Oxford High School has a new head coach for its upcoming Boys Swim and Dive team, and it’s a familiar face. Jackie Boswell, head coach of the girl Wildcat swimmers, will be wearing another hat at the school as she assumes the additional coaching duties. ‘I was asked a while ago about the boys? team, […]
Facing stiff competition from Royal Oak, the Oxford Wildcat swim and dive team came up on the shallow end, losing 110-75. Oxford managed three first-place finishes at the event. Anna Daves finished first with a time of 28.96 seconds in the 50-Yard Freestyle. In the 500-Yard Freestyle, Jenna Mallard finished first with a time of […]
All good things must come to an end, including a soccer season that ended strong and with promise despite a slow start. On a cold and windy Oct. 21 day at Flint-Kearsley High School, the Oxford Wildcats soccer team’s state tournament run concluded as they lost to Laingsburg-Bath 1-0. ‘Play was sluggish due to the […]
Running in the Oct. 25 Regionals in Algonac–their final race of the season–everyone on the Oxford High School Cross Country team went home happy. Each runner had personal-best runs while Shannon Seeley moved up on the Cross Country Girls All-Time list. Seeley’s time of 20:27 moved her down to sixth fastest girls? run in school […]
With the Nov. 4 election only weeks away, Oxford Township Treasurer Joe Ferrari ? who’s seeking re-election as a Republican against five independent candidates ? won’t be taking a job as the clerk/treasurer for the Village of Holly. The treasurer said Holly officials offered him the job after he applied for it, but after some […]
A former Oxford High School teacher facing a misdemeanor charge for failing to report her husband’s alleged sexual abuse of an Oxford teen has filed an appeal of the tenure charges against her. Margaret Keely, a special education teacher, had been dismissed from OHS following an investigation into allegations of her role in the scandal […]
Sometimes, a technical error is all it takes to destroy someone’s concentration and will to win. But not for champions. They find a way to overcome it and take care of business. Looking to win its first state championship since 1978, back when gasoline sold for about 70 cents a gallon, the Oxford Equestrian Team […]
The M-24 evening commute on Oct. 16 took longer than usual for northbound drivers near the very top of Oakland County as a nasty auto accident slowed down traffic for a few hours. The accident involving 20-year-old Julie Marie Kesselring, of Oxford, and 46-year-old Kimberly Michelle Hutchison, of Metamora, took place at M-24 and West […]
For many Americans, Election Day represents waiting in long lines to choose between the lesser of two evils (or to simply vote third party). Addison Township voters will notice that things will seem a little brighter. That’s because students in Mr. Robert Murray’s fourth-grade class at Leonard Elementary School recently showed off their artistic talents […]
WHAT slow start? After starting this soccer season at 0-5-2, the Oxford soccer team has made up for lost time as they have now defeated three playoff opponents en route to winning their sixth district championship in seven years. On Oct. 15, the Wildcats had earned a district final berth by defeating Marine City 2-1 […]