The Wolves hit the field hard in practice as the countdown continued to wind down to the season opener at Rochester Adams, this Friday. “Adams is always a great challenge and they are always a great opener,” said Kurt Richardson, Clarkston Boys Varsity Football head coach going into his 25th season. He added the Highlanders […]
Kickers opened their first week of games with two wins in the Traverse City Invite, Aug. 20. The boys beat Traverse City Central, 3-2, and Petoskey, 2-0. “We improved in both wins,” said Chuck Lawhorn, Clarkston Boys Varsity Soccer Coach. “We still have a long way to go before we are a team that can […]
A School for the Mind and Body (SFMB) is expanding and adding Special Needs Enhanced Learning (SNEL), beginning in September at 3604 Clarkston Road. “Our special needs program is quite unique,” said Nanci Canine, owner and president of A School for the Mind and Body. Services offered in the new SNEL program include speech-language therapy, […]
The Flaming Wakas and the Watery Wakas are just two of the teams featured at the annual RUSH Regatta at Deer Lake this Saturday, Aug. 13, starting at noon. Students on Team RUSH 27 have been planning and building their cardboard and duct tape boats since their summer break began. “It’s very rewarding,” said Clarkston […]
When Travis Smith suits up this Saturday for the third annual Football for a Cure, he will be thinking of his grandmother, Marcia Leavy, who died of colon cancer in January 2002. “It is really emotional,” said the senior defensive back and wide receiver for the Clarkston Varsity football team. “She never got to see […]
Moo-ove on over lacrosse teams the Cash Cows are dominating the field. They became champions at the Cherry Bomb tournament in Traverse City for the high school “A” division, held July 29-31. They beat eight teams during the weekend to take the title. “We had great performances,” said Coach Justin Tuma. “We went undefeated. It […]
The darkness gives way to the lights of Las Vegas, my most recent adventure outside of Michigan. But past the busiest part of the Vegas strip by MGM Grand, Flamingo and Caesar’s Palace closer to where the history began is a boneyard for signs of the past. The Neon Museum where signs that used to […]
The gridiron gang is hitting the field getting ready for their upcoming fall season. Before they take on their fierce opponents they are taking on cancer in their third annual Football for a Cure, their annual pre-season scrimmage, set for Aug. 13. The Wolves raise money for the Great Lakes Cancer Institute and McLaren Breast […]
Cagers are prepared for any kind of opponent – even if it is the heat during the 14th annual Dan Fife Basketball Camp. “I couldn’t ask for more from our kids,” Fife, long-time Clarkston Wolves Varsity Basketball and hall of fame coach said. “It has been by far the hottest camp since 1995. It has […]
Kortni Chrisman lined up the athletes on Thursday and told them to hold the water balloon like a shot put. As each one of the Track & Field Camp participants put the balloon firmly next to their neck Chrisman got into position – laying down on the cement ground. She was ready as one-by-one the […]