High School Sports Highlights

Friday Highlights: Andover Baseball Nearing 20 Wins

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 …

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Friday Highlights: Lahser Baseball Wins Pitching Duel with Troy

Berkley soccer wins, Troy lacrosse beats Walled Lake Northern 13-6.

* home team in all CAPS Bloomfield Hills Lahser over TROY, 2-1 Charlie Dauch was Charlie clutch Friday night for the Bloomfield Hills Lahser High School varsity baseball team. In the fifth inning, Zach Tornow led off the inning with a hit. Dauch came to the plate and belted an RBI double to break a 1-1 tie. Reliever Neal Krentz pitched a scoreless sixth and seventh to secure the win. Krentz closed down a Colts rally in the fifth by forcing a groundout and getting a strikeout. He also had an RBI double in the top of the first. Krentz combined with starter Patrick Monahan and Jack Corbell to limit Troy to only three hits in the game. Dauch and Krentz spoiled a solid pitching performance from Colts starter John Wassel. Wassel allowed twos on …

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Week in Review: Clawson Boys Tennis, Cross Country Team Rebuilding

Both Trojans teams had two meets last week for the first time this season.

The Clawson varsity boys tennis team graduated eight seniors from a squad that won the Macomb Conference Silver division last year. Rebuilding for the Trojans team is going slowly this season, but head coach Warren Block said it's not because his kids aren’t improving. Clawson just hasn't had any games to play. This year’s team opened the season on Aug. 24 with a 5-1 loss to Royal Oak and didn’t have a game for nearly three full weeks. Schools without enough players to field tennis teams this season left Clawson’s schedule thin to begin with and some cancellations have made it worse.  Last week, the Trojans were supposed to play three games, but Mt. Clemens didn’t show up at Clawson City Park on Wednesday for the schools scheduled meet. “…

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Spring Sports Highlights

Playoffs in Full Swing for Baseball, Softball and Soccer

Track and tennis teams end season at regionals.

The Clawson varsity baseball, softball and soccer teams are gearing up for districts. The playoffs start for all three teams this week.  On Tuesday, the Trojans girls soccer team gets things rolling at home with their opening district game against Madison Heights (6 p.m.). They play the winner of Harper Woods and Detroit Cesar Chavez on Thursday. The girls just finished up their third straight winning season and hope that success will carry over into the Division 3 playoffs. The best team in their district is Country Day, a top 10 team in the state, but it is on the opposite side of the bracket. Clawson wouldn’t have to face the Yellowjackets until the district finals. Baseball and softball Both the baseball and softball team are in the …

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