This week Oxford mourns the loss of 20-year-old Scott Boyl. Scott graduated with honors from Oxford High School in 2002. He was 16th in his class and earned a letter for his academic accomplishments. On Sunday, Dec. 5 gutsy Scott Boyl lost a two-year battle with a recently diagnosed blood disorder called myelodysplastic syndrome. ‘Scott […]
Once again the athletic chest of Oxford is puffed up with pride as another Wildcat graduate is considered for the National Football League. Eric Ghiaciuc, a 2000 Oxford High School graduate, has gained recognition by the NFL as a powerful, three-year, starting center for the Central Michigan University Chippewas. Standing 6 feet, 3 inches and […]
With three wins and one loss already under the mat this season, Oxford Wildcat Varsity Wrestling Head Coach Paul McDevitt said the best is yet to come. Although the team ended last season with an impressive 22-9 record, McDevitt said the upcoming season will be a challenge to the young team because even the four […]
Despite the opening season 48-33 loss to Utica Eisenhower, which Wildcat Varsity Basketball head coach Steve Laidlaw described as a respectable defeat, the team has a shot for a great season. Laidlaw said he was not disappointed with the team’s performance against one of the best teams in the county, especially when you consider his […]
Missing the Red Wings? Check out the Wildcats! Although the team lost 6-4 to Lapeer East Dec. 4, Oxford Wildcat Hockey Coach Dave Hague called the first league game a good one. ‘It was a pretty even game,? he said, explaining the young Wildcats were skating against an older team with a lot more ice […]
Coach Kristie McDevitt says the Oxford Varsity Volleyball Team is excited to start the new season. ‘This team is awesome,? said McDevitt. ‘They are so supportive of each other and we are going to base our season off that energy.? Beginning her second year with the team, McDevitt said she’s having fun coaching such a […]
Last year the Oxford-Brandon ski team took winter sports to the top of the hill by placing third in the district in both slalom and giant slalom runs. Ski Coach Ed Haley said finishing third was a great showing because the first and second place teams (Flushing and Fenton) were the powerhouse teams to beat. […]
Varsity cheerleading Coach Kristy Gibson-Marshall lost 12 seniors last year but is still confident she has a winning team and is looking forward to a second year of league competition. ‘Losing 12 seniors devastate us but this is just our reloading year and we’ll be okay,? Gibson-Marshall said. ‘We’re just smaller, tougher and we’re going […]
Two Oxford residents yesterday were bound over for trial on felony food tampering charges after one of them allegedly spat on an Oakland County Sheriff’s Deputy’s sandwich while working at the Oxford Burger King earlier this year. Oxford residents Jon Paul McQuater, 20, and Jacqueline Rose Rowland, 20, are facing one count each of ‘placing […]
The Oakland County Sheriff’s Department is asking for help identifying a man recorded on surveillance tapes using credit cards at the Oxford Meijer belonging to a 73-year-old Lake Orion woman. The man is wanted for questioning regarding two purchases totalling more than $750 made with the woman’s missing credit cards. On Nov. 15, a Lake […]