Girls' Basketball

Instant Scoop: Avondale outlasts Troy, 46-45

Mar. 1 | (Editor’s note: Check back tomorrow for a “Jake’s Take” column on the game.) Two weeks ago, Troy went into Auburn Hills Avondale... Read more »
JAKE’S TAKE: Credit Troy for its one last shot

JAKE’S TAKE: Credit Troy for its one last shot

Mar. 2 | It looked like they were done. The Troy girls’ basketball team’s last three regular-season games looked like they took all the heart out of the team. A 16-point loss to Auburn... Read more »

Football

Seeing Red: Athens snatches city title from Troy

Seeing Red: Athens snatches city title from Troy

Oct. 24 | 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... Read more »

Jake’s Take: The million-dollar questions

Oct. 19 | I know Tommy John had his career cut short with an injury so lethal its surgery now bears his name. I know Joe Theismann’s brilliant NFL career came... Read more »

Boys' Soccer

Troy tournament run ends in semis

Nov. 4 | The final buzzer sounded, and everything fell apart. Everyone on the Troy soccer team burst into tears at the feeling of the end of their season, a 1-0... Read more »
JAKE’S TAKE: Momentous senior class plays final game

JAKE’S TAKE: Momentous senior class plays final game

Nov. 6 | When the final buzzer sounded on Troy’s 1-0 state semifinal loss to Grand Haven, most of the seniors fell to the grass, crying. The season they had taken so far was over. After... Read more »

Volleyball

Troy volleyball season ends at Orion

Troy volleyball season ends at Orion

Nov. 12 | It was freezing, it was snowing in early November, and the team bus was late. Even with these omens, though, nobody could have expected the Troy volleyball team’s sore spot to... Read more »

Troy topples Southfield in regional semifinal

Nov. 12 |   Southfield volleyball had improved since the last time Troy played the Blue Jays. But they’ll have to improve a lot more to play with Troy. The Colts... Read more »