By Wendi Reardon Price Clarkston News Sports Writer West Bloomfield — Clarkston Varsity Football finished their fourth week of play with a 35-27 loss to undefeated West Bloomfield. “We kept competing,” said Justin Pintar, head coach. “It’s something we can take out of every game. I don’t think we have had guys hang their heads […]
Clarkston Boys Varsity Tennis won on tiebreaker of sets in the match against Lake Orion, Sept. 8. The Wolves won nine matches compared to their hosts, the Dragons, 9-8 to break the 4-4 tie. The tiebreaker came from Ethan Banyas, who won his second set on the Singles No. 2 court, 6-4. During the match, […]
By Wendi Reardon Price Clarkston News Sports Writer Nicholas Cowan didn’t have a plan when he moved to Florida, but now he is a Visiting Clubhouse Assistant for the Tampa Bay Rays Major League Baseball organization. Cowan, a 2009 Clarkston High School graduate, shared that when he moved to Tampa, Fla., from his hometown 11 […]
Clarkston Everest Collegiate Boys Varsity Soccer opened last week with a 2-0 shutout over Bishop Foley. Mark Cross scored both goals in the game on Sept. 12. Tom Williams was the winning goalie. The win puts them 4-1 in the Catholic High School League. They lost to Lake Fenton at home on Thursday, 4-1. Everest […]
From The Clarkston News archives 25 years ago – 1997 Crafts and Cider: The weekend was pleasant for exhibitors at the 22nd Clarkston Crafts and Cider Festival. Over 100 crafters from Michigan and surrounding states took part in the event sponsored by the Clarkston Community Historical Society. Proceeds went toward the Independence Township Library’s historical […]
By Clarkston News Staff When Clarkston Varsity Football won their first state championship in 2013, longtime head coach Kurt “KR” Richardson said it was for the community. Nine years later, he was standing on the 50-yard line at Clarkston High School Stadium joined by the current team, alumni, coaches as the same community celebrated and […]
From The Clarkston News archives 25 years ago – 1997 Design work begins on school project: About 50 people gathered at a special public forum at Clarkston Elementary to share input on what features Clarkston’s new elementary and renovations to the existing schools should include. Bear-ied: After playing like it was in quicksand the week […]
By Wendi Reardon Price Clarkston News Sports Writer Rochester Hills — As seconds counted down at Rochester Adams High School, there were lots of big hugs and smiling faces as the Wolves took down Adams for their first OAA Red League win last Friday, 45-35, in a thrilling contest. “We talked a lot about family […]
Clarkston Girls Swim and Dive opened their season with a 134-23 win over Ferndale last Thursday at home. For the individual events, in the 50-yard freestyle, Rylee Harris finished in first place in the time of 25.78; Lilly Kurmaniak, second, 26.45; Caitlin McGivern, third, 28.53; 100-yard butterfly, Ella Johnson, first, 1:08.84; McGivern, second, 1:14.13; Brown,third,1:33.50; […]
By Wendi Reardon Price Clarkston News Sports Writer Oxford — Clarkston Boys Varsity Soccer dominated at Wildcat Stadium with a 7-2 win last Thursday. “They played well,” said Ian Jones, head coach. “They were missing quite a lot of their starters so it was a bit uneven with the talent we have. It was a […]