Written Friday October 14th, at 11:48 PM
Usually losing is not a good thing, but this loss came at a price Friday night at Lake Orion against the Farmington Hills Harrison Hawks. The Dragons fell in a tight 28-7 game to the Hawks, which the game was much closer than the score. People ask what was the difference, it's plain and simple.
The Dragons didn't take advantage of their opportunities. The Hawks had ten penalties including some personal foul calls during the game.
Lake Orion had five trips inside the red zone, and yet didn't come away from any points. Also involved in the game was a touchdown by junior Chaz Miller that was taken back thanks to a horrible holding penalty by the referees. If that touchdown stood it would had been 21-14, Hawks but instead Farmington Hills Harrison stopped the Dragons on four downs and eventually scored a touchdown to put the game out of reach.
Farmington Hills Harrison took a 21-0 lead into the half but the Dragons continued to fight back. Senior quarterback Sean Charette found senior wide receiver Robert Aiello from four yards out for a Dragons touchdown to cut the gap to 21-7 but the opportunities didn't come through during the night.
Let's look at the bright side for the Dragons, the Dragons are in the playoffs and have a chance to win the OAA Red Championship outright but the Dragons need to get better and back to the drawing board as soon as possible and we all know Dragons coach Chris Bell and the rest of the coaches on the staff real well. If the Dragons (6-2, 6-0 OAA Red) can beat the Clarkston Wolves in Clarkston on Friday night, they would not only win the OAA Red outright but they could knock out the Wolves from the playoffs, even though there is a possibility that the Wolves will get into the playoffs at 5-4. Clarkston comes into the showdown with the Dragons at 5-3 overall and 5-1 in OAA Red play, after they lost to Oxford 42-35 on Friday Night.
Friday, October 14, 2011
Dragons sweep Wildcats, await Wolves next.
Written October 14th, at 10:14 AM
The Lake Orion Dragons girls volleyball team felt the pain of losing four in a row last season that cost them a spot for the OAA Red title and they did not want to feel that pace.
Setting up with a league showdown with Clarkston on Senior Night I might add on Tuesday night, the Dragons took care of some business Thursday night by sweeping the Oxford Wildcats 25-18, 25-17, and 25-16 to force the showdown of two unbeaten powers.
The Dragons were balanced all night with kills, assists, and digs. They were led by senior Shannon Murdock's ten kills. Senior Taylor Hargraves added six kills along with sophomore Sophie Murdock who also added six kills. Senior Maddie Hutchinson added 14 digs and a 2.6 serve rating with her 14 service points. Senior Liz Kalugar added six kills, five service points, and six digs while seniors Gwen Motley and Dana Schrauben combined for 36 assists in the contest.
The Dragons depth has been a benefit to coach Bob Howey and they will need that when the Wolves come to town Tuesday Night. "We do have a lot of depth, which I think has helped us all season" Howey said to reporters after the game.
Orion (37-8-2, 6-0 in the OAA Red) now sets the stage with Clarkston, also unbeaten in the OAA Red. If the Dragons can get past the Wolves and the Raiders next Thursday Night, the Dragons could have their first OAA Red title ever.
Howey knows this team needs to improve quickly with Clarkston coming in but they did just enough to get this one in the win column. We didn’t play great. We just did what we had to do to win," said Howey to reporters. "We’re going to have to play better (against Clarkston). I think the girls know that. We have been going hard at it since August. We’ll fix some things this Saturday at a tournament."
The Wildcats (22-16-1) did not do bad themselves either, even though they knew they had to play the perfect game to beat the Dragons saw the future bright in sophomore Darien Bandel. Bandel had eight kills and 14 digs to lead the Oxford attack. "I’m not unhappy with the first part of the games. We just need to learn how to stick it out. We were always chasing," said Oxford coach Kristi McDevitt to reporters.
Both the Dragons and the Wildcats will play each other in the first round of districts in a few weeks (Monday November 7th) at Lake Orion with the winner facing Rochester Adams at Rochester on Wednesday November 9th at 5:30 PM. "I just told the girls to store this feeling. This is the team that we’re seeing the first round of districts," McDevitt concluded to reporters.
The Lake Orion Dragons girls volleyball team felt the pain of losing four in a row last season that cost them a spot for the OAA Red title and they did not want to feel that pace.
