2015-16 hockey coverage

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2015-16 Oakland County Hockey Preview
2014-15 All-County Hockey Team

GAME COVERAGE
Country Day 7, Riverview 4
Stoney Creek 5, Farmington 3
Brother Rice 5, Trenton 1
Catholic Central 5, Cranbrook 0
Bloomfield Hills 2, Marysville 1
Royal Oak 10, Notre Dame Prep 3
St. Mary's 2, Brother Rice 1
Catholic Central 2, Trenton 0
West Bloomfield 6, Oxford-Avondale 2
Notre Dame Prep 7, Bishop Foley 1
Troy 3, Bloomfield Hills 2 (OT)
Rochester United 7, Lake Orion 0
Cranbrook 4, U-D Jesuit 3 (OT)
Hartland 5, Walled Lake Central 2
Berkley 6, Lake Orion 2
Allen Park Cabrini 4, Notre Dame Prep 3
Lakeland 5, Walled Lake Northern 0
Brother Rice 3, Catholic Central 0
Bishop Foley 8, Grand Rapids Flames 0
Bloomfield Hills 6, West Bloomfield 4
Stoney Creek 5, Rochester United 3
Hudsonville 4, Bishop Foley 1
Berkley 9, Clarkston 2
Cranbrook 3, Plymouth 2 (OT)
Country Day 4, Lake Orion 2
Bloomfield Hills 4, Shrine 2
Notre Dame Prep 5, New Boston Huron 3
Royal Oak 9, West Bloomfield 3
Farmington 6, Berkley 3
Walled Lake Central 6, Walled Lake Western 0
Shrine 9, Bishop Foley 1
Notre Dame Prep 2, Cabrini 1
Berkley 5, Rochester United 2
Walled Lake Central 4, Walled Lake Northern 1
Lakeland 9, Milford 1
Birmingham Unified 3, Oxford-Avondale 0
Utica 8, Bishop Foley 3
Notre Dame Prep 4, Shrine 3
U-D Jesuit 2, Detroit Catholic Central 1
Rochester United 5, Clarkston 0
Roosevelt 6, Berkley 3
Notre Dame Prep 6, Bishop Foley 0
Lakeland 6, Waterford United 5
Farmington Hills Unified 7, West Bloomfield 0
AA Gabrield Richard 11, Bishop Foley 0
Birmingham Unified 4, West Bloomfield 3
Stoney Creek 4, Marysville 0
Rochester United 6, Eisenhower 3
Romeo 5, Rochester United 3
Eisenhower 3, Stoney Creek 1
Hartland 3, Brother Rice 1
Novi 3, Berkley 2
AA Gabriel Richard 8, Bishop Foley 0
Lakeland 5, Pinckney 2
Oxford-Avondale 3, Shrine 3
Troy 5, Royal Oak 2
Cranbrook 4, St. Mary's 3
L'Anse Creuse North 2, West Bloomfield 1
South Lyon Unified 4, Waterford United 2
Jackson United 7, Clarkston 4
Stoney Creek 6, Walled Lake Northern 0
Lake Orion 5, Farmington Hills Unified 1
Brother Rice 2, Northville 2
Country Day 7, Royal Oak 2
Walled Lake Central 5, Walled Lake Northern 0
Warren-Mott 7, Bishop Foley 1
Bloomfield Hills 10, Oxford-Avondale 2
Cabrini 6, Bishop Foley 0
Farmington 2, Berkley 1
St. Mary's 4, Brother Rice 3 (OT)
Brother Rice 6, Trenton 2
Clarkston 3, Stoney Creek 1
Royal Oak Shrine 3, Bishop Foley 1
Lake Orion 6, Grand Blanc 0
Bloomfield Hills 4, Birmingham Unified 4
Catholic Central 4, Trenton 2
Royal Oak 8, St. Clair Shores Unified 0
Carleton Airport 9, Bishop Foley 1
Bishop Foley Unified 14, Grand Rapids 2
Brighton 6, Cranbrook-Kingswood 2
Livonia Stevenson 3, Rochester United 0
Stoney Creek 2, Rochester United 1
Trenton 4, Cranbrook-Kingswood 3
Utica 5, Bishop Foley 3
Romeo 3, Stoney Creek 1
Farmington 3, Novi 1
South Lyon Unified 6, Farmington Hills Unified 0
Warren-Mott 6, Bishop Foley 1
Troy United 5, Stoney Creek 2
Troy United 9, Woodhaven 6

No time to waste. Here are my predictions for Divisions 1-2-3. I broke down everything, match by match, though I include just total points and championship finals here. Agree, disagree?

