Alyssa Vela, one of the captains of Clarkston High School’s girls swimming team, helped to lead her team into the top twenty during MHSAA finals. As a senior, Vela placed All-State in the 50-yard and 100-yard freestyle events. With a time of 24.33, she swam her way into fourth place in the 50-yard freestyle. She […]
Girls basketball took on Avondale last Friday. The Varsity team won 53-35 and the JV team lost 32-40. ‘I was very happy with our effort on the defensive end on the floor,? said Coach Tim Wasilk said about the first game of the season. ‘We did a really nice job making our drops, communicating and […]
In their first home game last Thursday, the Varsity Hockey team won against Mott 4-1 and brought their record 2-1-1. They made 32 shots on goal, while Mott made 25 shots on goal. They made more attempts on the goal, just as Coach Krygier wanted after their game with Cranbrook at the Thanksgiving Tournament. ‘They […]
In basketball, the last five minutes are the most crucial, high-energized minutes of the game. This proved true for the Lady Cagers as they tried to win against Pontiac Northern in their first home game on Thursday night. In the last ten seconds and three points behind, the Ladies made six attempts on putting the […]
It’s me again. First, my mom was a little surprised I did not mention this in my first column. I didn’t include it because it wasn’t in my writing history. But I guess you could say it’s part of my history. In my senior year, I won two art awards from Scholastic. I was featured […]
Clarkston resident Bryan Chick has been busy with his first book, visiting local schools, and writing a followup. In book one of Chick’s ‘The Secret Zoo,? a girl went missing. Three friends are led to the local zoo to find her. As the story develops, the characters and the readers find every exhibit leads to […]
BY WENDI REARDON Clarkston News Sports Writer The Boys Varsity Hockey team faced off with Brighton and Cranbrook in Cranbrook’s Annual Thanksgiving Tournament. They beat Brighton 4-1, but came up short against Cranbrook 2-3. Less than five minutes into the first period against Brighton, Nov. 23, Clarkston’s Cole Shaffer scored the first goal, with assistance […]
BY WENDI REARDON Clarkston News Sport Writer The Clarkston Select Soccer Club Shadows ?98 team finished their fall season with an overall record of 10-1-1. Their last game was Nov. 3 against Royal Oak. Though the girls had played against Royal Oak previously, this game was different for the Shadows. Coach Scully McGreevy took a […]
The Varsity Hockey team played their first home game on Thursday against Waterford Mott. They won 4-1. They will play Waterford Kettering Saturday at 1:20 at Lakeland Ice Arena located at 7330 Highland Road, Waterford. * * * Varsity Wrestling started their season Thursday night at the Goodrich Quad. Against Goodrich, they lost with a […]
The Clarkston Swim team took 14th place in Division 1 at state finals this weekend at Eastern Michigan University. Clarkston earned 63 points, placing them at the 14th spot out of 42 schools at Eastern. This is the best and highest they have ever finished in the finals. ‘We were looking to place in the […]