SuperNOVA, an AAU volleyball team from Clarkston, made its hometown proud June 2-3 at the Michigan Junior Volleyball Association state tournament in Grand Rapids. The girls, one of three under-13 teams, finished third in a field of 58. On their way to the semifinals, SuperNOVA plowed through its division I pool play, coming out undefeated. […]
Clairvoyance is a gift to few, but coaches of Clarkston’s girls soccer program are doing their best to create the same knowledge base through simple observation. The coaches, assistant coach Megan Horstman and head coach Sarah Smith, ran the Future Wolves Soccer Camp at Clarkston Junior High School June 18-22. With the camp, the pair […]
A late start kept Clarkston from an early showing to start the softball season, but the Wolves kept plugging away, finishing with a 22-15 mark and a district championship. The team will look slightly different next season without Caitlin Morris at shortstop though. Morris, a four-year player, earned team MVP honors for her season as […]
Nine hours doesn’t sound like an enormous amount of time, but Clarkston wrestling coach Joe DeGain, assistant Derek Moscovic and program volunteers made the most of it in last week’s Clarkston Wrestling camp at Clarkston High School. The three-day, K-12 camp taught prospective wrestlers many maneuvers in the top, bottom and neutral positions. DeGain has […]
Sun and warm temperatures at Liberty Golf Club greeted a crowd of more than 50 golfers June 18 for the 14th annual Clarkston Area Youth Assistance golf outing. ‘We had good weather and good company and it went well,? event Co-chairperson Jim Wenger said. ‘We were really appreciative of the people who came and golfed […]
Eighteen youth group members at Clarkston Free Methodist Church are a little closer to Nogales, Sonora, (Mexican border town) their intended destination for a sanctuary-building trip Aug. 4-11. The group benefited from a congregational get-together Sunday afternoon in the church’s parking lot, where members took their best shot at soaking their favorite pastors in the […]
Fancy yourself a free-thinker? I’m sure most of us do consider ourselves to be those of independent thoughts and actions, but how much of what we do or believe is actually based on what we’re thinking? Alright’where is the crazy sports reporter going with this one, you might ask. What I’m asking is, how much […]
BY PAUL KAMPE Clarkston News Staff Writer Baby pigs, historic barn and demolition derby. At first, the series seems a bit out of place, but locals know that means the return of the annual Oakland County Fair. The extravaganza makes its return to Springfield Oaks County Park next week, running July 10-15. Organizers have added […]
BY PAUL KAMPE Clarkston News Staff Writer What would summer be without the Clarkston Area Chamber of Commerce golf outing? The chamber held its 20th annual installment of the summer outing Thursday at Pine Knob Golf Course. The 18-hole, scramble format festivities began at 8:30 a.m. with a shotgun start. ‘It’s the most important event […]
Almost 70 girls from fourth-ninth grade took Clarkston girls basketball coach Tim Wasilk’s challenge and started on the road to their own hoop dreams at the 10th annual Dare to Dream Basketball Camp. Dare to Dream, the summer counterpart to the seven-week Horizon League in the winter, worked on fundamentals stations as well as one-on-one, […]