Setting up with a league showdown with Clarkston on Senior Night I might add on Tuesday night, the Dragons took care of some business Thursday night by sweeping the Oxford Wildcats 25-18, 25-17, and 25-16 to force the showdown of two unbeaten powers.
The Dragons were balanced all night with kills, assists, and digs. They were led by senior Shannon Murdock's ten kills. Senior Taylor Hargraves added six kills along with sophomore Sophie Murdock who also added six kills. Senior Maddie Hutchinson added 14 digs and a 2.6 serve rating with her 14 service points. Senior Liz Kalugar added six kills, five service points, and six digs while seniors Gwen Motley and Dana Schrauben combined for 36 assists in the contest.
The Dragons depth has been a benefit to coach Bob Howey and they will need that when the Wolves come to town Tuesday Night. "We do have a lot of depth, which I think has helped us all season" Howey said to reporters after the game.
Orion (37-8-2, 6-0 in the OAA Red) now sets the stage with Clarkston, also unbeaten in the OAA Red. If the Dragons can get past the Wolves and the Raiders next Thursday Night, the Dragons could have their first OAA Red title ever.
Howey knows this team needs to improve quickly with Clarkston coming in but they did just enough to get this one in the win column. We didn’t play great. We just did what we had to do to win," said Howey to reporters. "We’re going to have to play better (against Clarkston). I think the girls know that. We have been going hard at it since August. We’ll fix some things this Saturday at a tournament."
The Wildcats (22-16-1) did not do bad themselves either, even though they knew they had to play the perfect game to beat the Dragons saw the future bright in sophomore Darien Bandel. Bandel had eight kills and 14 digs to lead the Oxford attack. "I’m not unhappy with the first part of the games. We just need to learn how to stick it out. We were always chasing," said Oxford coach Kristi McDevitt to reporters.
Both the Dragons and the Wildcats will play each other in the first round of districts in a few weeks (Monday November 7th) at Lake Orion with the winner facing Rochester Adams at Rochester on Wednesday November 9th at 5:30 PM. "I just told the girls to store this feeling. This is the team that we’re seeing the first round of districts," McDevitt concluded to reporters.
Friday, October 7, 2011
Dragons win Homecoming, bring on top ranked Hawks.
Written Friday October 7th, at 11:55 PM
Homecoming has it's advantages, the alumni come back to watch the young generation continue the tradition that is Lake Orion Football.
However this wasn't your typical homecoming game.
The Dragons used a ground assault on the Red Hawks in rout to a 28-14 victory in Lake Orion on Friday Night.
The star of the game was junior running back Jacob Miller. Miller had the game of his life, had 33 carries for 285 yards and three touchdowns. "Jacob’s a workhorse," Bell said of Miller to reporters. "He’s been waiting for this game for his whole life. We came out in the second half knowing that we wanted to run the ball. We stayed with it because it was working."
Besides Miller who came to play, so did the Dragons bend, don't break defense. The defense shut down the Red Hawks offense most of the night. The only two mistakes the defense made was a 77 yard touchdown run with two minutes left in the game by running back Sam Haskell and a six yard touchdown from running back Lonnie Bolden with 20 seconds left in the second quarter.
Troy Athens tied the game 7-7 at the half but on the first series Miller carried the team on his back, and eventually scoring on a three yard touchdown to give the Dragons the lead for good at 14-7.
Miller would then strike again, following a Red Hawks punt, Miller ran the ball for 66 yards deep into Red Hawks territory, then once in the red zone he added a four yard touchdown which would be the winning score up 21-7.
The defending MHSAA division one state champion, Dragons move to 6-1 overall and 6-0 in the OAA Red. The team clinched a share of the OAA Red Championship and a playoff spot with this win tonight over Troy Athens.
The next game for the Dragons is Friday Night against the unbeaten, 24th ranked team in the Country according to Rivals.com, defending state champions for division two, and top ranked team in the state in Farmington Hills Harrison (7-0, 6-0 OAA White.) The Hawks feature a core of star players going to division one schools and this may be the best Farmington Hills Harrison team under Hawks coach John Herrington in his 41 years coaching in Farmington Hills based on skill, speed, and talent.
Last season in the 40th year reunion of Hawks Football, Farmington Hills Harrison beat Lake Orion in a battle of unbeaten's 28-6 on Saturday Afternoon, that would be the last time in that year the Dragons had lost a game.
