Nick Schillace has never had a chance before to play his music in the community where he also works. That changes on Jan. 21, when Schillace performs his American finger style guitar at the S.L.U.M. City Coffee House at Seymour Lake United Methodist Church in Oxford. Also scheduled to perform is WDET-FM program host Matt […]
Suzanne Butler has always thought of her artwork as just a hobby. However, she now has a reason to start looking at it a bit more seriously. Butler, a junior at Lake Orion High School, recently won first prize in the 11th- grade category of the 18th North American International Auto (NAIA) Show Poster Contest. […]
Lake Orion High School senior Garrett Ruhland has been swimming since he was just six years old. ‘Swimming is a lifelong thing,? Ruhland said. And along Ruhland’s road of life, swimming will help him secure a college education. He recently became just the second Dragon swimmer in team history to sign a national letter of […]
Rarely can a team classify itself as being ‘developing? and still be one of the state’s best. But that’s the case at Lake Orion High School, where winning and losing during the dual meet portion of the season seems of little concern to coach Paul Fairman’s boys swim team. Fairman concurred with senior Garrett Ruhland’s […]
The LO men’s basketball team led almost the entire game at Stoney Creek on Jan. 13. But a 3-pointer with less than 10 seconds left in the game by Creek’s Ben Taormina capped an improbable comeback, and sent the Dragons home with their first OAA III loss 58-57. Sophomore Drew Maynard scored 16 for the […]
Lake Orion High School played host to some top notch volleyball at the Dragon Invite on Jan. 14. Walled Lake Northern won the tournament, with Brighton and Oxford finishing close behind. The Dragons went 6-8 in their games, but the tough opposition they faced will can only help them as the season progresses. ‘We weren’t […]
The LO men’s bowling team lost a hard fought match to Oxford 16-14 at a packed Collier Lanes on Jan. 14. Oxford won the first game 920-874 and held off a late charge in the second to win 951-833. The Dragons rallied in the 8th frame of the second match with four consecutive strikes as […]
Tamara Girling wanted something more out of her career. As a mother, and someone who enjoys interaction with others, Girling wanted to add that knowledge and experience to her work in an office setting. That’s why she left a position as office administrator, for a small manufacturing company in Rochester Hills, to become office coordinator […]
Over 400 spectators attended the first ever ‘War on the Floor? basketball game at Lake Orion High School on Jan. 13. The game was a fundraiser for the LOHS Marching Band, which has been raising money all year to travel to Washington, D.C., where the band has been invited to march in the Memorial Day […]
In front of a good alumni night turnout, the Lake Orion High School wrestling team won a 28-27 decision from Waterford Kettering in dramatic fashion. Jake Varilek capped a 24-point comeback for the Dragons with his win at 135 pounds. The team is now 16-1 on the year. Before Varilek’s major decision win (worth four […]