The Wolves headed into battle with West Bloomfield on Friday for a chance to tie Pontiac Northern for the top spot in Oakland Activities Association I standings. The Lakers (11-3) came to Clarkston riding high after upsetting Northern one week earlier and claiming first place in the OAA. The Wolves were in the midst of […]
While friends spent the holiday recess playing with gifts, Jagar Smith was spending time with his team in the Mecca of hockey. During the holidays, Smith, 8, visited Brantford in Ontario, Canada, the hometown of ‘The Great One,? Wayne Gretzky, to play in a hockey tournament with his team, the 1998 Flint Icelanders. The Icelanders, […]
Power-play? refers to an advantage one team has over the other because of skaters in the penalty box. What Orchard Lake St. Mary’s did to Clarkston on Saturday was almost a 33-minute power-play. The no. 5 state ranked Eaglets 8-0 handling of the Wolves only involved two power-play goals for the victors, who seemed to […]
In its second league game of the week, Clarkston was hoping to race another game ahead in the Oakland Activities Association. Instead, Rochester Adams put Senior Night to use with their fast-paced offense, dropping the Wolves 3-1 at Rochester on Feb. 1. Two seniors, Chelsea Rutledge, an outside hitter for the Highlanders, and Lauren Wisniewski, […]
When the slumping Troy Athens came to town, Clarkston seized the opportunity to go above .500 in the league, but the Redhawks would not leave without a fight. Clarkston won the match 3-2, taking a decisive fifth game for the win, 25-18, 27-29, 25-11, 22-25 and 15-9. The Wolves (14-10-2) are now 4-3 in the […]
The girls pom pon team continues its season performing at halftime of Clarkston’s basketball games through the end of this month. This season the girls took eighth place at the Great Lakes Invitational at Lake Orion High School in early November and sixth place at the 16th annual Palace Pom Pon Competition on Jan. 20. […]
Ahh the Super Bowl, a day I thought was actually an observed holiday as a child. A time for friends, family and pigskin. Worse than the gluttonous overspending and overeating are the story lines interwoven into the game. For whatever reason, the National Football League brought back the extra week between the conference championship games […]
For the second week in a row, Clarkston faced must-win league games. And for the second Saturday in a row, Garrett Knappe and the Wolves stepped up and got the win, this time a 3-0 smothering of Royal Oak at John Lindell Ice Arena. Knappe only had to stop 13 Ravens? shots in the shutout […]
Speeding through to the upcoming Oakland Activities Association meet on Feb. 3, Clarkston did not overlook its final two league opponents of the regular season on Jan. 24. The Wolves (21-3) defeated Rochester and West Bloomfield in the final double-dual meet of the season at Rochester Adams to maintain their undefeated league mark, 7-0. After […]
The winter sports season has treated Clarkston fans to a wrestling team worthy of the attention they get from other state powers. But other pin-seekers don’t compete on the mats, but rather down at the lanes. Those other ‘pinners? are off to a hot start in the Greater Oakland Northern Lakes division, and senior Jackson […]