrosse team has proven relentless this season, having come from behind to win a pair of games and jump out to a 3-1 early-season record, the best since the program was f...
TRACK AND FIELD: Lake Orion boys, Rochester girls post dual meet victories WITH VIDEO
Updated: 4/12/2012 12:07:30 AM EST
ROCHESTER — The three yellow buses parked in the Rochester High parking lot said it all. The mass of Lake Orion High athletes who piled out those buses came, saw and conquered their opponent, beati...
GIRLS SOCCER PREVIEW: Top players in Oakland County
Updated: 4/11/2012 11:37:50 PM EST
1. Irene Young, Troy, Sr. F — Young is one of the most dangerous forwards around and helped lead the Colts to the Division 1 championship game last season. She was an all-state Dream Team selec...
GIRLS SOCCER PREVIEW: Team capsules
Updated: 4/11/2012 11:24:36 PM EST
Top 10 teams 1. Troy — The Colts are ranked No. 3 in the country by ESPN.com. Troy reached the Division 1 state championship game last season and will be one of the favorites to ...
Wednesday's Prep Roundup: Pontiac's Cole fans 13 batters in no-hitter
Updated: 4/11/2012 10:30:38 PM EST
HAZEL PARK — Pontiac’s Dezon Cole silenced the Hazel Park bats, as he threw seven no-hit innings to lead Pontiac to a 3-0 win. Cole struck out 13 Hazel Park batters while issuing just one walk on the ...
BASEBALL: Balanced Clawson lineup mercies New Haven at home
Updated: 4/11/2012 10:11:13 PM EST
CLAWSON — One dollar bills have the inscription “In God We Trust.” In Clawson, the baseball team has adopted similar convictions this season. “Trust is our team motto,” said Justin Smith, a senior ...
BASEBALL: Catholic League powers, Catholic Central and Bishop Foley split double-header
Updated: 4/11/2012 9:39:41 PM EST
NOVI — Two of the top baseball teams in the always-grueling Catholic League met up on Wednesday in a crossover affair doubleheader and the outcome was quite fitting. They split the difference on the ...
BOYS LACROSSE: 2012 Season Preview WITH VIDEO
Updated: 4/11/2012 2:31:22 PM EST
If you are looking for a sport that garners a lot of success in Oakland County, look no further than boys lacrosse. The county is home to the best team in the state, and one of the best in the nation...
BOYS LACROSSE: Players to watch in Oakland County
Updated: 4/11/2012 2:29:45 PM EST
Here is a list of some of the top players in the county. To no surprise, Brother Rice dominates the list, but there are some solid players elsewhere as well. Ahmed Iftikhar, Sr. Goalie, Birmingham...
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GIRLS SOCCER: Early goal propels Adams past Athens
Updated: 4/11/2012 12:13:53 PM EST
ROCHESTER HILLS — The Rochester Adams girls soccer team remembers all too well its matchup with Troy Athens from last season. The Highlanders surrendered a goal to the Red Hawks in the first 90 secon...
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Tuesday's prep roundup: Rochester shuts out Lake Orion
Updated: 5/3/2012 11:22:03 PM EST
ROCHESTER HILLS — Jenny Goethals scored off an assist from Aubrey Konal in the second half to lead Rochester to a 1-0 win over Lake Orion in an Oakland Activities Association Red Division girls soccer...
TRACK AND FIELD: Clarkston girls and boys win at home over Adams WITH VIDEO
Updated: 4/11/2012 12:12:57 PM EST
Springtime in Michigan can mean blustery wind chills in the 30s and a few snowflakes here and there. Those were the conditions which met track and field athletes Tuesday at Clarkston when Rochester Ad...
BASEBALL: Seaholm rallies to top rival Groves WITH VIDEO
Updated: 4/11/2012 12:13:14 PM EST
BIRMINGHAM – Johnny Mullen was Johnny-on-the-spot for the Birmingham Seaholm baseball team Tuesday in the Maples' league-opening clash on the diamond with crosstown rival Birmingham Groves. Mulllen, ...
TRACK AND FIELD: Walled Lake Central sweeps Lakeland on cold evening
Updated: 4/10/2012 9:22:13 PM EST
WHITE LAKE – With schools returning from spring break this week, local track and field athletes were welcomed back with somewhat wintry weather. With near freezing temperatures and an occasional snow...
BASEBALL: Mohr slams the door for Farmington against West Bloomfield WITH VIDEO
Updated: 4/10/2012 8:53:46 PM EST
FARMINGTON — With three lead changes in the first four innings, Tuesday's return from spring break baseball game between Farmington and visiting West Bloomfield seemed destined for a few more momentum...
TUESDAY NIGHT LIVE: Scores from preps action around Oakland County
Updated: 4/10/2012 10:08:57 PM EST
Baseball Auburn Hills Avondale 14, Troy Athens 3 (5 innings) Birmingham Seaholm 8, Birmingham Groves 7 Bloomfield Hills Andover 13, Royal Oak 3 (5 innings) Farmington 6, West Bloomfield 5 Ferndal...
Monday's Prep Roundup: Oxford softball picks up its first victories with doubleheader sweep
Updated: 4/9/2012 10:00:04 PM EST
BERKLEY — Autumn Cervantez had five hits on the day to help Oxford sweep a season-opening softball doubleheader, 14-5 and 12-5, against Berkley on Monday. Cervantez scored four runs and drove in a pai...
PREP NOTEBOOK: Kuster's tough play helps Lake Orion win Oakland County Spring Break Tourney
Updated: 4/9/2012 8:19:53 PM EST
There is a brand new Roman Empire taking form these days over at Lake Orion High School, thanks to junior standout athlete Roman Kuster. Back in the winter on the basketball court, Kuster was a tough...
BASEBALL: Andover wraps up Spring Break tourney with win over Rochester in consolation final
Updated: 4/7/2012 11:48:05 PM EST
ROCHESTER HILLS - Bloomfield Hills Andover rallied to overcome a 5-2 deficit against Rochester in the consolation game of the Oakland County Spring Break Tournament Saturday evening. Once its bats c...
BASEBALL: Dragons avenge loss to Foley in Spring Break Tournament championship game WITH VIDEO
Updated: 4/11/2012 1:07:43 AM EST
ROCHESTER — Saturday’s picturesque afternoon brought with it a picturesque comeback in the championship game of the annual Oakland County Spring Break Baseball Tournament. Storming back from a late 7...
JIM EVANS: Long-time Dondero coach Bill Boyd at peace after long battle with cancer
Updated: 4/7/2012 8:16:23 PM EST
When cancer first knocked, Bill Boyd didn’t have any choice but to open the door and acknowledge its presence, but the long-time educator and coach at Royal Oak Dondero hardly put out the Welcome Mat....
2012 Oakland County Baseball Preview: Youth will be served at Brother Rice in 2012
Updated: 4/9/2012 5:45:24 PM EST
Opening Day has come and gone for the Tigers and season openers for many high school baseball teams have either taken place or will shortly. If that doesn’t signal that baseball season has arrived, ...
