Athletes of The Week: Season starts aces

The Clarkston Freshman Volleyball team finished their first tournament in second place at Lake Orion, Aug. 26. They finished their pool play with a 5-1 record before going into quarterfinals against Troy and beating the Lady Colts in three games. They also defeated Saline in three games during the semifinals. They lost to Bedford in […]

Shut out in home opener

BY WENDI REARDON PRICE Clarkston News Sports Writer Sophomore Ethan Wise was 30 yards away from the goal when teammate junior Patrick Farrell passed the ball to him. Wise took the long shot, burying it into Lapeer’s net less than three minutes into the Clarkston Boys Varsity Soccer home opener win last Thursday, 3-0. “We […]

Top of the green in fall

  The Lady Wolves topped the competition at the Troy Invitational at Twin Lakes on Aug. 24 by taking first place out of 15 schools. “We are off to a great start,” said Clarkston Varsity Girls Golf Coach Lezlie Hallman. The team scored a total of 323 for the meet. Claudia Sampson led the team […]

Big win at Big House

BY WENDI REARDON PRICE Clarkston News Sports Writer Clarkston’s gridiron heroes celebrated on the sidelines at University of Michigan as the clock counted down. For the second year, the Wolves were victorious in the Battle at the Big House, with a 42-7 win over Lapeer. “We played pretty well all the way around,” said Kurt […]

Athletes of The Week: Strong start to season

The Wolves walked off the court with the crown for the first time since participating in the Grand Blanc Invitational, Aug. 19. Three points made the difference for the Clarkston Boys Varsity Tennis team for the first through fifth places and the Wolves came through scoring 18. Detroit Catholic Central was right on their heels […]

Learning from losses

The Lady Wolves are using time before their next set of games at Oxford to tweak a few things their recent losses exposed. They went 1-2 in both the Lake Orion Quad and Rockford Quad last week. “It was very tough competition,” said Kelly Pinner, head coach for Clarkston Varsity Volleyball about going against top […]

Cause close to player’s heart

BY WENDI REARDON PRICE Clarkston News Sports Writer Antoine Gilder, Jr. is playing in his first Football for a Cure at Clarkston High School next Friday. It’s a special game for the Bloomfield Hills Blackhawk and his family as he plays for his dad, Antoine Gilder, Sr., who is going through his second round of […]

Filling the shelves

One last vehicle pulled into Lighthouse, off Dixie Highway, with trays of canned food to donate for the Clarkston Football Program’s 20th Annual Rush for Food. During a few hours, the freshman, JV and varsity players and community put 7,635 pounds of food on the shelves to help local families who receive assistance from Lighthouse.

Wolfpack Update for August 23, 2017

Wins at the net Clarkston Varsity spikers blocked their opponents and finished in second place out of 20 teams at the Lake Orion Tourney this past Saturday. The Wolves went 5-1 during the day. They went 3-0 in pool play with wins over Salem, 25-22, 25-14; Troy Athens 25-14, 25-14; and Frankenmuth 25-11, 25-13. The […]

Athletes of the Week: Locals have finesse

Lady Wolves Hannah Cady and Sierra Kersten helped their team to second place during their trip to Tennessee. Finesse Skapyak 14U finished with a 9-2 record in the ASA/USA Softball 14U National Championships placing them second out of 127 teams. They went on a 7-0 run beating Atlanta Premier 02 Ryman, 7 – 2; Texas […]