Building distance in the league

The Lady Wolves are heading into this Friday’s OAA Red League Meet with a hunger. They head into the meet undefeated and an opportunity to finish first in the league. “It is going to be tough with Rochester Adam, Rochester and us,” said Clarkston Girls Track and Field Head Coach John Yorke. “We are pretty […]

Wolves downpour on Falcons

The dark clouds clouded in around Rochester High School where the Wolves were battling for an OAA Red win. The clouds threatened rain but Clarkston kept going at the top of the third inning with two hits from sophomore Ryan Rea and junior Ryan Slaughter to put them on bases. Freshman DJ Zezula went up […]

Athlete of The Week

Senior Michael VanderWeel saw his first lacrosse game when he was in sixth grade and ever since he was hooked. “I liked how you have to use both hands,” he added. ‘It’s not a single hand dominant sport like hockey or football. You have to be good both hands and be ambidextrous.” For the last […]

Taking over tournament

Going into the sixth inning against Warren Regina on Saturday the Lady Wolves needed just a couple of runs to break their opponent’s 4-2 lead their Girls in Pink Classic. By the time freshman Makenzie King stepped up to the plate the base were loaded. With one hit she brought one runner in. Senior Tara […]

Going the distance

The Clarkston Track & Field teams went for another win – this time against Rochester on April 17. “They are always going to be tough,” said John Bennink, head coach for the Clarkston Boys Track & Field team. “The last couple years we are more experienced. Rochester has really good sprinters and distance kids. We […]

Off to a confident start

A home run hit from junior Sydney Hasselbach boosted the Lady Wolves in their first game against Rochester Adams last Wednesday. The Clarkston Girls Varsity Softball team opened the first game of their double header with four runs and kept the momentum going, finishing with a 9-0 win. The next game ended with a successful […]

Athlete of The Week

Senior Lindsey Adams boosted her team with three goals last week. The three goals came as a result of scoring one goal per game as the Clarkston Girls Varsity Soccer team beat Andover, 3-0, and Oxford, 2-0, and lost to Waterford Mott, 5-1. During the Lady Wolves home game against Oxford last Thursday, both teams […]

Two shutouts boost week

Senior Lisa Lyons waited for the signal before she took the penalty kick against Oxford’s goalie. With the signal to go and 24:35 left in the game last Thursday, she swung a swift kick at the ball. Clarkston fans eagerly watched as the ball slipped past Oxford and gave the Lady Wolves a 2-0 lead. […]

Lacrosse team packs a punch

The Wolves and St. Michael’s College – Toronto finished discussing their next plan of action as mother nature intervened with thunder and lightning pausing the game on Sunday. Thirty minutes later the game was called, and the Wolves wouldn’t have an opportunity to come back from the 7-3 loss. “It was a good game,” said […]

Clarkston hall of famer reflects on the past

Before Det. Kirk Matich was helping to keep students in line as the Independence Township Sheriff’s Office police liasion at Clarkston Community Schools – he was helping his teammates on the field. This year he is being inducted into the Michigan Touch Football Hall of Fame. “I didn’t even know there was one,” he smiled. […]