2012 Oakland County Baseball Preview: Foley's Brett Sunde tops the list of Top 60 Oakland County players
Updated: 4/9/2012 5:30:20 PM EST
Oakland Press’ top 60 baseball players 1. Brett Sunde, Madison Heights Bishop Foley Sr. C — Won’t have the protection of Daniel Zuchowski in front of him this year, but Sunde should st...
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2012 Girls Tennis Preview: Top teams and players
Updated: 5/3/2012 11:33:51 PM EST
TOP 10 OAKLAND COUNTY TEAMS 1. Clarkston — Coming off the first state championship in school history, coach Becky Freeman once again finds her team filled with talent from top to bottom...
2012 Oakland County Tennis Preview: Marian, Seaholm looking to bring home D2 state title WITH VIDEO
Updated: 4/7/2012 12:33:48 PM EST
If there are any certainties in the world of high school tennis, it's that Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern always seems to be the team to beat in Division 2. But this year if there's one other cer...
Top 50 softball players in Oakland County
Updated: 4/7/2012 11:41:55 AM EST
Oakland Press top 50 softball players 1. Kayce Nieto, Farmington Hills Mercy Sr. P — It’s rare for a Michigan player to be headed to play college in the Pac-12 conference, but then again Nieto...
2012 Oakland County Softball Preview
Updated: 4/7/2012 7:39:01 PM EST
While baseball teams brace for a year No. 1 of a change in the bats that will dramatically help pitching, softball teams enter year No. 2 of a rule that paved the way for constant slugfests. With the...
BASEBALL: New bat restrictions could change the game WITH VIDEO
Updated: 4/7/2012 10:30:56 AM EST
It could very well be the biggest change to high school baseball since aluminum bats were introduced roughly 40 years ago. As for what it is, do you want the “Confusing Scientific Terminology” versio...
BASEBALL: Bishop Foley still quite dangerous, nabs two wins to move on in Oakland County Spring Break Tournament
Updated: 4/6/2012 1:30:29 PM EST
MADISON HEIGHTS – The headliners on the marquee have changed, the results have not. On the heels of garnering a state title last spring and losing a talented core group of seniors to graduation, Madi...
GIRLS TENNIS: Preseason state rankings
Updated: 4/5/2012 7:46:45 PM EST
The latest state high school tennis rankings from the Michigan High School Tennis Coaches Association were released Thursday, April 5. DIVISION 1 1. Clarkston 2. Port Huron Northern...
2012 All-Oakland County Bowling Team
Updated: 4/5/2012 2:47:44 PM EST
Judging by the state tournament, one would think this was not a great year for high school bowling within Oakland County since no teams won state titles and the farthest any individual got was the sta...
Wednesday's prep roundup: Notre Dame Prep edges out Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard in tennis action
Updated: 4/5/2012 2:37:12 PM EST
Girls tennis PONTIAC NOTRE DAME PREP 5, ANN ARBOR GABRIEL RICHARD 3 SINGLES — Anjali Sood (GR) d. Lisa Savagian 6-4, 6-2; Maddy Szuba (GR) d. Annie Boniface 6-7, 6-5, retired; Surina Sood (GR) d. Ka...
BASEBALL: Catholic Central welcomes in CHSL play with win over St. Mary's
Updated: 4/5/2012 12:27:29 PM EST
NOVI - After starting the season with three straight losses, Catholic Central started off Catholic League play on a much different note. After trailing rival Orchard Lake Saint Mary’s by as many as f...
BASEBALL: Late rallies lift Andover to 3-0 start, including 4-1 win over Lamphere WITH VIDEO
Updated: 4/4/2012 11:02:20 PM EST
ROCHESTER — A handsome amount of hocus pocus has highlighted the first week of action on the diamond for the Bloomfield Hills Andover baseball team. The Barons have utilized some heavy doses of late-...
BASEBALL: Hot start paces Lake Orion in win over Ortonville-Brandon
Updated: 4/4/2012 8:14:51 PM EST
ROYAL OAK — Lake Orion jumped out to a four run lead in the first inning, and never looked back against Ortonville-Brandon Wednesday afternoon. “It settled our pitcher down,” Lake Orion head coach An...
GIRLS SOCCER: Ladywood shuts out Mercy
Updated: 4/3/2012 10:48:21 PM EST
FARMINGTON HILLS – The Livonia Ladywood Blazers picked up a key early season win over the host Farmington Hills Mercy Marlins in Catholic League girls soccer action Tuesday night by the score of 1-0. ...
TUESDAY'S PREP ROUNDUP: Leffler shines for Foley as Ventures claim both games of double-header with Gabriel Richard
Updated: 4/4/2012 2:53:12 AM EST
Leffler shines for Foley as Ventures claim both games of double-header with Gabriel Richard MADISON HEIGHTS — Sam Leffler pitched two complete games, striking out 14 total batters and she also had tw...
2012 BOYS GOLF PREVIEW: Top 25 players in Oakland County
Updated: 4/3/2012 7:16:12 PM EST
Oakland County’s top 25 golfers For a list of the top Oakland County teams click here: 1. Francesco Ruffino (Jr.), B...
2012 BOYS GOLF PREVIEW: Three individual state champs, talented teams ready to roll this spring
Updated: 4/3/2012 7:11:15 PM EST
A year after being in nothing but domes for the first month or two of the season, it should be quite a season for boys golf teams in Oakland County for two reasons. One, more time out on the course sh...
PREP NOTEBOOK: Walled Lake filled with three-sport athletes
Updated: 4/4/2012 11:06:28 PM EST
In this growing era of specialization in youth athletics, the three-sport star, once a staple in high schools across the nation, is now a dying breed. Bucking the trend in a major way are some except...
BASEBALL: Bayliss outduels Deeg in Bishop Foley's win over Lake Orion WITH VIDEO
Updated: 4/4/2012 11:00:21 PM EST
MADISON HEIGHTS – It was all you could ask for and more, a diamond fantasy of sorts. When local prep baseball superpowers Madison Heights Bishop Foley and Lake Orion matched-up on Monday in the Oakla...
BASEBALL: Andover rallies to beat Stoney Creek in Spring Break tourney WITH VIDEO
Updated: 4/4/2012 11:02:58 PM EST
ROCHESTER – The Barons of Bloomfield Hills Andover started slow, but ended fast in their baseball season-opener against Stoney Creek. Falling behind 4-0, Andover rallied to beat the host Cougars, 7-6...
PREP CHAT: Class of 2013 football recruiting update WITH VIDEO
Updated: 4/1/2012 11:45:54 PM EST
Oakland Press prep sports gurus Scott Burnstein and Jeff Dullack discuss the state of the local football recruiting scene for the Class of 2013 ...
Great baseball on tap as Oakland County Spring Break Baseball Tournament kicks off Monday
Updated: 4/2/2012 8:27:11 PM EST
By now, probably half the athletes in Oakland County are on their way to a tropical destination for Spring Break, if they haven't gotten there already. However, there is one big event going on next we...
