Just four minutes into the Lake Orion varsity football team’s game against Rochester on Sept. 1, the Dragons found themselves trailing 13-0. Just over a minute later, the team was on top of the Falcons, 21-13. Early on, it appeared the Dragons were in for a long night, as Rochester took the opening kick and […]
The Lake Orion varsity football team waited just one half too long before finding its game against Macomb Dakota on Oct. 29. That one half would prove to be all Dakota would need to thwart a late-game Dragon comeback attempt, and win the opening game of the playoffs, 24-14, over Lake Orion. Although the Dragons […]
A steady cold rain and gusty winds may not be the best weather if you’re a Red Hawk, but if you’re a Dragon, apparently it’s ideal. The Lake Orion High School varsity football team made the most of the night as they faced off against Troy Athens on Oct. 15 in Troy. The Dragons defeated […]
Despite a game-long soaking rain, the Lake Orion varsity football team gave a full-house homecoming crowd a game to remember, shutting out Farmington Hills Harrison, 19-0. The Oct. 8 game may have served as the pivotal point for the Dragons? young defense, holding Harrison to just 75 yards of total offense, including six quarterback sacks, […]
Lake Orion defensive back Bobby Clouse is not an imposing football player, unless you happen to be an OAA quarterback or receiver. Clouse, with three interceptions heading into the Lake Orion varsity football team’s Oct. 1 showdown with Birmingham Groves, picked off a third quarter Groves? pass, sparking Orion to 21 unanswered points and a […]
In a game that saw five lead changes and two of the state’s top receivers; in the Lake Orion’s Ryan Allison and the Southfield Lathrup’s Andre Rison Jr.; both teams displayed plenty of power from the ground on Sept. 17, as the Chargers eventually took the lead for good with just over two minutes remaining, […]
In the first 15 minutes of the match-up on Sept. 10 against OAA powerhouses Rochester Adams and Lake Orion, the two teams had already combined for four touchdowns, and a 14-14 deadlock. But with five minutes left in the half, Adams took the lead for good, on their way to scoring a 33-14 victory over […]
It’s said in football that the greatest improvement occurs between the first and second games. In the case of the Lake Orion varsity football team, that may have happened between the first and second day of the same game. For the first half of football, played in Troy against the Troy Colts on Aug. 27, […]