By Joe St. Henry Review Sports Contributor Lake Orion’s football team knew it would have to play a mistake-free game to beat rival Clarkston last Friday, but Dragon turnovers and other miscues helped the Wolves post a lopsided 31-7 victory. After Lake Orion’s defense forced a punt to open the game, the Dragons drove deep […]
AA league meet on Thursday at Bloomer Park in Rochester By Jim Newell Review Editor The Lake Orion boys and girls varsity cross country teams are heading into the final stretch of the season, with a dual meet scheduled for today against Notre Dame Prep. For many of the runners, the race against Notre Dame […]
By Joe St. Henry Review Sports Contributor Lake Orion’s prayers were answered last week when U of D Jesuit of the Catholic High School League agreed to play the Dragons after both schools’ scheduled football games were cancelled because their opponents reported positive COVID-19 cases. It was the first game ever between the two teams […]
The Dragons hosted Stoney Creek on Thursday of last week for their fourth OAA Red matchup of the season demolishing the Cougars 3-1. Headed into the game, Lake Orion held the number five spot in the OAA Red division with a 2-2 record, just behind Stoney Creek who had a 3-1 record. With this win, […]
Lake Orion High School’s varsity boys tennis team headed to Flushing High School last week to take on the Raiders. The Dragons had an impressive performance defeating Flushing by a match score of 6-2. Lake Orion’s singles victors include senior and captain Thomas Fluent, Stanton Ashman and Evan Smolinski. Doubles teams Lucas Little and Nate […]
Dragon mountain biking headed out to Milford for their fourth race of the season finishing with a score of 340, good for a team 7th place. Scoring for the Dragon males was Phillip Antal taking 9th place overall with a time of 1:19:39. Laura Walch finished 11th for the girls with a time of 1:51:49. […]
By Jim Newell Review Editor The Lake Orion boys varsity cross country team defeated Clarkston in a close dual meet on Sept. 30, while the girls lost but had some top finishers. The boys team narrowly edged out Clarkston at the Wolves’ home course at Clintonwood Park, winning 26-32 (low score wins). Clarkston’s Andrew Sesti […]
By Joe St. Henry Review Sports Contributor Lake Orion’s 2020 varsity football season finally got underway last Friday and the Dragons’ pent-up energy fueled them to a decisive 38-6 victory over Oak Park. The team’s season opener was canceled the week before due to positive COVID-19 tests in the football program. This came after its […]
By Jim Newell Review Editor As expected, when Lake Orion and Oxford meet up, the boys varsity soccer game was a back-and-forth, physical matchup right up until the end. And at the final whistle, the Dragons and Wildcats had played to a 2-2 draw Thursday at Lake Orion High School, the only regular season matchup […]
By Megan Kelley Review Writer The boys varsity tennis team is back in action this season with a shortened schedule due to COVID-19. On Thursday, the Dragons took on Rochester High School at home but ultimately succumbed to the Falcons prowess after losing eight of the nine matches. “We are three and five. We started […]