GIRLS SOCCER: Timko nets another hat trick in Notre Dame Prep's shutout of Bishop Foley
Updated: 4/1/2012 2:23:52 AM EST
PONTIAC – The Pontiac Notre Dame Prep Fighting Irish defeated the visiting Madison Heights Bishop Foley Ventures 4-0 on Saturday afternoon in girls soccer. Taylor Timko led the way for the Fighting I...
BOYS BASKETBALL: 2012 All-Oakland County squad will go down in history
Updated: 4/2/2012 8:26:55 PM EST
The 2011-12 boys basketball season will definitely go down as a historic one for area teams and players in more ways than one. Teams barely had to deal with any postponed games due to one of the warm...
BOYS BASKETBALL: Southfield Christian's Hunter brothers making a name for themselves
Updated: 3/31/2012 3:42:43 PM EST
SOUTHFIELD – The race is now officially on. Up until last weekend, Southfield Christian assistant boys basketball coach and former NBA veteran Lindsey Hunter held a considerable 3-0 advantage over hi...
SOFTBALL: Seaholm's offense hot in the cold during sweep of Lutheran Northwest
Updated: 3/29/2012 10:52:12 PM EST
BIRMINGHAM — The piercing sharp wind that whistled through the Birmingham Seaholm softball diamond on Thursday was akin to the host Maples bats. Pounding out 23 hits, Seaholm swept a doubleheader fro...
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GIRLS SOCCER: Troy gets early bragging rights against rival Athens
Updated: 3/29/2012 10:49:56 PM EST
TROY — Last year, the Troy girls soccer team was one of the best in Oakland County all season long before eventually losing to Novi, 1-0, in the Division 1 state championship game. Returning nearly e...
GIRLS SOCCER: Late penalty kick gives Royal Oak win over Clarkston
Updated: 3/29/2012 10:46:48 PM EST
ROYAL OAK – Kacey Lawniczak hasn’t missed a penalty kick in her varsity career, so it was no surprise that Royal Oak girls soccer coach Kevin Robb instructed his senior captain to take one during Thur...
Thursday's Prep Roundup: Lake Orion edges out Auburn Hills Avondale in OAA Red action
Updated: 3/30/2012 1:17:58 AM EST
LAKE ORION — Hannah Cady scored the only goal of the game in the second half to lead Lake Orion to a 1-0 win over Auburn Hills Avondale in an Oakland Activities Association Red Division girls soccer g...
GIRLS SOCCER: One shot is all Rochester needs against Stoney Creek WITH VIDEO
Updated: 3/29/2012 11:31:40 PM EST
ROCHESTER HILLS — It only took one. Rochester's girls soccer team didn't produce much in the way of offensive pressure Thursday night, recording just a single true shot on goal against cross-town riv...
GIRLS SOCCER: Lahser gets first win of the season against Oxford
Updated: 3/29/2012 10:10:45 PM EST
BLOOMFIELD HILLS – The host Bloomfield Hills Lahser Lady Knights picked up their first win of the year in girls soccer with a 3-1 victory over the Oxford Wildcats in OAA White play Thursday night. “I...
Bachrouche, Robak to leave Oakland women's basketball team
Updated: 3/29/2012 5:23:25 PM EST
Oakland head women's basketball coach Beckie Francis announced on Thursday that Malika Glover, Jenna Bachrouche (North Farmington) and Lauren Robak (Our Lady of the Lakes) have each decided to leave t...
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WRESTLING: State champs highlighted strong season for Oakland County WITH VIDEO
Updated: 3/29/2012 12:28:51 PM EST
It can be lonely at the top but that’s where a select few of Oakland County wrestlers stood this past season — at the top of the podium as individual state champions. The group highlighted another se...
GIRLS SOCCER: Mott rolls past John Glenn
Updated: 3/29/2012 5:30:34 PM EST
WATERFORD – Hannah Messer netted a hat trick to lead the host Waterford Mott Corsairs to a 5-0 victory over the Westland John Glenn Rockets in girls soccer Wednesday night. The Corsairs midfield, pa...
HOCKEY: Brother Rice leads the way as All-County team is revealed
Updated: 3/28/2012 10:44:34 PM EST
EDITOR'S NOTE: If you want to read more about this year's team and the selection process, please read Ja...
Wednesday's prep roundup: Notre Dame Prep claims both games of double-header with Lakes
Updated: 3/28/2012 10:03:42 PM EST
PONTIAC — Gabby Fazio went 2-for-3 with four RBI for Pontiac Notre Dame Prep in the first game of a softball doubleheader sweep over Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes on Wednesday. Katy Roose added thr...
BASEBALL: Hazel Park storms past Madison in season opener
Updated: 3/29/2012 5:29:11 PM EST
HAZEL PARK – Drew McClellan kicked his up his cleats during a timeout on a blustery Wednesday and sprinted from centerfield to shortstop after Hazel Park coach Don Righter made a pitching change that ...
BASEBALL: Vieaux sparks Walled Lake Western to season-opening win over Catholic Central WITH VIDEO
Updated: 4/1/2012 11:24:34 PM EST
WALLED LAKE – Mike Larges is in an enviable position. Walled Lake Western’s second-year skipper has a deluge of powerful arms at his disposal. Even without the availability of his ace pitcher, senio...
BOYS BASKETBALL COMMENTARY: This writer thinks there was no malicious intent by Southfield Christian in blowout win
Updated: 3/28/2012 11:31:46 PM EST
In the aftermath of Southfield Christian’s resounding 76-44 victory over Climax-Scotts in the Class D boys basketball state finals up in East Lansing at the Breslin Center last weekend, Eagles first-y...
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TRACK AND FIELD: Southfield boys, girls double up on Berkley, Lathrup WITH VIDEO
Updated: 3/27/2012 11:35:28 PM EST
SOUTHFIELD — The summer-like temperatures of last week were a distant memory to track and field athletes at Tuesday’s outdoor season opener at Southfield High. Boys and girls from Lathrup, Berkley an...
GIRLS SOCCER: Stoney Creek routs Avondale WITH VIDEO
Updated: 3/28/2012 4:27:04 AM EST
AUBURN HILLS — Stoney Creek head coach Bryan Mittelstadt said that heading into this season his squad has been trying to become a more offensive team. So far, so good. After topping Romeo 4-0 on Mo...
Tuesday's prep roundup: Lake Orion earns lacrosse win over Stoney Creek
Updated: 3/27/2012 11:22:34 PM EST
LAKE ORION — Nick Booker had two goals and two assists and Brad Bogus had two goals to lead Lake Orion to an 8-5 win over Stoney Creek in an Oakland Activities Association boys lacrosse game on Tuesda...
GIRLS SOCCER: Troy's defense picks up where it left off in season-opening win over Lake Orion WITH VIDEO
Updated: 3/27/2012 10:50:48 PM EST
TROY — During last season's deep postseason run to the Division 1 state finals, the Troy girls soccer team was as stingy as they come defensively, allowing just 10 goals in 25 games. Fast forward to ...
