Winter sports on track to start (for now)

Winter sports on track to start (for now)

By Teddy Rydquist Leader Staff Writer With the calendar flipping to November, we are nearing the beginning of the winter sports seasons at Oxford High School. While there was a lot of uncertainty surrounding fall athletic activities because of the coronavirus (COVID-19), the Representative Council of the Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) confirmed during […]

‘Bridge has become a barrier wall in the community’

‘Bridge has become a barrier wall in the community’

Oxford Twp. forms committee to look into raising Maloney Bridge and limiting Squaw boat access By James Hanlon Leader Staff Writer Oxford Township is mediating a complex dispute around the Stringy Lakes concerning the Maloney St. Bridge and the DNR boat access on Squaw Lake. At its virtual Oct. 14 meeting, the township Board of […]

Fuel tanker slides off Newman Road, injuries avoided

Fuel tanker slides off Newman Road, injuries avoided

By Teddy Rydquist Leader Staff Writer Newman Road was closed down last week for about seven hours. Shortly before 10:30 a.m. on October 28, a diesel fuel tanker slid off the road just south of Mill Pond Drive, ending up on its passenger side in a ditch on the east side of the roadway. Thankfully, […]

Oxford’s Patterson moving on to state cross country meet

Oxford’s Patterson moving on to state cross country meet

Oxford senior Zach Patterson (#39) finished fifth overall at the Michigan High School Athletic Association Lower Peninsula Region 7-1 meet at Clintonwood Park in Clarkston on Friday, October 30. Patterson finished the 5,000 meter course in 16:04.1 minutes, a personal record, and will now compete in the Division 1 state final at Michigan International Speedway […]

Wildcats lose, but deliver scare to one of state’s best

Wildcats lose, but deliver scare to one of state’s best

By Teddy Rydquist Leader Staff Writer When the Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) playoff football matchups were unveiled on October 25, the Oxford Wildcats drew a familiar foe and a team many view as one of the state’s ten best, the Clarkston Wolves. Heavy underdogs entering the clash, which was played at Clarkston High […]

Drive-thru trick-or-treating

Drive-thru trick-or-treating

The annual Jack-o-Lantern Jamboree continued this year as a unique drive-thru trick-or-treating experience hosted by the Oxford Township Parks and Recreation Department at Seymour Lake Twp. Park on the evening of October 19. Staying in their vehicles, families in costumes followed the trick-or-treat trail to collect trinkets, treats and a pumpkin from the Great Pumpkin […]

Oxford Closes Schools of Choice for spring

By James Hanlon Leader Staff Writer Families will have a limited time frame for students to transfer between in-person and virtual learning for the spring semester at Oxford Schools. Whether families wish to transfer from an in-person school to Oxford Virtual Academy (OVA) or the other way around, parents must submit transfer requests to the […]

Royalty Crowned

Royalty Crowned

While there wasn’t a parade. While there wasn’t a packed-with-fans Wildcat Stadium. While the home team didn’t win, there was still pomp and circumstance in Oxford last Friday night. And, why not? It was Homecoming 2020. Last week, Oxford High School students voted to fill out the 2020 Homecoming Court. The court included: Freshmen: Holden […]

A quick look at the Nov. 3 election

A quick look at the Nov. 3 election

By Leader Staff Writers James Hanlon and Teddy Rydquist Voters who have not mailed in or dropped off ther ballots from the villages of Oxford and Leonard and from the townships of Addison and Oxford, will head the the polls starting 7 a.m., Tuesday, November 3. Here’s a quick rundown of what the locals are […]

Wildcats travel to Clarkston to open playoffs

By Teddy Rydquist Leader Staff Writer In the final contest of the abbreviated six-game regular season, Oxford fell to the Southfield A&T Warriors, 21-0, on October 23 at Wildcat Stadium to finish their regular season at 2-4 (1-3 Oakland Activities Association Red Division). Doubling as Homecoming and the annual Senior Night, each of the program’s […]