Sunday, March 31, 2019

Crighton Out at Adams.

Written Sunday March 31st at 1:00 PM

You can put another coaching job in the mix.

Avondale, Lake Orion, and now Adams.

Highlanders coach Brad Crighton has stepped down from coaching Boys Basketball to focus on his family as confirmed by MIPrepZone’s and State Champs Scott Burnstein.

Crighton whom played (1995) and coached at Adams for three seasons which included a 0-21 season in his first year (2016.) The Highlanders would then bounce back finishing second in the White behind Oak Park but won a district title and then last season won the White finishing with an 18-3 record which included a 38-37 upset of Clarkston in the pre-districts but was knocked out by Lake Orion 56-42 in the district semifinals.

Crighton announced his decision on leaving at a team meeting on Wednesday said that the reason he was stepping down was that he wanted to see his son Jack play and that he wasn’t there to support him. Jack plays basketball and baseball at Orchard Lake St. Marys.

Adams will have some questions next season but if everyone does comes back they will have a very dangerous starting five. The Highlanders should have the Emerizan twins (Jake and Ethan,) along with Gunner Walters in the guards along with big men Peyton Prieskorn and Austin Ursuay returning.

It will be very interesting to see what happens at Adams now that Crighton is not there anymore and especially for those seniors who will have their third coach in four years.

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

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I have highest function of autism (Asperger Syndrome.) I'm a huge Dallas Stars fan. I like to play and watch football, especially when the Dragons play on Friday nights. I am a 2006 alum and used to play football for the Dragons. I ran track, I ran the 100, 200, 400 meter dashes along with shot-put and discus. During my time in Orion I was a manager for Junior Varsity Boys Basketball team. I'm the volleyball, girls basketball, and football announcer for the team and do the book on the road for girls basketball. I do the clock for volleyball in the fall along with girls basketball in the winter and announce some boys basketball games as well. In the spring I coach shot-put at Scripps Middle School, in my fifth season coaching. I run the shot-put for high school meets. I played Special Olympics Basketball, I've won three gold medals for them. I host "Between Taorminas" which is on ONTV along with a podcast called "OAA Now". In other various things outside of Lake Orion, I love to jet ski over Saginaw Bay. Saginaw Bay is basically my life. I'm a trained weather spotter for the National Weather Service for Oakland and Huron counties.