Sporting injuries are common, yet can be severe enough to influence an entire season. Joe Woityra, head coach of Lake Orion’s Softball team said last year’s season was plagued by injuries, but this year, steps are being taken to prevent a repeat. ‘We did relatively well considering at any given time we had four girls […]
Lake Orion High School’s sports teams are placed in the Division One OAA league due to their size and population. The theory behind the population-based placement is that the bigger a team’s talent pool, the higher quality their players should be. Baseball season is gearing up in Lake Orion, and head Coach Andrew Schramek says […]
It can always be troublesome for a high school coach when not enough people try out for their team, but Eric Bracciano, head coach for Girls? Varsity Tennis, does not have that problem. ‘We had over 55 girls try out for the team this year, and that was way more than we anticipated would be […]
After delays, complications, and a number of negative reactions for over a year, the Streetscape project is finally underway, and it’s garnering a fair amount of positive response. Starting Monday, March 14, workers began marking utilities and other amenities hidden beneath Broadway and Flint Street, with plans to saw into the road and sidewalk on […]
In November 2010, Orion business owner and Oxford resident Bradford Jacobsen was elected to state senate as a representative for district 46. Now, four months later, he remains convicted to the principles he ran under during his campaign, but with all the new legislation that has risen in recent months, he’s had to take a […]
Lake Orion Boys? Lacrosse is looking at the upcoming season with fresh eyes thanks to new coach Brad Thomas. A graduate of Central Michigan University, Thomas began coaching almost immediately after he finished playing lacrosse at the school. He said he was happy to be coaching for Lake Orion and that the athletes at the […]
Head Coaches Ken Snage and Randy McCoy are planning another dynamite season for the Lake Orion High School Girls? Soccer team. Finishing with a record of 18-4-2, they managed 4th place in the nine team league, finished 11th in the states, and earned the district championship runner-up position when they lost the game to Utica-Eisenhower […]
The Lake Orion High School Girls? Lacrosse team is looking forward to another good season, and head coach Bill Booth said the team has been getting better and better. ‘We’re now in our fourth year, and we started in our first season only winning two games,? said Booth. ‘The next year we won five, and […]
The weather isn’t the only thing warming up. Starting Monday, March 14, Lake Orion High School’s spring sports began holding tryouts to determine which of the many candidates would be joining the teams for the spring season. From Girls? Lacrosse in the gym to Baseball on the football field, the athletic fields were buzzing with […]
Having a ‘dog’s life? isn’t always a bad thing, especially for the dezinins of ‘dogtown.? For one night on Thursday, March 3, the first and second graders of Orion Oaks Elementary, known as ‘lower L,? had an opportunity to dress up as their favorite canines as they acted out an adaptation of the play ARF! […]