GIRLS SOCCER: Lathrup mercies Pontiac
Updated: 3/27/2012 9:33:28 PM EST
PONTIAC – The Southfield Lathrup Chargers opened their girls soccer season with a convincing 8-0 victory over the Pontiac Phoenix in OAA Blue play on a windy Tuesday evening. The Chargers had the win...
PREP NOTEBOOK: Hoopsters on both SCS and DCD cut their teeth on the hardwood as AAU teammates with the Stars
Updated: 3/27/2012 10:14:22 PM EST
Besides being members of the only two teams from Oakland County to make it up to the Breslin Center and the boys basketball final four this season, several players on both Southfield Christian and Bir...
GIRLS SOCCER: Timko's hat trick leads Notre Dame Prep past Clawson
Updated: 3/27/2012 3:52:06 AM EST
CLAWSON – Taylor Timko led the way with a hat trick as the Pontiac Notre Dame Prep Fighting Irish opened their 2012 season with a convincing 7-0 victory over the host Clawson Trojans on Monday night. ...
Monday's Prep Roundup: Wachowski leads Athens past Holly in season opener
Updated: 3/26/2012 11:39:19 PM EST
HOLLY — Kendall Wachowski scored four goals including all three first half goals and also had an assist to lead Troy Athens to an 8-1 season opening win over Holly. Liz Abro scored two goals and Gab...
PREP CHAT: "The Preppys" WITH VIDEO
Updated: 3/27/2012 5:12:51 PM EST
Oakland Press writers Scott Burnstein and Jeff Dullack hand out their end-of-season boys and girls basketball awards, including MVP, MIP, & Coach of the Year, as well as giving out their accolades for...
BOYS BASKETBALL: Class D title may be the first of many for Southfield Christian
Updated: 3/26/2012 6:50:45 PM EST
EAST LANSING — Usually when a team finally breaks through and wins a state championship for the first time in school history, there is one major question to ask once the celebration dies down. Was it...
FIVE QUESTIONS w/ Burney: Justin Walukonis WITH VIDEO
Updated: 3/25/2012 11:17:49 PM EST
Lake Orion senior boys basketball star Justin Walukonis talks about life on and off the court with Oakland Press prep sports guru Scott Burnstein...
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BOYS BASKETBALL: Next year's cupboards certainly not bare for Country Day
Updated: 3/25/2012 12:50:33 PM EST
EAST LANSING – As Birmingham Detroit Country licks its wounds from its 74-59 loss to Lansing Sexton in the Class B state semifinals on Friday, the Yellowjackets and their faithful can take solace in t...
TRACK AND FIELD: Athletes occupy Bowen Fieldhouse at Ambrose Huron Relays
Updated: 3/24/2012 10:32:36 PM EST
YPSILANTI — Saturday’s Kermit Ambrose Huron Relays indoor track and field meet at Eastern Michigan University attracted some of the top high school athletes from around the state. But it could as wel...
MIPrepZone Weekly 3-25-12
Updated: 3/24/2012 9:58:08 PM EST
This week's MIPrepZone Weekly features this week's boys' state finals at the Breslin Center. Emmy Lucas sits down with Keith Dunlap and Scott Burnstein to discuss Southfield Christian's Class D champi...
GIRLS SOCCER: Davison wins Lake Orion tournament
Updated: 3/24/2012 9:04:07 PM EST
LAKE ORION – The Davison Cardinals won the 8th Annual Lake Orion Spring Invitational girls soccer tournament on Saturday with a 2-0 victory over the host Dragons in the final. “They played fantastic....
SWIMMING: Groves' Crosthwaite leads All County Swim Team
Updated: 3/24/2012 9:57:27 PM EST
The 2011-12 season was a success on many levels despite the fact that Oakland County teams came up shy in their bids to win a team state championship. Birmingham Groves came the closest, finishing ru...
BOYS BASKETBALL: Dewberry puts on a show on his birthday WITH VIDEO
Updated: 3/25/2012 11:10:52 PM EST
EAST LANSING – Chris Dewberry celebrated his eighteenth birthday on Saturday in style, lighting up the scoreboard at the Breslin Center like it was a Christmas tree. On the biggest stage possible, So...
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BOYS BASKETBALL: Southfield Christian crushes Climax-Scotts to claim first ever state title
Updated: 3/24/2012 9:57:51 PM EST
EAST LANSING – This was a ride into the stratosphere that NASA no doubt would be envious of. Two years ago, the Southfield Christian boys basketball program finished its season 1-19 and might have wo...
GIRLS SOCCER: Eisenhower shuts down Avondale
Updated: 3/24/2012 3:04:19 AM EST
AUBURN HILLS – The Utica Eisenhower Eagles girls soccer team opened their 2012 campaign with a convincing 4-0 victory over the host Avondale Yellow Jackets on Friday night. Eisenhower controlled play...
BOYS BASKETBALL: Rogers looks back at historic Pontiac Northern run
Updated: 3/24/2012 12:54:30 PM EST
PONTIAC – Ten years ago this weekend, the Pontiac Northern boys basketball team did something no other Class A team in the history of Oakland County has ever done when the Huskies claimed their second...
BOYS BASKETBALL: Yellowjackets unable to keep pace with Sexton
Updated: 3/24/2012 12:50:00 PM EST
EAST LANSING — Birmingham Detroit Country Day had trouble finding a flow offensively on Friday night in the Yellowjackets’ 74-59 defeat at the hands of defending state champion Lansing Sexton in the C...
Friday's Prep Roundup: Walled Lake Northern tops West Bloomfield in season opener
Updated: 3/23/2012 10:34:04 PM EST
COMMERCE — Hunter VanMaele went 2-for-2 with two RBI’s to lead Walled Lake Northern to a 5-2 season opening win over West Bloomfield. Ted Lilley had four steals on the day while Brett Davis struck out...
BOYS BASKETBALL: Country Day falls again in semifinals to Lansing Sexton WITH VIDEO
Updated: 3/23/2012 10:38:41 PM EST
EAST LANSING – Birmingham Detroit Country Day probably felt it was nice being an underdog for once, since that happens about as often 80-degree weather in March. But just like the recent heat wave, C...
BOYS BASKETBALL: Three words define Southfield Christian's run to Class D championship game
Updated: 3/23/2012 8:07:24 PM EST
EAST LANSING – It’s really hard to decipher exactly when this journey to high school basketball’s promised land began for Southfield Christian. On one hand, it began over the summer when a three-word...
GIRLS SOCCER: Country Day opens season up with win over Andover
Updated: 3/23/2012 1:53:10 AM EST
Sophomore Michelle Manning scored a goal and recorded an assist on opening night for the Yellowjackets (1-0), which knocked off Bloomfield Hills Andover 3-1. Leah Hill also scored and had an assist in...
