Boys gridiron hopeful for one more win to clinch playoffs

One win and they’re in. The Oxford Wildcats? state playoff hopes are very much alive and well after Coach Bud Rowley’s team shocked previously undefeated Oak Park, 14-12 on Friday night. The Wildcats now must defeat Troy in an OAA crossover game on Friday at 7 p.m. at Wildcat Stadium to get to six wins […]

Kovacik beats out 136 runners

Oxford senior Brooke Kovacik bested a field of 136 runners to win the annual Oxford Invitational Cross Country meet last week. Kovacik’s time of 18 minutes and 19.6 seconds in the 5,000 meter run at Oxford Hills Country Club was nearly a minute ahead of the second place finisher, who was from Walled Lake Northern. […]

Lady wildcats ready for Orion

Oxford’s varsity volleyball team improved its league standing with two victories last week and look to be ready for the upcoming district play. The lady Wildcats are 3-3 in the league after defeating Rochester Adams and Farmington. Against Adams, Oxford overcame a slow start to win the match 12-25, 29-27, 25-22, and 28-26. Junior captain […]

Kicking it in districts

District play has started in varsity soccer this week and the Wildcats are hosting in what is hoped to be a blue turf home field advantage. The Wildcats were scheduled to open district play against Carman-Ainsworth on Tuesday and then hopefully take on Lake Orion on Thursday at Wildcat Stadium. Both games were at 7 […]

Wildcats keep swimming to victory

The Oxford Wildcat lady swimmers met an old foe last week and secured a victory. The swimmers faced Lapeer East, which is an old Flint Metro League rival, and won 110 – 75. Coach Jacqueline Rank was pleased with the victory. ‘We had some good swims with some great competition. We still need to overcome […]

Level One donates $50K for blue turf

Oxford’s blue turf group received a huge boost to pay off the synthetic field when Level One Bank stepped forward last week with a $50,000 donation. The donation means that about $150,000 is still owed on the turf, but fund-raising efforts are underway throughout the community. Since mid-August about $150,000, which includes the donation from […]

Strong showing for X-country at league championships

The Oxford Cross Country team continued to improve in hopes of making a very large statement in upcoming state championships. Coach Matt Johnson said the boys and girls each had strong showings in the OAA league championships with the boys dropping a huge 40 seconds off the team average. On the girls? side, the Wildcat’s […]

Booters blanked by Grand Blanc in district play

The Oxford varsity soccer team ended a very good season with a loss in state district play to Grand Blanc, 1-0. Grand Blanc went on to beat Lake Orion for the district championship, held at Wildcat Stadium last week. Coach John Thaler’s team won its opening match in district play, 7-2, over Flint’s Carman-Ainsworth. In […]

Luck-talent combo earns Cats a spot in playoffs

Sometimes it’s better to be lucky than good. But, it’s always better to be lucky and good. Oxford’s sophomore quarterback Glacier Wallington was both lucky and good on Friday when his Wildcats needed a win against Troy in order to guarantee a berth in the state playoffs. The Cats won 34-20 with two touchdowns late […]

Linden tourney will warm up spikers for district play against LO

The Oxford volleyball team ended the season with a couple of losses but can regain some mojo this weekend in anticipation of meeting Lake Orion in state district competition. The Lady Wildcats will face the Dragons of Lake Orion on November 1 at 5:30 p.m. at Romeo High School in the first round of state […]

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