Homecoming has it's advantages, the alumni come back to watch the young generation continue the tradition that is Lake Orion Football.
However this wasn't your typical homecoming game.
The Dragons used a ground assault on the Red Hawks in rout to a 28-14 victory in Lake Orion on Friday Night.
The star of the game was junior running back Jacob Miller. Miller had the game of his life, had 33 carries for 285 yards and three touchdowns. "Jacob’s a workhorse," Bell said of Miller to reporters. "He’s been waiting for this game for his whole life. We came out in the second half knowing that we wanted to run the ball. We stayed with it because it was working."
Besides Miller who came to play, so did the Dragons bend, don't break defense. The defense shut down the Red Hawks offense most of the night. The only two mistakes the defense made was a 77 yard touchdown run with two minutes left in the game by running back Sam Haskell and a six yard touchdown from running back Lonnie Bolden with 20 seconds left in the second quarter.
Troy Athens tied the game 7-7 at the half but on the first series Miller carried the team on his back, and eventually scoring on a three yard touchdown to give the Dragons the lead for good at 14-7.
Miller would then strike again, following a Red Hawks punt, Miller ran the ball for 66 yards deep into Red Hawks territory, then once in the red zone he added a four yard touchdown which would be the winning score up 21-7.
The defending MHSAA division one state champion, Dragons move to 6-1 overall and 6-0 in the OAA Red. The team clinched a share of the OAA Red Championship and a playoff spot with this win tonight over Troy Athens.
The next game for the Dragons is Friday Night against the unbeaten, 24th ranked team in the Country according to Rivals.com, defending state champions for division two, and top ranked team in the state in Farmington Hills Harrison (7-0, 6-0 OAA White.) The Hawks feature a core of star players going to division one schools and this may be the best Farmington Hills Harrison team under Hawks coach John Herrington in his 41 years coaching in Farmington Hills based on skill, speed, and talent.
Last season in the 40th year reunion of Hawks Football, Farmington Hills Harrison beat Lake Orion in a battle of unbeaten's 28-6 on Saturday Afternoon, that would be the last time in that year the Dragons had lost a game.
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Dragons survive hostile environment and beat Maples
Written Tuesday October 4th, at 11:25 PM
It has been an interesting few days for the Lake Orion Girls Volleyball team.
On Saturday the third ranked Dragons competed in the Birmingham Marian Invitational. Orion fared well knocking off Seaholm, West Bloomfield, and seventh ranked Clarkston to make it to the finals. The Dragons suffered a tough loss to Birmingham Marian in the championship game.
Lake Orion in pool play split with the Maples but knew that they would play Seaholm on Tuesday night with the Maples that featured Miss Michigan Volleyball candidate Paige Neuenfeldt with the chance for the Dragons to stay unbeaten in the OAA Red.
The Dragons went on and did just that, they beat the Maples in a four game set, 25-18, 25-21, 20-25, and 25-20 to stay unbeaten in OAA Red play in front of a rocky jammed pack gym in Birmingham. Lake Orion struggled with serving, a problem that has haunted Dragon coach Bob Howey all season long and made close games with the Maples. "Our servicing could have been better tonight," Howey said to reporters.
Lake Orion did a good job on Neuenfeldt, not letting her take over the game and only limiting her to 14 kills. Her teammate senior Kathy Quigley had 12 kills in defeat for Seaholm.
Birmingham Seaholm coach knew that this match was going to be tough for her team but credited her players for competing tonight. "We know that we can play with anyone.We came out with some confidence in the third game. We took a step back and said we need to win now or it’s going to be over.I really give our girls credit for not giving up tonight," Lippert said to reporters after the match-up.
The Dragons were led by senior Shannon Murdock and senior Liz Kaulgar with 13 kills each while senior Gwen Motley added 28 assists and senior Maddie Hutchinson had 23 digs against the Maples. Howey credited his eight seniors for his team's success and messing together as a unit. "I've got eight seniors this year. A lot of them played a good amount last year, and they’ve gotten more mature and have really developed their talents." Howey said to reporters.
The third ranked Dragons is now 35-8-1 overall and 4-0 in OAA Red play. Tied with seventh ranked Clarkston who is 6-0 in OAA Red play and 31-4 overall. The next matches for the Dragons is on Thursday when the team returns home to play the Farmington Falcons. Lake Orion travels to Farmington Hills and plays the North Farmington Raiders on Tuesday and host the Oxford Wildcats next week on Thursday. Then Lake Orion wraps up the league with state ranked Clarkston at home on October 18th. So stay tuned everyone.