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BOYS BASKETBALL: Young and Williams earn first-team all-state honors in Class A
Updated: 3/23/2012 6:15:09 AM EST
EAST LANSING — Matt Costello became the center of attention — physically and figuratively — immediately after hitting the hardwood for the 2011-12 season. The 6-foot-10, 245-pound Bay City Western H...
BOYS BASKETBALL: Puleikis making a difference on and off the court for 'Jackets
Updated: 3/23/2012 12:13:27 AM EST
BEVERLY HILLS – Robert Puleikis has adapted quickly to life in America, both on and off the basketball court this past year. On the court, Puleikis, Birmingham Detroit Country Day’s senior 6-foot-9 L...
BOYS BASKETBALL: Country Day has found itself heading into Friday's Class B semifinal
Updated: 3/23/2012 12:17:06 PM EST
BEVERLY HILLS — Breaking in a brand-new starting five, longtime Birmingham Detroit Country Day boys basketball coach Kurt Keener wasn’t sure what to expect from his team this year. “Coming into the s...
BOYS BASKETBALL: Freshman guard Evelyn comes up big for Eagles WITH VIDEO
Updated: 3/25/2012 11:07:02 PM EST
EAST LANSING — Southfield Christian freshman point guard Bakari Evelyn played with the composure of a senior on Thursday night in the Eagles’ 78-74 win over Muskegon Catholic Central in the Class D st...
BOYS BASKETBALL: Southfield Christian advances to Class D state final WITH VIDEO
Updated: 3/22/2012 10:16:41 PM EST
EAST LANSING — A challenge heeded and a challenge met. Essentially, that sums up why Southfield Christian walked off the court in jubilation instead of sadness after a Class D state boys basketball s...
BOYS BASKETBALL: McCormick, Morrow make Class B All-State
Updated: 3/22/2012 10:08:49 AM EST
LANSING (AP) — With the season on the line in Tuesday’s quarterfinal because his team was trailing after one quarter and then ahead by just four points after three quarters, Denzel Valentine showed wh...
BOYS BASKETBALL: Madison’s Bozeman all-state in Class C
Updated: 3/22/2012 9:58:00 AM EST
EAST LANSING (AP) — To say Monte Morris is a “natural” doesn’t do justice to how talented the Flint Beecher point guard is. The 6-foot-1, long-armed floor general leads the regional champion Buccanee...
BOYS BASKETBALL: Southfield Christian's Gavin Toma makes Class D first-team all-state
Updated: 3/22/2012 7:14:59 PM EST
EAST LANSING (AP) — Chris Hass started working on his shot in fourth grade, when his dad, Cliff, took the head coaching job at Pellston. "I was the manager up there and I'd go up there for every prac...
GIRLS SOCCER: West Bloomfield holds on for win over Walled Lake Central
Updated: 3/22/2012 8:57:40 AM EST
WALLED LAKE – The visiting West Bloomfield Lakers got two goals from freshman Olivia Hartman and opened the girls soccer season with a 2-1 win over their hosts the Walled Lake Central Vikings on Wedne...
LACROSSE: Birmingham Unified opens up season with win over Plymouth Salem
Updated: 3/22/2012 12:21:43 AM EST
BIRMINGHAM — The Birmingham Unified lacrosse team overcame a sluggish start to pick up a 14-7 win over Plymouth Salem in the season opener for both teams Wednesday night. Trailing 5-2 at the half, th...
BOYS BASKETBALL: Toma the straw that stirs Southfield Christian
Updated: 3/22/2012 9:19:39 AM EST
SOUTHFIELD — Quick, name the only Southfield Christian boys basketball player to be named first team all-state in Class D this past week? Surely it had to be senior Chris Dewberry, a talented transfe...
BOYS BASKETBALL: Southfield Christian hoping to overcome distractions
Updated: 3/22/2012 6:48:38 PM EST
SOUTHFIELD — When a team advances to the state’s preeminent stage in its sport, it’s hard to tell what is the most formidable opponent. The obvious answer is the opposing team, of course. But in a s...
Kosmo's boys basketball finals forecast
Updated: 3/22/2012 9:19:54 AM EST
Just consider the center of the Oakland County boys basketball universe this year to be a roughly one mile stretch of road along Lahser Road between 13 Mile and 12 Mile Roads. OK, technically the cent...
BOYS BASKETBALL: Country Day cruises past Goodrich in Class B quarterfinal WITH VIDEO
Updated: 3/21/2012 9:32:22 PM EST
IMLAY CITY — It doesn’t take much to aggravate Yellowjackets before you find yourself overwhelmed. Birmingham Detroit Country Day found itself on its heels in the early stages of Tuesday’s Class B qu...
BOYS BASKETBALL: Lake Orion's Cinderella season comes to an end at the hands of Macomb L'Anse Creuse North WITH VIDEO
Updated: 3/25/2012 11:02:16 PM EST
DETROIT — The dance was unexpected and beautiful. Now, it’s over. The 2012 Lake Orion boys basketball team that danced its way into the Class A quarterfinals as the state’s runaway Cinderella squad ...
BOYS BASKETBALL: Dynamic scoring trio leads Southfield Christian to first ever trip to Breslin WITH VIDEO
Updated: 3/21/2012 1:26:26 AM EST
WATERFORD — For the first time in school history, the Southfield Christian boys basketball team will make a trip to the Breslin Center to play in the Class D state semifinals. In what was a very fast...
BOYS BASKETBALL: Gavin Toma, finally healthy, is a key contributor for Southfield Christian
Updated: 3/20/2012 11:11:47 PM EST
WATERFORD — All season long, Southfield Christian has been scoring points at an unimaginable rate for most high school teams. So considering how this season has gone for the Eagles, it was no surpri...
BOYS BASKETBALL: No. 1 Saginaw too much for St. Mary's WITH VIDEO
Updated: 3/20/2012 11:22:01 PM EST
DAVISON – Sometimes, there is just no shame in the fact that the other team simply was better. There’s a reason why Saginaw was the No. 1-ranked team in Class A entering the state tournament, and Or...
BOYS BASKETBALL: Updated quarterfinal pairings/results
Updated: 3/20/2012 9:16:10 PM EST
2012 Quarterfinals March 20 CLASS A 1-A Lansing Everett Rockford 55, Okemos 53 2-A Davison Saginaw 62, Orchard Lake St. Mary's 42 3-A University of Detroit Mercy Romulus 67, Detroit ...
PREP CHAT: Southfield Christian, Lake Orion among teams experiencing some first-year coaching magic
Updated: 3/21/2012 5:23:09 AM EST
Oakland Press high school sports writers Scott Burnstein and Jeff Dullack take a look at some of Oakland County's most successful first year head coaches. ...
BASEBALL: Rice, Lake Orion among top-10 in Division 1 preseason rankings
Updated: 3/20/2012 12:57:54 PM EST
MICHIGAN HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL COACHES ASSOCIATION PRESEASON RANKINGS DIVISION 1 1. Rockford 2. Portage Central 3. Grosse Pointe South 4. Grand Ledge 5. Hudsonville 6. Brother Rice<...
