Seeing Red: Athens snatches city title from Troy

Jake Lourim, Sports Editor
October 25, 2011

Midway through the annual Troy-Athens game on Friday, Athens quarterback Ben Bartnowak missed a screen throw to his running back, who promptly took the poor throw off the bounce and took it up field for a first down. A fitting play amidst a rough game and season for Troy. Athens rolled past Troy on Friday... Read more »

Adams runs over Troy in Crossover

Jake Lourim, Sports Editor
October 16, 2011

Tough sledding again. Troy (3-5, 3-3 OAA Red) lost the battle at the line of scrimmage to Rochester Adams in Friday night’s OAA Crossover game, and lost the game, 35-19. In a game that started defensively, Adams (5-3, 3-3 OAA White) struck first with 2:39 left in the first quarter and took it to the... Read more »

Pontiac shreds Troy D in 50-24 rout

October 10, 2011

How things can change. The Troy defense had just surrendered a 67-yard Pontiac touchdown run, but the offense was at it again on Homecoming, trying to lead the Colts to a three-game drive to the playoffs. Suddenly, Pontiac returned a red zone interception 92 yards for a touchdown and the whole thing... Read more »

Troy can’t convert in red zone, drops to 3-3

October 5, 2011

Lake Orion senior quarterback Sean Charette had to work a lot harder for this win over Troy. The Colts outgained the Dragons in the second half Friday night, but couldn’t convert their chances in the red zone in a 17-7 loss. Lake Orion jumped all over Troy early last year with three touchdowns in the... Read more »

Jiang’s long runs, Darish’s toss key 42-13 win

Jake Lourim, Sports Editor
September 25, 2011

The three-headed monster returned. With the running game rolling up 419 yards, Troy routed West Bloomfield 42-13 Friday night to head into a three-game home stand at 3-2. A week after a rough game against Clarkston, the offensive line took on a front just as big as the Wolves and made gaping holes for... Read more »

Line dominates again, Troy rolls Rochester

September 11, 2011

It was trouble. Especially considering what happened to the Troy football team at Rochester last year; it was trouble. Rochester, down 14-3 at halftime, cut the deficit to 4 and had the ball near midfield in the third quarter. The Falcons went deep down the sideline for the seventh time of the game.... Read more »