Come back against Wildcats

BY WENDI REARDON PRICE Clarkston News Sports Writer The gridiron heroes bounced back from their first loss to close the game against Oxford last Friday, 38-7. “We always talk about you want to win but you want to get better,” said Kurt Richardson, long-time head coach for Clarkston Varsity Football. “We gave one away (against […]

Orange Out for kids with cancer

Orange Out for kids with cancer

  BY WENDI REARDON PRICE Clarkston News Sports Writer Jasmine Holler watched from the sidelines as her brother, Evan, intercepted Oxford’s pass and ran it into the Wildcats territory during the Chiefs Freshman White game at Clarkston Junior High School on Saturday. He was happy she was there – his sister just finished six weeks […]

Next for Wolves: home opener against Oxford

  The gridiron heroes have their sights set on getting their first win in the OAA Red as they host Oxford this Friday in their home opener. The Clarkston Varsity Football team lost their league opener to Southfield Art & Technology last Friday in overtime, 24-18. Clarkston opened with a 42-yard touchdown run from junior […]

Diving into new season

The Lady Wolves opened the season against a tough opponent last Thursday as they lost to Rochester Adams, 137-49. “Adams is tough, we knew that going into it,” said Amber Miller, head coach for Clarkston Girls Swim & Dive team. “We have a very young team. It was great to see where they are at […]

Athletes of the Week: Top at weekend invite

By two points the Clarkston Boys Varsity Tennis team edged Traverse City Central from winning the Traverse City Invitational. The boys finished last year as runners up and for their second visit they won the tournament. Players on the Singles court continued their dominance and swept all four flights with Alex Matisse on Singles No.1; […]

Win, loss at invitational

BY WENDI REARDON Clarkston News Sports Writer Kickers opened their season with a split at the Traverse City Invitational on Saturday. “We played awesome,” said Curtis Payment, head coach for Clarkston Boys Varsity Soccer. The boys won the second game against Traverse City Central, 3-2 with goals from Matt Definis, Robbie Farrell and Ethan Wise, […]

Preparing for battle

    BY WENDI REARDON Clarkston News Sports Writer Clarkston’s gridiron heroes are counting down to their season opener as they prepare for Lapeer at University of Michigan for Battle of the Big House on Friday, 7 p.m. “It’s going to be a great experience for the kids,” said Kurt Richardson, head coach for Clarkston […]

Starting over with food

Broccoli, cauliflower, green beans – I have your attention now, don’t I, with vegetables. Those are the three vegetables I ate today – four cups of health. I am back on what I consider the bootcamp plan with Nuview Nutrition. It’s the only way I could be good while eating without going off the wagon […]

Early to rise, early to score

  The gridiron heroes put on their helmets and began warming up at Clarkston High School’s stadium on Monday morning for the first practice of the fall season. The community can see what the boys have been working on during their scrimmage on Saturday during Football for a Cure. Their season opener is at University […]

Snake charmers

  Kids in the morning session of Ceramic Camp were busy creating their own snakes last Thursday. They rolled their piece of clay into a long coil before carefully draping it over a cup and attaching the snake’s head. The kids created at least two projects a day as they used different types of clay […]