It has been an interesting few days for the Lake Orion Girls Volleyball team.
On Saturday the third ranked Dragons competed in the Birmingham Marian Invitational. Orion fared well knocking off Seaholm, West Bloomfield, and seventh ranked Clarkston to make it to the finals. The Dragons suffered a tough loss to Birmingham Marian in the championship game.
Lake Orion in pool play split with the Maples but knew that they would play Seaholm on Tuesday night with the Maples that featured Miss Michigan Volleyball candidate Paige Neuenfeldt with the chance for the Dragons to stay unbeaten in the OAA Red.
The Dragons went on and did just that, they beat the Maples in a four game set, 25-18, 25-21, 20-25, and 25-20 to stay unbeaten in OAA Red play in front of a rocky jammed pack gym in Birmingham. Lake Orion struggled with serving, a problem that has haunted Dragon coach Bob Howey all season long and made close games with the Maples. "Our servicing could have been better tonight," Howey said to reporters.
Lake Orion did a good job on Neuenfeldt, not letting her take over the game and only limiting her to 14 kills. Her teammate senior Kathy Quigley had 12 kills in defeat for Seaholm.
Birmingham Seaholm coach knew that this match was going to be tough for her team but credited her players for competing tonight. "We know that we can play with anyone.We came out with some confidence in the third game. We took a step back and said we need to win now or it’s going to be over.I really give our girls credit for not giving up tonight," Lippert said to reporters after the match-up.
The Dragons were led by senior Shannon Murdock and senior Liz Kaulgar with 13 kills each while senior Gwen Motley added 28 assists and senior Maddie Hutchinson had 23 digs against the Maples. Howey credited his eight seniors for his team's success and messing together as a unit. "I've got eight seniors this year. A lot of them played a good amount last year, and they’ve gotten more mature and have really developed their talents." Howey said to reporters.
The third ranked Dragons is now 35-8-1 overall and 4-0 in OAA Red play. Tied with seventh ranked Clarkston who is 6-0 in OAA Red play and 31-4 overall. The next matches for the Dragons is on Thursday when the team returns home to play the Farmington Falcons. Lake Orion travels to Farmington Hills and plays the North Farmington Raiders on Tuesday and host the Oxford Wildcats next week on Thursday. Then Lake Orion wraps up the league with state ranked Clarkston at home on October 18th. So stay tuned everyone.
Friday, September 30, 2011
Dragons Sing In the Rain and win in Troy
Written Saturday October 1st, at 12:00 AM
This type of year you got to be prepared for anything, especially weather wise.
Friday night was nothing different for everybody else including the Dragons and the Colts. Rain was falling all over the place and the Dragons, with a bend, don't break defense beat the Colts 17-7 in Colts Stadium.
Both teams struggled all night, it was a sloppy game to say the very least. Troy struggled throwing the ball, relaying on their running attack. Lake Orion struggled with penalties killing drives in Colts territory along with dropped passes most of the night. "Tonight was really hard fought," Lake Orion coach Chris Bell said to reporters. "I thought we were a little sloppy, but I thought our defense made some key stops when they needed to. Troy is a good team, and when you play good teams, you’ll take a win anyway that you can get it."
The scoring started when Lake Orion running back Jacob Miller scored from nine yards out for a 7-0 Dragons lead in the first quarter after an 80 yard drive opened the game up. In the second quarter the Dragons struck again when quarterback Sean Charette connected with wide receiver Chaz Miller for a 23 yard touchdown pass from the right side of the end-zone and things were looking really good for the Dragons at 14-0.
The Colts did have an answer for their own late in the half, after forcing the Dragons to turn the ball over on downs. Troy went to the ground with the combination of quarterback Justin Losey and running back Oliver Jiang. Losey and Jiang did most of the running attack with the quarterback option or the running back option that the Colts use in their spread set scored with a quarterback keeper one yard touchdown run by Losey to cut the lead in half to 14-7.
The Dragons closed the game out after a scoreless third quarter but in the fourth quarter after a Dragon defensive stop on fourth down. Miller took the ball to the Colts 20 yard line, where Orion's offense was stopped from scoring a touchdown by the Troy defense so Bell decided that he would take his chances with a 20 yard field goal by junior kicker Jeremy King. King connected with the field goal, sending the Dragons up two scores at 17-7.
