Local spikers win state championship

Oxford’s wrestling squad wasn’t the only local team to win a state title during the month of March. The Oxford Parks and Recreation Adult Co-Recreational team ‘Flavor of the Week? won the Michigan Parks and Recreation Association’s Class C Coed Volleyball State championship on Saturday, March 12 at Western High School in Parma, MI. Flavor […]

Dream Wedding winners announced

Congratulations to Lauren Scimemi and Brad Roberts, winners of The Oxford Leader Dream Wedding Contest. ‘It’s pretty exciting,? Scimemi said. ‘It couldn’t come at a better time because my dad had been laid off for almost a year and he just got his job back…it was a huge relief to them because they weren’t in […]

OHS presents ‘Annie Get Your Gun?

Get ready for some rootin?, tootin?, shootin? fun next week as Oxford High School proudly present’s Irving Berlins ‘Annie Get Your Gun? for their spring musical. Annie Get Your Gun tells the story of Annie Oakley, an illiterate hillbilly with a knack for shooting guns. Persuaded to join Buffalo Bill’s traveling Wild West Show, she […]

Board votes to change OHS schedule, end trimesters

Oxford High School teachers and students can say good-bye to the current trimester system at the end of this year. The Oxford Community Schools Board of Education voted 4-3 to approve the changes to the high school schedule during a meeting on Monday, March 7. Board President Colleen Schultz, Vice-President Bill Keenist, Secretary Carol Mitchell […]

Search for new girls b-ball coach underway after Poynter resigns

Athletic Director Mike Watson has begun the search for a new varsity girls basketball coach after former coach Al Poynter resigned last week. Poynter met with Watson on Monday, March 7 to inform him he was resigning from head coaching duties, effective immediately, citing family reasons and health concerns that put him in the hospital […]

Talented families entertain seniors

Seniors at Independence Village of Waterstone got a special treat on Thursday, March 10 when two families came together to show off their musical talents. Amy Harmon, of Holly, and her five children – Anna, 11, Grace, 10, Marie, 8, Micah, 5 and Joel, 1, along with Darcy Mazza of Clarkston and her five children […]

Frisch, Line, Ralston earn 1st state titles

There is no denying Oxford wrestling now. The Wildcats proved to everyone in the wrestling world that winning the team division one state final last weekend was no fluke as they claimed three individual state championships on Saturday, March 5 at the Palace of Auburn Hills. Seniors Matt Frisch and Ben Ralston, along with junior […]

RoboCats chalk up another win

The Oxford High School RoboCats continue to roll over their competitors. Coming off a top 16 finish at the For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) World Championship in Atlanta, Georgia in April 2010, the Robocats took on a field of 38 teams, defeating 35 of them to win the FIRST Robotics Competition […]

Hoopsters end season with tough loss

The boys varsity basketball season came to a bitter end with a 52-49 overtime loss at the hands of Rochester Adams during the first round of district play on Monday, March 7. Rochester Adams came out early and showed why many considered them the team to beat in district play. They held the Wildcats to […]

Lafnear toughs it out at finals, despite injury

Junior Heather Lafnear gutted out a 36th place finish during the state individual bowling tournament in Battle Creek on Saturday, March 5. Despite bowling on a knee injury that caused her to miss 10 days of practice, Lafnear was able to put together games of 173, 159, 117, 179, 213, 175. After the six games, […]

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