Clarkston’s week on the ice of the OAA Division I was a bit bi-polar. The Wolves began the week’s action with a 4-0 rout of Stoney Creek, at the Detroit Skate Club on Dec. 8. But the positive vibrations did not last as Troy came back to win a 3-1 contest on Dec. 10 at […]
Senior Josh McAllister is this week’s athlete of the week as he was the Wolves lone champion at the Howell Invitational on Dec. 10. Clarkston as a team finished third at the weekend tournament which featured a field of 16 teams. McAllister, a state qualifier last year at 152 pounds, is wrestling at 171 this […]
Joe Donofrio has a vision for professional boxing, and the rest of the world gets a peak on Dec. 17 as he presents ‘The Night of the Olympians? at the Palace of Auburn Hills. ‘I want to bring boxing to a different level,? said Donofrio, who resides in the Clarkston area. ‘I want to build […]
The Wolves territorial instincts proved strong as Clarkston’s wrestlers won their fifth-straight Oakland County Tournament. The tourney played out over Dec. 16 and 17 and was predominantly hosted by Clarkston High School. ‘I think the guys get a kick out of (hosting). They’re starting to take ownership of it, with us winning five straight,? Clarkston […]
Forced to wait until Dec. 13 to start their season, the Clarkston basketball team wrested a 54-49 win from Flint Carman Ainsworth. Seniors Joe Moran and John Kast led the way for the Wolves, each scoring a game-high 12 points against Carman Ainsworth. Junior Bren Berquist contributed 10 in the victory. The Wolves were to […]
Though Clarkston hockey faced tough competition while hosting the annual holiday tournament at the Detroit Skate Center, Dec. 16-17, Coach Bryan Krygier still finds the results hard to swallow. ‘No matter what team we play we should play the right way. We fell short this weekend. We did not play very well,? Krygier said. Clarkston […]
Inclement weather postponed the Clarkston volleyball team’s matchup with Lahser on Dec. 15, but the Wolves still got plenty of action on Dec. 17 at the Portage Northern Invitational. On the day Clarkston finished 2-3 overall. ‘We played a tough team to start in Fraser,? Clarkston Coach Kelly Avenall said. The Wolves lost to Fraser […]
Like snowflakes or pieces of peanut brittle every person is unique in their own way. And though we may set ourselves apart through our differences, there is no balance in the equation. For every person who claims apples as their favorite fruit of all time and forever, there is not another who swears allegiance with […]
Even while questions about his team’s speed and ballhandling played across Clarkston basketball coach Dan Fife’s mind like so many sugar plums, the Wolves? and their coach were able to rest easy over the holidays with a 3-0 record to start the season. ?3-0 is pretty good, but we should be 3-0 right now,? Fife […]
The everyday spectacular, be it a tree flirting with perception through fog; the last fingers of light from the sun slowly withdrawing behind the horizon or even bright orange pumpkins outside a grocery store, is what Clarkston area resident Steve Bettwy tries to capture with his photography. ‘A lot of the pictures have a mood […]