Madison Verbeke and Zoe Paxton broke the 11-dive school record on Friday at Clarkston High School during the OAA Blue Division League meet. Verbeke finished in first place in the 1-meter diving event, scoring 447.70 in 11 dives. Paxton finished in second place with 394. Clarkston Swim and Dive finished in second place after the […]
Everest Collegiate claimed their back-to-back district title with a 46-0 win over Rochester Hills Lutheran Northwest on Friday. The Mountaineers opened the night of the MHSAA Division 8 Region 4, District 2 game with 15 points in the first quarter. Joey Thibodeau scored on a 31-yard touchdown run. They added two points when Johnny Nedwick […]
BY WENDI REARDON PRICE Clarkston News Sports Writer It was a heartbreaking end to the season as Clarkston Varsity Volleyball lost in the district final to White Lake Lakeland last Thursday, 3-1. “It was obviously very disappointing,” said Ali Smith, head coach. “Lakeland played really well. They played harder than we did. It doesn’t matter […]
BY WENDI REARDON PRICE Clarkston News Staff Writer Students on Team RUSH 27 Robotics are thinking about the holidays and toys as the 20th annual Holiday Lights Parade returns to downtown Clarkston on Saturday, Dec. 11 at 6 p.m. with this year’s theme as Toyland in C-Town. “RUSH is super excited to get the parade […]
BY WENDI REARDON PRICE Clarkston News Staff Writer Clarkston Junior High School Drama Club brings to life the tale of a mermaid and her adventure to be part of our world in Disney’s “The Little Mermaid Jr.” this Friday and Saturday. “Ariel wants nothing more than to be human,” said ninth grader Hannah Budzinski, who […]
Clarkston Junior High hosted the first in person FTC (FIRST Tech Challenge) Oakland County Competitive Robotics Association tournament with 12 participating teams from around the county, Nov. 1. Three of the four Clarkston teams competed, including Team 10016, which took third place. The teams will compete twice a week for the next two weeks before […]
There’s nothing like the motivation of food. Or in this case candy as I struggled to get an Ironman costume on a two-year-old who just was not having it. I simply told him in order to go trick-or-treating to get candy he would have to wear his costume. His eyes widened like he was remembering […]
From The Clarkston News archives 25 years ago – 1996 “Live from Clarkston, it’s the Monster Mash” Disc jockeys Karen Dalissandro and Steve Courtney from Detroit country station WWWW set up shop on the front lawn of Jack Raymond’s Independence Township home on Halloween for their live broadcast. “Band third in state” The Clarkston High […]
BY WENDI REARDON PRICE Clarkston News Sports Writer Players and coaches lined up and said goodbye to the seniors after Clarkston Varsity Football finished the fall season last Friday at home. “They have been a joy to work with,” said Kurt Richardson, long-time head coach. “You enjoy working with a bunch of kids and then […]
BY WENDI REARDON PRICE Clarkston News Sports Writer The Wolves ended their run to the state championship last Thursday, finishing in the Elite Eight. They lost the MHSAA Division 1 Boys Soccer Regional 3 final, 1-0. “Thursday was one of those games where we dominated after 10 minutes to the end of the game,” said […]