Even though baseball has begun this season shrouded in a cloud of congressional controversy, I would like to take the time here to point out why the great American pastime is still just as, if not more, important than ever before. Let’s talk about attention spans. Maybe all these years we have been wrong about […]
While most girls her age are busy flipping their hair, Alexa Kitson is hard at work flipping her entire body through the air. The 14-year-old from Clarkston recently helped her Rochester-based team win the level seven gymnastics State championship on April 10. Individually, Kitson took first place on the bars, and second place in the […]
The Clarkston tennis team battled hard on April 14, but succumbed to the Lake Orion Dragons 5-3. Four of the Wolves? defeats on the day were split after the first two sets; the Dragons won all four of the decisive sets. All of Lake Orion’s singles triumphed over Clarkston. Clarkston’s number one single, senior Amit […]
Both Wolves track teams were off and running this past week hosting Southfield on April 12 and racing around the Troy track on April 14. On the girls side, Clarkston was able to defeat Southfield 66-62, but lost a close race to Troy 69-59. ‘We ran okay, the Troy meet came down to the 400 […]
New Clarkston head softball Coach Don Peters did not exactly know what he was getting himself into when he took over the Wolves program. So far, his team has shown him they are willing to fight for a victory, evidenced by Clarkston’s 3-1 win over North Farmington in 13 innings on April 18. The Wolves […]
With the season’s first three matches behind them, Clarkston’s golf team can now take stock of where they stand. The team is 2-1 (2-0), and their Coach Larry Sherril likes the direction they are headed. ‘I was looking at scores this year compared to last year and they are similar. The difference is we are […]
Sometimes all a team needs is a big win to ratchet up their level of play. Clarkston’s baseball team certainly got a big win on April 13 running eighth ranked Rochester off the diamond to the tune of 16-0. The momentum the Wolves accrued in dispatching the Falcons carried over to their next game, a […]
After a tough 3-2 home loss on a late penalty kick against Farmington on April 12, Clarkston was able to put another tally in the win column with a 2-0 victory over Kimball on April 14 at the Clarkston Soccer Stadium. The shutout against Kimball was goalkeeper Emily Pierce’s second of the season. Scoring for […]
Businesses and residents from across Clarkston converged on Clarkston High School for the Clarkston Connects Community Expo on April 16. The expo, which was presented by the Clarkston Coalition for Youth featured 51 different businesses and eight separate demos of various activities, products and services available around the Clarkston area. ‘We feel the expo was […]
Like spring Crocuses, the girls golf team bloomed early this season winning their first match of the year 201-211 against Troy. ‘There was a lot of nervousness at the first tee. The team is still getting to know each other. It is going to take two or three weeks for everybody to get used to […]