Lady Skiers celebrate successful season

Racers ended their season taking home All-State honors after competing in the state finals in Traverse City. Senior Maddy Dunn third place finish (:56.06) in the Giant Slalom put her on the Giant Slalom All-State first team. She was also named to the Slalom All-State second team for her 11th place finish at 1:09.44. ‘I […]

Sea Wolves flourish this year

Casey Johnson still remembers the cheers of fans screaming in the stands and competing in the Michigan State Meet for 12 and under. ‘When you came up (for air) you could hear them say ‘go? and cheer. It was great,? said Johnson. Seven swimmers from the Clarkston Sea Wolves program went to Jenison to participate […]

Ready, set, splash

Before Jordan Zendejas hits the diving board this week at state finals, he will be listening to his iPod and tuning the rest of the world out. ‘I am not thinking about the competition because that usually throws me off,? said Zendejas. ‘Even if there is one day and no competition I can get really […]

Ready to wrestle

Grapplers around the state will be filing into the Palace of Auburn Hills this week to be crowned state champion. Clarkston will be sending six grapplers to represent the team, including senior Alex Popp for his third year at states. ‘The last two years I didn’t wrestle good,? said Popp. ‘This year I know what […]

Cagers build character

Two close games in the OAA Red closed the Cagers? last week of the regular season. After losing to West Bloomfield in a double overtime last Tuesday, the Wolves entered their home turf to play rivals Pontiac Northern for what could be the last time. The battle ensued and after four quarters of nail-biting, jaw-dropping […]

Athlete of the Week

Clarkston resident Justin Semmes signed his name to the sheets in front of him on Feb. 4, finalizing his choice for college in the fall. After looking at Iowa and Michigan and receiving an offer from Westpointe University, he chose Miami University in Ohio. ‘When I went on my official visit they made me feel […]

Season ends in shutout

Tyler Frakes and Dan Smith remained on the ice after the game ended and shared a few laughs with their opponents. Despite the shutout loss of five points to Orchard Lake St. Mary’s, the seniors took the time to show good sportsmanship before heading to the locker room. The Wolves contained their opponents during the […]

Wendi’s Word: A column by Wendi Reardon

Finally, spring is literally around the corner. Friday gave us a nice glimpse of what is to come – sunshine, a slight breeze, blue skies. But as we say hello to spring and all of the spring sports that began their first practice this week, we also bid farewell to the winter sports. Swim and […]

Cagers need push to prepare for playoffs

As the Cagers head into the last week of games before playoffs, the focus will have to be on offense. Clarkston beat their opponents last week, Rochester Adams and Oak Park, but both were closer than they should have been. ‘Defensively, we are still solid and I always breach that,? said Coach Dan Fife. ‘We […]

Athlete of the Week

Senior Connor Daugherty had a choice to make before the basketball season began, she could have surgery on both of her ankles and spend the season recovering, or wait until the season was over. She chose to wait and the choice paid off. Daugherty was able to pass on the Clarkston basketball tradition she learned […]