Athletes of the Week: Double court kings

    BY WENDI REARDON PRICE Clarkston News Sports Writer Seniors Tristan Greenlee and David Carpenter changed Clarkston Boys Varsity Tennis history by winning back to back tournaments on the Doubles No. 1 court. “It was pretty exciting,” said Greenlee. “Both of us had never won first place in a high school tournament, then won […]

Golfers on par for fall season

BY WENDI REARDON PRICE Clarkston News Sports Writer The Lady Wolves finished in the top ten during the Oakland County Division 1 tournament last Wednesday and will use it as they prepare for the post-season. The Clarkston Girls Varsity team finished in third place out of 19 teams with 325. Meghan Deardorff finished in fourth […]

Second quarter surge for win

BY WENDI REARDON PRICE Clarkston News Sports Writer The Wolves called out to their Homecoming King Jake Blaska to lead them in the after game dance celebration. Blaska, who was in the halftime team talk while the Homecoming Court was announced, smiled and did a few flips for his teammates after the Wolves defeated Troy […]

Cougars shut down by Wolves in first half

BY WENDI REARDON Clarkston News Sports Writer The Wolves put their third win in the books with a 30-0 win over their hosts Stoney Creek last Friday. “It was a great first half,” said Kurt Richardson, longtime head coach for Clarkston Varsity Football, about the boys scoring 24 points in the first 24 minutes. He […]

Athlete of the Week: Top of track and field

Bo Anderson, an eighth-grader at Clarkston Junior High School, qualified and competed for Waza Track Club in three events for the AAU National Junior Olympic Outdoor Track and Field Champions, held July 30-Aug. 6. He competed in the javelin, 1,500-meter run and the 3,000-meter run at Renaissance High School in Detroit in July to qualify […]

Improvements in the pool

Clarkston News Sports Writer The Lady Wolves continue to get faster in the pool as they gave North Farmington a fight in the dual meet last Thursday. The Clarkston Girls Swim and Dive team finished six points behind the visitors but competed their focus for the week – getting better and making it to the […]

Lady Hawks down in loss against Clarkston

BY WENDI REARDON PRICE Clarkston News Sports Writer Spikers defeated their first OAA Red foe last Thursday with a 3-0 win over Farmington Hills Harrison. “It’s good for us to start out on a win,” said Clarkston Varsity Volleyball Head Coach Kelly Pinner. “Our goal every year is to win the OAA Red and last […]

Determination on court

BY WENDI REARDON Clarkston News Sports Writer It was a close match for freshman Luke Baylis on Singles No. 2 court, but he was ready to prevail in his long three sets against Troy’s Brennan Cimpeanu. “It was the two of the best freshman in the state going head to head,” said Clarkston Boys Varsity […]

Making a home

With a few signatures and turning over the keys marked my dad’s house as sold and moving on to its next owners last Friday. I stopped by the day before to take one last look around the house, remembering how it was before the rooms were emptied of furniture and pictures taken off the walls. […]

Field hockey gains interest

  BY WENDI REARDON PRICE Clarkston News Sports Writer A new sport has emerged in Clarkston and the Lady Wolves are excited for their first fall on the field hockey team and for their first home game this Thursday against Marian. “The girls are fired up,” said Blake Anderson, head coach for the club sport. […]