SuperNOVA, an AAU volleyball team from Clarkston, made its hometown proud June 2-3 at the Michigan Junior Volleyball Association state tournament in Grand Rapids. The girls, one of three under-13 teams, finished third in a field of 58. On their way to the semifinals, SuperNOVA plowed through its division I pool play, coming out undefeated. […]
Clairvoyance is a gift to few, but coaches of Clarkston’s girls soccer program are doing their best to create the same knowledge base through simple observation. The coaches, assistant coach Megan Horstman and head coach Sarah Smith, ran the Future Wolves Soccer Camp at Clarkston Junior High School June 18-22. With the camp, the pair […]
A late start kept Clarkston from an early showing to start the softball season, but the Wolves kept plugging away, finishing with a 22-15 mark and a district championship. The team will look slightly different next season without Caitlin Morris at shortstop though. Morris, a four-year player, earned team MVP honors for her season as […]
Nine hours doesn’t sound like an enormous amount of time, but Clarkston wrestling coach Joe DeGain, assistant Derek Moscovic and program volunteers made the most of it in last week’s Clarkston Wrestling camp at Clarkston High School. The three-day, K-12 camp taught prospective wrestlers many maneuvers in the top, bottom and neutral positions. DeGain has […]
Sun and warm temperatures at Liberty Golf Club greeted a crowd of more than 50 golfers June 18 for the 14th annual Clarkston Area Youth Assistance golf outing. ‘We had good weather and good company and it went well,? event Co-chairperson Jim Wenger said. ‘We were really appreciative of the people who came and golfed […]
Eighteen youth group members at Clarkston Free Methodist Church are a little closer to Nogales, Sonora, (Mexican border town) their intended destination for a sanctuary-building trip Aug. 4-11. The group benefited from a congregational get-together Sunday afternoon in the church’s parking lot, where members took their best shot at soaking their favorite pastors in the […]
Volunteers looking to donate their time to a great cause are filling local tracks to benefit cancer research through the American Cancer Society. The same goes for Kim Fischer, second year chairperson of the eighth-annual Relay for Life Clarkston, which begins Saturday at 10 a.m. at Clarkston Junior High School. The event will open with […]
Involvement in Clarkston SCAMP can come about in many ways. Marlene Stone, 2008 president, became acquainted with the group five years ago as a business consultant. Stone, founder and president of Intellitrends, a market vision and strategy company from Independence Township, was asked to oversee a meeting of the SCAMP board. Stone’s company, in the […]
For Clarkston volleyball coach Kelly Avenall, there have been several changes in her sport since taking over for Gordie Richardson almost five years ago. Changing faces, rule changes and, most recently, a change in the entire season volleyball will be played during next school year. Some things that will never change, however, are the fundamentals […]
The Oakland Sidewinders went 6-0 in the Memorial Day Classic in Farmington Hills to earn the tourney crown. The girls? dominance from the plate resulted in a 68-5 advantage over the six-game period. ‘That was the best-hitting tournament in the four years they’ve been together,? coach Stu Hastings said. The victories marked the beginning of […]