Written Monday January 11th at 7:30 PM
The Dragons week in both boys and girls basketball has been an interesting one, as we re-enter from the Christmas and New Years Break. So far the Lake Orion Girls Basketball team is currently 5-3, but an alarming 0-3 in the Oakland Activities Association Red Division while the Lake Orion Boys Basketball Team is now 4-3, but is 2-0 in the Oakland Activities Association White Division.
The girls came off a tough 55-46 loss to Southfield Lathrup at Lathrup High School Thursday Night. So far this season the Dragons have played five of their first eight games of the season on the road, including league games at Southfield Lathrup and Rochester, both resulting in losses for the green and white. But all was good Tuesday night when the Dragons took on 0-6 Madison Heights Madison, and boy was it sad to see. The final score was 60-13, not kidding 60-13, I would never schedule this game again, in my opinion but then again it was a good way to get back from the Christmas and New Years break. The Dragons are now 3-2 on the road so far this season, and it doesn't get any better for them. This week the Ladies host Troy High on Tuesday and then travel to league leader North Farmington for a showdown on the road on Friday. North Farmington has been known to play down to the opponents level. They only beat Clarkston by six points (47-41) last week. Troy is coming off a 46-42 loss to Rochester but they do bring Liz Siepker, a center, who played volleyball earlier in the season. This week for Steve Roberts and the ladies, it's going to be an interesting week.
The freshman girls took a 20 point beating from Lathrup, after falling 38-18 after a quicken six minute quarter game, after everything was running late due to the snow. The freshman play Tuesday at Troy, and then host North Farmington on Friday. The JV girls had a good week, after last week destroying Madison 52-12 in Madison Heights, they started the first quarter outscoring the Eagles 19-0, and never looked back. They went back to league play and played Lathrup in a closely tight basketball game. They went on and beat Southfield Lathrup in a competitive game 41-39, it was more drama then some of the National Football League playoff games were this previous weekend. The JV now plays the early games against Troy at home on Tuesday and North Farmington on the road on Friday.
The boys are coming off a tough 68-61 win in double overtime against Rochester. They trailed 22-11 to start off the 1st quarter against the Falcons. So far the Dragons are 2-0 in the OAA White. They also won on Tuesday at home 59-50 over Berkley, and have now matched their win total from last year. The boys still have some flaws that need to be corrected before their huge Friday showdown at Birmingham Seaholm to play Richaud Pack, Brandon Connolly, and the Maples. Birmingham Seaholm earlier in the week destroyed Troy 95-71 behind 56 points and 10 rebounds from Pack, and 27 points and 19 rebounds from Connolly. Pack committed to play for Isiah Thomas at Florida International, so it is going to be an interesting match up for the Dragons. On Tuesday the Dragons return to Harrison for a showdown with the Hawks. Harrison is a pretty good team, so this should be a battle and the last time they met it was the Dragons in 2006, who knocked off Harrison at Farmington Hills 74-66.
The Freshman boys are now 6-1, after destroying Rochester 58-28 at Rochester. The Junior Varsity is also 6-1 with a 47-41 win over Rochester at home. They both move on play Harrison on the road on Tuesday (freshman 4:00 PM, JV 5:30 PM). The freshman then host Birmingham Seaholm on Thursday at home at 4:00 PM, and the JV will travel to Birmingham to face Seaholm in the early game on Friday. (5:30 PM)
This week is going to be interesting, it will be tough for both boys and girls teams to sweep the week but anything is possible, nothing is easy these days when it comes to basketball.
The district parings were announced for both teams, the boys will play OAA White division rival Stoney Creek on March 8th at 5:30 PM at Clarkston, while the winner will either take on Rochester or Oxford, that game would be played at Rochester High School. The other side has Clarkston playing Adams on March 8th at 7 PM, while the winner plays Romeo, which should be interesting. The girls side the ladies will play Adams at home in the district, early in the season the Dragons knocked off Adams at Adams, so the Highlanders should be looking for revenge in this one on March 1st at 7 PM. The winner will play Rochester in the district semifinals. In the other part of the district Clarkston will play Stoney Creek at Orion at 5:30 PM with the winner playing either Oxford or Romeo, which that game will be played at Romeo on March 1st.
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