Oxford bowled over by Clarkston

Oxford bowling has been busy to start the season. The boys and girls had their first losses of the year in head-to-head competition to Clarkston. The boys lost 21-9 and the girls, 23-7.?? Senior captain Shawn Donaldson’s threw games of 235 and 214, Sophomore Drew Pappas rolled games of 206 and 204 and senior Kevon […]

Dragons burn Wildcats to a crisp

The Oxford Wildcats? boys basketball team got off to a great start in the season opener with a 43-35 victory over Hamtramck but then faltered in a matchup against Lake Orion. In the Hamtramck game, Coach Paul Marfia said his team looked good against a very athletic Hamtramck squad. ‘We did some good things and […]

Swim/dive team moves up, faces greater challenges

Success sometimes leads to bigger and better challenges. Oxford’s boys swim and dive team will face greater challenges this season after the team moves to a higher division within the Oakland Activities Association and must face better teams. The Wildcats will swim in the White Division this year after they were co-champions last season in […]

First meet, first loss for swimmers

The Oxford boys swimmers lost their first meet of the season, but Coach Jackie Rank said she was happy with the team’s showing in their first meet in the OAA White Division. The squad lost to North Farmington, 95-83. Last season the Wildcats swam in the Blue Division. ‘Although this meet was a loss on […]

Oxford’s Gillis hopes to improve with age

Tom Gillis hopes that golf gets better after 40. Gillis, a Lake Orion native who now lives part of the year in Oxford, is having a pretty good year as a professional golfer and hopes to qualify in the coming months to play next season on the PGA circuit. A few years ago, Gillis suffered […]

Local pro wins Michigan Open, shoots for PGA tour next year

Tom Gillis hopes that golf gets better after 40. Gillis, a Lake Orion native who now lives part of the year in Oxford, is having a pretty good year as a professional golfer and hopes to qualify in the coming months to play next season on the PGA circuit. A few years ago, Gillis suffered […]

Coach has high hopes for bowling teams

It might not be one of the more visible sports but the Oxford boys and girls bowling teams are poised for some great things this season. On Monday, the bowling Wildcats participated in the Second Annual OAA singles bowling tournament at Collier Lanes and showed why they may be one of the best teams in […]

Meet the Goodfellows

Even if the weather outside is frightful, Lake Orion’s Goodfellows will make the Christmas holidays a little more delightful for the area’s needy. This season marks the 45th year the Lake Orion Firefighters Goodfellows will be selling special editions of The Lake Orion Review throughout the community as well as taking donations to help those […]

Grapplers seek to continue their dynasty

The definition of a sports dynasty is a team that dominates their sport or league for multiple seasons. The Oxford Wrestling team is coming off a second place state finish in 2011-12, following the 2010-11 state championship. Coach Brandon Rank believes his team will once again be among the best in Michigan in 2012-13. ‘Our […]

Marfia excited about hoopsters? chances

Oxford varsity basketball Coach Paul Marfia likes what he has seen on the hardwood in the preseason and wants to see how the group can respond to the challenges ahead in the OAA Gold Division. There are four returning seniors on the team, and Marfia said he expects Nathan Brubaker, Jacob Wysocki and Robert Norfolk […]

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