DIVISION 1
Novi 30, Brother Rice 25, Troy 25, Ann Arbor Huron 22, Ann Arbor Pioneer 17, Bloomfield Hills 13, Rochester Adams 13, Northville 10, Port Huron Northern 10, Troy Athens 9, Ann Arbor Skyline 9, Grand Blanc 9, Grosse Pointe South 7, Holland West-Ottawa 6, Traverse City Central 5, Rochester 4, Grandville 4, Midland 3, Eisenhower 2, Livonia Stevenson 1, Utica 0, Livonia Churchill 0

Flight Finalists
1S — Tim Wang (Novi) d. Connor Johnston (Northville)
2S — Koushik Kondapi (Novi) d. Steve Forman (Troy)
3S — Alex Wen (Novi) d. Jack Winkler (Brother Rice)
4S — Andre Liu (Novi) d. Henry Fuchs (Ann Arbor Pioneer)
1D — George Hamaty-Joe Paradiso (Brother Rice) d. Maxx Anderson-Daniel Yu (Novi)
2D — Will Brenner-Orion Sang (AA Huron) d. Brendan Dillon-Christian Abelarde (Brother Rice)
3D — Adi Das-Anidow Saha (Troy) d. Alex Cardigan-Brenden Chen (AA Huron)
4D — Chauncey Williams-Anders Rasmussen (AA Huron) d. Aneesh Rastogi-Brandon Guo (Troy)

My thoughts
When the season began, I was a firm believer in Novi's singles lineup and the team depth(s) of Brother Rice and Troy. But the Wildcats have proved to have some depth as well - two #1 seeds in doubles. There just isn't a scenario I see where Novi doesn't bring home the state title. There would have to be at least two upsets in singles and the 1-seeds in doubles would have to stumble. Could it happen? Sure. But I don't see that. Can't wait to see Wang-Johnston - Part 3. I don't think the Tim Wang I saw at regionals is the one that will show up Saturday. Johnston looked great. Wang did not. I want to see them when they're both on. Kondapi is hungry, Wen is really good and Liu is due (see how that worked out?) I predict a Novi sweep in singles, but something tells me they'll get three titles there. Just couldn't figure out which one to take away. I liked Brother Rice's draws. I have them getting to three flight finals. I think Hamaty and Paradiso are hungry.

Related
State finals preview
Novi regional story/photos
Regional roundup
Clarkston regional story/photos
Wang-Johnston feature story


DIVISION 2
Midland Dow 31, Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern 25, Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central  22, Portage Central 19, Detroit U-D Jesuit 17, Birmingham Seaholm 15, Birmingham Groves 15, Grosse Pointe North 13, North Farmington 11, Okemos 9, Portage Northern 7, Battle Creek Lakeview 6, Flushing 4, Walled Lake Western 3, Gibraltar Carlson 3, Holly 2, Berkley 1, Pinckney 1, Wyandotte Roosevelt 0, SCS Lakeview 0, Southgate Anderson 0, Edsel Ford 0

Flight finalists
1S — Steward Sell (Portage Northern) d. Varun Shanker (Midland Dow)
2S — Colin Angell (Midland Dow) d. Ben Orwin (Portage Central)
3S — Michael Szabo (Midland Dow) d. Justin Minzlaff (GRFHN)
4S — Aditya Middha (Midland Dow) d. Jacob Wiltjer (GRFHC)
1D — Nick Cusmano-Mitchell Zacharias (GPN) d. Sahil Tandon-Cameron Raedy (Portage Central)
2D — Ryan Roach-Daiki Adachi (GRFHN) d. Andrew Latessa-Will Geller (Seaholm)
3D — Humzah Azeem-Ryan Conner (GRFHC) d. Jalen Zeman-Jack Dolan (Groves)
4D — Sanjay Balijepalli-Daniel Zhang (Midland Dow) d. Joey Preston-Reed Aleck (GRFHC)

My thoughts
Full transparency here. Division 2 is always the hardest to predict - for me. I don't have many results from the west side of the state. And there are more great teams over there than here on the east side. So I rely on the great work of the seeding committee to guide myself. Not many upsets picked here. Dow has won five straight state championships and should win No. 6 on Saturday. Local teams Seaholm and Groves will see the quarterfinal round in a handful of flights each, but I have them reaching the semifinals in just two apiece. Just not enough points to compete with the top five.