PREP NOTEBOOK: Trio of hoopsters doing what's best for their teams
Updated: 3/19/2012 11:03:51 PM EST
For a trio of area high school basketball players, sharing the spotlight this season has been considerably more rewarding than having it all to themselves in years’ past. Waterford Our Lady of the La...
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MATTHEW B. MOWERY: Lakes winning title No. 3 was a program-defining moment WITH VIDEO
Updated: 3/19/2012 7:21:38 PM EST
I haven’t really ever asked the question, but I’d have to imagine that trying to get a coach to rank championships in order of importance is probably closely akin to asking a parent which of their chi...
GIRLS BASKETBALL: Mott's Lauren Hung wins BCAM free-throw challenge
Updated: 3/19/2012 6:26:02 PM EST
EAST LANSING — Waterford Mott sophomore Lauren Hung took first in the Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan (BCAM) Top Shooters Free-Throw Challenge, held during the MHSAA finals at Michigan Stat...
BOYS BASKETBALL QUARTERFINAL PREVIEW: Four area teams rising towards Breslin
Updated: 3/19/2012 5:47:15 PM EST
Ever since 2007 when the girls golf and baseball teams broke an extended state title drought for the athletic program, Lake Orion has seen multiple teams climb to heights never before attained. The f...
Kosmo never gets sick of basketball this time of year
Updated: 3/19/2012 5:55:51 PM EST
Kosmo feels for those who aren’t basketball fans this time of year. Every time he roams around his cave or around Oakland County in his Kozmobile (with the top down with this summer March weather), pe...
GIRLS BASKETBALL: Lamphere, Clawson each place two players on all-MAC Silver team
Updated: 3/19/2012 3:28:24 PM EST
Both Clawson and Madison Heights Lamphere finished just a game out of second place in the Macomb Area Conference Silver division this past season. For their efforts, both the Trojans and Rams had a ...
BOYS BASKETBALL: Clawson trio, Lamphere's Junkin make MAC Silver squad
Updated: 3/19/2012 9:24:27 AM EST
After finishing 13-1 in Macomb Area Conference play, Clawson had three players named to the all-league team recently. DeShawn Gilbert, Tywaun Watkins and Marquan Johnson all made the first team, alo...
HOCKEY: MacEachern wins Mr. Hockey award, spot on Dream Team
Updated: 3/20/2012 1:59:56 PM EST
Birmingham Brother Rice senior Mackenzie MacEachern took home the Mr. Hockey award at Sunday's All-State Awards Luncheon in Livonia. In doing so, he became the fourth Brother Rice player to win the ...
MIPrepZone Weekly 3-18-12
Updated: 3/18/2012 2:22:06 PM EST
In this week's episode of MIPrepZone Weekly, Jason Schmitt and Matt Mowery travel to East Lansing to cover the Class D girls state basketball championship game, where Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes w...
FOOTBALL: Clarkston's Chadwell commits to Illinois
Updated: 3/18/2012 2:22:53 PM EST
CLARKSTON – A rugged player is headed to a rugged conference. Jesse Chadwell and the Big 10 are a fitting match. Chadwell, Clarkston’s junior 6-foot-5, 265-pound offensive lineman, committed to play...
The 2012 All-County Ski Team
Updated: 3/17/2012 3:30:04 PM EST
Despite one of the warmest winters in over 100 years that made good snow and cold temperatures non-existent, that didn’t prevent area skiers from earning plenty of acclaim during the heart of winter. ...
GIRLS BASKETBALL: Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes gets its three-peat WITH VIDEO
Updated: 3/18/2012 2:23:23 PM EST
EDITOR'S NOTE: The MIPrepZone Weekly video at the bottom of this story has a segment on Our Lady of the Lakes' Class D title game victory. EAST LANSING — One was fun, putting Waterford Our L...
BOYS BASKETBALL: Catholic League hands out postseason hardware
Updated: 3/17/2012 10:03:40 PM EST
2011-12 Catholic High School League postseason honors: ALL-CATHOLIC Blake Beauchamp, Clarkston Everest Collegiate junior Eric Carter, Cristo Rey senior Kyle Cooper, Catholic Central senio...
BOYS BASKETBALL: Milford, Mott trio find their way onto all-KLAA squads
Updated: 3/17/2012 7:46:50 AM EST
Waterford Mott and Milford both eked out division championships in the KLAA this season. Thanks to that success, each was rewarded when it came time to hand out postseason honors. Both the Corsairs an...
CLASS D FINALS LIVE: WOLL vs. Athens
Updated: 3/17/2012 7:48:24 AM EST
We'll be live courtside from Michigan State University's Breslin Center Saturday morning at 9:45 a.m., for a live chat from the girls basketball Class D championship game. Waterford Our Lady of the ...
GIRLS BASKETBALL: Cottrell and Duffey sparking Lakers run to the championship game
Updated: 3/17/2012 10:04:07 PM EST
WATERFORD — Carlee Cottrell and Tori Duffey were destined to conclude their prep hoop careers as teammates. They started playing together on the hardwood almost a decade ago when they were in element...
GIRLS BASKETBALL: Kettering well honored on all-KLAA teams
Updated: 3/16/2012 5:48:02 PM EST
To the victors come the spoils. Just ask Westland John Glenn and Waterford Kettering. The Rockets were winners of the Kensington Conference as well as the Association title, defeating Kettering, the...
HOCKEY: MacEachern earns co-MVP honors in MIHL
Updated: 3/16/2012 2:36:17 PM EST
For the second-straight year, Birmingham Brother Rice senior forward Mackenzie MacEachern earned co-Most Valuable Player honors for the Michigan Interscholastic Hockey League. A year ago, he shared ...
BOYS SWIMMING: Groves' individuals helps team to strong showing at states
Updated: 3/16/2012 8:07:14 PM EST
HOLLAND – After winning the 2010 Division 2 state swimming title, Birmingham Groves was eager to get back on top of the swimming world in 2012 following a runner-up showing in 2011. This past Saturda...
GIRLS BASKETBALL: Yurik, Stormont earn first-team all-state honors in Class A
Updated: 3/17/2012 7:47:16 AM EST
EAST LANSING (AP) — Caprice Dennis of Detroit Pershing used her quickness to take the ball to the basket and her quick release to get off 3-pointers in rapid fashion. Dennis headlines The Associated ...
HOCKEY: MHSHCA releases its 2011-12 All-State hockey teams
Updated: 3/19/2012 5:34:12 PM EST
2012 Michigan High School Hockey Coaches' Association All-State teams DIVISION 1 FIRST TEAM Forwards Michael Babcock, Novi Detroit Catholic Central Collin Finkhouse, Lowell Charlie Gree...
GIRLS BASKETBALL: Lakes continues its title defense WITH VIDEO
Updated: 3/16/2012 8:06:56 PM EST
EAST LANSING — It’s all about the title defense. You want to defend your title, you lean on your defense. Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes flipped the switch on its vaunted press in the fourth quarte...
