Wolves pin Carman-Ainsworth for win

Grapplers split their dual meet last Wednesday, beating Flint Carman- Ainsworth and falling to Rochester for the first time in 25 years. Senior Matt Vandermeer got the night rolling in the boys 43-30 win over Carman- Ainsworth, winning the first match with a fall 4:53 against Tae Pendelton in the 171-pound weight class. Mitchell Manns […]

London sticks with parade marchers

Clarkston High School Marching Band members remain in a London state of mind, after their New Year’s trip. Senior Taylor Tomei glanced at the clock in the hallway behind the high school’s performing arts center ? five o’clock it read. “It’s 10 in London,” she calculated as she drifted back to the beloved city in […]

Lady Wolves aim to add more wins in New Year

Erin Davenport kept a close watch over North Farmington’s Holly Snabes as the Lady Falcons passed the ball around Clarkston’s defense on Dec. 21. Snabes caught a throw from her teammates and Davenport closed in, stealing the ball in one swift movement. Davenport ran down the middle of Clarkston’s basketball court with North Farmington cagers […]

Eight grapplers place at Tournament of Champs

Senior Jeff Sloney faced tough opponents when he headed to Goodrich for the annual Tournament of Champs. But he took it as a grain of salt as he took second place in his 130-pound weight class. On his way to his finish he beat Detroit Catholic Central’s Logan Marcicki, ranked fourth in Division 1, in […]

Fioroni scores football success

Clarkston native Sam Fioroni headed into off-season training for football with good news. The sophomore at Denison University, Ohio received an honorable mention for All-North Coast Athletic Conference for his performance during the 2010 season. “It’s really quite an honor,” he said. “I am looking forward to next year. Hopefully we can do better as […]

Wendi’s Word A column by Wendi Reardon

Here it is ? another year. Complete with renewed hope for the future, a new outlook on goals, and continous growth of ideas. With the beginning of something new, some predicitions. Some so crazy, they might actually happen. Let’s hit sports first, since the Detroit Lions finished their season with four consecutive wins (good job […]

Finding identity

Cagers are making their New Year’s Resolutions and long-time coach Dan Fife hopes they include focusing on their identity as a team and getting their confidence back. The boys were in the gym during holiday break, practicing and going through drills after their 41-40 loss to Troy-Athens, Dec. 21. “There weren’t too many bright spots […]

Growing pains in first loss

Cagers grouped at the set of baskets on the northend of the Clarkston High School gym on Monday morning. As practice wound down the boys took shots at the rim focusing on putting their first loss behind them. The weather had pushed back their orginally scheduled game against Carman-Ainsworth to last Wednesday, where the boys […]

Athlete of the Week

Trevor Gilman swung his hockey stick connecting it to the puck, scoring the first goal. “He was very excited because his team has a habit of winning tournaments,” said dad, Mark. It was the lead the 2K Birmingham Rangers Squirt AA Hockey team needed in their game against the Plymouth Stingrays on Dec. 12. Another […]

Wolves take third in Christmas tournament

Novi took the trophy for winning the annual Clarkston Christmas tournament on Saturday afternoon. But it was the Wolves controlling the ice in the consolation round – scoring ten goals to Davison’s two goals in the first period. Junior Brad Pizzey led the team scoring a hat trick during the game. His first came 4:16 […]