Southfield wallops Wildcats

SOUTHFIELD ? Sometimes you just forget about a game and move on. The Oxford Wildcats learned that lesson last week when nothing went right and Southfield turned six turnovers into points en route to a 49-7 rout. The Blue Jays played their school’s best game of the season, and got their first home victory of […]

Lady golfers win first-ever OC championship

PONTIAC ? The Oxford girls? varsity golf team did what no other Wildcat girls? golf team has ever done ? win an Oakland County golf championship. The Lady Cats won the Division II Oakland County golf title by one stroke over Lahser High School last week. Coach Terry Kelley said the lady linksters from Oxford […]

Spikers rollercoaster ride continues with tourney win, Troy loss

The Oxford volleyball team has had a rollercoaster ride this season, sometimes looking like a great team and then other times not having the killer instinct to put teams away. On the weekend, the team looked great in a tournament at Goodrich, dominating pool play with a 5-0 record against several quality teams only to […]

Greetings Lake Orion as well

I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself to the Lake Orion community. My name is Dan Shriner and I will be the editor of The Lake Orion Review for awhile. Some of you may know me. I was the editor of The Oxford Leader several years ago before I moved on to […]

Cats devour Rochester Adams

Sometimes getting into the heads of your opponents is the best way to defeat them. The Oxford football team learned this simple lesson on Friday to overcome a 10-7 halftime deficit and roll to a 28-16 victory with 21 fourth-quarter points to top Rochester Adams. The turning point in the game came after Adams had […]

Booters rack up three wins

The Oxford Wildcats soccer team had a great week, picking up three shutout victories to improve to 6-1-1 in the Oakland Activities Blue Division. On Monday, The Cats beat North Farmington, 1-0, in a battle of two second-place teams in the OAA Blue. Oxford’s only goal came from Paul Tomaka when he lofted a ball […]

OHS Hall of Fame to induct seven

Leader Staff Writer Ninety-nine years of high school athletic excellence will be highlighted on Friday night at Wildcat Stadium. Seven of the greatest sports legends in Oxford’s history will be honored and inducted into the OHS Hall of Fame this weekend. ‘The purpose of the Hall of Fame is to not only honor the achievements […]

Blue turf update: $100K rolled in over last month

In the past month, the drive to pay off Oxford’s synthetic blue turf has been moving more at a hare’s pace than a turtle’s. According to Jim Reis, chairman of Oxford’s Turf Committee, about $100,000 in pledges and donations have come in during the past month. The committee had previously paid $100,000, leaving a debt […]

Missed it by that much

FARMINGTON ? The Oxford Wildcats? efforts to move into first place in the Oakland Activities Association White Division fell inches short on Friday. The Wildcats had a shot at beating Farmington in overtime, but couldn’t score and lost the 19-13 heartbreaker when a final pass missed its mark in the end zone. Both Farmington and […]

Swimmers look to learn from losses

The Oxford Lady Wildcat swimmers are improving with each practice, dive and stroke and Coach Jackie Rank is confident the team will continue its pace. Last week, the swim team lost a non-league match to Brandon, 99-86 and a league meet to Berkley, 112-76. ‘We have had some great swims and we know where to […]

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