GIRLS BASKETBALL: DCDS' Powers, Deane earn Class B honors
Updated: 3/15/2012 5:59:58 PM EST
PONTIAC (AP) — With his Detroit Country Day team running up and down the floor against Ann Arbor Huron in early December, one fast-break bucket in particular — ending with a three-quarter-court lob pa...
CLASS D SEMIS LIVE: WOLL vs. Portland St. Patrick
Updated: 3/15/2012 5:56:39 PM EST
We'll be live chatting from Thursday's Class D semifinal game between Portland St. Patrick and Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes, from courtside at Michigan State University's Breslin Center. Tipoff is...
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GIRLS BASKETBALL: Lakes heads back to 2nd home, Breslin, for semis WITH VIDEO
Updated: 3/15/2012 6:00:26 PM EST
WATERFORD — Tom Izzo’s Michigan State Spartans men’s basketball team routinely plays anywhere between 14 and 18 home games per year in Breslin Center. The MSU women’s basketball team of coach Suzy Me...
BOYS BASKETBALL: Clock strikes midnight on Mott's Cinderella run
Updated: 3/17/2012 10:05:32 PM EST
LAKE ORION — A Cinderella team isn’t anything new to the month of March. But all season long, Waterford Mott has been considered the Cinderella of Oakland County, as the Corsairs picked up their firs...
BOYS BASKETBALL: Country Day dominates Chandler Park for another regional title
Updated: 3/17/2012 10:05:54 PM EST
PONTIAC -- For the eighth-straight year, the Birmingham Detroit Country Day boys basketball team will make a trip to the state quarterfinals. Looking to recreate the magic from their 2010 state champ...
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BOYS BASKETBALL: St. Mary's upsets Catholic Central WITH VIDEO
Updated: 3/17/2012 10:04:56 PM EST
NOVI — With two seconds remaining and the ball sailing toward the basket from a wide-open 3-point shot, it was evident to everyone in attendance that the outcome of Wednesday’s regional final at Novi ...
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BOYS BASKETBALL: Lake Orion wins first regional title since 1925 WATCH HERE
Updated: 3/14/2012 10:42:41 PM EST
EDITOR'S NOTE: Click below this story to view a video broadcast of this game produced by Stream Michigan. Scott Burnstein and Keith Dunlap called the action live from Lake Orion. LAKE ORION — Just...
BOYS BASKETBALL: Updated boys regional pairings/results
Updated: 3/14/2012 11:05:25 PM EST
Class A Region 6 (at Novi) Monday’s games: Orchard Lake St. Mary’s 61, Ann Arbor 51;
BOYS BASKETBALL: Westside Christian forfeits Class D regional final against Southfield Christian
Updated: 3/14/2012 4:23:56 PM EST
Wednesday night’s Class D boys basketball regional final between Southfield Christian and Detroit Westside has been canceled after it was discovered that Westside Christian used an ineligible player f...
Lunghamer Buick GMC Game of the Week: Lake Orion vs. Waterford Mott LISTEN LIVE
Updated: 3/14/2012 1:43:39 PM EST
Tonight's boys basketball regional final game between Lake Orion and Waterford Mott can be streamed live here, and the full video broadcast produced by Stream Michigan will be available below shortly ...
GIRLS BASKETBALL: Ristovski is POY, as AP Class C all-state team unveiled
Updated: 3/14/2012 1:34:22 PM EST
EAST LANSING (AP) — The ball in the hands of Madison Ristovski is a welcome sight for the Grosse Pointe University Liggett girls basketball team. The Associated Press Class C Player of the Year — and...
PREP NOTEBOOK: DCD's Keener picks up milestone win, volleyball stars find homes for college
Updated: 3/16/2012 1:21:14 AM EST
Birmingham Detroit Country Day boys basketball coach Kurt Keener reached quite a milestone last week, winning the 650th game of his career by leading his Yellowjackets to a Class B district title. Onl...
GIRLS BASKETBALL: Lakes uses big game experience to overcome cold shooting night WITH VIDEO
Updated: 3/14/2012 1:17:52 PM EST
WATERFORD — The thing about possessing playoff experience is that it can’t be taken away from a team and will instead continue to build and take on a force of its own with every passing victory. For ...
GIRLS BASKETBALL: Memorable tournament run ends for Kettering as the Captains fall to Grosse Pointe South WITH VIDEO
Updated: 3/15/2012 7:10:20 AM EST
DETROIT — The tourney jaunt is over, but the memories will last a lifetime. Waterford Kettering’s memorable state tournament run came to an end Tuesday night at Calihan Hall on the campus of the Univ...
GIRLS BASKETBALL: Jackets battle to end, but lose 'World War III' to Goodrich WITH VIDEO
Updated: 3/14/2012 2:11:40 AM EST
NORTH BRANCH — Everyone knew it was going to be a war. And in a war, you want to have teammates who’ll jump into a foxhole with you — as many as possible, if you can. Dubbed “World War III” online, ...
GIRLS BASKETBALL: Updated quarterfinal results/semifinal pairings
Updated: 3/14/2012 12:23:03 PM EST
Quarterfinals CLASS A (at Lansing Eastern) Grand Haven 42, East Lansing 40 (at Grand Blanc) Ann Arbor Huron 52, Saginaw Arthu...
GIRLS BASKETBALL: QUARTERFINALS LIVE
Updated: 3/13/2012 6:50:15 PM EST
We're live at all three quarterfinal sites — North Branch (Goodrich vs. Country Day), University of Detroit-Mercy (Kettering vs. Grosse Pointe South) and Waterford Kettering (Waterford Our Lady of the...
BOYS BASKETBALL: Kosmo's boys regional finals forecast
Updated: 3/14/2012 1:43:27 PM EST
Monday’s regional semifinals proved to be a case of good news and bad news in the eyes of Kosmo. The bad news is that it was a horrible night for southern Oakland County teams, as Ferndale, Madison He...
Updated boys basketball regional pairings after Monday
Updated: 3/13/2012 2:42:46 PM EST
Class A Region 6 (at Novi) Monday’s games: Orchard Lake St. Mary’s 61, Ann Arbor 51;
GIRLS BASKETBALL: Robak, Cottrell earn spots on AP Class D all-state team
Updated: 3/13/2012 1:00:44 PM EST
EAST LANSING (AP) — Eric and Mary Theut have driven thousands of miles over the years to watch their five daughters play basketball. And the road trips won't end any time soon. Sarah Theut, 18, a se...
BOYS BASKETBALL: Southfield Christian rolls past Everest Collegiate
Updated: 3/13/2012 11:01:45 AM EST
BLOOMFIELD HILLS — Death by suffocation can sometimes been slow and painful. In other times, it can be long and quite horrendous. Southfield Christian caused such death by suffocation Monday night, e...
