Lake Orion is headed to baseball’s hallowed ground in Michigan. The Dragons earned a trip to Battle Creek with a 3-2 victory over West Bloomfield Tuesday afternoon at Madison Heights Bishop Foley, scoring all three runs in the bottom of the fifth to overcome a two-run deficit. With runners on second and third and two […]
Monday marked the unofficial start to the summer season. Graduation is later this week and boats are already zooming across Orion’s many lakes. The fireworks on Lake Orion are planned for Saturday, June 30, with the 2007 Lions Club July Jubilee set for June 28-30 in downtown LO. All dates are pending approval by the […]
Not many high school wrestlers make it to the vaunted 100-win plateau. Still, an even fewer number go on to wrestle competitively after high school. And, an even smaller number can call themselves national champions. But former Lake Orion wrestler Shane Tobin fits into all three categories, after helping Gloucester County College to their sixth […]
The 1990 LOHS wrestling squad is looking for some company in the rafters, and the Dragons will send out multiple squads with a legitimate chance to capture the school’s second team state title. Here’s a look at some of the teams and individuals that will compete this weekend in playoff and tournament action: Baseball The […]
Many township residents will spend a good deal of their summertime on the fields and playgrounds of Orion Township Parks. At the same time, talks have rekindled about the northwest portion of Friendship Park, where a donation of fill somehow went awry. In a report in The Review last summer one resident said that pieces […]
There were, no doubt, a few tired Orion residents at work earlier this week, but their sleepy eyes were the result of a great effort over the weekend. The annual Relay for Life, to raise money for cancer research, returned. The event, held May 19-20, moved to Friendship Park this year, and Chairperson Teri Donaldson […]
The Lake Orion Sunrise Rotary Club held their charter inauguration night last Friday at Canterbury Village. The group, which has been meeting since last October, is now 21 members strong. They meet Thursday mornings at CJ’s Village Caf?. The Orion club becomes the 51st in the district, which includes several southeast Michigan counties and Kent […]
Mumbai, India ? strike that, Lake Orion ? Remember the T.V. show about the guy who got tomorrow’s newspaper on his doorstep and proceed to save someone’s life in every episode? For two journalists in India, that scenario will now be a reality. Except for the ‘saving lives? part. And it’s a website as opposed […]
After a one-year absence, the Lake Orion girls golf squad is headed back to the state tournament, and they will be among the favorites at the Forest Akers West Course on the campus of Michigan State University June 1-2. The #3 Dragons team score of 353 was just three strokes behind #4 Grand Blanc and […]
The Lake Orion softball squad split a doubleheader with Troy Athens on Monday to remain at .500 in league action. The Dragons scored three runs in the sixth inning of game one to take a 6-1 lead and then held on for a 6-4 win. Danielle Dunn struck out six for LO. Lake Orion jumped […]