The cross-town rival Lake Orion Dragons turned a special night for the varsity girls basketball seniors into a nightmare as Dragons traveled up M-24 and beat Oxford 39-34. Lake Orion used some stifling defense as they held Oxford to 17 points through three quarters as they built up a 31-17 lead. In the fourth, the […]
It looks like the Oakland Activities Association’s Boys Basketball Gold division is going to come down to the final week of the regular season. On Thursday, Feb. 23, the Wildcats had a chance to capture their first league title since 1981 if they could beat Birmingham Groves on the road. However, Groves didn’t feel like […]
The Oxford varsity bowling girls made it two regional championships in three years following an impressive performance on Saturday, Feb. 25. Squaring off against the likes of Anchor Bay, Macomb Dakota, L’anse Creuse, Sterling Heights Stevenson and Chippewa Valley, the girls came out firing as they rattled off a six baker game total of 1025, […]
The Oxford youth wrestling program had just as much success as the varsity wrestling program during their state meet this past weekend. Wrestling in Battle Creek on Sunday, Feb. 26., the Oxford sixth-grade-and-under wrestling team finished as state runner-ups. They lost to Hartland in the finals. ‘We had a great time,? Coach Jeffrey Miller said. […]
It was quite the Oakland Activities Association tournament for the varsity swim and dive team. The Wildcats finished second with a total of 442.5 points, 1.5 points behind Bloomfield Hills Andover. According to varsity head coach Jackie Rank, Oxford would wind up sharing the Blue division title with Andover since Oxford beat Andover in the […]
The Oxford boys varsity ski team continued their strong ski season by capturing the Southeast Michigan Ski League Championship on Tuesday, February 21. Racing at Alpine Ski Resort, the boys won the event with 73 total points, finishing first in the giant slalom and second in the slalom. ‘I think they all were pretty disappointed […]
Varsity cheer co-coach Shari Russell was ‘very happy? with the team’s performance during regionals on Saturday at Hartland High School. The Wildcats finished with a 730.6616 points. ‘We probably had the best three round combination we had all year,? Russell said. ‘We placed ahead of all three of our district teams we competed against, and […]
The JV boys bowling squad fared quite well in the recent state meets. Bowling at Sunnybrook Lanes, seven boys and one girl found themselves in the JV individual states finals on Saturday, Feb. 18. After bowling three games, three Wildcats – junior Paul Tamaka, and freshmen Jake Delong and Drew Pappas – rolled well enough […]
Ask and you shall receive. The Leader sent out a request via its Facebook page asking if any host families for the 39 Chinese students that visited Oxford for two weeks would like to come forward and share their experiences. Downtown Development Authority Director Madonna VanFossen came forward and said she loved hosting 15-year-old Yunshu […]
Chris Moore might only be 145 pounds, but he knows how to throwdown when he steps inside the mixed martial arts cage. Moore, a 1993 graduate of Oxford High School, has been climbing up the ranks of the mixed martial arts world since he first began competing in the sport five years ago as an […]