A century. That’s ten decades. One hundred years. Just to put things in perspective, 100 years ago, Teddy Roosevelt was in the White House. Fifty-five years later, Hawaii became the 50th state to join the nation. That’s a long time if you ask me. But, if you were to ask Oxford’s own Dorothy Van Horn, […]
After a respectable 19-13 season for the Oxford Varsity Baseball Team, the 2004 campaign came to a close last week with a Wildcat defeat by the Lake Orion Dragons in district playoffs. The game against Orion ended 11-6. Although the game was lost, Oxford showed patience during the matchup, scoring four runs on bases-loaded walks […]
The Oxford Wildcats Girls Soccer Team defeated Pontiac Central on June 1, before being eliminated from the playoffs by their league rivals the Fenton Tigers. At Whistner Stadium in Pontiac, the Lady Cats came out flying, scoring an unprecedented 10 goals in a 10-1 rout victory over Pontiac Central. Senior forward Kaitlyn Griswold received recognition […]
The 2004 Oxford Wildcats girls golf season has come to a close. For the third consecutive season, the ladies finished second in the Flint-Metro League. Once again, the Linden Eagles, led by senior golfer Missy Ward, won both league tournaments to finish atop the league standings. As for the Lady Cats, a second place finish […]
In their last six games of the season, the Oxford Wildcats baseball team has shown they will be no easy pushovers in district playoffs. Winning all of their games against Holly, Birch Run and Lapeer East, the Wildcats proved they are ready to take on the big boys. With four league victories, the team improved […]
It’s been another long season for Oxford Girl’s Soccer. Heading into district playoffs finds the Lady Wildcats receiving much of the same results as throughout the season: losing two more divisional games each to Holly and Linden. On May 26, the Wildcats played the Linden Eagles for the second time this season, but again came […]
Going into the home stretch of the 2004 baseball season, the Oxford Wildcats are struggling a bit, losing three out of four games this past week against division rivals Linden and Fenton. Against the Linden Eagles, Oxford came out with a 1-1 split in the series. Game one brought about an unfortunate 6-2 loss at […]
A disappointing 6-2 loss to Brandon and a 1-1 tie against Lapeer West finished off the week for Oxford soccer, as it heads into its final week of regular season play. On May 19, the Wildcats traveled to Brandon to take on the Blackhawks in what would be the two teams? second meeting of the […]
Running the bases never felt so good. At least not to the Oxford boys. On May 15, the Wildcats won a four-team tournament in Goodrich, with Swartz Creek and Ovid-Elsie as the other two participants. The Wildcats displayed a powerful combination of offensive prowess and defensive stinginess to overcome the Swartz Creek Dragons by an […]
Ouch. After another two league losses, it’s come time to make some adjustments for Coach Val Cerato and her team. The Ladycats lost twice last week, once in a heartbreaking 2-1 loss to the Fenton Tigers in the home finale, and the other a 3-0 defeat at the hands of the Lapeer East Eagles. With […]