After four games and a 3-1 record it has become obvious that Coach Bud Rowley’s Wildcats will have to claw and scratch their way through the Flint Metro League this season. On Friday, the Cats? tenacious defense held off a strong Fenton team for a 10-7 win. Fenton, led by its highly touted quarterback Tyler […]
It is rare that Bud Rowley’s Oxford Wildcats are held scoreless. But Lapeer West, in the final regular season meeting between the two rivals, shutout the Cats, 17-0, last week. The game was closer than a 17-0 score would indicate. Most of the game saw West holding a 3-0 advantage before scoring twice late in […]
It isn’t usually the size of the football player that makes a winner but the size of the player’s heart and his determination and fight. Oxford football Coach Bud Rowley understands that better than most. He regularly fields football teams that are smaller than their Flint Metro League opponents but outplay them week after week […]
Oxford Football Coach Bud Rowley always puts faith in his seniors. In the Wildcats? season-opening win on Friday, the seniors led the way to a 21-14 victory over Clio. Seniors Gary Wurtz and A.J. Logan, who are two of the three returning starters on offense from last year, provided the touchdowns. Logan scored two TDs […]
Oxford Football Coach Bud Rowley is legendary for always having his teams ready for any foe. Entering his 30th season at Oxford’s helm, Rowley is confident his squad will be ready but said there is more work than usual needed during the next two weeks before the first game on Aug. 28 when Clio comes […]
It’s always tough to end the season with anything short of a championship but the Oxford Wildcats? 31-8 loss to the defending state champions Clarkston Wolves was nothing to be ashamed about. The Wildcats were up against the number one team in the state that is riding a 23-game winning streak over the past two […]
The Oxford Wildcats finished their regular season with a loss, 49-14, to Oak Park in the OAA crossover game on Friday. In the opening round of the state playoffs scheduled for 7 p.m. on Friday, Oxford will face a scary Halloween foe, the number one ranked and undefeated Clarkston Wolves. The Wildcats finished their regular […]
The Oxford football fans that traveled to Bloomfield Hills last Friday were treated to another spectacular outing by all-everything quarterback Glacier Wallington who led the Wildcats to a 35-14 victory and a berth in the state playoffs. Senior Wallington, who has been a starter for four years, did a little bit of everything. From his […]
Lost opportunities doomed the Oxford Wildcats last week in their second-place showdown with West Bloomfield. The Lakers? defensive front twice shut down Coach Bud Rowley’s Wildcats inside the one yard line to shutout Oxford, 21-0. The loss dropped Oxford to 5-2 on the season and kept it one win away from a state playoff berth. […]
TROY ? It started with the opening kickoff when Glacier Wallington ran 84 yards for a touchdown. The Glacier Wallington Show then continued for most of the game as the senior signal caller racked up three touchdowns running and one passing at the Oxford Wildcats crushed Troy, 42-7. Following his 84-yard run, Wallington had a […]