Royal Oak sets record in win over Southfield A&T
A recap of high school sporting events reported to The Oakland Press on Friday night:
Girls basketball
ROYAL OAK 76, SOUTHFIELD A&T 56
Royal Oak senior Sarah Soraghan scored 26 points and dished out five assists, as the Ravens set a school record for points scored in a 76-56 victory over Southfield A&T Friday night at Royal Oak High School.
Soraghan’s 26 matched a career-high, while fellow senior Kira Vance scored a career-best 16 points. She also grabbed eight rebounds. Senior Sarah Ammon also reached double figures, scoring 13 points and pulling down four rebounds in her team’s first win in OAA Red play. The Ravens (2-2 overall, 1-2 OAA Red) host Clarkson on Tuesday.
A&T sophomore Lauren Gilreath led her team with 16 points, while senior Kayione Willis chipped in with 14. The Warriors (0-3, 0-3) return to action Tuesday at home against Birmingham Groves.
CLARKSTON 80, FLINT POWERS 37
The Clarkston girls basketball team had an offensive outburst on Friday, picking up an 80-37 win over Flint Powers.
Maddy Skorupski had a triple-double of 18 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists for the Wolves. She also added five blocks and four steals. Olivia Toderan had 15 points, five rebounds and five assists in the win as well.
WEST BLOOMFIELD 64, TROY 47
The West Bloomfield girls basketball team stayed unbeaten on Friday with a 6447 win over Troy.
Sydney Hendrix had 20 points and nine rebounds to lead the Lakers, while Indya Davis had 13 points, nine rebounds and four assists.
Charlotte Sobotka and Lauren Gumma each had 13 points for the Colts while Kendal Zeiter scored 11.
WALLED LAKE NORTHERN 37, MILFORD 30
Walled Lake Northern edged Milford in Lakes Valley Conference play on Friday night, 37-30.
Haley Rinehart had 12 points to lead the Knights in the victory. Kelly Hickey and Natalia Rabban each scored six as well for Northern.
CLAWSON 39, MOTT 29
The Clawson girls basketball team improved to 3-0 in the MAC Silver with a 3929 win over Warren Mott on Friday night.
Abbey Lodato had 14 points, six rebounds and four assists to lead the Trojans (4-2), while Aliyah Vesper had 12 points, five rebounds and two blocks.
LUTHERAN NORTHWEST 61, LIGGETT 11
Rochester Hills Lutheran Northwest continued its great start to the 2021 season on Friday with a 50-point win over University Liggett.
Sabrina Gottschalk had 14 points to lead the Crusaders while Emily Grulke had 12.
NOVI 38, SALEM 31
On Thursday night Novi earned a 38-31 victory at home over Salem for its first win of the 2021 season.
Sammy Maday had 15 points to lead the Wildcats, while Maria Fernandes had eight.
Boys basketball
CLARKSTON 70, FARMINGTON 40
The Clarkston boys basketball team earned a 70-40 win over Farmington on Friday night in OAA Red play.
Keegan Wasilk had 15 points, 15 rebounds and seven assists to lead the Wolves in the victory. Luke Scherler added 10 points and eight rebounds in the win.
WALLED LAKE NORTHERN 57, MILFORD 36
Johnny Archer scored 23 points to lead Walled Lake Northern to a Lakes Valley Conference win over Milford on Friday night.
Kevyn Robertson had 10 points, 12 rebounds and six assists for the Knights while Jake Lansaw scored 11.
Milford was led by Scott Siterlet, who had 18 points.
BLOOMFIELD HILLS 63, GROVES 58, OT
Bloomfield Hills grabbed an overtime victory over Birmingham Groves on Friday to improve to 3-2 on the season.
Noah Adamczyk had 15 points to lead the Black Hawks in the win, while Christian Jordan had 11 points and 11 rebounds.
TROY ATHENS 57, BERKLEY 48
Troy Athens moved to 3-1 on the 2021 season Friday night thanks to a 57-48 win over Berkley.
Michael Justice scored 21 points to lead the Red Hawks in the victory. Jordan Sebagh added 13 points, while Jacob Thornton scored 10.
Joey McNamara had 10 points to lead the Bears while Arshad Walker scored nine.
ROCHESTER 58, OXFORD 32
The Rochester boys basketball team earned a 5832 win over Oxford on Friday night.
Louis Bowes and Preston Schroyer each had 14 points to lead the Falcons in win.
Trent Brown and Mason
Mulholland each scored 10 for Oxford.
KETTERING 68, JEFFERSON 61
On Thursday night, Bennie Crenshaw scored 35 points to lead Waterford Kettering to a 68-61 victory over Monroe Jefferson.
Zarek Zelinski had 12 points for the Captains in the win. Kettering improved to 2-2 on the season with the victory.
Hockey
STONEY CREEK 5, CANTON 3
Bobby Dessy had two goals and an assist to lead Stoney Creek to a 5-3 win over Canton on Friday night.
Luke Maselli, Sutton Murray and Zach Pritchard each scored as well for the Cougars in the win.
BIRMINGHAM 1, M1 1
Birmingham Unified and M1 Unified played to a 1-1 tie on Friday night on the ice.
Jack Jurkovich scored the lone goal for Birmingham, with assists going to Brendan Lamb and Jake Chernow.
ROCHESTER HILLS » Southfield A&T played big on both ends of the court in the clutch Friday, rallying for a 51-45 win on the road at Rochester Adams in OAA White action.
Adams led 26-22 at halftime and 38-34 after three quarters. A&T took its first lead of the night with a minute to go when senior guard A.J. Davis stole the ball on defense and then on the Warriors ensuing possession on offense, drove baseline for a lay-up in traffic to give his team a 47-46 advantage.
On the next defensive stand made by A&T, senior center and team captain Caleb Banks blocked an Adams shot in the paint and pushed the ball ahead to Xander Dixon, who was fouled and hit 1-of-2 from the free throw line with 23.2 seconds remaining to make it 48-46.
Then, it was Antonio King’s turn for the Warriors. His steal and an Adams foul sent Davis to the line where Davis drilled a pair of free throws with 13 ticks on the clock to make it a twopossession game at 50-46. Speedy A&T reserve guard Malik Taylor blocked a 3-pointer by Adams in the closing seconds, and Dixon sank another free throw to account for the final score.
Jaylon Mack fired in a game-high 16 points for the winning club. Davis scored 14 points and dished four assists, and Banks posted a doubledouble of 10 points and 10 rebounds. Banks is signed to play football at Louisville on the defensive line.
“Hard work, man, this is what happens when you go to work every time down the floor and you keep a relentless never-say-die attitude,” the high-energy 6-6 Banks said. “Our intensity, our focus, and most of all our defense came through for us in the end.”
Mack, responsible for several critical buckets and steals in the Warriors comeback effort, pointed to his head after the victory.
“The mental toughness we showed tonight was the difference,” he said.
Davis credits the entire squad with getting down to business in the final quarter Friday.
“We were all locked in, we never stopped competing and good things happened as a result,” he said.
A&T is 1-2 on the year. The Warriors lost to Adams (3-2) at home last week. Freshman forward Brady Prieskorn had 16 points and seven rebounds for the host Highlanders in the loss. Prieskorn’s frontcourt mate, Jonny Ursuy, logged 12 points and eight boards for Adams as well.