One year ago, Kelsey Reardon and Kellyn Carpenter of Clarkston were forced to choose between playing lacrosse on a Waterford-based club team or not play at all. The decision to play was an easy one, but both girls have worked diligently to start a girls lacrosse club team at Clarkston High School to avert a […]
A storybook beginning was not in the cards for Clarkston’s volleyball team as they succumbed 3-0 to Farmington High in their first action of the season on Dec. 12. ‘We are going to have to be a scrappy team this season. We are not that tall. We just have to do a good job defense,? […]
Clarkston’s week on the ice of the OAA Division I was a bit bi-polar. The Wolves began the week’s action with a 4-0 rout of Stoney Creek, at the Detroit Skate Club on Dec. 8. But the positive vibrations did not last as Troy came back to win a 3-1 contest on Dec. 10 at […]
Senior Josh McAllister is this week’s athlete of the week as he was the Wolves lone champion at the Howell Invitational on Dec. 10. Clarkston as a team finished third at the weekend tournament which featured a field of 16 teams. McAllister, a state qualifier last year at 152 pounds, is wrestling at 171 this […]
Joe Donofrio has a vision for professional boxing, and the rest of the world gets a peak on Dec. 17 as he presents ‘The Night of the Olympians? at the Palace of Auburn Hills. ‘I want to bring boxing to a different level,? said Donofrio, who resides in the Clarkston area. ‘I want to build […]
A hot scorer on the basketball court will turn heads, but as Clarkston found out on Nov. 29 in their last second, 44-42 state quarterfinal loss to Saginaw Arthur Hill, a playmaker wins ball games. Having already scored a game high 23 points, Arthur Hill’s Jamilah Humes? biggest play of the night came with precious […]
Timely goaltending and a healthy dose of offense helped Clarkston’s hockey team triumph over Waterford Mott, 5-4, on Dec. 1. ‘It was very close. We let (Mott) get back in the game three times. It’s fortunate we got good goaltending from (senior) Adam Richards,? Clarkston Coach Bryan Krygier said, pointing to several saves by Richards […]
Clarkston Wrestling Coach Joe DeGain likes where his team is heading this year. ‘This team has a really good attitude and I think it is going to take them places,? DeGain said. The Wolves have a fair amount of experience in their corner this season as well. Seniors Tommy Ellsworth and Josh McAllister and junior […]
The bread stare down is played’out’during first dates,’family gatherings and prison camps the world over. Wherever a basket of complimentary rolls resides, a bread stare down lurks. To lose one of these confrontations is to forsake your heritage. A person with no past, no inheritance from their ancestors is just fine during a thanksgiving dinner […]
After a season of playing the juggernauts of the OAA Division I, Clarkston’s girls basketball team is having a nice time toppling normal giants in the MHSAA playoffs. Clarkston beat Brighton 55-48 in the regional semifinal on Nov. 21 in Bay City in a game where the Wolves led, for the most part, throughout. Then […]