Fall sports are set to begin their first practices in less than three weeks. The latest update from the Michigan High School Athletic Association on Friday announced fall sports will begin with the 2020-21 school year as planned, but with contingency concepts for potential interruptions due to the spread of COVID-19. The MHSAA Representative Council,a […]
From The Clarkston News archives 25 years ago – 1995 “Flag-waving” Taylor Ricca and her sister, Brittany, were smiling and flag waving during Clarkston’s annual Fourth of July parade. The parade was sponsored by the Independence Township Firefighters Association and Dr. James O’Neill was the Grand Marshall. “Design work begins on new high school” Clarkston […]
BY WENDI REARDON PRICE Clarkston News Sports Writer The Clarkston Basketball community and fans will wish happy journeys to the Loyer family as they pack up and move to Indiana. “Their family has done so much for Clarkston,” said Tim Wasilk, head coach for Clarkston Boys Varsity Basketball. “They are a great family. They will […]
BY WENDI REARDON PRICE Clarkston News Sports Writer Madeleine Arbogast’s next step after graduating from Clarkston Everest Collegiate High School in June is heading to Honolulu, Hawaii. Arbogast will be attending Hawai’i Pacific University in the fall after being selected for the Sharks’ dance team. “I am so grateful to everyone who has gotten me […]
Social distancing has definitely presented new opportunities to be with friends and family without being with friends and family. I have joined the masses and I am now on Zoom. My friend planned her baby shower to be on seen on Zoom. So there I was one Saturday afternoon, watching friends a few towns away […]
From The Clarkston News archives 25 years ago – 1995 “School budget ($39.8 million) quietly approved” Though several trustees said they had no input into it and had only received information two days before, the Clarkston Board of Education unanimously approved the administration’s $39.8 million general fund budget, June 28. The state law requires school […]
BY WENDI REARDON PRICE Clarkston News Sports Writer With summer in full swing, Clarkston High School athletes have continued to work out with their teams and prepare for the fall season. Back on June 30, Governor Gretchen Whitmer called for the Michigan High School Athletic Association to consider postponing fall sports where social distancing is […]
Awards for the Clarkston Boys Varsity Basketball team were released last week. The Wolves finished with an overall record 21-1 and were OAA Red league champions with an 12-0 record. The team ended the season early due to COVID-19 restrictions. They received Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan Team Academic All-State Honorable Mention with a team […]
BY WENDI REARDON PRICE Clarkston News Staff Writer With racial injustices on the top of people’s minds in the past month, Greg Martin found a way to help relieve injustices with paying off medical debt. Martin, a former Clarkston resident and one of the key speakers at Clarkston Community Church, started the fundraiser Detroit Medical […]
From The Clarkston News archives 25 years ago – 1995 “City hires police chief” Clarkston’s City Council announced Paul Omiston, a resident of Clarkston and a police officer for the City of Auburn Hills, would take the police chief position left vacant in December. “CHS junior wins Journalism Olympics” With essentially no journalism experience under […]