Students from Oxford and Daniel Axford elementaries got a lesson in Tailgating 101 Friday evening before the OHS football game. The schools? PTO held a terrific tailgate party that included hot dogs, nachos, face-painting, rockin? tunes, dancing and the most ruthless of all games ? dodgeball! Even the Oxford Wildcat mascot showed up to entertain […]
A fantastic game of football full of well-executed plays and bone-crunching tackles was played Sunday afternoon at Ford Field in downtown Detroit. But it wasn’t the Lions burning up the gridiron. It was the Oxford Jr. Wildcats! The 56,269 screaming fans attending Detroit’s home opener against the Minnesota Vikings got to see football at its […]
This will be another Jim’s Jottings probably not worth remembering. In fact I can’t think of any memorable ones I’ve written since starting them in 1955. 1 was born in 1926, soon after the beginning of THE GREAT depression. I remember my father telling me several times before he died in 1984, at age 93, […]
So, I ran across a ‘ranking? on-line this weekend. Nothing so funny as David Letterman’s Top 10, nor was it interesting in any shallow, ‘I want to be entertained? kind of way. Nope. This list had to do with a concept near and dear to my heart: freedom of the press, or should I say, […]
After four games and a 3-1 record it has become obvious that Coach Bud Rowley’s Wildcats will have to claw and scratch their way through the Flint Metro League this season. On Friday, the Cats? tenacious defense held off a strong Fenton team for a 10-7 win. Fenton, led by its highly touted quarterback Tyler […]
The Varsity Girls Golf team got back to their winning ways after defeating Brandon on Wednesday, Sept. 16. The Girls won 222-225 behind Senior Taylor Holtshouser’s team leading 48. ‘That’s a pretty good team,? said Head Coach Terry Kelley. ‘Being able to take them on their home course will give us a good shot in […]
Warmer temperatures and sunshine made for good sledding weather over the weekend as families flocked to the hill at Seymour Lake Township Park. Smiles were big and spirits were high as parents and kids raced down the hill without a care in the world.
At a special meeting on Jan. 13, Oxford Board of Education approved the hiring of Michigan Leadership Institute (MLI) as the search firm to find the next superintendent of Oxford Schools with a price tag of $5,500. The vote was 6-1. Trustee Joyce Brasington was absent, but did send an e-mail to President Jim Reis, […]
The Varsity Volleyball team continues to roll through the Flint Metro League competition, defeating Lapeer West and Flint Kearsley to improve to 3-0 in league play. Lapeer West did something that no other FML team has been able to do against the Wildcats this season ? they took game one 28-26 and avoided being swept. […]
The Wildcat Varsity Swim and Dive lost both meets it had this past week to Fenton and Notre Dame Prep. The Wildcat’s began their last season in the Flint Metro League with a 115-71 loss against Fenton on Thursday, Sept. 17. The Wildcat’s got off to a strong start by winning the first two events […]