The Lake Orion Wrestling team competed in the regional tournament on Feb. 16 at Clarkston High School. (From left) Jaden Fisher placed first, Mason Slocum placed third, Anthony Vellucci also placed third, Hunter Chambers and Dylan Wellbaum both placed first as well. The boys earned their ticket to the MHSAA State Championship on March 1 […]
By Jim Newell Review Editor The Michigan Senior Olympic Winter Games came to Orion Township last Wednesday when area players competed in a Bocce Ball tournament at Palazzo di Bocce. The game is about strategy and finesse, keeping your team’s balls closest to a target ball, or pallino, while knocking or blocking opponents balls away […]
The Lake Orion powerlifting teams hosted their regional powerlifitng competition on Saturday. The Dragon field house was packed full of prospective teams looking to not only take home a victory, but also to qualify students for the upcoming state competition. Lake Orion’s women’s varsity powerlifting team faced 16 opponents. Out of the 16 other schools, […]
The ladies attended the Tri-County Invitational hosted by Troy High School at Five Star Lanes on Jan. 26. The invitational was all Baker format and consisted of 12 games with the top 16 advancing to head-to-head matches. The lady Dragons set a record during Baker play with a 300 in game three. This made them […]
Many of our Lake Orion teams had games last week including: Boys basketball, girls basketball, hockey, competitive cheer and boys swim & dive. For more Dragon sports coverage and photos please see the Jan. 30 issue of The Lake Orion Review.
The Lake Orion Varsity wrestling team traveled to Lakeland for the Lakeland Invitational on Jan. 19. The boys fought hard to secure a 1st place team finish and take home the Invitational trophy. Seniors Patrick Dunn, Jaden Fisher, Dylan Wellbaum, Zac Foote, Hunter Chambers and junior Andrew Miller all took 1st place in their weight […]
The Lake Orion wrestling team hosted the 59th Oakland County Championship Tournament on Dec. 21 and 22. Of the 38 teams competing, the Dragons placed 6th with an overall score of 152 points. Senior Dylan Wellbaum placed first for the second year in a row and also received the Outstanding Wrestler award. Senior Jaden Fisher […]
By Megan Kelley Review Writer The Varsity wrestling team hosted their season opener at home against Dakota and Yale on Dec. 5 last week. After changing their off season routine the boys were ready for their first meet of the season hoping for a Dragon victory. The boys took on Dakota first, falling with a […]
By Megan Kelley Review Writer The girls varsity basketball team started their season at home against the Birmingham Seaholm Maples. “We’ll compete hard. No guarantees on any game, obviously, but I expect if we put in plenty of effort we got a good chance of winning tonight,” said head coach Bob Brydges prior to the […]
By Jim Newell Review Editor At the beginning of every season the Lake Orion varsity hockey team sets its sights on winning the OAA Red division, a goal that, like last year, can go down to the final league game. The Dragons are two-time defending league champs, and new Head Coach Adam Krefski hopes to […]