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headline: Steal At The Hill Can you say grand larceny? Ferris State's football program just got a steal in the recent commitment of Saginaw Arthur Hill defensive end LAWRENCE GORDON, a 6-foot-6...

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With a heavy heart and tons of unbelievable memories, Burney is saying goodbye to blogging strictly about OC. Don't worry folks, I'll still be around the area, working for The Oakland Press in a ...

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Walled Lake Western junior football player CODY WHITE is climbing the recruiting charts. White is a 0-to-100 HUSTLER to the MAX, with room to grow. That's scary! The nastiness is only in the earl...

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DA DYNASTY are the champs…..again. The "Saint" didn't stand a chance! For the second straight year, Da Dynasty hoops squad has won the summer league championship at the famed St. Cecilia Gym....

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OC Top 10 – Here We Go Again……Wk. 1 2015 1 OL St. Mary's – So many toys to play with in PORRITTVILLE on both sides of the pigskin the Eaglets should consider moving their home games down...

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The OC Top 25 1 Khalid Kareem (FH Harrison Sr. DE) - Rare specimen of a pass rusher, a human, walking, talking quarterback sack, a field general's worst nightmare, the REAL DEAL HOLYFIELD off th...

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The Wildcat is going to Wisconsin. Break out the cheese & beer. Novi senior boys basketball standout KAMERON HANKERSON recently committed to the UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MILWAUKEE for his college...

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A few new faces on the OC prep gridiron in 2015 to be on the watch for Sam Johnson (Southfield QB) – Best freshmen in the area….think a football version of Foster Loyer last year Jake Bald...

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Here's a look at two local prep football players coming off injuries as juniors about to register GINORMOUS senior campaigns on the gridiron this fall DREW CASEY (LAKE ORION) – Smart, smooth,...

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Oakland County lost an excellent athlete and an even better person last week with the sudden passing of West Bloomfield alum and current Saginaw Valley State football player ERIC WYNNS. What an e...

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The Cougar Den needs a new coach. Stoney Creek girls basketball coach BRAD CRIGHTON has stepped down to spend more time with his family. His absence will be greatly felt. Crighton was the archit...

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Birmingham Groves is about to unveil a pair of sophomore sensations on the gridiron. These two tenth-graders are Grade-A college prospect material aka coaches and scouts at the next level are abo...

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OC 2015 PREP FOOTBALL PORTFOLIO: Birmingham Brother Rice quarterback breakdown JOHNNY TRACY (JR) – Won the starting job in the offseason, quiet moxie in the huddle and in the pocket picking ...

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Some run-stuffers on the BERKLEY BEARS D-Line to keep a watch out for this football season CULLEN SANNER – The Captain: A genuine Sir-Grind-A-Lot, natural leader, great gridiron instincts and...

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Defending D3 state football champion ORCHARD LAKE ST. MARY'S possess a stable of running backs that should be the envy of all other clubs in the OC. The Eaglets' Nest is lock and loaded in the ba...

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Birmingham Seaholm's JUSTIN NEWBERRY could be the best running back in the OAA you don't know about yet. Well, he's ready to detonate for his senior season, so don't say your boy Burney didn't wa...

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News broke earlier this week of George Porritt resigning his post atop the Orchard Lake St. Mary's boys basketball program, opening up one of the best head-coaching jobs in the county. Let's tak...

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Farmington Hills Harrison senior girls basketball star KRISTIN NELSON might go down as the greatest female hoopster in Hawksnation history – yes, she's THAT good. And the mark she's already lef...

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SPENCER LITTLESON meet the Steel City. It's your new home until the end of the decade. And it fits you quite well if Burney does say so himself. Littleson, Rochester Adams's star senior boys b...

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The Bluejays nest is beaming because MIKE AVERY is back on the sideline in Southfield. Three years after leaving the boys basketball bench at Southfield-Lathrup, Mike Avery has been hired as the...

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The third-annual Michigan Elite 25 (a boys basketball camp bringing together the top 25 hoopsters in each class) tipped-off this week at the HYPE athletic facility in Dearborn. Below is a who'...

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Rumors of FARMINGTON HILLS HARRISON potential closing is already reverberating across the OC. In other words, the fallout has started. Talk is floating around this weekend that the floodgates m...

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Here's a three-pack of new OC prep quarterbacks expected to make some noise on the football field in the OAA Red this fall. ANTHONY REINER (CLARKSTON) – The D.J. Zezula Era is over & Reiner i...

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With The Human Hologram aka all-state burner Josh Holloman off to college in Cincinnati, AUBURN HILLS AVONDALE will be filling some pretty big shoes in the backfield this fall on the gridiron. N...

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