Athlete of the Week: Moreno continues passion for soccer

BY WENDI REARDON PRICE Clarkston News Sports Writer Senior Jacob Moreno visited his next school on a recent trip to California. Next fall he is attending Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego where he will continue playing soccer and plans to study Marine Biology. “It was a blast,” he said, adding the campus drew […]

Athletes of the Week: Mighty Chiefs

It was a season members of the Clarkston Chiefs Freshman White team will cherish for years to come as they finished not only with an undefeated season but as the Northern Youth Football League Superbowl Champions. The boys defeated Lake Orion White for the title, 13-6. “It was never our intention to have an undefeated […]

Athletes of the Week: Run into first place

The Wolves changed Clarkston history on their visit to the MHSAA Cross Country Regional meet at Anchor Bay, Oct. 29. They didn’t come home with one trophy but two as both the boys and girls teams won the regional crown for their respective meet. The boys finished in first place with a total of 82 […]

Athlete of the Week – Growing strong on the court

BY WENDI REARDON PRICE Clarkston News Sports Writer The Lady Wolves are prepared to block opponents from points this week in the MHSAA Volleyball Districts as the competition has to watch out for the powerful swings from junior Abbey Malinowski. “We are improving every day in practice which is really good to see especially right […]

Athlete of the Week: Matisse leaves legacy

BY WENDI REARDON PRICE Clarkston News Sports Writer Senior Alex Matisse took his fourth and final trip to state finals last week leaving a mark on Clarkston Boys Varsity Tennis for years to come. “Alex is undisputed the greatest player in Clarkston history,” said Chas Claus, head coach and former player for the Wolves. “One […]

Athletes of the Week: Double court kings

    BY WENDI REARDON PRICE Clarkston News Sports Writer Seniors Tristan Greenlee and David Carpenter changed Clarkston Boys Varsity Tennis history by winning back to back tournaments on the Doubles No. 1 court. “It was pretty exciting,” said Greenlee. “Both of us had never won first place in a high school tournament, then won […]

Athlete of the Week: Top of track and field

Bo Anderson, an eighth-grader at Clarkston Junior High School, qualified and competed for Waza Track Club in three events for the AAU National Junior Olympic Outdoor Track and Field Champions, held July 30-Aug. 6. He competed in the javelin, 1,500-meter run and the 3,000-meter run at Renaissance High School in Detroit in July to qualify […]

Athletes of the Week: Top at weekend invite

By two points the Clarkston Boys Varsity Tennis team edged Traverse City Central from winning the Traverse City Invitational. The boys finished last year as runners up and for their second visit they won the tournament. Players on the Singles court continued their dominance and swept all four flights with Alex Matisse on Singles No.1; […]

Athletes of the Week – Hitting champions

The hitters from Springfield Township Parks and Recreation team in the 15-18 Division Boys team were not going to let their championship game being rained out slow them down. They went on to play the championship game and post a 5-1 win over Rumble V from Lake Orion, July 31. The boys went into the […]

Athlete of the Week – Victories for Vandermeer

Nathan Vandermeer is gearing up for wrestling at the collegiate level when he heads to Findlay University this fall. Before spending the summer practicing with his brothers he was recruited to wrestle with Michigan Gold Pitbulls in the AAU Wrestling Scholastic Duals in Orlando, Fl. at Disney World with over 100 teams attending, June 12-15. […]