Athletes of The Week: Making splash at states

The Clarkston Girls Swim and Dive team finished their fall season at the MHSAA state championships at Oakland University after placing in the top 16 in three events. The team of Ashleigh Allen, Caroline Hughes, Betsey Walkowiak and Haley VanBuskirk finished in 12th place in the 400-yard freestyle relay event, 3:36.70. The relay team of […]

Athletes of The Week: Champs of the court

Spikers claimed their tenth MHSAA Volleyball District title in 11 seasons with wins over Lake Orion and Brandon. The big win for the Clarkston Varsity Volleyball team was defeating their crosstown rivals the Dragons in the district semifinals in the Wolves’ gymnasium, 3-1. “Obviously that’s a huge victory for us,” said Kelly Pinner, head coach. […]

Athletes of the Week: Undefeated

The Clarkston Chiefs JV Blue team celebrated the end of their season, winning the Northern Youth Football League Superbowl, Nov. 4. They finished their undefeated 10-0 season with a 20-12 win over Avondale for the championship win. During National Division playoffs, they posted two shut outs as they defeated Lapeer in the first round, 26-0; […]

Athletes of the Week: Kicking to winning season

BY WENDI REARDON PRICE Clarkston News Sports Writer Kickers finished their season in district finals giving their opponents a battle which went into double overtime and a loss for the Wolves. The Clarkston Boys Varsity Soccer team finished the fall with a winning season with an overall 10-6-5 record. “It was a really good season,” […]

Athletes of the Week: Red Cross funds raised on court

Players from the Girls 2021 North Oakland Wolfpack team finished their practice at Clarkston Junior High School in a unique way on October 11. They raised $2,500 for the American Red Cross – Hurricane Irma Relief during their Free Throws for Life. The Wolfpack heard from Carmen and Rose Ortiz before the event began. Both […]

Athletes of the Week: Swinging to the top

The Lady Wolves opened the week with a first place finish in the OAA Red Tournament on Monday with 324 points. Claudia Sampson led the Clarkston Girls Varsity Golf team with a 76, finishing in third place. Lauren Hartline shot a 81; Ashley Liles, 82; and Samantha Weber, 85. The Lady Wolves finished in first […]

Athletes of The Week: Running with pack win

  The Lady Wolves had six runners compete in the Algonac Muskrat Classic and all six finished in the top 20 to help the team finish first place with 32 points, Sept. 9. “It was refreshing,” said Kevin Breen, head coach for Clarkston Girls Cross Country. “It was nice because we went out there without […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]