Related
State finals preview
Groves regional story/photos
North Farmington regional story/photos
Regional preview story/photos


DIVISION 3
Country Day 39, Cranbrook 31, East Grand Rapids 23, Grand Rapids Christian 16, Holland Christian 17, Coldwater 11, Sturgis 11, St. Joseph 10, Petoskey 9, Zeeland East 9, Haslett 8, DeWitt 7, St. Clair 6, Parma Western 6, Trenton 5, Mt. Pleasant 5, Chelsea 4, Hamilton 4, Richmond 4, Armada 2, Yale 2, Goodrich 2, Allegan 1, Charlotte 1, Cadillac 0

Flight finalists
1S — Noah Karoub (Country Day) d. Benji Jacobson (C-K)
2S — Marc Sable (C-K) d. Davis Wong (Country Day)
3S — Jakob Gahn (Country Day) d. Ryan Rhoades (Holland Christian)
4S — Michael Khaghany (Country Day) d. Max Condon (EGR)
1D — Blake Burstein-Damian Runkle (Country Day) d. Chase Ghesquiere-Matthew Gerard (C-K)
2D — Rishabh Nayak-Adam Junn (Country Day) d. Nolan Trepeck-Joe Cavataio (C-K)
3D — D.J. Bailey-Andrew Joslyn (Country Day) d. Alex Hubers-Steven Meng (C-K)
4D — Anand Prabhu-Jack Mettler (Country Day) d. Colin Petzold-Brandon Kerr (C-K)

My thoughts
The separation between Country Day and Cranbrook - and the rest of the state - is staggering. The Yellowjackets are arguably the best team in the state, depending on who you ask. It would be fun to break down a Novi-Country Day matchup involving all their starting parts. That aside, the Yellowjackets have a chance to sweep here, something they have not been able to do over their past three championship runs. This team is as or more balanced as any of those teams. The #1 singles final could go either way. Jacobson is really, really talented, but Karoub is so steady. The 2-singles final should be good too. I liked the way Sable looked at the regional. Enjoy Burstein and Runkle at 1-doubles. They're the best pairing in the state - all divisions.

Related
State finals preview
Cranbrook regional story/photos


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Clarkston had a reason to celebrate after winning the
Division 1 regional at Rochester on Friday.

Sad to say it, but the tennis season is nearly over. But, with that being said, it's also the most exciting time of the year for Oakland County teams. Most set their sights on the state tournaments. And that's what we have left.
With seven county teams being ranked in the top-five in the latest state rankings (in their divisions), a state championship is within reason. In fact, it's expected for a couple programs. I won't get into that now. My predictions are upcoming next week, once we've seen the state draws.
I want to take some time to congratulate everyone on a great season (so far) and give a shout out to those who will be playing in the state tournaments in two weeks.
There were six regional (team) champions this past weekend. Clarkston and Farmington Hills Mercy each captured Division 1 titles. Seaholm and North Farmington won easily in Division 2. Cranbrook nearly swept the field in the Division 3 regional it hosted, while Sacred Heart beat out Liggett for the Division 4 regional title in Almont.
In all, 15 county teams qualified in the four divisions. Joining the above six will be Novi, Troy, Bloomfield Hills and West Bloomfield in Division 1, Marian, Holly and Farmington in Division 2 and Country Day and Notre Dame Prep in Division 3.
A special congrats must go to those individual qualifiers - No. 1 singles players not on qualifying teams - moving on to the finals. In Division 1, Walled Lake Northern's Sophie Reismuller won her flight at the Novi region. Royal Oak's Ivona Gorgioski reached the final at the Groves regional and will participate in her first state tournament in Division 2. And Clarkston Everest Collegiate/WOLL's Carly Sutkiewicz blew away the Division 4 competition in Almont and will make the trip to Grand Blanc/Holly.
The state tournaments will be held on May 30-31 at the following sites:
Division 1 — Midland
Division 2 — Holland
Division 3 — Kalamazoo
Division 4 — Grand Blanc/Holly
I will blog my finals predictions early next week, so stay tuned. And PLEASE check out all the photos (in the slideshows) in our stories - it really does make a difference. I'm counting on everyone to look at all the photos! Thanks.
Below are the regional results I received or was able to track down from this past weekend.

