Athlete of The Week

Senior Lindsey Adams boosted her team with three goals last week. The three goals came as a result of scoring one goal per game as the Clarkston Girls Varsity Soccer team beat Andover, 3-0, and Oxford, 2-0, and lost to Waterford Mott, 5-1. During the Lady Wolves home game against Oxford last Thursday, both teams […]

Two shutouts boost week

Senior Lisa Lyons waited for the signal before she took the penalty kick against Oxford’s goalie. With the signal to go and 24:35 left in the game last Thursday, she swung a swift kick at the ball. Clarkston fans eagerly watched as the ball slipped past Oxford and gave the Lady Wolves a 2-0 lead. […]

Lacrosse team packs a punch

The Wolves and St. Michael’s College – Toronto finished discussing their next plan of action as mother nature intervened with thunder and lightning pausing the game on Sunday. Thirty minutes later the game was called, and the Wolves wouldn’t have an opportunity to come back from the 7-3 loss. “It was a good game,” said […]

Clarkston hall of famer reflects on the past

Before Det. Kirk Matich was helping to keep students in line as the Independence Township Sheriff’s Office police liasion at Clarkston Community Schools – he was helping his teammates on the field. This year he is being inducted into the Michigan Touch Football Hall of Fame. “I didn’t even know there was one,” he smiled. […]

Athlete of the Week

Clarkston High School senior Gabriella Spindler will receive the United States Tennis Association/Midwest Section’s Helen Shockley’s Award on April 21. She was recently honored as the 2011 Hoxie Memorial Award Junior Player of the Year from the Southeastern Michigan Tennis Association. Spindler finished 2011 ranked No. 5 in Southeastern Michigan and No. 33 in the […]

Skaters keep it together on the ice

Jumps, spins, and dance patterns are just a part of figure skating. Timing it in perfect unison with a team of other skaters makes it synchronized skating. Clarkston residents Kylee Haase, Anna Moloney and Brittany Lee train with Evolution, a synchronized skating program at Detroit Skate Club. Evolution has seven different levels of teams: Beginner, […]

Rolling back from break

The Wolves added one win and one loss to their record over spring break last week in Ohio. “We did alright,” said Clarkston Boys Varsity Lacrosse Head Coach Brian Kaminskas. “We are starting to come together a little bit more and starting to develop that chemistry. It has been difficult because we have had a […]

Varsity ball teams start season

itters are ready and anxious for their moment to step on the plate and begin the season. Both the Clarkston Varsity Baseball and Softball teams play Rochester Adams in their season opener on Wednesday. “We have had a lot of time outside so we should be hopefully off to a good start,” said Phil Price, […]

Local fans loco for Lucca

While Clarkston graduate Tony Lucca was preparing for his next round in NBC’s The Voice, his family and friends were in Depot Park raising support and hopefully votes. Lucca was chosen by Adam Levine from Maroon 5 to continue on to the live performances where two from Team Adam would be eliminated based on votes […]

Athletes of the Week

Four matches were needed for Katie Brozovich and Kendra Sweet to win the Southeastern Michigan Tournament, Feb. 29. Hours spent training on the tennis court led both of the girls to win their tournaments, Brozovich in 16-and-under, and Sweet, 14-and-under. ‘It was really exciting. We are best friends and we both won our tournaments,? said […]