Tuesday, May 22, 2012
The Bears beat Lathrup 7-3 Monday to stay perfect in OAA Gold; Country Day baseball wins Royal Oak Tournament over the weekend.
* home team in all CAPS Berkley over LATHRUP, 7-3 A 7-3 win at Lathrup on Monday secured an undefeated record for the Berkley High School varsity baseball team in the Oakland Activities Association Gold division. Brad Burke gave the Bears (19-8; 12-0 OAA Gold) six solid innings on the mound. He gave up three runs on five hits and a walk. He struck out four batters. Taylor Morrissey was 2-for-4 with an RBI and three runs. Dugan Fernandez was 1-for-3 with an RBI. Berkley travels to Birmingham Groves on Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. for a nonconference game. Country Day over Waterford Kettering, 6-4 (at Royal Oak) No lead was safe against Country Day on Saturday. Down to its last out, the Yellowjackets erased Waterford Kettering’s 3-0 lead to win the…
Monday, May 21, 2012
Vote for your favorite prep sports athlete in Oakland County or write in an athlete you think deserves recognition. You have until Friday at 9 a.m. to register your vote!
Vote here to help choose the Patch Athlete of the Week of Oakland County for the week ending May 19. Last week, Andover baseball player Emerson Misch won the Athlete of the Week poll. Vote for one of the following or write in your own candidate in the comments: Ben Hill – Royal Oak High School (Track and Field): Ben Hill qualified for the state finals in two events at the Farmington Regional on Saturday. He won a regional title in the 3,200 meter run (9:44) and with teammates Max Benoit, Blaine Anderson and Adam Quinn he also qualified for the 3,200 relay. The relay team finished in first with a time of 8:05. Erin Finn – West Bloomfield High School (Track and Field): Erin Finn had no problem getting back to the state finals at the …
Knights have good day at Lutheran Westland, several state-qualifying performances
Royal Oak Shrine’s track team knew it needed to get an all-around effort if the Knights were to be successful at their regional meet on Saturday. They did just that. Shrine won medals in every event, qualified 19 athletes for the state finals, and won the girls’ team title at the MHSAA Division 4 Regional meet hosted by Lutheran Westland. Shrine’s girls scored 173 ½ points to rank ahead of Lutheran Westland (141 ½) and Plymouth Christian (79). The Knight boys placed third with 102, behind the host school (146) and Detroit Loyola (136). “It was tremendous,” Coach Wright Wilson said. “Everyone was focused because they knew it could be a special day. Lutheran Westland’s girls are always tough, and to get past them, we had to piece it together…
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Friday, May 18, 2012
Strong pitching helps Knights almost sweep doubleheader; Andover baseball wins on senior night over Lathrup; Seaholm baseball falls to Walled Lake Central.
* home team in all CAPS AVONDALE over Lahser 4-3 Lahser over AVONDALE, 6-2 Bloomfield Hills Lahser almost pulled off a sweep of Avondale on Friday in a doubleheader. The Knights gave up a run in the bottom half of the seventh in the first game to fall 4-3, but came back in the second game and won 6-2 behind a three-hitter by starting pitcher Neal Krentz. In Game One, Jack Schaffer hit a single to centerfield that scored Charlie Dauch from third base to put Lahser up 1-0. It was Schaffer’s first game at the varsity level for the Knights. The Yellow Jackets came back in the third inning to tie it at 1-1 and added two runs in the fifth inning. Lahser rallied in the sixth with two runs on four hits, but in the seventh, with a runner on second…
Monday, May 14, 2012
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Vote here to help choose the Patch Athlete of the Week of Oakland County for the week ending May 12. Last week, Birmingham Seaholm baseball player Spencer Eick won the Athlete of the Week poll. Vote for one of the following athletes, or write in your own candidate in the comments: Kathy Quigley – Seaholm High School (Lacrosse): Kathy Quigley helped the Birmingham United varsity girls lacrosse team go 3-0 last week. She had three goals and three assists in a 22-6 win over Lake Orion to start the week on Monday. On Thursday, she had three goals in a 14-8 win over Sacred Heart and on Friday she had five more goals and two assists in a big 14-2 win over Troy. Emerson Misch – Andover High School (Baseball): Emerson Misch was a difference-maker …
Friday, May 11, 2012
The Barons erase three-run deficit at Lakeshore on Friday; highlights and scores from around Oakland County for the week.
