Lake Orion Baseball Coach Andy Schramek said his junior ace Josh Deeg has decent power to the gaps, but he hadn’t seen anything like this. Deeg hit home runs from both sides of the plate, conjuring up Mickey Mantle comparisons from his coach, as the Dragons topped Oxford 2-0 and Romeo 13-0 to capture a […]
Lake Orion edged out a late-inning victory over Oxford on Saturday, but couldn’t duplicate that success against Romeo, falling 7-3 in a softball district final at Oxford. The big hit for Romeo was a two-RBI double by Julie Barnabo in the fourth inning that helped their lead grow to 4-0. ‘I told the left fielder, […]
The Lake Orion girls? soccer squad reeled off a pair of wins last week, before falling 4-0 to #1 Rochester in a district final Saturday at Stoney Creek. ‘They’re the number one team in the state for a reason,? Dragons Coach Ken Snage said. ‘They played like state champions.? Rochester got two goals from Amanda […]
Patience proved positive for the Dragons on Saturday as Lake Orion used comeback efforts against two of the state’s most highly regarded aces to win the Region 5 championship at Fraser High School. The Dragons topped Utica Ford 9-2 in the semifinal and used a sixth inning two-run double off the bat of Nick Dunstan […]
Lake Orion is headed to baseball’s hallowed ground in Michigan. The Dragons earned a trip to Battle Creek with a 3-2 victory over West Bloomfield Tuesday afternoon at Madison Heights Bishop Foley, scoring all three runs in the bottom of the fifth to overcome a two-run deficit. With runners on second and third and two […]
The catch by Magglio Ordonez to end the Tigers? game last night wasn’t the only memorable flyout to right field yesterday. About four hours earlier, Lake Orion’s Matt Truscott made a similar catch, one that ensured the Dragons a place this weekend at Bailey Park in Battle Creek, as part of the final four festivities […]
Less than a week after a consent judgment was agreed to by both the township and former State Senator Mat Dunaskiss, Oakland County Sheriff’s Department deputies were called to Pine Island because of after-hours partying. According to an OCSD report, deputies were dispatched after a call from a neighbor reporting several vehicles on the island […]
Students in Jon Gray’s eighth grade science class at Waldon Middle School recently took a canoeing field trip, thanks in part to a grant from Target. Eighty-two students, along with eight teacher/chaperones went on the May 24 trip to the Proud Lake Recreation Area in Milford. Gray said his students are quite familiar with studying […]
By now, I’ve grown accustomed to the four-hour Orion Township board meeting. But, as much as I’d rather be in bed when the marathon sessions are completed, I do appreciate the thoroughness which the board is attempting to allow to each issue. Whether you agree with their recent actions or not, voters should at least […]
By Colin Baumgartner Review Editor Patience proved positive for the Dragons on Saturday as Lake Orion used comeback efforts against two of the state’s most highly regarded aces to win the Region 5 championship at Fraser High School. The Dragons topped Utica Ford 9-2 in the semifinal and used a sixth inning two-run double off […]