By Jack LeechSpecial to The Clarkston NewsBRIGHTON — Rematches are rare for non league teams in a single hockey season, however less than two weeks ago, the Clarkston Varsity Hockey team dropped an overtime shoot out to Brighton. They had a second chance to even up the series last Thursday at the Kensington Ice House.Fans […]
Clarkston Boys Swim and Dive opened the 2023-2024 winter season with a 93-87 win over Brandon-Goodrich last Thursday.For individual events, the swimmers to earn points for the Wolves: in the 50-yard freestyle, Nathan Feret in second place in the time of 22.92; Craig Popiolek, fourth, 26.19; 100-yard butterfly, Edward Zarzycki, second, 1:08.51; Diego Cordoba, fifth, […]
By Wendi Reardon PriceClarkston News Staff Writer HURST, TEXAS — Clarkston High School Team RUSH finished as runner up in the Recon, Rescue and Firefighting Challenge during the Bell Advanced Vertical Robotics World Championship, Dec. 1-2.Team RUSH also received the award for Best Overall Design.“It was amazing,” said Coach Kyle Hughes. “Team RUSH went down to […]
I felt ahead of the Christmas rush. Notice the past tense.The Christmas tree went up the Sunday before Thanksgiving because the living room was clean and it was a good day to decorate.The boys helped put ornaments on the tree. They also helped distribute the ornaments to other areas of the house. Oliver grabbed all […]
By Wendi Reardon PriceClarkston News Sports WriterINDEPENDENCE TWP. — The Clarkston Boys Varsity Basketball team kicked off the winter season with a 52-43 win over Sterling Heights Stevenson at home, Nov. 28.“I am proud of the kids,” said Tim Wasilk, head coach. “We battled. We had a somewhat comfortable lead at the end but not […]
By Wendi Reardon PriceClarkston News Sports Writer INDEPENDENCE TWP. — Boys Volleyball is coming to Clarkston High School this spring.Coach Kramer Everett shared during lunch periods at the high school last Friday he introduced himself, gauged the interest levels and wrote a list of interested students.Next is a parent meeting on Wednesday, December 13 in the […]
By Wendi Reardon PriceClarkston News Sports WriterROCHESTER — Clarkston Varsity Hockey took down two OAA Red foes last week to secure the top spot in the league.The Wolves opened the week with a 4-1 win over Stoney Creek on Friday at Suburban Ice Rochester.“We played really good,” said sophomore forward Gavin Anderson, who led the […]
By Wendi Reardon PriceClarkston News Sports WriterINDEPENDENCE TWP. — Clarkston Girls Varsity Basketball is set to open the season this week with three games on the road.“It looks good,” said Aaron Goodnough, head coach, going into the first week of competition. “We are young. We kept a lot of young girls. We moved them up […]
From The Clarkston News archives 25 years ago – 1998New trucks to roll into fire dept.: The Independence Township Board of Trustees authorized the purchase of seven brand-new vehicles for the fire department, Dec. 1. The township planned to buy three engines, two tankers, a rescue truck and a ladder truck over the next ten […]
By Wendi Reardon PriceClarkston News Sports WriterBATTLE CREEK — Clarkston Everest Collegiate junior Sarah Bradley made the serve in the fifth and final set of the MHSAA Division 4 Volleyball State Championship at the Kellogg Arena, Nov. 18.The serve went unreturned by Leland, giving the Mountaineers a 15-13 victory to win the state championship.“I was […]