Bridgewood Church hosts 1 Day to Feed the World, Oakland County gives back, 7 p.m., Aug. 28, with inflatables, concessions, fun activities and outdoor family movie, Disney’s “Bolt,” at dusk. Admission is by donation and canned good donation. On Aug. 30, 8:30 a.m., is a certified and chipped 5K run/walk and Family 1 Mile, with […]
Perhaps you have walked in my shoes. ‘Mom! We’re on vacation! Why do we have to go to church when we’re on VACA-A-A-ATION??? This normally leads to that oft-used expression that goes something like, ‘None of my FRIENDS? MOMS make their kids go to Church on VACA-A-A-ATION!? Ah, a challenge and a choice of responses […]
Fresh off their league leading record (15-1) and overall Top Defense award in the Michigan Youth Flag Football Flight Zone League, the Oxford Wildcats 8U Flag Football Team ran the table’at the 2014 Midwest Regional Flag Football Championships in Walled Lakefor the second straight year ? securing back-to-back Regional Titles. The Wildcat team competed in […]
Oxford fifth-graders, Gavin Marsden, Evan Rehandorf, Eddie Bieniasz, Carl Bailey, Ben Cruz and Jack Brown played in the Midwestern Classic which is a multi-state Championship. This group of boys scored 161 points over the weekend and their superior defense did not give up one point the entire weekend. More impressive, they only gave up one […]
Just as we consult a roadmap for travel, is there a map for navigating daily life? ‘Do unto others as you would have others do unto you.? Of course, this would be fine and dandy provided others had a value placed on ‘self-based respect.? As one observes actions of grave offense to others at the […]
The Wolves suited up in Pink and Blue for their annual Blue/Gold Scrimmage for Football for a Cause. The Pink team gained a lead in the first quarter on Saturday during Clarkston’s annual scrimmage. Touchdowns from Tyler Scarlett and Derek Booker and two PATs by Brian Benway put the Pink squad 14-0 before the quarter […]
The 7U Lions won their first 5 games earning a spot in the championship game VS the Oak Harbor Rockets (Ohio). The Rockets also unbeaten cruised to the finals shutting out 4 of the 5 teams they played. The Lions scored on the opening drive with a TD run from Cameron Dawood, followed by a […]
The 12U Wildcats entered the tournament in the competitive division. They finished 6-0-1 in the regular season and 5th in the state in the tournament. “These kids are all great athletes, they were able to grow together as a team throughout the season even though we only had a full team for two of the […]
Varsity Cheerleaders greeted football fans with big smiles on Saturday. While the girls are normally found close to the field during the season cheering the team and getting the crowd pumped – they were in the stadium during the boys? scrimmage. They could be found selling pink and light blue bracelets, saying ‘Clarkston Football Cure […]
Strength. Courage. Fighting spirit. The words are used not only to describe Clarkston’s gridiron gang but the people and families they represented as they took to the field for their annual Blue/Gold scrimmage on Saturday. Correction. The Wolves first annual Pink/Blue scrimmage for Football for a Cure to raise awareness and money for Karmanos Cancer […]