For the first time since many of their parents were in high school, the Lake Orion girls? basketball squad is a league champion. The title is the school’s first of the OAA variety and ends a league drought dating back to 1983. The Dragons clinched the outright OAA III title with three victories last week, […]
The Lake Orion ski teams are headed back to the state finals after strong showings at last week’s regional event at Mt. Holly. The boys? team placed second with 58.5 points, behind Waterford (35), but a half point ahead of defending state champion Brother Rice. Corey Blomquist led the Dragons with a combined slalom/giant slalom […]
With their biggest home audience of the season, including many youth hockey players, Lake Orion and Clarkston battled deep into the third period last Thursday in a regular season game that both coaches said looked more like a playoff one. Brad Berschbach’s goal with under three minutes left broke the 1-all tie and sent Lake […]
Caitlin Clemence and Shannon Doyle have high hopes for their senior year on the soccer field at Lake Orion High School. But their first three years were good enough to net them college scholarships. Clemence, a defensive specialist, has committed to the University of Detroit. Doyle, meanwhile, will play on at Oakland University. A midfielder, […]
College football recruiting has become big business. ESPN was able to devote an entire day to covering National Signing Day on their family of networks. They showed footage of high school seniors putting on hats and helmets. They showed footage of a kid who had faked his own recruitment to sign in front of a […]
Unity Church of Lake Orion (UCLO) welcomed a new Senior Minister, the Rev. Gregory Guice, whose duties began earlier this month with a service entitled ‘A Vision for a New Beginning.? The appointment of Rev. Guice came after an exhaustive one-year search, according to Gail Ingoglia, president of the board of directors. ‘We have all […]
The Lake Orion wrestling squad is off to Battle Creek next week, after topping Utica Ford (50-10) and Romeo (42-24) at home on Wednesday to win a regional title. The team advances to take on L’Anse Creuse next Friday, with the semifinals and finals slated for the next day. It is their first trip to […]
The Lake Orion Village Council likely met their new manager on Saturday. Now they just have to figure out which one of the five candidates they interviewed is the one. The council met with each of the candidates for about 45 minutes, with some members of the public observing. A decision on the new manager […]
The Lake Orion Village Council picked a new manager on Monday. Now all that remains is ironing out the salary and a background check. Paul Zelenak, who resides in nearby Springfield Township (Clarkston), was the council’s choice after talking with all five potential candidates in an interview setting on Saturday. Zelenak currently works as director […]
Drew Maynard took a lot of hits, but it was his back that was sorest after he carried Lake Orion to a 69-64 victory over Pontiac Central last Friday night. Maynard scored 20 of his career-high 48 points in the fourth quarter. He added 16 rebounds for the Dragons, who improved to 8-8 on the […]