BOYS BASKETBALL: Country Day routs yet another opponent
Updated: 3/13/2012 4:15:30 AM EST
PONTIAC - Birmingham Detroit Country Day boys basketball coach Kurt Keener is all too familiar with winning games in the month of March. The Yellowjackets, currently amidst yet another run through th...
BOYS BASKETBALL: Madison falls to top ranked Beecher WITH VIDEO
Updated: 3/13/2012 5:42:39 AM EST
PONTIAC — Even with just one loss on the season and a No. 4 ranking in Class C this season, Madison Heights Madison knew it would have to play a near perfect game if the Eagles were to knock off the s...
BOYS BASKETBALL: Catholic Central fends off Walled Lake Central to advance to regional final WITH VIDEO
Updated: 3/12/2012 11:31:25 PM EST
NOVI — Throughout the season, Walled Lake Central made its living by winning relatively low scoring games. Facing Novi Detroit Catholic Central in Monday's regional semifinal, the Vikings' goal was to...
BOYS BASKETBALL: St. Mary's cruises past Ann Arbor Huron to set up rematch with Catholic Central WITH VIDEO
Updated: 3/15/2012 7:07:39 AM EST
NOVI - The joy ride continues. Orchard Lake St. Mary's kept up its unexpected run in the state tournament Monday night, upsetting Ann Arbor Huron 61-51 in a Class A regional semifinal played at Novi....
BOYS BASKETBALL: Detroit Consortium blows by Bishop Foley in regional semifinal
Updated: 3/12/2012 10:11:01 PM EST
PONTIAC – Madison Heights Bishop Foley coach Marc West knew it would be a tall order stopping Detroit Consortium, with its all-state point guard and an NBA-sized front line. Not only were the Venture...
GIRLS BASKETBALL: Quarters a chance at redemption for three squads
Updated: 3/12/2012 9:57:07 PM EST
Redemption is one of the strongest motivators known to humankind. Just one embarrassing moment is often all it takes to motivate most people to never let that feeling happen again. For each of the t...
BOYS BASKETBALL: Lake Orion rallies from deep hole to beat Lahser WITH VIDEO
Updated: 3/12/2012 10:03:34 PM EST
LAKE ORION — Unless you’re a psychic or mind-reader, it was probably hard to tell what was going through the minds of the Lake Orion basketball team and its home crowd after the first quarter of a Cla...
BOYS BASKETBALL: Mott wins defensive struggle against Southfield WITH VIDEO
Updated: 3/12/2012 9:53:40 PM EST
LAKE ORION – Right about now, Waterford Mott could probably be considered the most patriotic team left in the boys basketball state tournament. That’s because in its last three games, Mott has beate...
TRACK AND FIELD: West Bloomfield's Finn breaks national record in 5,000
Updated: 3/12/2012 8:57:37 PM EST
On the big stage in New York City, Erin Finn of West Bloomfield was one of the stars who shined the brightest of the high school athletes last Friday at the New Balance Indoor Track and Field National...
GIRLS BASKETBALL: DCDS' Aerial Powers finishes fifth in Miss Basketball voting
Updated: 3/12/2012 1:30:17 PM EST
Madison Ristovski of Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett won the 31st annual Miss Basketball award, presented Monday at the offices of the Detro...
FOOTBALL RECRUITING: Seaholm's Page finds a home in Big 12, commits to Kansas
Updated: 3/11/2012 6:47:56 AM EST
BIRMINGHAM – Neal Page has turned another page in his football career. Birmingham Seaholm’s star senior defensive lineman committed to the University of Kansas of the Big 12 Conference last week. A...
GYMNASTICS: Athens-Avondale's Moskal breaks state record in capturing floor exercise title
Updated: 3/11/2012 3:49:11 AM EST
By the narrowest of margins - and that's not stretching the truth - Troy Athens-Auburn Hills Avondale senior Ashley Moskal finished runner-up in the all-around competition at Saturday's MHSAA Division...
MIPrepZone Weekly 3-11-12
Updated: 3/11/2012 6:14:43 PM EST
In this week's MIPrepZone Weekly, Denis Karic and Scott Burnstein discuss Waterford Mott's upset of Troy in a boys basketball district game Friday night. Also, Emmy Lucas was at Compuware Arena Satu...
BOYS SOCCER: Walled Lake Northern's Thompson signs to play at Concord University
Updated: 3/11/2012 7:23:55 PM EST
COMMERCE — After helping take the Walled Lake Northern soccer program to new heights over the past couple of years, goalkeeper Mitchell Thompson will be trying to do the same at Concord University in ...
SWIMMING STATE FINALS: Cranbrook Kingswood has a strong showing in D-3 finals WITH VIDEO
Updated: 3/11/2012 3:24:27 PM EST
ROCHESTER — Heading into the Division 3 state swimming finals Saturday, a few area teams were within striking distance of grabbing a top three spot, but at the end of the day just missed out on breaki...
SWIMMING: Brother Rice lands third at D1 finals, Gironza wins diving title WITH VIDEO
Updated: 3/11/2012 7:29:14 PM EST
YPSILANTI — Even before the Division 1 state swimming and diving finals took place Saturday, there was little doubt as to which team was going to win the championship. Saline didn’t disappoint either...
HOCKEY: This defense never rested WITH VIDEO
Updated: 3/10/2012 10:43:54 PM EST
EDITOR'S NOTE: The latest edition of MIPrepZone Weekly - below this story - features Brother Rice's win in Saturday's Division 2 championship game. Click the play button to watch the show. PLY...
Keith Dunlap's quick boys basketball hits/rankings for March 11
Updated: 3/10/2012 10:47:55 PM EST
If I were Rochester, Troy and Southfield-Lathrup, I would really be bemoaning an opportunity lost at the moment. All three were upset in districts last week when a chance to make the state semifinals ...
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BOYS BASKETBALL: A guide to regionals for Oakland County teams still left
Updated: 3/11/2012 7:15:22 PM EST
The debris and shrapnel is probably still lying around from the figurative “Upsets bomb” that struck several prominent Oakland County teams during Friday’s district boys basketball finals. It was as ...
Kosmo coming out of hibernation for girls quarters, boys regionals
Updated: 3/10/2012 10:48:53 PM EST
Consider the hibernation season over here in the cave. For those wondering where Kosmo has been over the past week, he’s been on a brief hibernation while his spies devote time and newspaper space to ...
HOCKEY: State title so nice for Brother Rice WITH VIDEO
Updated: 3/11/2012 6:15:08 PM EST
EDITOR'S NOTE: The latest edition of MIPrepZone Weekly - below this story - features Brother Rice's win in Saturday's Division 2 championship game. Click the play button to watch the show. PLY...
HOCKEY: Updated state quarterfinal and semifinal results, finals pairings
Updated: 3/10/2012 4:13:42 AM EST
MHSAA QUARTERFINAL PAIRINGS DIVISION 1 - Wednesday QF 1 – East Kentwood 8, Grandville 1 QF 2 – Brighton 8, Swartz Creek 1 QF 3 –
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