Clarkston cagers come back strong from Christmas break

Cagers went back to classes on Monday and are ready to get into the bulk of their season. They begin this week with two OAA Red league games at North Farmington and Southfield-Lathrup. ‘It’s good to get started,? said Boys Varsity Coach Dan Fife. ‘Our league is as good as it gets in the state. […]

Athlete of the Week

As a volleyball libero, Jenna Coates was on top of her game, helping her team become OAA League and District champs. For her efforts she was named to Class A third team. ‘I feel really honored,? said Coates. ‘I feel good, all of the coaches put me in and saw my hard work on the […]

Grad spends summer with science

Anna Gray spent her summer exploring the outdoors and meeting people at a month long camp. The 2013 Clarkston High School graduate represented Michigan as a delegate to the National Youth Science Camp, June 26-July 20, joining 121 other high school graduates from the United States and nine other countries. “It was cool because a […]

Lessons learned

Last Friday night’s lightning storm delayed the finish of Clarkston’s varsity football opener at Rochester Adams High School. The 10-hour delay wasn’t enough for the Wolves to turn things around though, as they lost to Adams, 12-7. ‘We weren’t very good,? said Wolves? head coach Kurt Richardson. ‘We played the way we practiced the last […]

Athletes of The Week

The Clarkston Girls Swim and Dive team opened the season ruling the pool as they took first place at the Waterford Relay Meet at Waterford Mott High School, Aug. 24. They scored 442 points, the most out of seven teams. They finished first in six relays and first in the synchronized diving competition, scoring 40 […]

Warriors fall to Wolves

Kickers’ control in the second half against Brother Rice turned into a win, 2-1. “It was a true battle,” said Clarkston Boys Varsity Head Coach Curtis Payment. “The game got really heated and chippy. We were on our heels at times and weathered the storm.” The boys were losing at the end of the first […]

Victory at Fenton tournament

Spikers went 3-2 for the day at the Lake Orion tournament on Aug. 28. They won the first round of playoffs against Seaholm then lost the second round to Macomb Dakota after going point for point with them. “I was happy with the way we played,” said Clarkston Varsity Volleyball Coach Kelly Avenall. “They have […]

Golfers to take on Lady Colts

The Lady Wolves finished last week’s tournaments with two golfers with medalists. Senior Katie McKnee finished with a medal at Forest Lake and Frankenmuth for the Clarkston Ladies Varsity Golf team. Senior Sabrina Zayec finished with one for the team at the first OAA Red tournament of the season. “We were respectable and we played […]

Wendi’s Word A column by Wendi Reardon

A big thank you to Sherrie VanderVeen from Clarkston United Methodist Church. She was so helpful with providing us with a family to adopt for Christmas. We became Christmas Angels to a family of five and pooled what we could and went to the stores and bought what we could. Somewhere out there in the […]

Nina’s cafe comes back to Sashabaw

Nina’s Comfort Food Caf? moved to The Fountains last the summer, but now they are back home at their original Sashabaw Road location. “We are glad to be back,” said owner Karen “Nina” Tracey. “We ventured out and tried to do more, but small and cozy is what Nina’s is. Everybody knows everybody.” The staff […]