Last year, Lake Orion’s Kelli Skarritt won honorable mention for her efforts in the Northern Lakes Bowling Conference. With many of the top girls bowlers returning to the conference this season, Skarritt knew she’d have to work hard on her game to crack the all-conference first team. Through four weeks of action, however, the rest […]
A tough five-game loss at home to Rochester last Thursday dashed the Lake Orion volleyball squad’s hopes of running the table in the OAA II this season. So the team looked to rebound on Saturday, during the annual Dragon Volleyball Invitational at LOHS. Things started well for LO as they won both games of the […]
The Lake Orion Baptist School Lions went on the road last week, traveling first to Sterling Christian School in Troy, where they fought a tough battle losing to the host Crusaders 39-37. Trailing by two points with just seconds left, guard Ben Cuyler went to the free throw line, where he made the first, but […]
In basketball, they say league titles are won by winning on the road, and road games are won by playing good defense. So, when visiting Lake Orion held Rochester Adams without a field goal for nearly nine minutes in the second half of their OAA II contest last Friday it was as if to say: […]
A scoring error in the Dragons? December game at Southfield Lathrup prevented Lake Orion from winning the game in regulation. At halftime, a discrepancy was discovered in the scorebook kept by Lake Orion and the one kept by Lathrup. The book belonging to the home team is the official book, so Lathrup was credited with […]
Lake Orion held the first-ever OAA I Cheerleading Jamboree on Jan. 10, with the Dragons placing second behind two-time defending state champion Rochester. ‘I was pleased with everyone’s performance,? said Dragon Coach Nancy DeAvila. ‘This is the first time we’ve done the weeknight performances on this side of the state.? The OAA changed formats this […]
Voters will have not one, but two bond proposals to consider when they head to the polls this May. It was long thought that the Orion Township Library was targeting the May 8 election for their proposal. But, in addition to placing the library bond proposal on the ballot, the township board also decided to […]
An extension project geared for 2008 on the Polly Ann Trail could cost somewhere in the neighborhood of $600,000. But thanks to a pair of grants and a donation, the township will likely be responsible for less than 12 percent of that cost. The Parks & Recreation Department has secured a grant worth over $330,000 […]
The Orion Township Board of Trustees will hold a special meeting on Monday, Jan. 29 for the purpose of conducting interviews of candidates who have submitted letters of interest for the vacant trustee position. After some discussion at their Jan 16 meeting, the board decided not to extend the original Jan. 9 submission deadline. That […]
A Cushing Street couple is hoping that their third trip to the Orion Township Board of Trustees will be the charm. Julie and Peter Stressman addressed the board for the second time on Jan. 16. The Stressmans are appealing the November denial of a lot division on their property at 480 Cushing. The couple addressed […]