A 49-point outburst was just what the Oxford Wildcats needed on a blustery homecoming night last Friday. The Wildcats rolled to a 49-14 victory over Troy for the team’s second win of the season. Things are not expected to go as easily this Friday when Oxford travels to West Bloomfield to meet the undefeated Lakers […]
CLARKSTON — The Oxford Wildcats? offense showed some life on Friday and put a scare into the Clarkston Wolves for a half. Unfortunately, the Wolves roared back in the second and stopped any hopes Oxford had of derailing the defending state champions. Clarkston relied on three big plays in the fourth quarter to score 21 […]
Statistically, the Oxford and Troy Athens game on Friday night was a close one. Oxford had 228 yards of offense while the Red Hawks had 223. The Wildcats ran 66 plays and had 16 first downs to Athens? 38 plays and 10 first downs. The Wildcats? ground game also ate up time with Oxford having […]
A couple of big defensive plays and a stellar night for senior running back Wyatt Harden notched the Oxford Wildcats their first win, 21-19, over Stoney Creek. Harden rushed for 185 yards on 25 carries and scored twice on runs of 23 and one yard. His block of an extra point attempt in the second […]
Oxford Football Coach Bud Rowley understands that football is partly a game of overcoming adversity. After a 47-0 drubbing by Romeo on Thursday, Rowley huddled first with his players and told them to get back to work and prepare for Friday’s 7 p.m. game at Stoney Creek. He then huddled with his coaches and stressed […]
The Oxford Wildcats ended their era in the Flint Metro League last week as the best football program in league history, finishing with a remarkable 28-year streak of winning seasons. Keeping that 28-year streak intact wasn’t exactly easy at the Wildcats had to top Holly, 24-23, in overtime to finish at 5-4 on the season. […]
Great rivalries should not end this way. Oxford and Linden have had a recent history of great games punctuated by overtime excitement and upsets. But the final game between the two Flint Metro league rivals ended in a disappointing way for Bud Rowley Wildcats. The Eagles rolled to a 49-0 victory over Oxford last week, […]
Few things have come easy for Coach Bud Rowley’s 2009 Wildcats. The team’s last season in the Flint Metro League has been hard-fought with the Cats clawing for each victory. A 17-9 loss last week to Swartz Creek dropped the Wildcats to 4-3 overall and means they must win their final two games of the […]
Nothing has come easy for Coach Bud Rowley’s Wildcats this season. Each one of the team’s four victories this year has been a nail-biter and the 13-10 homecoming win over Lapeer East on Friday was just another one in the string. Three of the four victories have been by three points and the fourth was […]
The Oxford Wildcat football team will likely not enjoy very many double-digit victories this year in the Flint Metro League. Bud Rowley’s squad has fought hard each week in some close contests, but on Friday the group could not overcome the emotion of a Brandon homecoming game and some late success of the Blackhawks, losing […]