Championship recognition
The Everest Collegiate state champion volleyball team is honored and recognized at the Feb. 6 Independence Township Board of Trustees meeting. Photo: Matt Mackinder
USPHL hockey honors
Clarkston native Austin Combs has been named the United States Premier Hockey League’s Midwest East Division Forward of the Week with the Mount Clemens-based Metro Jets.The 20-year-old Combs is skating in his third USPHL Premier season and second with the Jets organization after seeing time during the 2022-23 season with the Motor City Gamblers, a […]
Clarkston Girls Ski rules Pine Knob in division races
By Wendi Reardon PriceClarkston News Sports WriterINDEPENDENCE TWP. — The Wolves wrapped the regular season last week at Pine Knob Ski and Snowboard in the top three in their division.The Clarkston Girls Varsity Ski team finished first place overall in the Pine Knob League Division while the boys varsity team finished third overall in the […]
Grapplers pin down success in postseason district rounds
By Wendi Reardon PriceClarkston News Sports WriterWATERFORD — Clarkston Varsity Wrestling took down the competition last week to claim their 18th team district championship and qualified ten wrestlers to move on to the regional round.The Wolves opened last week winning the MHSAA Division 1 District 107 on Wednesday at Waterford Kettering with a 55-15 win […]
Defense leads against Knights
By Wendi Reardon PriceClarkston News Sports WriterINDEPENDENCE TWP. — Senior Matthew Taverna aimed and succeeded in scoring on a 3-point shot with 12 seconds left in the third quarter during last Friday’s home game against Oak Park.The basket put the Clarkston Boys Varsity Basketball team 20 points ahead of their visitors, 56-36. Even though the […]
Wolves hoopsters improve to 2-0 in OAA Red against Oxford, Rochester
By Wendi Reardon PriceClarkston News Sports WriterINDEPENDENCE TWP. — In the battle of blue and gold in girls basketball – it was Clarkston who came out with a 48-39 win over Oxford last Friday at Clarkston High School.“Overall I was pretty pleased,” said Aaron Goodnough, head coach for Clarkston Girls Varsity Basketball. “Our defense was […]
Clarkston grad top of innovation with Golden State Warriors
By Wendi Reardon PriceClarkston News Sports WriterSAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. — Alison Wright was honored with the NBA’s 2024 Pete Winemiller Guest Services Innovation Award last month.Wright, a Clarkston native and 2007 graduate of Clarkston High School, currently senior director of guest experiences for the Golden State Warriors, had hoped she would receive the award one […]
Clarkston puck stopper making strides in NAHL
By Matt MackinderClarkston News Editor ODENTON, MD — Owen Lepak has been racking up the miles this season starting his junior hockey career.A Clarkston native, Lepak began the 2023-24 season with the Youngstown (Ohio) Phantoms, a member of the United States Hockey League, the highest level of juniors in the country. He then found himself […]
Clarkston grad dances to Michigan Football history
By Wendi Reardon PriceClarkston News Sports WriterANN ARBOR — Carigan Price has seen a lot being on the University of Michigan Dance team – including victories for the football team and their success in claiming three consecutive Big Ten titles, winning the Rose Bowl and winning the College Football Playoff national championship over Washington this […]
Cheering to high placement, big points during competition season
Clarkston Varsity Cheer scored its highest score overall since 2015 with a 766 at the Rochester Royal Rumble last Saturday.They finished in fifth place scoring 227.5 points in the first round; 222.6, second round; and 315.9, third round.The Wolves competed in the OAA White League at Troy last Wednesday. Both varsity and JV teams finished […]