The Michigan Stars tournament started with 48 teams and throughout two days it narrowed down to Clarkston and Plymouth in the championship game on Sunday. The Lady Wolves from the varsity softball team finished in second place after their 5-4 loss to Plymouth, putting their record to 20-3. “They got up on us but we […]
Sometimes, it seems that love is an illusion, that your heart’s desire will never be met. But if you ask Kathy Smith and James Lantz, both of Oxford, they’ll tell you a much different story. Smith and Lantz first met back in 1965, just after Jim graduated from high school. He became smitten with the […]
Seven students from Oxford Elementary Schools attended the Academic Games National competition at the W.E. Skelton 4-H Center in Wirtz, VA April 29-May 4.. Overall, the Oxford Academic Games (AG) team won the National Elementary Championship in the game of Linguishtiks, and 2nd in Language Arts. OES also took home third place in Wff ‘n […]
Paul McDevitt, principal of Leonard Elementary, took his students to Asbaje Elementary in Tlalnepantla, Mexico on Thursday, May 3. As if that wasn’t enough, McDevitt also brought the Mexican elementary to Leonard. How did he accomplish this Herculean task? McDevitt managed it through the modern-day miracle of Skype, a video- over- internet phone service that […]
According to the U.S. Department of Justice, a child is bullied every seven minutes. The anxiety from bullying leads 160,000 students each day to skip class. On Friday May 4, students from Oxford and Lake Orion said enough is enough. As a symbolic act against bullying, students from around the country stood up at noon […]
The Oxford varsity girls dropped a close one to North Harrison 7-6 on Monday night. Emma Kimmel, Jordan Pieczynski, Abby Wrobel, and Kayce Calcaterra divided up the scoring. On May 1, the Oxford High School Varsity girls lost an away game against Farmington 13-5. Despite the loss, Kimmel continued her scoring dominance with three goals. […]
The OHS varsity baseball team hosted Rochester for a doubleheader on Wednesday May 2. OHS lost 6-3 in the first and then, in the later match called because of darkness, played to a 4-4 draw. Other than ‘the first innings of both games? Coach Jeff Willis is ‘pleased with the efforts? of his varsity diamondmen. […]
Oxford varsity golfers finished third out of nine teams at the annual Bobcat Invitational on Monday, May 7. Though in third place overall, the defending champion OHS men’s team finished only seven strokes behind this year’s winner, Midland Dow. Varsity coach Terry Kelley was not happy about the loss and said the team is ‘not […]
Soon there will be even more ways to safely travel through Addison Township. Supervisor Bruce Pearson recently confirmed the launch of a new safety path project. Extending 2.5 miles from Lake George Rd. through Addison Oaks County Park, then down Romeo Rd. nearly to Rochester Rd., the path is the latest in a series of […]
The Oxford High School Robotics team, TORC Team 2137, recently competed in the Michigan State Robotics Competition. While they did not advance to the National finals, TORC Team 2137 did complete their season in strong fashion, finishing 21st out of 190 Michigan teams. After qualifying rounds, Team TORC 2137 moved to the sweet sixteen, and […]