25 years ago – 1998Field of dreams a reality: The new field at Clarkston High School opened to rave reviews for its first weekend. On Friday night, the varsity football team crushed Brandon, 55-28. On Saturday, the CHS Marching Band took center stage at the 21st annual band competition.Clarkston schools’ student enrollment tops 7,000: The […]
By Wendi Reardon PriceClarkston News Sports WriterINDEPENDENCE TWP. — Clarkston Boys Varsity Soccer celebrated the end of Senior Night with a 4-3 win over Royal Oak, Sept. 26.“It was good for senior night,” said Ian Jones, head coach, adding all of the seniors were able to get minutes on the field and played well.Royal Oak […]
By Wendi Reardon PriceClarkston News Sports WriterINDEPENDENCE TWP. — Clarkston Varsity Football is gearing up to battle for the OAA Red League Championship against Lake Orion this Friday.“We have gotten better and better every week,” said Justin Pintar, head coach for Clarkston. “To come into this league with this schedule and win four straight is […]
INDEPENDENCE TWP. — Clarkston Boys Varsity Tennis added two wins with victories over foes, Berkley and Lake Orion.They won on every court when they were at Berkley on Sept. 21, 9-0.On the Singles courts, Thomas McCormick defeated Alex Beard on Singles No. 1, 6-3, 0-6, 6-4; Ethan Banyas defeated Ethan Frank on Singles No. 2, […]
LAKE ORION — Clarkston divers topped the placing at the Oakland County Girls Swim and Dive Championship last Friday and Saturday.Jordyn Coin finished in fifth place with a total of 335.15 points after 11 dives. Samantha Carpenter finished with 123. 05 poitns for 26th place.The team finished the county championships in 27th place with 14 […]
SHELBY TWP. — Clarkston Cross Country varsity runners finished in second place during the second OAA Red Jamboree at Stony Creek Metropark, Sept. 26.The boys varsity cross country team finished in second place with 65 points.The top five runners for the team were: junior Kent Wilson in fifth place, finishing in the time of 17:35.90; […]
From The Clarkston News archives 25 years ago – 1998New elementary gets water and sewer, barely: A vote to extend sewer and water to the new elementary school narrowly squeaked by the Independence Township Board of Trustees – mainly because officials differed on how Clarkston Community Schools was handling its new cooperative venture with the […]
By Wendi Reardon PriceClarkston News Sports Writer OXFORD — Clarkston Varsity Football took down OAA Red foe the Wildcats last Friday during Oxford’s Homecoming game, 39-13.The Wildcats took the lead with five minutes to go in the first quarter off a 6-yard touchdown pass from sophomore Jack Hendrix to senior Brody Moore. The PAT from junior […]
JACKSON — Clarkston Boys Cross Country finished in third place during the Jackson Invitational at Ella Sharpe Park on Saturday.The varsity runners finished with 175 points for third place out of 29 teams in the Orange Division.Senior Bryce Nowik led the Wolves finishing in 16th place in the time of 15:59.7. Junior Cayden DeGrendel finished […]
By Wendi Reardon PriceClarkston News Sports Writer INDEPENDENCE TWP. — Clarkston Girls Swim and Dive lost to Bloomfield Hills at home in a OAA Blue dual meet on Sept. 21, 130-56.Scoring points for the Wolves in individual events: in the 50-yard freestyle, Calida Brown in third place in the time of 27.37; Sophia Love, fourth, 27.88; […]