The Oxford girls varsity basketball team might become known as the running Wildcats under Coach Stephen Emert. The Lady Cats finished second last season in the OAA White Division and Emert said his team will maintain an up-tempo game that will always pressure the opponent. He has the athletes to do it. The team will […]
The Oxford Wildcats? Haley Kornburger made all-state for the second consecutive year in the state’s Division II girls swim championships. Kornburger finished in sixth statewide in the 50 freestyle to secure the honor. She also finished ninth in the 100 freestyle. Her two srtong races helped put Oxford 23rd out of 31 teams in the […]
Oxford’s varsity competitive cheer team is taking its success and enthusiasm to a new level this season. The Lady Wildcats were the Oakland Activities Association White Division champions the past two seasons. And so this season Coach Shari Russell’s squad will move into the OAA Red Division and will match up against not only the […]
An Oxford High School teacher who is charged in connection with her husband in a sexual assault on a 16-year-old OHS student allegedly sought to illegally acquire the girl’s records from the high school, according to a prosecution statement, July 15, during a hearing in 52-2 District Court, Independence Township. Assistant Prosecutor Hala Jarbou told […]
Seven has been a lucky number lately for Oxford’s Jan Heyse. The retired Pontiac Schools teacher, who is 77, scored her second hole-in-one in 2008 recently at Boulder Creek. The first ace came on March 17 at Gold Canyon Golf Course in Arizona. She used a seven iron there to get her first hole-in-one in […]
The North Oakland Blue Dragons Track and Field Team is representing Oxford and the Oakland County area well at the 2008 Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) Junior Olympic Games. More than 12,000 athletes from 50 states are competing this week in eight age-groups in 22 sports at the 2008 AAU games held in the Oakland County […]
Bill Savage does not see the need for the Village of Oxford to build a sidewalk to nowhere in front of his and his neighbors homes. Savage has protested the proposed sidewalk along the east side of Pontiac Street, from the southern village limits, to Oxford Elementary School. There is no sidewalk there now and […]
The residents at St. Augustine’s Monastery will be able to enjoy the fruits as well as vegetables of the labor of Boy Scout John Krug and his army of volunteers. The Oxford teen recently completed his community service project in order to earn the rank of Eagle Scout by spearheading construction of a garden area […]
BERKLEY ? It always hurts to lose a very important football game. But, the Oxford Wildcat’s 38-6 loss last week to defending state champion Birmingham Brother Rice was a valiant effort against a team that is favored to repeat its state title. It is rare that the Wildcat’s offensive and defensive lines are dominated in […]
ROMEO – The Oxford volleyball team lost its first round match in district play last week against Lake Orion. The Dragons won in straight sets, 25-15, 25-15, 25-16 to knock the lady Cats out of state competition. Oxford’s leader, junior Darien Bandel, had 13 kills and 10 digs while senior Alyssa Wysocki had 10 digs. […]