Reforms unwanted

School officials are taking action as state legislators in Lansing consider several education bills. Before the “lame duck” session ends this month, politicians are deliberating House Bill 6004 and Senate Bill 1358, to expand the Education Achievement Authority (EAA), and House Bill 5923. If passed, this bill would create special designation charter, or virtual, schools […]

Clarkston grows Tree of Dreams

A holiday tradition for the Clarkston Wolves Hockey is loading trucks with all the toys gathered during Tree of Dreams. This year was no different as they loaded the toys to deliver to Neighbor for Neighbor and Lighthouse of Clarkston. “The boys carried more toys than they ever have,” said Wendy Schaffer, one of the […]

Undefeated into season

The Wolves have sunk their first two games of the season with wins over Waterford Mott and Bloomfield Hills Lahser. They tested the waters with seniors Jordan Dasuqi and Chance Huth out with injuries, their new starting lineup and new players as they took on Mott first in a 54-48 win. “It was an ugly […]

Athlete of The Week

olves into the lead against Salem last Thursday with his shot into the top right of the net. The power play goal put the Clarkston Hockey team into the lead less than five minutes into the game. He added one more goal and two assists during the game putting his total to six goals and […]

Girls drop Dragons, fall to Dakota

Lady Cagers began last week by taking down their crosstown rivals Lake Orion, 54-31. “We did some really good things,” said Clarkston Girls Varsity Basketball Coach Tim Wasilk. “We did a pretty good job getting steals and finishing layups throughout the course of the game. It is always nice when you beat your rivals.” Senior […]

Goals scored but defense lapse leads to defeat on ice

The Wolves opened the night against Salem with two shots on their opponents’ net. The shot finally made it past Salem’s goalie while they were two men down. Junior Chase Weidemann passed to senior Adam Johns. Johns passed it on to junior Garrett Polish who put a shot in top right of the net with […]

Victory in season opener

Grapplers took their opponents to the mats last Wednesday to open the winter season with two wins. “The outcome was good,” said Clarkston Varsity Wrestling Coach Derek Moscovic. “We need to work on our conditioning and some of our mental toughness but overall I was pleased with the end result.” First they took on Lapeer […]

Bowlers knock over competition

Bowlers wasted no time knocking down pins as they began their season last week. They started with the OAA Singles Championship at Collier Lanes in Oxford. For the Clarkston Girls Varsity Bowling team Danielle Hopkins qualfied in seventh with scores of 191, 161 and 171 for a series of 523. It took a score of […]

Interwoven plots in junior high play

Chaos is taking over The New Leaf Greenhouse in Clarkston Junior High School’s upcoming performance of “Archie and the Wallflower.” “The play itself is interesting,” said Mitchell Thompson. “It is a fun play. There are a lot of things going on. People should come and see it. It’s fun performing. It would be fun for […]

Power shooting wins over Corsairs

Icers opened last week with tough lessons in their loss against Birmingham United. They lost the OAA Red league game, 5-2, while putting 44 shots on the net. “They had a hot goaltender,” said Clarkston Hockey Assistant Coach Roman Krygier. “We outshot them 2-1. We just couldn’t put the puck past them. We didn’t have […]