The Orion Senior Center will soon bring in not one, but three big headlining acts as part of their first-ever Fall Concert. Danny & the Juniors, Charley Thomas and the Drifters, and The Vogues will all perform in two shows at Lake Orion High School’s Performing Arts Center on Sept. 16. ‘It’s my understanding that […]
Forty-five area artists and over 100 pieces of art have helped make the Orion Art Center’s 2006 All Media Show the largest show to date for the center. According to OAC Executive Director Reggie Harrison, the high quantity is just as good in terms of quality. ‘It’s all high-quality work,? she said, ‘Which shows that […]
Lake Orion used two third place finishes in freestyle races and a championship performance on the diving board to grab a sixth place finish at the state competition held at the University of Michigan on March 11. The Dragons finished with 137 points, 109 back of champion Ann Arbor Pioneer, who edged Birmingham Brother Rice. […]
With seven wrestlers in the field at the Division I individual wrestling championships, the Dragons expected to get a few top eight finishes at the Palace of Auburn Hills over the weekend. But where they came from even surprised coach Doug Kline a little. Evan Gros, a freshman who improved steadily all season, paced Lake […]
Rochester came from behind to win their 10th state title, but a seasoned Lake Orion squad expects to give their rivals a run for their money next year. A Dragon team with just eight graduating seniors finished ninth overall with a score of 677.8, just over 30 points back of the champs, at the state […]
March Madness came back to Lake Orion basketball. It was all there. From the raucous environment, to the pressure packed moments, to the effort of the players, who all left their hearts out on the fieldhouse floor. But on a night where two teams were deserving of victory, it was Clarkston that was a bit […]
To get a sense of how hard the Lake Orion Liquid Lightning swim team works in practice consider this: In their fall/winter season 92 team records have been broken. Granted, a lot of these records have been broken multiple times over the course of the season, but this just show the improvement of the team […]
Students at Good Shepherd Lutheran School in Lake Orion recently ventured into the jungle. It was actually the hallway of their own school, but amongst the rainforest decorations it was hardly recognizable. The culmination of the school’s March 6-10 Lutheran Schools Week was a Jungle Party in the school’s gym, but decorations started going up […]
A 37-year-old Orion man has been charged, after the Oakland County Sheriff’s Department discovered 15 unregistered handguns and other weapons in the man’s Barrington Circle home. Acting on a tip, OCSD detectives from the Orion Substation, working with members of the Fugitive Apprehension Team and Special Response Team, excecuted a search warrant on the man’s […]
For most high school students, memories of being on a team or in a club will be little more than just memories once they hit college or get a job in the real world. However, one team at Lake Orion High School has completely bucked that trend in recent years. The FIRST Robotics Team 302, […]