Elite athletes seem to have what is sometimes described as a sixth sense and have poise, vision and an awareness that often gives them a competitive edge over their opponents. Katherine Carlson, a 15-year-old Lake Orion teen who plays volleyball and basketball for Pontiac’s Notre Dame Prep, is one of those rare and special athletes. […]
Despite a loss to begin 2013, the Lake Orion boys? basketball team is poised to challenge for the OAA Blue title this season. The Dragons lost to a new and improved Clarkston squad, 55-45 in an OAA crossover matchup following the holiday layoff. The loss was only the Dragons second of the season as they […]
Lake Orion’s girls? basketball team began 2013 with a big win over Farmington. The Lady Dragons clipped the Falcons, 42-33, for their second win in three games after starting the season 0-4. Lake Orion Coach Steve Roberts said he was pleased how his squad played down the stretch when they needed to hold off Farmington. […]
The Oxford Wildcats grappled to a second-place finish in the Oakland County wrestling championships last week. Oxford finished with 278 points, losing to four-time consecutive champion Detroit Catholic Central, which scored 341. Catholic Central is the defending Division 1 state champions, while Oxford finished second. Rochester was third with 264.5 points, followed by Clarkston 239.5, […]
The Oxford boys basketball team won a nail-biter last week in non-league action and then dropped a game to undefeated Rochester Adams. The Wildcats edged Almont, 38-37, but fell to Adams, 71-44. In the Almont game, Oxford ran to an 18-11 lead at halftime but had to hold on in the second half. The Cats […]
The Oxford girls varsity running Wildcats won their fifth consecutive league game to remain undefeated last week. The girls? up-tempo and pressing game has been difficult for teams in the OAA White Division to handle and Rochester Adams was the latest to fall, 45-35. The Cats held Adams to seven points in each of the […]
Anytime an athlete does their best and comes up a little short, they are winners. Oxford swim and dive coach Jackie Rank wants her team to understand that while winning is a team goal, so is working hard. When the boys swim team lost to Clarkston last week, 116-69, Rank saw tremendous improvement that included […]
Oxford bowling has been busy to start the season. The boys and girls had their first losses of the year in head-to-head competition to Clarkston. The boys lost 21-9 and the girls, 23-7. Senior captain Shawn Donaldson’s threw games of 235 and 214, Sophomore Drew Pappas rolled games of 206 and 204 and senior Kevon […]
On paper, it was a match between the second and third best teams in the state last week in Oxford with the No. 3 Wildcats hosting second-ranked Davison. But paper didn’t mean too much as the Cardinals rolled past Oxford, winning 12 of 14 matches en route to a 56-9 victory. What was not evident […]
Oxford bowling has been busy to start the season. The boys and girls had their first losses of the year in head-to-head competition to Clarkston. The boys lost 21-9 and the girls, 23-7.?? Senior captain Shawn Donaldson’s threw games of 235 and 214, Sophomore Drew Pappas rolled games of 206 and 204 and senior Kevon […]