It was a Clarkston Everest Collegiate fall season to make history for many athletic teams. The following athletes were recognized with honors by the Catholic High School League or their respective coaches associations nominations: Football: All-Catholic: Dominic Cross, Jack Lasceski, Giovanni Mastromatteo, Michael McGrath, John Suran; All-League: Johnny Nedwick, Joey Thibodeau; and All- Academic: Fernando […]
Good luck to Brendan Favazza this week! Favazza, a senior at Clarkston High School, competes in the 41st Annual Foot Locker Cross Country Championships Midwest Regional on Saturday at the University of Wisconsin – Parkside. Favazza finished his final season with the Clarkston Boys Varsity Cross Country team in second place during the state finals […]
BY WENDI REARDON PRICE Clarkston News Sports Writer Last year’s season came to a rough end when the Wolves lost the first round of district playoffs against Waterford Kettering, but players are looking to make this year different. “We were focused all year,” said Clarkston Girls Varsity Basketball Head Coach John Weyer. “It’s not what […]
BY WENDI REARDON PRICE Clarkston News Sports Writer Clarkston icers skate their way into their first games this week to start the 2019-2020 Winter season. “Early indications are it’s going to be a lot of fun this year,” said Karl Daiek, head coach for Clarkston Varsity Hockey. “It’s fun every year but it’s different every […]
BY WENDI REARDON PRICE Clarkston News Sports Writer Senior Luke Baylis finished his fall tennis season being named Mr. Tennis, winning the state championship in his flight and signing to continue his career at Michigan State University. “I was pretty surprised,” he said about hearing the news he received Michigan High School Tennis Coaches Association […]
Three Wolves finished in the top ten during the MHSAA Division 1 Girls Regional Diving meet at Macomb L’Anse Creuse North last Thursday. Sophomore Alivia Walbridge took seventh place with 322.70 points. Sophomore Madison Verbeke took eighth place with 307.3 points and junior Julia Hunt finished in tenth place with 294.5 points. The Clarkston Girls […]
BY MATT MACKINDER Clarkston News Staff Writer Ryan Tucker grew up in Clarkston but went to Brandon schools and graduated as valedictorian from Orchard Lake St. Mary’s in 2018. Hockey was the one sport that Tucker said was always a huge part of his life, and it’s that passion that has taken him down to […]
BY MATT MACKINDER Clarkston News Staff Writer Yes, there is high-level hockey in South Dakota, and Zach Aughe is reaping the benefits. Aughe, a 2018 Clarkston High School graduate, left home at the end of August to play junior hockey for the North American Hockey League’s Aberdeen Wings, a team known as a perennial powerhouse […]
Paul Washe, a 20-year-old Clarkston native and junior forward at Western Michigan University, was named the National Collegiate Hockey Conference Forward of the Week for the week ending Nov. 3. The NCHC is arguably the top NCAA Division I hockey conference in the country. He was also named the NCAA Hockey No. 2 Star of […]
BY WENDI REARDON PRICE Clarkston News Sports Writer Spikers battled point for point in their fourth set against Lake Orion in the first round of district playoffs. The set ended with a 31-29 loss for the Clarkston Varsity Volleyball team, giving the Dragons a 3-1 win for the night, Nov. 4. “It was tough – […]