Alli leads Lady Hitters against North Farmington

Sophomore Rachel Alli’s double hit against North Farmington ended the game for the Falcons. Her hit brought in two runs – one to tie the game and one to win the game at the top of the seventh inning 4-3, April 25. “It was a big hit,” said Clarkston Girls Varsity Softball Head Coach Don […]

Kids show creativity, skills at state competition

Three Clarkston Creativity Crew Destination ImagiNation teams competed at the Michigan Affiliate Finals competition, a state-wide event held the weekend of April 20-21 on the campus of Central Michigan University. Two of the Clarkston teams placed in the event, with one advancing to the Global Finals to be held in May. ‘It was hard, but […]

Building distance in the league

The Lady Wolves are heading into this Friday’s OAA Red League Meet with a hunger. They head into the meet undefeated and an opportunity to finish first in the league. “It is going to be tough with Rochester Adam, Rochester and us,” said Clarkston Girls Track and Field Head Coach John Yorke. “We are pretty […]

Wolves downpour on Falcons

The dark clouds clouded in around Rochester High School where the Wolves were battling for an OAA Red win. The clouds threatened rain but Clarkston kept going at the top of the third inning with two hits from sophomore Ryan Rea and junior Ryan Slaughter to put them on bases. Freshman DJ Zezula went up […]

Athlete of The Week

Senior Michael VanderWeel saw his first lacrosse game when he was in sixth grade and ever since he was hooked. “I liked how you have to use both hands,” he added. ‘It’s not a single hand dominant sport like hockey or football. You have to be good both hands and be ambidextrous.” For the last […]

Taking over tournament

Going into the sixth inning against Warren Regina on Saturday the Lady Wolves needed just a couple of runs to break their opponent’s 4-2 lead their Girls in Pink Classic. By the time freshman Makenzie King stepped up to the plate the base were loaded. With one hit she brought one runner in. Senior Tara […]

Going the distance

The Clarkston Track & Field teams went for another win – this time against Rochester on April 17. “They are always going to be tough,” said John Bennink, head coach for the Clarkston Boys Track & Field team. “The last couple years we are more experienced. Rochester has really good sprinters and distance kids. We […]

Soggy start to soccer season

The long winter is over, so snow wasn’t a problem at the Lady Kickers opening game. Instead, they faced an hour-long delay on account of lightning. Officials allowed the teams to play, but cut each half by 10 minutes. Clarkston took to the field and fought through the downpour, but fell to Utica Stevenson, 3-0. […]

Athletes of the Week

The Clarkston Grizzlies ended their season March 17 with a grand finale. The traveling basketball team won their championship game of the playoffs against Flint-based Custom Lawn Care, 46-40. “It was pretty cool,” said Chance Huth. “It was a revenge for us. We have played Custom Lawn Care before in finals and lost to them.” […]

Off to a confident start

A home run hit from junior Sydney Hasselbach boosted the Lady Wolves in their first game against Rochester Adams last Wednesday. The Clarkston Girls Varsity Softball team opened the first game of their double header with four runs and kept the momentum going, finishing with a 9-0 win. The next game ended with a successful […]