Swimmers top Harrison, league meet on deck

Katrin Vetter’s two individual victories and a one-two-three finish in diving helped propel the Dragons to a narrow 94-92 victory over visiting Farmington Hills Harrison on Oct. 19. Sara Simic took top honors in the 100-yard backstroke (1:04.99) and teamed with Lauren Barber, Emily Loerch and Nicole Kudla to win the 200-yard medley relay (2:00.52). […]

Gridders rout Wolves, claim title

When David Wurst got behind two Clarkston defenders for a 46-yard touchdown reception, it was just a sign of things to come for the host Wolves. They looked up at Lake Orion all night on the scoreboard, and, at the end of the 32-8 rout, Clarkston was also left looking up at the Dragons in […]

Kickers ousted by Adams in district semifinals

The game of inches cliche was in full effect last Thursday night at Lake Orion High School. Just over 12 minutes into their district semifinal game against Rochester Adams, the Dragons sent a shot off square off the crossbar. A minute and a half later, Lake Orion trailed 2-0. Adams? Corey Makowski and Thomas Casey […]

Baumey’s Bounces

As the Dragons celebrated their perfect season and awaited the announcement of the playoff pairings at the Wooden Eagle on Sunday night, there were plenty of smiles to go around. But when the team was announced on TV, the loudest cheers came not from the players, but the parents and friends of the program sitting […]

Dragons open playoffs against Mott, could see Wolves again

After completing a perfect 9-0 regular season, Lake Orion has earned the right to play at Dragon Stadium until the state semifinals. The Dragons will open with 6-3 Waterford Mott, and could get a rematch versus Clarkston in the second round if the Wolves get past visiting Romeo this week. If seedings hold out, Lake […]

DECA club off and running

For some Lake Orion High School clubs and teams, their seasons are coming to a close. For some others, things are just getting started. But for the DECA club, there’s always something going on. The DECA organization is an international association of high school and college students studying marketing, management and entrepreneurship in business, finance, […]

Heading to the polls?

Voters headed to the polls on Nov. 7 will determine a number of races in the area. District 3 Oakland County Commissioner, 46th District State Representative, U.S. Congress Representatives for the 8th and 9th Districts and the seat for 12th District State Senate are all up for grabs. In the race for District 3 Oakland […]

Dragon band marches into history books

Lake Orion’s performance of ‘Facing Rage? was good enough for third place at Ford Field last Saturday, giving the marching band its best-ever finish at the Michigan Competing Band Association’s state championships. The band competed in flight I, against the state’s top ten bands in that flight. The LOHS score of 82.60 was over three […]

Dog park needs volunteers

Oakland County Parks and the Orion Oaks Dog Park Friends are rounding up volunteers to help remove invasive Oriental bittersweet from Orion Oaks Dog Park from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Nov. 5. ‘We are kicking off a long-term series to combat bittersweet within the park,? said Brittany Bird, GIS tech and natural resources […]

Dragons run over Mott on wet gridiron

The Lake Orion football squad did its best impression of their cross country counterparts last Friday night, running up and down the Dragon Stadium field en route to a 40-0 first round playoff win over Waterford Mott. Mott had no answer for the Dragon ground game, giving up over 300 total rushing yards to Lake […]

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