Athletes of The Week: Scholarship honorees

Congratulations to Alexandra Gladding, Joe Halligan and Joe Kuczmanski as all three are recipients of the 2017 Steve Howe Scholarship Award. Halligan and Kuczmanski both played for the Clarkston Varsity Baseball team and are multiple varsity letter recipients. Kuczmanski starred on the field and on the mount and is attending University of Michigan in Ann […]

Athletes of the Week: League champs

Local sluggers broke a tiebreaker to win their championship. The Independence Township Parks, Recreation and Seniors team Michigan Center for Orthopedic Surgery, sponsored by Dr. Shivajee Nallamothu, won the North Oakland Baseball League Championship on July 29. The game was decided in a tiebreaker format after seven innings of regulation play. To win the Boys […]

Athletes of the Week: Warriors place at Big House

The Clarkston Warriors team finished in third place in their division during the Grip It & Rip It Flag Football tournament at University of Michigan’s Big House on July 16. Every player walked away a winner as they helped raise money for the Chad Tough Foundation to help fund research for pediatric brain tumors. “I […]

Athletes of the Week: Hitters knock season out of park

The Lady Wolves gave it their all during the spring season finishing in the Final Four during the MHSAA Softball State Championship playoffs. “It was a great ride,” said Don Peters, head coach for the Clarkston Varsity Softball team. “It was very enjoyable to see them grow as individuals and as a team to see […]

Athletes of the Week: Finish in the top eight

BY WENDI REARDON PRICE Clarkston News Sports Writer The Wolves finished the season with many accolades including the MHSAA Boys Lacrosse Division 1 Region 5 title with wins over OAA Red League foes Bloomfield Hills and Lake Orion. The journey to the state championship was stopped by Hartland with a 20-11 loss for Clarkston in […]

Athletes of the Week: Top notch year

Kristen Page and Alex Matisse were named Senior Athletes before graduating from Clarkston High School Page left her mark on two varsity programs – girls basketball and girls soccer. “Kristen exemplifies determination and leadership,” said Christine Rogers, head coach for the Lady Wolves Varsity Basketball team. “Kristen is the glue that held the team together, […]

Athletes of the Week: Champions again

Clarkston Everest Collegiate was victorious in capturing their second consecutive MHSAA Division 4 Boys Golf State Championship title at Michigan State University, June 9-10. During the span of two days at Forest Akers East, the Mountaineers scored 629, taking the win by 11 strokes. Sophomore Mitch Lowney led the team with a 72 and 71 […]

Athletes of the Week: Mountaineers state bound

Clarkston Everest Collegiate climbed to success during their spring season and are preparing for their first trip to MHSAA Division 4 Girls Tennis State Championship this Friday and Saturday in Holly. The co-op team with players from Everest Collegiate, Oakland Christian and Lutheran Northwest finished in second place during their regional tournament at University Liggett […]

Athletes of the Week: Riverdawgs battle for championship

The Clarkston Riverdawgs 9U competed in the 2017 Clarkston Classic and made it to the championship game for the second year in a row, April 28-30. The championship game against WOW Baseball was tied going into the fourth inning at 6-6. WOW battled back scoring seven more runs and the Dawgs added one more run […]

Athletes of the Week: Wolves make history

A huge congratulations to the Clarkston Boys Varsity Basketball team. It has been an amazing season – and an even more amazing ending as they clenched the MHSAA Boys Basketball Class A State Championship title with a 75-69 win over Grand Rapids Christian on Saturday at Michigan State University’s Breslin Center. The Wolves got over […]