Oxford’s homecoming victory Friday against Stoney Creek was also a coming out party for new freshman quarterback Glacier Wallington. Wallington, starting in his first home game replacing the injured senior Vito Giannola, performed very well in leading Oxford to a 42-6 win. The victory featured a 65-yard TD from run by Wallington and the bruising […]
The game of football is not just running, tackling, blocking and passing. Oxford Coach Bud Rowley knows there is a great deal of learning and he told his team following their 34-7 loss last week to Farmington Hills Harrison that they needed to learn from their loss and use it to win games. The Harrison […]
A last-minute loss on Friday to the Farmington Falcons was bitter for the Oxford Wildcats but Coach Bud Rowley also knows it can be a learning experience for the team. Oxford won the statistical battle but not the final score as three turnovers put the Cats into a 17-point deficit at halftime. But the Wildcats […]
LATHRUP VILLAGE ? It did not really matter how the Oxford Wildcats started their football match-up on Friday against Southfield Lathrup. It was how they finished that was impressive. The Cats spotted the Chargers 18 points in the first 16 minutes of the game and then reeled off 42 consecutive points to run away with […]
By the time Oxford’s marching band played ‘Don’t Stop Believin? as one of its halftime offerings Friday night, there was little doubt among the estimated 7,000 fans that the Wildcats believed they were unseating the Division 1 State Champions. Lake Orion entered the game as the defending champions and the team that handed the Wildcats […]
There is no doubt that Oxford’s Wildcats will be ready for its opening game on its new blue turf. There is the excitement about the new one-of-a-kind field and also the anticipation about meeting the school’s cross-town rival, the Lake Orion Dragons, whose last win in 2010 was the Division 1 state championship. The Wildcats […]
It wasn’t the kind of football season that the Oxford Wildcats are accustomed to but Bud Rowley’s squad ended the year with a solid performance in the school’s inaugural season in the Oakland Activities Association. The Wildcats beat Oak Park, 52-28, in a game that was not decided until late in the fourth quarter when […]
Coach Bud Rowley’s Oxford Wildcats have taken some lumps in recent weeks but on Friday the Cats handed out the lumps, in the form of running back Darren Lumpkin, who ran for five TDs in a 35-0 thrashing of Royal Oak. The victory ended a five-game skid for Oxford. This Friday the Wildcats will host […]
Oxford Football Coach Bud Rowley knew his football team would suffer some growing pains this season. After dominating the Flint Metro League and having 27 consecutive winning seasons, there was little doubt that transferring to the Oakland Activities Association this season would mean fewer wins. Rowley knows that fewer wins doesn’t always mean the team […]
By Dan Shriner Foot Correspondent Several of the Oxford Wildcat’s losses this season in football have been deceptive. The Cats have often played well but have been victimized by big plays or suffered breakdowns for short periods of time. Oxford’s play last Friday against Rochester Adams seemed to follow that trend as the Cats lost […]