After a one-year absence, the Lake Orion girls golf squad is headed back to the state tournament, and they will be among the favorites at the Forest Akers West Course on the campus of Michigan State University June 1-2. The #3 Dragons team score of 353 was just three strokes behind #4 Grand Blanc and […]
The Lake Orion softball squad split a doubleheader with Troy Athens on Monday to remain at .500 in league action. The Dragons scored three runs in the sixth inning of game one to take a 6-1 lead and then held on for a 6-4 win. Danielle Dunn struck out six for LO. Lake Orion jumped […]
The Lake Orion boys took second, while the girls placed ninth last Friday at the regional meet held at Clarkston. Both teams had a few state meet qualifiers. Automatic berths are given to the top two individuals or teams in each event, or they can qualify based on predetermined qualifying times. For the girls, Chira […]
The classic wedding march down the aisle had a bit of a twist last Saturday at Children’s Park. Lake Orion natives Ashley Perkey and Matthew Schweitzer returned from their current residence in Florida for a wedding at the park’s gazebo in front of family and friends. ‘It was wonderful,? said Sally Perkey, the mom of […]
A park isn’t complete without a playground. That notion led to the playground project at Friendship Park and the construction of the structure there 10 years ago. On Saturday, frequenters of the park and its original visionaries met at the park to celebrate the anniversary of the playground. Century 21 Hallmark West hosted the afternoon […]
The annual ‘Mamon Ride,? a charity motorcycle ride led by Kaz Mamon, took off up M-24 this past weekend to raise money for the Fowler Camp for special needs kids. The ride started at noon on Saturday at the Post Bar on M-24 in Auburn Hills and proceeded some 55 miles north to the camp. […]
It was flowers galore in downtown Lake Orion this past weekend during the Sixth Annual Flower Fair & Home and Garden Market Place. The event, sponsored by Hometown Pools, Whole Foods Market, Pro-Scape Landscaping, Orion Stone Depot and The Review was held Saturday and Sunday. Vendors offered everything from flats of flowers to perennials to […]
Monday marked the unofficial start to the summer season. Graduation is later this week and boats are already zooming across Orion’s many lakes. The fireworks on Lake Orion are planned for Saturday, June 30, with the 2007 Lions Club July Jubilee set for June 28-30 in downtown LO. All dates are pending approval by the […]
Not many high school wrestlers make it to the vaunted 100-win plateau. Still, an even fewer number go on to wrestle competitively after high school. And, an even smaller number can call themselves national champions. But former Lake Orion wrestler Shane Tobin fits into all three categories, after helping Gloucester County College to their sixth […]
The 1990 LOHS wrestling squad is looking for some company in the rafters, and the Dragons will send out multiple squads with a legitimate chance to capture the school’s second team state title. Here’s a look at some of the teams and individuals that will compete this weekend in playoff and tournament action: Baseball The […]