Girls golf team shoots for successful season

The Oxford High School Girls Golf team is set for a successful 2012-13 season. Coach Terry Kelley has many goals for this year’s squad and has rounded up many talented players to meet them. Beginning with an Aug. 15 warm-up scramble against Holly and Lapeer East, the OHS golf season had an early tee time […]

X-country teams finish 2nd, 3rd at Rochester Adams Invite

The Wildcats are off and running! In their first outing of the season, the OHS boys and girls cross country teams finished second and third of the seven schools competing at the Rochester Adams invitation Aug. 30. The average time to complete the 5k course for the OHS women’s team was 20:58.1. OHS men ran […]

Golfers get into swing of things

It’s been a busy few weeks for the OHS lady golfers Junior Varsity coach Gretchen Gabler said the inaugural Golden Wedge tournament, held in Metamora on August 30, was a ‘wonderful tournament . . . (on) a very difficult course? At the Golden Wedge, team scores and grade-level scores were tallied. Oxford’s Kyla Kurczewski was […]

Oxford’s aquatic athletes defeat Farmington

The OHS Swimming and Diving team had a great first meet at Farmington High Aug. 30, defeating the home team 101-69. Coach Jacqueline Rank said she was ‘really pleased with the results.? In the 50 freestyle, sophomore Taylor Curtis came in first with a time of 26.81. In the 100m backstroke, OHS came in 1-2-3. […]

Spikers win Gabriel Richard Invite

The OHS Varsity Volleyball team returned victorious from the Gabriel Richard Invitational last week. Held in Ann Arbor , the Wildcats were undefeated in five matches that day, and received the first place trophy for their hard work. Wildcat standouts Meagan Neff and Darien Bandel were named to the All-Tournament team. Of the day’s performance, […]

$300,000 awarded to district

For complying with best practices, the state of Michigan has awarded Lake Orion Schools $300,000. The so-called ‘best practices? were created by Michigan legislators. By meeting seven of the eight criteria, Lake Orion Schools will receive a one-time grant of $52 per district student. At nearly 7,700 students, this equates to about $300,000 over the […]

Greetings Lake Orion

Howdy Lake Orionites! My name is Lance Farrell. With the changing season and blowing leaves I arrive, taking over from Trevor Keiser. I’ll have big shoes to fill, though, as Mr. Keiser has left a high mark to meet. With your help, I’ll do my utmost. Like Mr. Keiser, I’ll be covering township government, school […]

Homecomeing Parade upgraded

New marching orders for Lake Orion’s homecoming parade. Now moved to Sunday, September 23, the parade kicks off at 3:30 p.m. and will wind from Blanche Elementary to Flint Street and then finishing up on Broadway. Previously, the parade has been held on Friday’s but this year sees the parade moved to a more community-friendly […]

Free piano recital at St. Joes

Wanna hear a joyful noise? Wanna get your monthly culture fix? Then make your way out to St. Joseph’s at 4:00 p.m. on September 30 when Leszek Bartkiewicz will perform piano compositions by Scarlatti, Liszt, Bartok, Tchaikovsky, Gershwin, and Chopin. In the space of one hour, listeners will be swept through more than three hundred […]

Market Extends Season

Due to this summer’s successful showing, Lake Orion’s Farmer Market has elected to stay open an extra month longer. Held each Wednesday from 2:00- 6:00 p.m., the market experienced a dramatic increase in vendors and foot traffic this summer. Whereas previous years ended in early September, the market looked at the increase to 15 vendors […]

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