New soccer club forming for Lake Orion youth

A new soccer club is forming in Lake Orion called the Lake Orion Soccer Club (LOSC). The president of LOSC is Matt Paukovits. Paukovits is currently a coach for Oakland Futbol Club where he coaches both U9 and U10 teams. “This club will give an added opportunity to allow more kids to play soccer and […]

Carpenter participates in Fun Run

Carpenter Elementary School hosted their second annual ‘Fun Run? on Wednesday, May 2. Students in kindergarten through fifth grade enjoyed running laps on the school track to raise money for the Carpenter Parent Teacher Council (PTC). The students not only enjoyed the beautiful weather, they also gained the benefits of the extra exercise. Carpenter’s PTC […]

Baseball puts end to losing streak, starts winning one

The Dragons fell 10-6 to Troy last Thursday to fall out of the top spot in the OAA I standings for the first time this season. The top-ranked Lake Orion squad fell behind 7-1 after four innings, before their offense woke up. The visiting Dragons hit through their line-up in the fifth inning, cutting the […]

Kickers turning the tide

It’s been a bizarre season for Coach Ken Snage’s girls? soccer squad. The team has missed anywhere from six to nine regulars in their line-up the whole year. But the Dragons might have turned the corner with their toughest week to date, recording a pair of ties against some stiff competition, which included #2 Rochester. […]

Orion/Oxford hockey players win National Championship

Kevin Albers, P.J. Klebba and Zack Rourke are U.S. National Champions. They played for the AAA U16 Belle Tire team out of Fraser, Michigan. Their season recently concluded with a record of 61-7-6, including games played at Ohio State, Ferris and Miami of Ohio. In mid-March, they won the State Championship after defeating Little Caesars […]

Boys fourth, girls seventh at league meet

A sweep by the Lake Orion boys in the two-mile run highlighted a busy day on the Dragon Stadium track last Friday. The Dragons hosted the OAA I league meet, with the boys finishing fourth and the girls taking seventh. The only LO victory on either side came in the 3200 run, where Ryan Ziolko […]

Eighth graders explore at Oakview

Eighth graders at Oakview Middle School spent last Thursday on a mock journey to find the Pacific Ocean in Oakview’s Third Annual Lewis & Clark Day. Traveling around the exterior of the school, teams of five students participated in ten stops which each included a task that explorers Lewis & Clark may have faced on […]

Wolves place middle of the pack at OAA tourney

A 3-2 regular season record gave Clarkston’s girls track team a tie for second place in Oakland Activities Association division I with Rochester. Additionally, the Wolves were in position to jump up and tie Troy for the OAA I championship with a win at the league meet Friday at Lake Orion High School. The comeback […]

Athletes of the week

At the 13th Annual Clarkston Classic Baseball Tournament at Clintonwood Park April 27-29, the 13U-Clarkston Riverdawgs team won four straight games to clinch first place and a berth in the USSSA World Series. In their final game against the Anchor Bay Angels, the Riverdawgs broke the 4-4 tie in the bottom of the 7th inning […]

Wolves split softball doubleheader

Doing the splits is tricky and sometimes painful. But on their home softball diamond, Clarkston did it against Waterford Kettering Thursday, taking the first contest of a doubleheader 4-0 and dropping 4-3 in the finale. Kettering moved to 12-0-5 and 6-3 in the Oakland Activities Association while Clarkston failed to pull to .500. The split […]