Looking to test the athletic water at Everest Academy, Athletic Director and Physical Education teacher Ann Lowney had decided to introduce the girls in her class to something new: lacrosse. What resulted was not just a sport to stick between dodgeball and floor hockey, but the first sixth-eighth grade girls lacrosse team at Everest. ‘Everybody […]
Change has a way of working out better than anticipated in sports. Whether it’s a professional switching teams via free agency or a trade, or any athlete retooling a swing or shot or even switching positions. The later worked in the cases of Clarkston lacrosse freshmen attackers Jon Avery and Andrew Schram, who were moved […]
Fancy yourself a free-thinker? I’m sure most of us do consider ourselves to be those of independent thoughts and actions, but how much of what we do or believe is actually based on what we’re thinking? Alright’where is the crazy sports reporter going with this one, you might ask. What I’m asking is, how much […]
BY PAUL KAMPE Clarkston News Staff Writer Baby pigs, historic barn and demolition derby. At first, the series seems a bit out of place, but locals know that means the return of the annual Oakland County Fair. The extravaganza makes its return to Springfield Oaks County Park next week, running July 10-15. Organizers have added […]
BY PAUL KAMPE Clarkston News Staff Writer What would summer be without the Clarkston Area Chamber of Commerce golf outing? The chamber held its 20th annual installment of the summer outing Thursday at Pine Knob Golf Course. The 18-hole, scramble format festivities began at 8:30 a.m. with a shotgun start. ‘It’s the most important event […]
Almost 70 girls from fourth-ninth grade took Clarkston girls basketball coach Tim Wasilk’s challenge and started on the road to their own hoop dreams at the 10th annual Dare to Dream Basketball Camp. Dare to Dream, the summer counterpart to the seven-week Horizon League in the winter, worked on fundamentals stations as well as one-on-one, […]
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Clarkston softball player Katie Smith repeated a solid season for the Wolves a year after being named honorable mention in All-State voting as a sophomore. Her junior season proved more fruitful. Individually, the right-fielder earned the All-State nod from the Michigan High School Softball Coaches Association. […]
Incoming Clarkston softball coach Don Peters saw a need to enthuse a youth program in Clarkston three years ago. June 18-21, more than 40 girls ages 7-16 realized Peters? plan during the Future Stars softball camps at Clarkston High School. Future Stars, along with a newly formed eighth grade softball team and travel teams are […]
For the second consecutive year, the American Motorcycle Association Supermoto Championship series is coming to Independence Township at the Waterford Hills Road Racing. AMA Supermoto starts Saturday with amateur races and the pros take the course Sunday. The activities include a freestyle show performed by a three-man street team. ‘The first time you see a […]
The similarities between Clarkston and Lake Orion are always drawn out on the playing field. The cross-town foes are often said to be mirror images of each other and with the Dragons? baseball and girls golf state championships this season, they literally are. While Britney Hamilton and Darby Peters were driving down fairways and Joe […]