The Lake Orion Baptist School Lions went on the road last week, traveling first to Sterling Christian School in Troy, where they fought a tough battle losing to the host Crusaders 39-37. Trailing by two points with just seconds left, guard Ben Cuyler went to the free throw line, where he made the first, but […]
In basketball, they say league titles are won by winning on the road, and road games are won by playing good defense. So, when visiting Lake Orion held Rochester Adams without a field goal for nearly nine minutes in the second half of their OAA II contest last Friday it was as if to say: […]
A scoring error in the Dragons? December game at Southfield Lathrup prevented Lake Orion from winning the game in regulation. At halftime, a discrepancy was discovered in the scorebook kept by Lake Orion and the one kept by Lathrup. The book belonging to the home team is the official book, so Lathrup was credited with […]
Lake Orion held the first-ever OAA I Cheerleading Jamboree on Jan. 10, with the Dragons placing second behind two-time defending state champion Rochester. ‘I was pleased with everyone’s performance,? said Dragon Coach Nancy DeAvila. ‘This is the first time we’ve done the weeknight performances on this side of the state.? The OAA changed formats this […]
Lake Orion basketball coach Jim Manzo knows his team might take its share of losses this year. He just hopes their tough schedule will pay off come March. The Dragons lost their third game of the season Tuesday night, matching their regular season total from all of last year, falling 54-49 to visiting Birmingham Detroit […]
Just a month after announcing that their hybrid battery system would be featured in General Motor’s new Saturn Aura Green Line, Cobasys is again teaming with GM. On Jan. 4, Cobasys was awarded a contract to develop and test lithium-ion battery system technology for GM’s plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) program. The company, located at […]
The Oakland County Clerks Association has requested a recall of the AutoMARK voting equipment by the State of Michigan until any inconsistencies in the equipment are resolved. In a resolution that was passed in mid-December, the Clerks Association resolved that the equipment should be recalled until it operates ‘efficiently and consistently 100 percent of the […]
Bouncing around some thoughts on some of the sports news making national headlines… Should Mark McGwire be in baseball’s Hall of Fame? I’m still not sure how I’d answer this question, even now that the voters themselves said a resounding ‘no.? To make McGwire the poster boy for steroids, when the governing body of the […]
Glad that those dreadful snowy days have held off so far this winter? Well the Lake Orion High School ski teams sure would like to see some snow. Under new coach Derek Delzer, the team has practiced every day as normal, though instead of heading to the slopes at Pine Knob, they’ve headed to the […]
When the Lake Orion grapplers returned from break to face a couple of the state’s best teams last week it was evident that the holidays were over. The Dragons fell to both Howell and Clarkston, but know that the two matches will only make them stronger. ‘No one, and I mean no one, has a […]