Lake Orion Police assisted Oxford Police Jan. 8 with the apprehension of allegedly intoxicated off-duty Oakland County Sheriff’s Deputy Michael G. Daves. Daves was a 20-year veteran of the Pontiac Police Department prior to it dissolving last year. He served five months as a deputy. Daves was arraigned Jan. 10 at 52-3 District Court in […]
Call me a petty person but it is the small things in life that annoy me the most. People talking on their mobile phones during a movie, littering, driving under the speed limit and, the subject for the day, having a lack restaurant etiquette. On occasion, particularly when there is company to feed, I will […]
The Lake Orion boys? basketball team may have lost to Clarkston Jan. 3, but its performance seemed to shock the Wolves? crowd, players and coaches. In the 58-40 game, the Dragons started slow but managed to cut the traditionally state-ranked Wolves? lead to 10 points. ‘The first quarter basically put us in a hole we […]
The Dragon’s of wrestling took their first losses Jan 6. during a quad meet hosted at Lake Orion High School. Despite coming in third place, Head Coach Corey Kuzinski said the meet was a good mix of competition. ‘You really don’t want to come out and beat up on everyone because you want the good […]
The Dragons managed to break even last week with a win 65-49 win over Notre Dame Prep and a tough 63-56 loss against Ferndale. In what head coach Tom Risi called the best game his team has played all year, senior Brad Watterworth and sophomore John McCarty led the scoring with 20 points each against […]
The Dragon hockey team came back from winter break a bit rusty, but they are slowly recovering. The first game Lake Orion played took them far away to Brighton to face off against South Lyon Lions. The home team proved one of the more aggressive opponents Lake Orion has faced this year – the result […]
The Dragon wrestlers traveled just north to Oxford Jan. 18 to face the defending state champions amongst other teams. While the Dragons managed to beat Rochester six times out of 14 matches, the Oxford Wildcats bared their teeth and reminded everyone why they were champions in 2011, beating Lake Orion out 14-0. ‘That’s the first […]
The Lake Orion boys? basketball team learned from its mistakes last week, taking a disappointingly close loss to Birmingham Seaholm, 59-55, and following it with a solid win over Stoney Creek, 55-41. Head Coach Tom Risi was critical of his own team against the Maples, saying they did not put forth an effort worthy of […]
Lake Orion took the ice at the Detroit Skating Club on Jan. 28 against rival Clarkston and, after a hard-fought 2-1 overtime win, claimed its second consecutive OAA Red Division championship trophy. The game, one of two played last week – the other a 3-1 non-league win over Waterford Mott – was highly anticipated by […]
Sometimes in competition, engineering prowess is required over athletic skill, and the Lake Orion High School robotics club is ready for the upcoming 2012 season with a robot designed, built and operated by themselves. Part of the worldwide program called FIRST (for inspiration and recognition of science and technology) since 1999, the team and seen […]