The ice-Dragons entered their playoffs with a bang on Friday, Feb. 17 and Saturday, Feb. 18 with a pair of wins over Birmingham United 5-1, and Rochester United 3-2. The standing will pit the Dragons against OAA rivals the Clarkston Wolves this Saturday for the OAA Playoff Championship. Head Coach Nick Field seemed calm about […]
The Dragons took home a pair of victories last week against Birmingham Groves and Stoney Creek. Leading the charge against Groves was senior Justin Walukonis with 20 points, followed closely by sophomore John McCarty with 19 in the 68-60 victory on Feb. 14. McCarty proved equally strong in the game against Stoney Creek on Feb. […]
Lake Orion’s Boys Bowling team crushed Oxford under the pins on Feb. 16, beating the Wildcats 26-4.Leader for the Dragons included Mike Brumitt with 480 in two games, Scott Chisholm with 469 and Josh Baryla with 450. In contrast, Oxford’s top scorer, Mitch Guzanek, managed a 390.The Dragons played again Monday.Pictured, from left seniors Kate […]
While the cash is petty, the debate between Township Clerk Penny Shults and Township Treasurer Alice Young which sparked at the Feb. 21 Orion Township meeting was not. The brief altercation rose due to a proposed change in what the the treasurer’s office reimburses with their petty cash fund; a $100 balance that refills around […]
In two days, I’ll have eschewed cigarettes from my life for eight months straight. It wasn’t easy, as some would have you believe. I searched for quitting methods for years before and from gum to patches the simple fact was that I didn’t really want to stop. I finally found my solution in the form […]
Orion Township’s Operations Director Allan Feys left his position late last month to venture south to Pontiac where he hopes to sort out the ailing city’s finances. But he said in the two years he served in Orion, his career was punctuated with two supervisors, huge projects and real challenges. I started in November 2009 […]
The Dragons? season on the ice ended March 3 after a frustratingly close 1-0 loss to Eagles of Utica Eisenhower High School. Head Coach Nick Field called the match a ‘very good game? and said there was no one unifying reason Lake Orion couldn’t bring back a win. ‘Both teams played hard, both had a […]
Anyone that has seen a Lake Orion senior basketball player is now looking at an MHSAA divisional champion. Traveling to Rochester to do battle against the Falcons, a team which Orion has lost to twice in the regular season, the Dragons fought tooth, nail and wing to bring about the 48-44 win. The past two […]
The economy has claimed another service provided by Lake Orion’s downtown and this one may prevent fun times at the beach. For the first time in at least 30 years, the Lake Orion Village Council decided, at a March 8 budget meeting, to proceed with their budget without accounting for lifeguards at Green’s Park, located […]
Lake Orion residents may go far and wide when they graduate from high school, but not many come back as professional athletes. And not many come back after performances that put them in league with the likes of Tiger Woods. Tom Gillis, a mid-1980’s graduate of Lake Orion High School tied with Woods for second […]