Novi Area
Sports News
Novi Boys Golf Team wins the Oakland County
Championship
5/17/12
At the Pontiac County Club, the 'Cats shot an impressive
309. Brad Kozinski shot a 73 and was co-medalist and
Johnny Walker finished in the top 10 with an impressive
76. Brother Rice (310) and CC (311) finished in 2nd and
3rd.
Novi Varsity Baseball
defeats South Lyon 4-0
5/17/12
Wednesday's victory marks Coach Rick Green's 300th win
with the Wildcats!
Novi Boys Golf team performs well at Huron Valley
Invitational
5/15/12
On Monday at the Prestwick Village Country Club, Novi's
top scorers were Brad Kozinsji-75, Brayn Fegert-77 ,
Garret Buckley-79 and Mike Wenzl-75.
Novi Varsity Baseball pounds Wayne Memorial 18-0
5/15/12
In just 3 innings, the Wildcats sealed the victory.
Tyler Schwanz was 3-for-3 and had 5 RBIs, and
Mario Ferrini had 3 RBIs on 2 hits for Novi.
Novi Varsity Baseball splits double-header vs.
Milford
5/13/12
The 'Cats won the first game 6-0, but lost the second
game 3-9. Novi is now 13-7 for the season.
Girls and Boys Track both win at KLAA Kensington
Conference
5/12/12
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Boys Varsity Lacrosse defeats Rochester Adams in OT
13-12
5/12/12
Novi and Northville Girls Soccer run to scoreless tie
5/11/12
In their second match of the season, both teams went all
out for a victory and played a great game.
Novi Varsity Baseball slams South Lyon in double-header
13-3, 11-0
5/11/12
Tyler Schanz had 7 hits and 5 RBIs, and pitched a
no-hitter. Junior Matt Forche had 3 hits and 2 RBIs.
Novi's Chase Jabbori to play soccer at University of
Akron
5/10/12
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Novi Baseball defeats Plymouth Salem 12-10
5/10/12
Logan Regnier was 4-4 with two homeruns to lead the
'Cats. Tyler Schwans and Alex Davis were both was
3-for-4 with an RBI. Novi is now 10-6 overall.
Novi
Track teams defeat Livonia Stevenson to remain
undefeated for season
5/10/12
Both the Girls and Boys Track teams defeated Livonia
Stevenson Tuesday, the Girls 114-23 and the Boys 74-63,
to remain undefeated for the season. The Girls team has
now been undefeated for 4 years in dual meets.
Novi Girls Soccer ties Okemos 1-1
5/5/12
Novi Girls Soccer shuts-out South Lyon East 1-0
5/4/12
Wildcat goal by Jessica Jarvis.
Novi Baseball slams Livonia Stevenson 9-3, 10-2
5/3/12
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Speaking
of Sports
by Lance
J. Lilla |
Novi
Track wins conference title
yet again
May 14, 2012
Last Friday around 8:30 p.m.
the KLAA Kensigton Conference track meet came to end. In
this moment Novi athletes, coaches, and fans could hold
their heads up high once again. By winning the conference
title for the third year in a row, the Novi Wildcats could
leave a proud team for all their efforts put on display at
the Plymouth-Canton track and field.
Though, believe it or not,
the 'Cat's success did not come easy. Multiple athletes on
the team had to run through, and overcome injury, sickness,
and serious fatigue. If you've never been a track athlete
yourself, it's hard to fathom the physical strain a runner
must withstand throughout the course a meet such as this.
For most races in larger
invitational meets, each athlete must first warm up and then
participate in a preliminary race. If they do well in that,
they will advance to the semi finals, which does not take
place for an extended period of time after the prelims,
meaning the runner loses the warmth that they just worked so
hard to attain and they must warm up again. If the athlete
does well in the semi finals, they advance to the finals,
meaning that once again, yup, you guessed it, they need to
warm up.
So, warming up and racing
once quickly turns into warming up and racing three times.
If you think about it, if a runner is talented enough to
make it to the finals of one event, then they are most
likely talented enough to compete in other events as well,
which happens quite often for runners.
Take senior Michael Jocz for
example. Between all of his events, which he placed and
scored points in all of, he ran a grand total of 8 times.
Exerting that much energy in one long, hot, grueling day is
no easy task.
Oftentimes, us track athletes
hear banter claiming how easy track and field is due to the
fact that "there is no ball involved" or "all you do is run
in an oval." Sure, there may not be a ball involved, and we
may just simply run in an oval, but before you get any ideas
of talking down to another track athlete, try it yourself.
I'm sure your opinion will be quite different afterwards.
Lance J. Lilla is a Senior at Novi High School and is
a member of the school's varsity football and track teams. Lance brings
you in-depth coverage you won't find elsewhere.
Lance J. Lilla's column appears here weekly on Mondays.
Novi's own Bernie Fratto also contributes periodically.
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