Girls Basketball Top 23.

Written Saturday February 26th at 1:10 AM

These are the final rankings of the 2021-2022 season.

1. West Bloomfield (18-1): Lakers rolling into the postseason with confidence.

2. Clarkston (14-6): Maddie Skourpski is ready for the postseason.

3. Stoney Creek (14-6): Cougars could be on upset alert in the postseason.

4. Rochester (17-3): Falcons rolling but be careful of Utica Eisenhower.

5. Oxford (12-5): Wildcats surging into dangerous matchup with Grand Blanc.

6. Lake Orion (15-5): Dragons looking for something heading into the postseason.

7. Seaholm (15-4): Congrats Maples on winning the Blue.

8. Troy (9-11): Colts are rolling although recommend not scheduling Holly ever again.

9. Berkley (11-8): Congrats to Ashley Loon for her 1,000 career point.

10. North Farmington (11-8): Could be a clash with Birmingham Marian be in the works???

11. Adams (7-11): Highlanders were rolling then met Oxford.

12. Groves (9-10): Falcons have lost three straight, not good heading into the postseason.

13. Harper Woods (17-2): We’ll see how the Blue treated the Pioneers in the postseason.

14. Farmington (12-7): Falcons are the most dangerous team in their district.

15. Avondale (9-10): Yellow Jackets could play spoiler in the postseason.

16. Troy Athens (5-15): Red Hawks are struggling heading into the postseason.

17. Ferndale University (9-8): Eagles have been a very odd team to figure out.

18. Southfield Arts and Tech (5-15): Warriors are struggling heading into a dangerous matchup with Farmington Hills Mercy.

19. Bloomfield Hills (3-16): Blackhawks are a sleeper team to watch.

20. Royal Oak (3-17): Ravens have a dangerous matchup looming with Detroit Renaissance.

21. Pontiac (4-12): Phoenix need to fix some things and quick.

22. Ferndale (1-15): Eagles won their first game, congrats Coach Al Kattola.

23. Oak Park (2-14): Knights have some things to address and quick.

Troy Athens has their new Football Coach.

Written Friday February 25th at 8:45 AM

It looks like Troy Athens went within with their new varsity football coach.

The Red Hawks named Tom Cook their new varsity football coach confirmed by multiple sources. He replaces Billy Keenest whom left Troy Athens to be the new varsity football coach at Holly.

Cook was an assistant under Keenest at Troy Athens. He has also been an assistant in coaching boys basketball and coached track and field.

Cook is also a teacher at Troy Athens as well.

He will be tasked to get the Red Hawks back into the postseason for the first time since 2011 (2020 doesn’t count.)

Troy Athens is in the Blue with arch rival Troy along with North Farmington, Farmington, and Seaholm. The Red Hawks open the season against Fraser and have non league games with Berkley, Royal Oak, and Utica Ford II to close out the season.

When looking at transition period, I don’t think there will be much change over because Cook is a teacher in the district and was an assistant under Keenest. Program strength will be a challenge though for the Red Hawks.

Troy Athens does have some proven experience that should help Cook in linemen Alex Afhan and Luke Summerall, along with linebacker Jaden Najm, also wide receivers Austin Pokley and Nolan Vivian and running back Anthony Ashor coming back. They have some questions especially at quarterback that they need to address.

It will be very interesting to see how the Red Hawks do this season. They should be a very interesting team to watch.

Stay tuned to OAA Now for the latest on this developing story.