Bell knows the Dragons can play better, making too many mistakes just won't get the job done especially down the line in big games. "There’s a lot that we need to do better." Bell added. "We’re going to learn from this, but we’re definitely excited to get out of here with the win. It puts us in great position."
Losey and the Colts offense could not figure out the bend and don't break Dragon defense. The Colts missed two field goals, got stopped three times on fourth down deep in Dragons territory and turned the ball over once on a fumble also deep in Dragon territory. "We had chances," Troy coach Gary Griffith said to reporters. "There were three times that we were down deep in their end, and we came away with nothing. We improved on some things from last week, but we let them get away with some big plays that killed us."
The loss sends the Colts to 3-3 overall and 3-2 in OAA Red play. Troy now knows that they need to win out just to have a shot at the playoffs. The schedule is manageable, they play Pontiac next week for their homecoming game and host the OAA Crossover opponent and finish the season at Troy Athens against the Red Hawks. Griffith is very confident that his Colts know what is at stake for them. "It’s kind of simple, we either run the slate or we collect equipment after that last game. It’s right there in front of us."
The Dragons improve their record to 5-1 overall and 5-0 in the OAA Red. The Dragons have a chance to clinch a share of the OAA Red Championship and make the playoffs with a win over the Troy Athens Red Hawks on Friday night for homecoming.
This is yet another big game for the Dragons, the Red Hawks come into Orion with a 5-1 record overall and 4-1 in the OAA Red. Troy Athens won 27-17 in their homecoming game against West Bloomfield last week. Bell and his crew are looking forward to the challenge of the Red Hawks coming into the Dragons Lair. "I know that Athens is huge up front. "It’s going to be a good challenge for us, but we’re looking forward to it."
This type of year you got to be prepared for anything, especially weather wise.
Friday night was nothing different for everybody else including the Dragons and the Colts. Rain was falling all over the place and the Dragons, with a bend, don't break defense beat the Colts 17-7 in Colts Stadium.
Both teams struggled all night, it was a sloppy game to say the very least. Troy struggled throwing the ball, relaying on their running attack. Lake Orion struggled with penalties killing drives in Colts territory along with dropped passes most of the night. "Tonight was really hard fought," Lake Orion coach Chris Bell said to reporters. "I thought we were a little sloppy, but I thought our defense made some key stops when they needed to. Troy is a good team, and when you play good teams, you’ll take a win anyway that you can get it."
The scoring started when Lake Orion running back Jacob Miller scored from nine yards out for a 7-0 Dragons lead in the first quarter after an 80 yard drive opened the game up. In the second quarter the Dragons struck again when quarterback Sean Charette connected with wide receiver Chaz Miller for a 23 yard touchdown pass from the right side of the end-zone and things were looking really good for the Dragons at 14-0.
The Colts did have an answer for their own late in the half, after forcing the Dragons to turn the ball over on downs. Troy went to the ground with the combination of quarterback Justin Losey and running back Oliver Jiang. Losey and Jiang did most of the running attack with the quarterback option or the running back option that the Colts use in their spread set scored with a quarterback keeper one yard touchdown run by Losey to cut the lead in half to 14-7.
The Dragons closed the game out after a scoreless third quarter but in the fourth quarter after a Dragon defensive stop on fourth down. Miller took the ball to the Colts 20 yard line, where Orion's offense was stopped from scoring a touchdown by the Troy defense so Bell decided that he would take his chances with a 20 yard field goal by junior kicker Jeremy King. King connected with the field goal, sending the Dragons up two scores at 17-7.
Bell knows the Dragons can play better, making too many mistakes just won't get the job done especially down the line in big games. "There’s a lot that we need to do better." Bell added. "We’re going to learn from this, but we’re definitely excited to get out of here with the win. It puts us in great position."
Losey and the Colts offense could not figure out the bend and don't break Dragon defense. The Colts missed two field goals, got stopped three times on fourth down deep in Dragons territory and turned the ball over once on a fumble also deep in Dragon territory. "We had chances," Troy coach Gary Griffith said to reporters. "There were three times that we were down deep in their end, and we came away with nothing. We improved on some things from last week, but we let them get away with some big plays that killed us."
