Sports roundup: Mott holds off Kettering, Royal Oak ousts Troy Athens, Clarkston clinches OAA Red

Waterford Mott built a 31-3 lead and held on to beat Waterford Kettering 31-21 on Thursday, Oct. 15, according to MaxPreps. Here's that result and the rest of the week's Oakland County sports news.

Football: Mott 31, Kettering 21

Mott led 21-0 at halftime and 31-3 after three quarters before Kettering scored 18 points in the fourth quarter, according to the MaxPreps linescore.

	1	2	3	4	Final
Mott	14	7	10	0	31
Kettering	0	0	3	18	21

The MaxPreps box score had no individual statistics or scoring plays. The Journal had not found a second report of the score Friday morning.

Mott is 4-4, and the game was listed as non-conference, according to MaxPreps. Kettering is 2-6 and 0-3 in the OAA Gold. Next week, Mott plays at Troy, and Kettering hosts L'Anse Creuse, both on Oct. 23.

Catholic League sets Prep Bowl at Ford Field

Unbeaten Detroit Catholic Central (7-0) will play Birmingham Brother Rice (5-2) in the 7:30 p.m. showcase of the Catholic League's Prep Bowl LIV on Saturday, Oct. 24, at Ford Field, the Oakland Press reported. Catholic Central is ranked No. 1, and Brother Rice is No. 4 in Division 2.

The 1:30 p.m. game is the league's Cardinal title game, matching the Intersectional 1 and Intersectional 2 winners, according to the Oakland Press. Two Friday night games will settle that:

• Intersectional 1: Clarkston Everest Collegiate and Cranbrook Kingswood, both 2-0 in the division, play Friday in Clarkston.
• Intersectional 2: Royal Oak Shrine (7-0, No. 3 in Division 8) can lock up the other spot as the Intersectional 2 winner with a win Friday at Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes.

Divine Child plays Lumen Christi at 4:30 p.m. Gates open at 7:15 a.m., and the league will honor its top 100 athletes as part of its 100th year, the Oakland Press reported. Our Week 8 preview.

Boys soccer districts

The MHSAA district tournament continued Wednesday and Thursday. Results are from the Oakland Press.

• Rochester 0, Lake Orion 0 (Rochester wins 4-2 on penalty kicks). Rochester made all four of its kicks, with Christian Pocialik scoring the clincher, and goalkeeper Bryce Phillips made a diving save in the shootout. The teams combined for eight shots on goal in 100 minutes. Rochester (10-5-2) plays the Adams-Utica winner in the semifinals. Lake Orion finishes 2-10-3.
• Royal Oak 1, Troy Athens 0. Junior Joseph Mayo scored on an assist from Baylor Browning, and Andrew Fritz had the shutout. Royal Oak (10-4-2) plays at No. 1 Troy in Monday's semifinal. Athens finishes 8-6-4.
• Birmingham Seaholm 8, Detroit Renaissance 0. TJ Kotila scored twice. No. 8 Seaholm meets Berkley in Monday's semifinal.
• Berkley 1, Birmingham Groves 0.
• Auburn Hills Avondale 4, Holly 0. Santy Munoz-Hernandez scored twice. Avondale (9-7-1) plays Orchard Lake St. Mary's next. Holly finishes 3-12.
• Rochester Hills Stoney Creek 5, Romeo 1. Jackson Mell scored twice, and Mason Pretras, Joseph Carolan and Gabriel Pope added goals. Stoney Creek (8-6-7) plays Utica Eisenhower at 5 p.m. Monday.
• Ferndale 3, Center Line 1 (Division 2). Adam Davisson had a goal and an assist. Ferndale plays U-D Jesuit on Monday at Keyworth Stadium.
• Pontiac 4, Waterford Mott 1. Pontiac (9-7-1) plays Cranbrook Kingswood on Monday. Mott finishes 4-16.
• Royal Oak Shrine 8, Kimball New Life Christian 0 (Division 4). Anthony Soma had a hat trick. Shrine (13-8) hosts Lutheran Northwest on Tuesday.

District semifinals are Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 19-20.

Volleyball: two titles clinched

Clarkston def. Lake Orion 25-14, 24-26, 25-15, 25-14 (Tuesday, Oct. 13). The win clinched the outright OAA Red title and was Clarkston's 15th straight, the Oakland Press reported. Josie Seets had a season-high 23 kills. Clarkston is 21-2, according to the Oakland Press, with its only losses coming against Marian and Mercy on Aug. 29. MaxPreps lists Clarkston at a tournament in Novi on Saturday.

South Lyon East def. Milford 25-23, 25-19, 25-20 (Tuesday, Oct. 13). The win gave East the first Lakes Valley Conference Valley Division title ever awarded, the Oakland Press reported. Lexi Coleman had 17 kills for East, and Lexa Pierson had 13 for Milford. East (27-5) was scheduled to play Livonia Churchill on Thursday for the overall LVC title. The Journal had not found that result Friday morning. Milford is 19-4-2.

Auburn Hills Oakland Christian def. Rochester Hills Lutheran Northwest 25-16, 25-15, 25-23 (Thursday). Oakland Christian, ranked No. 6, had 17 aces, and Sofie Williams had 14 kills, the Oakland Press reported. Oakland Christian (26-8) plays at Plymouth Christian on Oct. 22, a match the Oakland Press said should decide the MIAC title. Lutheran Northwest is 12-14-2.

This story uses MaxPreps scores, linescores and schedules and reporting from the Oakland Press.