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 …
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
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 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 …
West Bloomfield High School junior going for record time in 3,200-meter state championship next month.
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Here's the day schedule for sports action in West Bloomfield.
Looking to keep up with your favorite in prep sports action today? Check out what's on the schedule for high school athletes from West Bloomfield for Wednesday, May 9. Baseball Softball Girls tennis Girls lacrosse Baseball Boys golf Girls tennis Is your student athlete playing in one of today's games? Do you have a camera? Send us a snapshot of the game and the final score and we'll post it on Patch!
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East High School
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Walled Lake Northern High School
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Seaholm High School
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Rochester High School
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Monday, May 7, 2012
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 …
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
The West Bloomfield softball team fell 4-3 and 3-1 in a doubleheader on the road to Oakland Activities Association White division leader Troy Athens on Wednesday.
TROY – Athens shortstop Melissa Palmer earned some bragging rights over her future college teammate on Wednesday. Palmer did a little bit of everything to help the Red Hawks sweep West Bloomfield in a doubleheader 4-3 and 3-1 to secure first place in the Oakland Activities Association White division. The senior’s big day at the plate came at the expense of Lakers senior starting pitcher Allyson Kus, who she’ll be taking the field with next year at Western Michigan University. “When we get Melissa on base, we score, “Athens coach Dave Marr said. “She’s been thrown out on the bases only one time this entire year. She turns routine base running into big plays.” In game one, Palmer led off the seventh inning with a single. She proceeded to …
Beth Reeber Valone
8:32 am on Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Thanks for the Berkley update Laura! more ›