Using nothing but everyday household items and K’NEX building toys, 15 students from Oxford Elementary School competed in the 10th Annual Imagineers Competition at Summit Place Mall in Pontiac last Saturday. One of the teams, called Wheelyz, made it to the final round with their invention of a wheelchair that could go up stairs. Each […]
Picture this, if you will. ESPN First Take co-host Dana Jacobson takes the podium at a roast event for radio colleagues Mike & Mike in Atlantic City, N.J. earlier this month. She swigs vodka from a Belvedere bottle as she rambles inappropriate comments to the crowd. The comments, which contained the mother of all expletives […]
Students at Lakeville Elementary were introduced to man’s best lifesaver on Monday, when two search and rescue dogs from Save A Life Michigan visited the school. Ben and Melissa White brought their dogs Calleigh and Isabell, both German shepherds, to teach the students the role of a search and rescue dog. The pair of dogs […]
The Oxford Varsity girl’s basketball team hit their highest point total of the season with Monday night’s 56-41 win against Holly. Junior Jessica Raisch had 15 points and eight rebounds, while junior captain Joelle Harms also had 15 and three steals for the night. ‘After a slow start, our girls really locked in defensively,? said […]
If the Oxford Varsity boy’s basketball team can pull it together for a win against Fenton at this Friday’s Winterfest game, it’ll be their first win since Jan. 14. The Cagers lost to Holly Monday night 50-57. Poor free throw shooting and turnovers plagued Oxford in the first half resulting in a 20-16 deficit at […]
The Oxford Varsity girls competitive cheer team placed third at their competition in Northville over the weekend. Coach Alanna Stockley said the girls had a ‘strong? first round with a score of 194.5, but are looking to improve their second round score of 177.48 by at least 20 points at their next meet against Owosso. […]
The Oxford Varsity boys bowling team won their second match 22-8 against Walled Lake Northern this past Saturday at Collier Lanes. Helping win the match were two baker game victories. Junior Steven Lafnear and junior Brandon Burgess had seven strikes out of eight and the team scored 10 points. In head up play, Burgess scored […]
After playing football as a Wildcat since seventh grade, Oxford High School senior Zach Line has decided to continue his sports career at the college level. The 17-year-old officially signed his letter of intent today to play football for the Southern Methodist University Mustangs in Dallas, TX. Oxford’s 1st Team All-State linebacker originally planned to […]
The next time you purchase something from eBay, you just may be helping to donate money to the Oxford High School band programs. When customers bring their sale items to the iSold It on eBay store and the item doesn’t sell or doesn’t appraise for at least $40, owner Karen Burkeen gets stuck with them. […]
Not many people can say they’ve gotten to lay their hands on a professional athlete before, but Sandy Fritz can. No, the 1971 Oxford grad isn’t a stalker of sports celebrities ? she’s a massage therapist with close to 30 years experience of using her hands to heal, and considers herself an ‘expert in the […]