Athlete of The Week

Junior Sami Stelpflug made a splash into the new season after finishing last year as All-American on the Clarkston Girls Swim team. She qualified for the state meet on Aug. 23 in two events – the 500-yard freestyle and the 200-yard medley relay with teammates Amber Hallman, Natalie Vela and Kathryn Culver; and qualified on […]

Sights set on a successful year

A few weeks into a new season and the Lady Spikers are making big hits to get them back to the state finals after finishing in the Final Four last fall. “Finishing like that brought a lot more excitement for the season,” said Clarkston Girls Varsity Volleyball Coach Kelly Avenall. “It is nice because now […]

Back to the water for new season

Swimmers have dived into the new season with two wins against Lake Orion and Grand Blanc and are prepping for more. “I expect fast times,” said Clarkston Girls Swim Coach Kenwyn Chock. “I expect everyone to swim their best time. I think it’s what every coaches’ goals are – make sure all your swimmers do […]

Lessons from loss

Twenty-five seconds remained in the first half of the Wolves game against Stoney Creek last Thursday. Clarkston had possession but they needed to do something fast or they were about to head into the second half behind 3-0. The boys closed in on the net. Brandon Reynolds passed the ball back to Zach McCallum. McCallum […]

On the green

The Lady Wolves posted their first win during their meet against Lake Orion last week, 186-207. “It was thrilling,” said Clarkston Varsity Golf Coach Steven Hoffman. “I am expecting a lot more positive things from this team.” Medalist was junior Katie McKnee with a 44 and captain senior Anna Gray shot a 46. The Lady […]

First game’s in the bag

Junior runningback Ian Eriksen picked up speed as the Wolves’ offensive line blocked defenders from Rochester Adams from stopping him as he made 99-yard kickoff return 13 seconds into the home opener on Friday. “In my head I was thinking run,” Eriksen said after Clarkston defeated the Highlanders, 42-28. “Just going to run with it. […]

Athletes of the Week

The Lady Hitters held onto their title as they became champions at the Marysville Tournament for the second year last Friday. “I am very excited about how the girls played,” said Clarkston Girls Varsity Volleyball Coach Kelly Avenall. “I told the girls you don’t win every tournament you are in. We are in seven tournaments. […]

Keeping the lead in cross country

Runners are warming up for an eventful fall season. “We will be pretty competitive in the league,” said Clarkston Boys Cross Country Coach Mike Taylor. “We lost some important people from last year but we have young guys that are talented. I think we have enough talent that I hope we are blessed with good […]

Heading into the new season swinging and hitting

The Wolves are ready to get back to the court with returners Dan Agnew, Matt Dahl, Brendan Greenlee, Scott Schultz, Joseph and John Whall leading the way. “We have a very young team,” said Clarkston Boys Varsity Tennis Coach Chas Claus. “We graduated ten seniors last year. We have a lot of gapping holes to […]

Clarkston scores win

Ben Snider set the ball on the field as five players from Detroit Catholic Central created a wall in front of their net against his free kick. Snider took his shot, and the ball soared over the wall and into the top net to tie the score with DCC with 10:39 left in the first […]

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