The Dragons opened their 2012 playoff run with a crushing defeat over the Titans from Stevenson last Friday. The game started slow for both teams, but by the end of the first quarter the Dragons opened the scoring with a touchdown. The second quarter saw the Titan offense stumble and fall flat as the Dragons […]
The Lake Orion High School girls? lacrosse coach has been arrested and charged with having sexual relations with a 15-year-old girl on the team. Reanna Dawn Douglas, 21, of Auburn Hills was arraigned Monday in 52-3 District Court in Rochester Hills before Magistrate Nicolas Camargo on one count of third degree criminal sexual conduct. Douglas […]
The season has ended for the Lake Orion High School soccer team, but the team made the final days of their season memorable ones. The team, which started out slowly with four losses and two ties, finished the season with a bang – making it to the district final and defeating rival Clarkston, 2-1, earlier […]
The Dragon volleyballers came away from weekend tournament in North Branch without a trophy but heads held high with a runner-up finish. The team beat the state defending champion North Branch in three sets, but lost to Midland in the finals. Injuries were a problem for the beleaguered Dragons, as was a lack of energy […]
As anyone with a view of Lake Orion knows, the water is looking pretty shallow lately. This is due to an intentional lake lowering, orchestrated by Michigan’s Department of Environmental Quality and the Village of Lake Orion to inspect and repair seawalls, the dam and other amenities that require the water to be down. The […]
The council considered consolidating Village elections with the even-year November general elections in Orion Township at their Monday meeting. This would mean the Village no longer conducted the election, but money would be saved because the county would be responsible for covering the costs of the the voting process. Another potential byproduct would be an […]
The Dragons came off the field at the half disheartened and as cold as the rainy weather they played in during last Friday’s game against the Farmington Falcons. The score was 18-8 after the green and white managed to just get on the board at the end of the second quarter. The first half saw […]
The boys and girls of LOHS cross country are having another successful season. The runners braved the chilly weather of Oct. 12 to run in the Oxford invitational, where the boys in green took second place, beating their 2012 rivals: Walled Lake Central. The girls took fourth, but had a number of individual medals. ‘Senior […]
When the number one- and two-ranked undefeated football teams in the state clash, it can only mean something had to give. There could be only one undefeated team and after the unstoppable force of Orion’s running backs met Clarkston’s seemingly unmovable defensive line, the Wolves walked away the victors. It all came down to the […]
With two movies filmed in Orion recently, the township is getting yet another taste of the silver screen, though this screen might be slightly smaller. Orion Township resident Caroline McClure got a taste of the film industry three years ago as a freelance writer for Michigan Movie Magazine. The publication eventually stopped circulating, opting instead […]