The loss sends the Colts to 3-3 overall and 3-2 in OAA Red play. Troy now knows that they need to win out just to have a shot at the playoffs. The schedule is manageable, they play Pontiac next week for their homecoming game and host the OAA Crossover opponent and finish the season at Troy Athens against the Red Hawks. Griffith is very confident that his Colts know what is at stake for them. "It’s kind of simple, we either run the slate or we collect equipment after that last game. It’s right there in front of us."
The Dragons improve their record to 5-1 overall and 5-0 in the OAA Red. The Dragons have a chance to clinch a share of the OAA Red Championship and make the playoffs with a win over the Troy Athens Red Hawks on Friday night for homecoming.
This is yet another big game for the Dragons, the Red Hawks come into Orion with a 5-1 record overall and 4-1 in the OAA Red. Troy Athens won 27-17 in their homecoming game against West Bloomfield last week. Bell and his crew are looking forward to the challenge of the Red Hawks coming into the Dragons Lair. "I know that Athens is huge up front. "It’s going to be a good challenge for us, but we’re looking forward to it."
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Dragons finish second in Portage, take frustrations out on Rochester
Written Tuesday September 27th, at 11:08 PM
The Dragons volleyball team continued to have success this season, but sometimes second place has been very difficult to deal with and frustrating.
This weekend the Dragons went to Portage Central in Portage, near Kalamazoo to compete in a very tough pool in the Portage Central Invitational tournament, and this weekend they proved why they are ranked third in Class A.
Lake Orion knocked off six top teams in the state of Michigan from three different classes. They include Livonia Ladywood (fourth in Class B), Richland Gull Lake, Rockford (top team in Class A), Birmingham Marian (fourth in Class A), Plainwell (top team in Class B, and Fruitport (fifth in Class B) to get to the championship game against top ranked Rockford.
Sadly the third ranked Dragons ran out of gas in the final against the Rams. The Dragons suffered their sixth loss of the season when they fell 25-22 and 25-23 to the Rams.
The Dragons returned to league action after suffering the loss to Rockford in Portage took out all their anger and frustration on the Rochester Falcons in Rochester. Orion rolled past Rochester 25-20, 25-11, and 25-17 Tuesday Night.
Orion was led by Senior Shannon Murdock's 14 kills while Senior Maddie Hutchinson had 11 digs and Senior Dana Schrauben had 12 assists and five digs for the victory over the Falcons.
Lake Orion will not be done seeing Rochester's gym. They will be playing districts on Rochester's home turf along with the Falcons, Rochester Adams, Stoney Creek, and Oxford.
The Dragons are now 28-6-1 overall and 3-0 in OAA Red play, their next match is a huge one as they travel to Birmingham on October 4th and take on the Birmingham Seaholm Maples and Miss Michigan Volleyball candidate Paige Neudenfelt awaits the Dragons. The season is already underway and there are more fireworks ready to come this upcoming season
The Dragons volleyball team continued to have success this season, but sometimes second place has been very difficult to deal with and frustrating.
This weekend the Dragons went to Portage Central in Portage, near Kalamazoo to compete in a very tough pool in the Portage Central Invitational tournament, and this weekend they proved why they are ranked third in Class A.
Lake Orion knocked off six top teams in the state of Michigan from three different classes. They include Livonia Ladywood (fourth in Class B), Richland Gull Lake, Rockford (top team in Class A), Birmingham Marian (fourth in Class A), Plainwell (top team in Class B, and Fruitport (fifth in Class B) to get to the championship game against top ranked Rockford.
Sadly the third ranked Dragons ran out of gas in the final against the Rams. The Dragons suffered their sixth loss of the season when they fell 25-22 and 25-23 to the Rams.
The Dragons returned to league action after suffering the loss to Rockford in Portage took out all their anger and frustration on the Rochester Falcons in Rochester. Orion rolled past Rochester 25-20, 25-11, and 25-17 Tuesday Night.
Orion was led by Senior Shannon Murdock's 14 kills while Senior Maddie Hutchinson had 11 digs and Senior Dana Schrauben had 12 assists and five digs for the victory over the Falcons.
Lake Orion will not be done seeing Rochester's gym. They will be playing districts on Rochester's home turf along with the Falcons, Rochester Adams, Stoney Creek, and Oxford.