DIVISION 1 REGIONAL

(at Grosse Pointe South)

TEAM SCORES — Grosse Pointe South 31, Troy 24, Troy Athens 17, Fraser 11, Sterling Heights 7, Cousino 6, Mott 5, Cass Tech 3, East Detroit 0, Martin Luther King 0

CHAMPIONSHIP SINGLES — Raven Neely (GPS) d. Amanda Guo (T) 6-1, 6-1; Madie Flournoy (GPS) d. Abbey Rice (T) 6-2, 6-1; Brooke Willard (GPS) d. Tiffany Chen (T) 6-0, 6-2; Maddie Paolucci (GPS) d. Hope Ma (TA) 6-0, 6-2 CHAMPIONSHIP SINGLES — Samantha Perry-Maggie Sweeney (GPS) d. Lillian Liang-Deepthi Devireddy (T) 6-0, 6-1; Sydney Keller-Morgane Flournoy (GPS) d. Arushi Mahajan-Clare Keating (T) 6-4, 6-2; Julianne Fava-Leena Penumalee (T) d. Angelica Kalogeridis-Jennifer Moy (GPS) 5-7, 7-5, 6-1; Ginny Hayden-Kelly Beardslee (GPS) d. Katie Forche-Erica Friesen (T) 6-3, 6-1

DIVISION 1 REGIONAL

(at Rochester)

TEAM SCORES — Clarkston 27, Bloomfield Hills 26, West Bloomfield 19, Stoney Creek 14, Rochester Adams 10, Rochester 7, Lake Orion 4, Oxford 2, Waterford Kettering 1, Waterford Mott 1, Southfield-Lathrup 1

CHAMPIONSHIP SINGLES — Lexi Baylis (C) d. Mollie Fox (BH) 6-0, 6-4; Isabella Spindler (C) d. Kerry Hu (BH) 6-4, 6-4; Dana Olsen (C) d. Katrin Gurvich (WB) 6-1, 6-0; Paige Olsen (C) d. Meryl Reams (BH) 6-2, 6-2

CHAMPIONSHIP DOUBLES — Gillian Meyers-Sara Cahn (WB) d. Erin Weingarten-Maddie Fox 5-7, 6-2, 6-3; Brittany Silverman-Charlotte Garrison (BH) d. Caitlin McCaghy-Mackenzie Sowers 6-0, 6-3; Natalie Langnas-Rheanna Henney (BH) d. Amy Brozovich-Becca Gorz (C) 5-7, 6-2, 6-1; Marie Baenen-Ester Yi (BH) d. Riley Budzinski-Olivia Baylis (C) 6-0, 7-5

DIVISION 2 REGIONAL
(at Birmingham Groves)
TEAM SCORES — Birmingham Seaholm 22, Birmingham Marian 17, Birmingham Groves 8, Berkley 4, Royal Oak 4, Avondale 0, Southfield 0
CHAMPIONSHIP SINGLES — Labina Petrovska (BS) d. Ivona Gorgioski (RO) 6-1, 6-1; Lauren Frazier (BS) d. Breann Lunghamer (BM) 6-2, 6-1; Claire Markley (BS) d. Catherine Yaldoo (BM) 6-2, 6-1; Rachel Fenberg (BS) d. Sophia Balardo (BM) 6-2, 6-4
CHAMPIONSHIP DOUBLES — Tatyanna Dadabbo-Bianca Emde (BM) d. Jackie Meier-Laine Boitos (BS) 6-2, 7-6; Mollie MacEachern-McKenna Landis (BM) d. Sam Lareau-Caity Buechner (BS) 3-6, 6-2, 6-0; Emily McDermott-Meaghan Flynn (BS) d. Caroline Cibulas-Mallory Hudson (BM) 6-3, 6-4; Sophie Dixon-Lisa Johnston (BS) d. Marta Colosimo-Katie Champion (BM) 6-3, 6-3

DIVISION 2 REGIONAL

(at North Farmington)

TEAM SCORES — North Farmington 31, Farmington 23, Dearborn Heights Crestwood 13, South Lyon 11, Farmington Hills Harrison 9, Dexter 9, Detroit Cody 0, Garden City 0, Redford Thurston 0

CHAMPIONSHIP SINGLES — Arti Vaishnav (NF) d. Sheryl Carter (FHH) 6-0, 6-1; Rachel Gringlas (NF) d. Clarissa Gaddis (FHH) 6-4, 6-2; Shannon Kenny (NF) d. Aneesha Yander (F) 1-0, ret.; Isha Nadgauda (F) d. Ashley Sauerbrey (NF) 6-1, 6-1

