The Oxford Wildcats finished their regular season with a loss, 49-14, to Oak Park in the OAA crossover game on Friday. In the opening round of the state playoffs scheduled for 7 p.m. on Friday, Oxford will face a scary Halloween foe, the number one ranked and undefeated Clarkston Wolves. The Wildcats finished their regular […]
The Oxford football fans that traveled to Bloomfield Hills last Friday were treated to another spectacular outing by all-everything quarterback Glacier Wallington who led the Wildcats to a 35-14 victory and a berth in the state playoffs. Senior Wallington, who has been a starter for four years, did a little bit of everything. From his […]
Lost opportunities doomed the Oxford Wildcats last week in their second-place showdown with West Bloomfield. The Lakers? defensive front twice shut down Coach Bud Rowley’s Wildcats inside the one yard line to shutout Oxford, 21-0. The loss dropped Oxford to 5-2 on the season and kept it one win away from a state playoff berth. […]
TROY ? It started with the opening kickoff when Glacier Wallington ran 84 yards for a touchdown. The Glacier Wallington Show then continued for most of the game as the senior signal caller racked up three touchdowns running and one passing at the Oxford Wildcats crushed Troy, 42-7. Following his 84-yard run, Wallington had a […]
Oxford Coach Bud Rowley knows it’s how you finish that matters. And the coach told his team following their last-minute 7-0 victory over Stoney Creek that they did a great job of finishing the game and played with passion. ‘This was a great team game and win,? Rowley said. ‘These guys picked themselves up and […]
If there is one thing that Oxford football is noted for, it is a relentless and punishing ground attack. On Friday, that attack resulted in a 28-20 Wildcat victory over Romeo. Looking at a 14-14 halftime deadlock, Coach Bud Rowley’s Wildcats unleashed an opening drive in the third quarter that chewed up 9:52 of the […]
The 2013 Oxford Wildcats finished their season on Friday losing to Clarkston in the first round of the playoffs, 30-27, and ended with a 5-5 record. But, the record doesn’t adequately reflect the quality of the team and the fact that the Cats could have won nine of those 10 games with a little luck. […]
Jeff Heath, a 2009 Lake Orion graduate, is living an improbable but glorious dream. His family and friends are lovin? it, too, enjoying every moment of the ride along with him. Heath came home on Sunday as a rookie starting safety on the Dallas Cowboys in a game against the Detroit Lions. It has been […]
This gridiron season has been one in which the Oxford Wildcats have had to scratch and claw for every success. Two weeks ago, the odds of Coach Bud Rowley’s team making the state playoffs looked slim. The team’s record was 3-4 at that point. Oxford had to go on the road and win two games […]
Oxford’s hopes for a playoff spot are still alive following a late field goal that netted the Wildcats a 20-18 victory over Oak Park on Friday. The Wildcats improved to 4-4 on the season and must travel in the crossover game to West Bloomfield (5-3) on Friday to play the Lakers in an effort to […]