It was a rewarding and competitive week of volleyball for the varsity volleyball squad but the greater reward did not come on the courts. Last Sunday, the varsity and junior varsity volleyball teams scrimmaged the Oxford varsity and junior varsity boys? soccer teams in a fundraiser for a little girl battling Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (A.L.L.). […]
Picture the fun of carnival rides, horse shows, and a watermelon-eating contest. That’s the theme of the Oakland County Fair this year, July 8-13 at Springfield Oaks County Park. The fair will have its traditional 4-H events, animal exhibits and carnival rides as well as several new features. Each day of the 4-H fair features […]
Fine wines, premium beers and sumptuous gourmet fare dazzled the senses and delighted the palate Sunday afternoon as the Oxford Women’s Club hosted its First Annual Wine and Beer Tasting at the Addison Oaks Conference Center. Approximately 70 guests sampled 24 exquisite wines and 13 unique beers from around the globe. Dean Rondy, owner of […]
It’s hard not to get excited watching a close game, but the near win by the varsity basketball team was a hard finish for Wildcat fans. The Cats lost to Lapeer East 56-47. ‘We actually played a good game,? said head coach Steve Laidlaw. ‘We’re making the plays we need to make, we just quit […]
Oxford senior Brooke Kovacik bested a field of 136 runners to win the annual Oxford Invitational Cross Country meet last week. Kovacik’s time of 18 minutes and 19.6 seconds in the 5,000 meter run at Oxford Hills Country Club was nearly a minute ahead of the second place finisher, who was from Walled Lake Northern. […]
Wedding season is here and all of Clarkston is invited to celebrate. The Clarkston Heritage Museum has a new exhibit celebrating courtships and weddings from the 1890s up till the 1940s. The exhibit features courtship mementos, such as a Clarkston Opera Hall ticket from 1890, engagement party gifts and tales of local Clarkston weddings. It […]
It seems to this English-speaking American that automatic answering devices should, by law, be required to say: ‘Touch one for other than English.? Either that or require companies using such requests to do so in person so we can tell them what we think of their service. ? Daughter Susan asked if I wanted to […]
The Oxford Varsity Girls Volleyball team has made their mark this season with an overall record of 22-9-2, and 4-2 in the Flint Metro League. At Jan. 29 tournament the team ended the first half of the season by winning the first place title at the North Branch Invitational. After losing to North Branch at […]
The Oxford High School Equestrian Team had a long ride home from the Midland County Fairgrounds Sunday night, but they didn’t return empty handed. The Wildcats won the Michigan Interscholastic Horsemanship Association Division A State Championship after four intense days of competition. The Wildcats last brought home a state title in 2008 when the team […]
Oxford’s varsity volleyball team improved its league standing with two victories last week and look to be ready for the upcoming district play. The lady Wildcats are 3-3 in the league after defeating Rochester Adams and Farmington. Against Adams, Oxford overcame a slow start to win the match 12-25, 29-27, 25-22, and 28-26. Junior captain […]