CHAMPIONSHIP DOUBLES — Maura Ehrlich-Andi Kopitz (NF) d. Priyanka Sakthikumar-Ashley Tran (F) 6-4, 6-3; Alyssa Cutcher-Kyra Cutcher (NF) d. Maria Peurach-Natalia Peurach (F) 6-2, 6-4; Eva Pitts-Dania Abdulhamid (NF) d. Sharon Thomas-Samantha Miller (F) 6-2, 6-1; Myra Visser-Madison Selinsky (NF) d. Shreya Raman-Sarah Bayani (F) 6-1, 6-1

DIVISION 2 REGIONAL

(at Holly)

TEAM SCORES — Fenton 25, Holly 22, Lapeer West 15, Flushing 14, Lapeer East 12, Alpena 5, Ortonville-Brandon 5, Bay City Central 4, Flint Kearsley 3, Clio 2, Bay City Western 2

CHAMPIONSHIP SINGLES — Madison Ballard (F) d. Natalie Clink (H) 6-2, 6-1; Sydney Phipps (F) d. Blake Clements (LW) 6-2, 2-0, ret.; Josie Foguth (F) d. Mary Beth Pfund (LW) 6-3, 7-5; Megan Donovan (LE) d. Alycia Kigar (LW) 7-5, 6-4

CHAMPIONSHIP DOUBLES — Carley Postma-Sydney Renehan (H) d. Ashley Bearden-Hannah Horton (F) 6-0, 4-6, 6-3; Clancey Gleason-Elizabeth Newman (FL) d. Abby Rachor-Sylee Kiran (F) 6-4, 3-6, 7-5; Katie Kurncz-Kendrah Praedel (F) d. Alanah Rau-Paige Reid (H) 6-4, 7-5; Katherine Skubik-Abby Graff (H) d. Madalyn Wendling-Katherine Huber (FL) 6-0, 6-0

DIVISION 3 REGIONAL

(at Cranbrook)

TEAM SCORES — Cranbrook Kingswood 31, Detroit Country Day 23, Pontiac Notre Dame Prep 18, Madison Heights Lamphere 13, Center Line 7, Goodrich 5, Ferndale 4, Hazel Park 3, Redford Union 3, Flint Southwestern 2

CHAMPIONSHIP SINGLES — Alexandria Najarian (CK) d. Sasha Hartje (DCD) 6-4, 6-0; Anna Short (CK) d. Haley Mullins (DCD) 6-2, 7-6 (2); Madelyn Karoub (DCD) d. Emily Harvey (CK) 6-0, 6-0; Jazz Teste (CK) d. Sarah Carroll 7-5, 7-6 (6)

CHAMPIONSHIP DOUBLES — Meg Phyle-Amanda Simmons (CK) d. Annie Boniface-Julie Boniface (NDP) 6-2, 6-2; Holly Meers-Amanda Twu (CK) d. Hannah DiNardo-Allison Kavanagh (NDP) 6-1, 6-3; Lauren Lanzon-Mackenzie Beckett (CK) d. Sharmila Prabhu-Lydia Wang (DCD) 6-3, 6-4; Sauma Du-Sloane Wysocki (CK) d. Samantha Prince-Tara Tang (DCD) 6-2, 6-0

DIVISION 4 REGIONAL

(at Almont)

TEAM SCORES — Academy of the Sacred Heart 27, Liggett 24, Clarkston Everest 15, Almont 12, Marine City 5, Wixom St. Catherine 4, Imlay City 4, Clawson 2, Bishop Foley 1

CHAMPIONSHIP SINGLES — Carly Sutkiewicz (CEC) d. Grace Whitney (Imlay City) 6-2, 6-3; Teresa Walawender (ASH) d. Sara Anthony (L) 6-3, 6-0; Tate Lehmann (ASH) d. Jane Ninivaggi (L) 6-1, 6-0; Brenna MacArthur (ASH) d. Hannah Homsy (L) 6-2, 6-0

CHAMPIONSHIP DOUBLES — Gretchen Lemon-Sarah Spangler (ASH) d. Mara Hillyer-Caroline Echrich (L) 6-1, 6-1; Stella Betrus-Kendall Lehmann (ASH) d. Ellene Bricolas-Rita Sidhu (L) 6-4, 6-3; Hannah Evans-Shannon Milner (ASH) d. Rayna Patel-Gabby Cavataio (L) 6-2, 6-2; Renata Szymanski-Grace Drettman (L) d. Sarah Panone-Jackie Zielinski (ASH) 6-2, 6-4