The Dragons are now 28-6-1 overall and 3-0 in OAA Red play, their next match is a huge one as they travel to Birmingham on October 4th and take on the Birmingham Seaholm Maples and Miss Michigan Volleyball candidate Paige Neudenfelt awaits the Dragons. The season is already underway and there are more fireworks ready to come this upcoming season
Friday, September 23, 2011
Charette Breaks School Record for Passing Touchdowns in rout of Royal Oak
Written Friday September 23rd, at 11:35 PM
It wasn't the happy homecoming that former JV football and throwing coach Ryan Irish wanted when he returned back to Lake Orion but for Senior quarterback Sean Charette this game was a special one for him.
Charette is now in Dragons lore as the team's all time touchdown passer at 60 and still counting as we speak.
Charette broke the school record for most touchdown passes in a career of a Dragon when he completed a 16 yard touchdown pass to Junior wide receiver Chaz Miller in the Dragons 49-14 rout of the Royal Oak Ravens on Friday night in Dragons Stadium.
The new all time passing touchdown leader did struggle at times throughout the game especially with his accuracy but did manage to throw four touchdowns. Charette was 11 for 19 for 229 yards and four touchdown passes. Three of them were to Miller (nine, 13, 16 respectably) and one was a 66 yard pass to Junior wide receiver Jeremy King. The Dragon running game was also strong, led by Jacob Miller's 50 yard and one yard touchdown scores. Zach Arnold scored from 30 yards out and Mike Upshaw had a five yard touchdown score completed the Dragons scoring this night.
The Ravens managed to get two touchdowns against the Dragons second and third teams respectably in the third quarter but it was well in doubt when the game was decided. Lake Orion took a 35-0 lead into the break and never looked back.
The score could have been must worse but the final score is the final score.
Lake Orion now stands at 4-1 overall and 4-0 in the OAA Red, they get ready for a grueling stretch if they want to make it to the postseason. It starts with the Troy Colts in Troy next Friday Night. The Colts come into the match up with the Dragons at 3-2 overall and 3-1 in OAA Red play, their only losses were to Romeo (16-3) and Clarkston (28-13) so it should be a war Friday Night. The Dragons return home in two weeks for Homecoming for a BIG showdown with the red hot Troy Athens Red Hawks, who are riding high at 4-1 overall and 3-1 in the OAA Red. The Red Hawks will play the Lakers of West Bloomfield next week and should be favored in that one. We'll see what happens as the Dragons continue the path toward the postseason and the promise land.
It wasn't the happy homecoming that former JV football and throwing coach Ryan Irish wanted when he returned back to Lake Orion but for Senior quarterback Sean Charette this game was a special one for him.
Charette is now in Dragons lore as the team's all time touchdown passer at 60 and still counting as we speak.
Charette broke the school record for most touchdown passes in a career of a Dragon when he completed a 16 yard touchdown pass to Junior wide receiver Chaz Miller in the Dragons 49-14 rout of the Royal Oak Ravens on Friday night in Dragons Stadium.
The new all time passing touchdown leader did struggle at times throughout the game especially with his accuracy but did manage to throw four touchdowns. Charette was 11 for 19 for 229 yards and four touchdown passes. Three of them were to Miller (nine, 13, 16 respectably) and one was a 66 yard pass to Junior wide receiver Jeremy King. The Dragon running game was also strong, led by Jacob Miller's 50 yard and one yard touchdown scores. Zach Arnold scored from 30 yards out and Mike Upshaw had a five yard touchdown score completed the Dragons scoring this night.
The Ravens managed to get two touchdowns against the Dragons second and third teams respectably in the third quarter but it was well in doubt when the game was decided. Lake Orion took a 35-0 lead into the break and never looked back.
The score could have been must worse but the final score is the final score.
Lake Orion now stands at 4-1 overall and 4-0 in the OAA Red, they get ready for a grueling stretch if they want to make it to the postseason. It starts with the Troy Colts in Troy next Friday Night. The Colts come into the match up with the Dragons at 3-2 overall and 3-1 in OAA Red play, their only losses were to Romeo (16-3) and Clarkston (28-13) so it should be a war Friday Night. The Dragons return home in two weeks for Homecoming for a BIG showdown with the red hot Troy Athens Red Hawks, who are riding high at 4-1 overall and 3-1 in the OAA Red. The Red Hawks will play the Lakers of West Bloomfield next week and should be favored in that one. We'll see what happens as the Dragons continue the path toward the postseason and the promise land.
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