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Weekly Sports Roundup: Ravens Football Set for First Away Game
Royal Oak High School girls volleyball has two tough matches while boys soccer plays two with Avondale this week.
Highlights of what’s happening in varsity sports:
Football
West Bloomfield High School came to Royal Oak's home field last week and picked up its first win of the season over the Ravens, . Royal Oak is now 1-2 on the year.
For the first time this season, the Ravens will hit the road and travel to Troy Athens High (2-1) for a 7 p.m. game Friday.
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The varsity team is at full strength for the first time since the beginning of the season, according to Head Coach Jeff Hill. "We've got everybody back and we're pretty excited," Hill said.
Hill and his staff have been busy preparing for the Athens ground game. "I've watched all three of their games this season and all of their games from last year and they are a very, very solid running offense," he said. "They do a nice job between the tackles and they have two outstanding running backs."
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Hill's plan of attack is to get Athens out of its running "mindset" and force it into a passing game.
"It's not that they are bad at it, but it’s not what they want to do," Hill said.
Boys soccer
Auburn Hills Avondale came to Royal Oak on Tuesday and left with a 0-0 tie. The Ravens played again in Auburn Hills on Thursday night, losing their second game of the week, 2-1. The Ravens record is 2-5-1.
Next up is a 11:30 a.m. Sept. 24 road game against Notre Dame Prep in Pontiac.
Girls volleyball
It was a .500 week for the women’s volleyball team. A tough match loss to Auburn Hills Andover started the week. The Ravens lost 28-26, 25-17 and 25-14. Senior Paige Smith led the team with six kills, three aces and eight digs while teammate Kayla Linstruth had six kills and 11 digs.
Thursday night, Royal Oak head coach Heidi Studebaker's team picked up a home win over Hazel Park, but needed four games to do it. The scores were 25-16, 22-25, 25-21 and 25-15 with Linstruth leading the team with eight kills and seven digs, while Abby McKee-Boyes had six kills and two blocks.
The team is 2-1 on the year and 1-0 in league play. Two road games next week are on the schedule: Tuesday at Southfield Lathrup and Thursday at Pontiac, both at 7 p.m.
Girls swimming
Saturday the team participates in the Athens Relays in Troy and then next Thursday it goes on a road trip to Avondale in Auburn Hills. A Sept. 27 meet is scheduled at West Bloomfield High School.
Cross-country
On Tuesday the cross-country teams ran at Martin Road Park in Ferndale at the OAA Jamboree #1. The results were as follows:
Women’s 5,000 Meters Varsity
Time
Finish
Lauren Bos, freshman
21:25.3
2
Emma Eising, sophomore
22:52.7
11
Morgan Kempf, junior
25:06.6
25
Erica Lee, freshman
25:13.1
26
Madeline Bolton, sophomore
25:24.8
29
Christina Villerot, senior
26:00.3
35
Lauren McMahon, sophomore
26:53.2
40
Men’s 5,000 Meters Varsity
Time
Finish
Max Benoit, junior
17:34
2
Adam Quinn, senior
17:51
4
Leonard Jackson, senior
17:54
5
Dan Dobras, senior
17:55
6
Joe Ledford, senior
19:43
24
Willie Davids, junior
19:50
26
John Slowik, sophomore
20:53
45
Jared Vier, senior
21:47
55
Dale Mallette, sophomore
21:55
59
Kevin Trumble, sophomore
22:12
61
Girls golf
Coached by Brett Hansen, Royal Oak beat West Bloomfield High School on Wednesday in a close match at Normandy Oaks. Final score was 202-206.
Competing for Royal Oak was Sabrina Good (46), Olivia Demarco (50), Sara Uelmen (52), Dagney Gossett (54).
Competing for West Bloomfield was Katherine Chang (49), Brittany Birr (50), Payton Mallory (52), Alexandra Kotsakis (55).
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