* home team in all CAPS Andover over ST. CLAIR LAKESHORE, 10-4 Andover rallied to beat St. Clair Lakeshore on the road Friday night 10-4. Lakeshore score all four of its runs in the bottom of the third. The Barons stormed back with three runs in the fourth, five in the sixth and two insurance runs in the seventh. Zach Wolfe struck out four batters over the first three innings. Truman Lorick pitched three scoreless innings in relieve and Gabe Berman struck out the side in the seventh. Myron Butler had two hits and two RBIs. Emerson Misch went 3-for-5 with a walk and an RBI. Gabe Berman hit a homerun. Andover's record is now 19-4-1 and it takes on Lamphere in a doubleheader on Saturday at home. BIRMINGHAM UNITED over Sacred Heart, 14-8 …
Monday, May 7, 2012
Ravens' offensive coordinator coach takes over for Jeff Hill, who resigned to deal with his youngest daughter’s fight with leukemia
The Royal Oak High School (ROHS) athletic department has named Ryan Irish as the new Royal Oak Ravens head football coach. The position became available following the resignation of Jeff Hill in January 2012. Hill, a Royal Oak Dondero High alumnus and former Milford coach, was named the new head football coach in January 2011. He replaced Dave Potter, who was head football coach for three seasons and had an 0-27 record. A year later Hill resigned after learning his youngest daughter was diagnosed with leukemia. The Royal Oak school district offered the football coach a leave of absence, but Hill decided to step down to take care of family matters, saying he didn't want to put the team behind in its quest to improve. Following a posting for…
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Vote for your favorite prep sports athlete or write in one you think deserves recognition. You have until Friday at 9 a.m. to register your vote!
Vote here to help choose the Patch Athlete of the Week of Oakland County for the week ending April 28. Last week, Andover baseball player Tim Zobl won the Athlete of the Week poll. Vote for one of the following or write in your own candidate in the comments: Stephanie Miller – Berkley High School (soccer): Stephanie Miller continues to score goals in bunches. Miller scored two goals in a 5-1 win over West Bloomfield on Thursday. Earlier in the week she gave the Bears an early 1-0 lead over North Farmington. Berkley went on to win 3-1. Miller is the team’s leading scorer and a big reason why the Bears are undefeated at 9-0-2 this season. Catherine Gray – Royal Oak High School (tennis): Catherine Gray had a perfect week for the Royal Oak …
Sunday, May 6, 2012
Barons’ Tim Zobl tops West Bloomfield’s Allyson Kus in a wild week of voting.
Andover’s Tim Zobl won the Patch Athlete of the Week title for April 23-28 with over 4,000 votes after a week of unscientific polling among Patch readers in Oakland County, or 55 percent of the total votes cast (8,247). He edged out Allyson Kus from West Bloomfield, who also received strong support. The Lakers starting pitcher had 42 percent of the votes (3,541). Zobl won after he showed a tremendous amount of power last week for the Barons’ High School baseball team. In a 10-2 win over Harrison, Zobl went 3-for-3 with a home run. In Game 1 of a doubleheader against Royal Oak on Friday, he went deep again and had two RBI in a 12-5 win. He picked up where he left off with another homerun this week. Other athletes in the poll included: …
The Maples beat the Bears in five innings; full week of highlights from around Oakland County.
* home team in all CAPS Seaholm over BERKLEY, 14-3 (Five Innings) Spencer Eick and Josh Leitman were on fire for Birmingham Seaholm on Friday, combining for seven RBI in the Maples' 14-3 five-inning mercy-rule win over Berkley. Eick finished the game 3-for-4 with two doubles, four RBI and three runs. Leitman was also 3-for-4 with two extra base hits and three RBI. Tommy Scheidt hit a homerun. The Bears actually had an early 3-1 after the first inning, but Seaholm came roaring back with four runs in the third and fourth. Michael Levitsky was the winning pitcher giving up three runs, two earned, over five innings. He gave up six hits and two walks while striking out three. BERKLEY over West Bloomfield, 5-1 Berkley won its Oakland Activities …
Beth Reeber Valone
8:32 am on Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Thanks for the Berkley update Laura! more ›