Returning starters and senior leadership should be a great combination to help the Oxford baseball team have a solid season. Coach Jeff Willis said the team is returning four senior starters and a fifth senior also will start. The team is led by catcher and four-year starter, Kyle Hartwick. Other senior leaders are pitcher Matt […]
A solid defense will be the Oxford girls varsity soccer team’s strength this season. Coach Larry Ferris said the team has very good personnel to perhaps improve on the squad’s third place finish last season in the White Division of the Oakland Activities Association. The team lost three seniors from last year and Ferris expects […]
Last year’s top-10 finish in the state by the Oxford boys golf team may not be in the cards this year, but Coach Terry Kelley said he has a solid group of linksters and hopes for a solid season and a return to the state championships. Kelley said he has two seniors who will lead […]
A loss in the district semifinals did little to detract from the great season enjoyed by the Oxford boys basketball team. Coach Paul Marfia said he was proud of how well his team played this season, earning a 14-7 record and a second place league finish after last season’s mark of 6-15. The season came […]
Even though Oxford fell short in its state playoff effort, Coach Bud Rowley knew his group had a magical season. The Wildcats lost on Friday, 26-20, to Rochester Adams to finish the season at 7-3 and erase any lingering speculation from last year about whether the school belonged in the more competitive Oakland Activities Association. […]
Oxford Coach Bud Rowley is always looking for an opportunity for his players to learn and improve. So, even though the Wildcats beat Oak Park 31-21 and finished the regular season at 7-2, the players knew the effort was not their best. ‘It’s a great lesson to be learned,? Rowley said. ‘You have to work […]
The Oxford Wildcat’s magic continued on Friday as Coach Bud Rowley’s crew upset Clarkston, 42-35 to clinch a state playoff berth. Clarkston was ranked fourth in the state and had not lost a game on the gridiron this season. The Wolves had to forfeit two of its victories earlier this season after using an ineligible […]
Oxford Coach Bud Rowley is always looking for an opportunity for his players to learn and improve. So, even though the Wildcats beat Oak Park 31-21 and finished the regular season at 7-2, the players knew the effort was not their best. ‘It’s a great lesson to be learned,? Rowley said. ‘You have to work […]
It was a magical night for what Oxford Coach Bud Rowley says is a magical group of players. That magic, Rowley told his team following their 49-26 comeback win over Southfield on Friday, came with sacrifice and hard work on their part. Southfield had only one loss coming into play. The victory improved Oxford’s record […]
Coach Bud Rowley’s Oxford Wildcats have few secrets. Opposing coaches know that Oxford’s Prescott Line is going to run the ball and then run the ball some more. It’s how to stop Line that the opposing coaches and players haven’t figured out yet. Line carried 48 times on Friday, amassing 249 yards and three touchdowns […]