Doubleheader Part I: Girls make Country Day play to the end

Country Day’s girls? hoops squad hadn’t played a really close game against a team from the state of Michigan all season. Lake Orion’s Bethany Watterworth made sure they played one on Saturday. The Dragons fell behind by double-digits early, but 19 first-half points from Watterworth trimmed Country Day’s lead to 36-34 at the break. Lake […]

Tough Loss

Grapplers suffered a loss to Temperance-Bedford last Wednesday, 43-20. ‘They are what they have always been,? said Bedford coach Denny Brighton. ‘Clarkston’s a real tough team, very solid, very disciplined, very well-coached. They stayed in there and they battled. We knew it was coming. We look for this.? Bedford’s momentum started from the first match […]

Athletes of the Week

Spikers fought through adversity to win their first tournament of the season on Aug. 26 at the Marysville Invitational. The Clarkston High School Girls Varsity Volleyball team beat Port Huron in the finals to take home the honor by winning both sets, 25-18 and 25-13. But the most memorable game for the team was the […]

Prudential Insurance: A column by Darwin Moore

September is Life Insurance Awareness Month, which makes it the ideal time to think about life insurance needs. This effort is an unprecedented collaboration among companies, agencies, associations and individual agents committed to a single goal ? to help millions of Americans understand and obtain the life insurance coverage they need. A time of personal […]

Wolfpack Update

On Monday, the Varsity Ski teams traveled to the north to participate in the Traverse City Invitational. The girls ski team won the invitational. Thirteen teams competed. Get more on this story in the next print edition on Feb. 6.

The Science of Financial Health

Many economists define a recession as at least two consecutive quarters of decline in a country’s GDP, (Gross Domestic Product). So whether you call this market, a recession or a slump, diversification is proving to be important. Investments uncorrelated or indirectly correlated to the stock market ? such as CDs, Treasuries and annuities ? are […]

Words from the Sup’t: Dr. Rod Rock

There’s much excitement in the air. Can you feel it? The first serves and volleys, kicks, trots, races, and jumps of the fall athletic season recently commenced. The marching band perfected their steps. Students picked up their schedules, visited their teachers, met their classmates, and found their lockers. School starts on Tuesday, Sept. 6. Teachers […]

Clarkston crush Lake Orion foe

Kickers added three more games to the win column after last week. “They were good,” said Clarkston Boys Varsity Soccer Coach Chuck Lawhorn. “It was tough for us, especially on Friday. It was our sixth game in six days.” They opened the week against Waterford Mott with a 3-1 win on Aug. 23, with two […]

Falling snow leads to car theft arrest

A little snow can’t stop the police. Actually, it can help them. At approximately 6:30 a.m. Saturday morning, Village Police Officer Rob Barker responded to vehicle alarms in the area of Axford. According to Police Chief Jerry Narsh, since it was snowing heavily, Officer Barker could tell that entrance to the car had been recently […]

Cop cash crunch

The Clarkston Police say they need nearly $23,000 in budget revisions to keep vehicles on the road, pay officers, and replace failing equipment. A proposal submitted by Police Chief Dale LaCroix at Monday’s city council meeting outlined the reasons for a 9.3 percent increase over last year’s allocations: ? $4,330 to cover an increase in […]