Becoming the first girls to swim for Clarkston in the MHSAA Division I state finals did not come easily for juniors Kandice Keen and Amanda Hassett; sophomores Alyssa Vela and Kaitlyn Hassett; and freshmen Molli Simpson and Christine Seiple. They earned the right to swim at states with grueling August training sessions and practices before […]
When Ann Lowney resigned as coach of the Clarkston varsity girls basketball team on Nov. 18, 2004 after eight seasons on the job, she left in the interest of ‘pursuing being a mommy.? Her new role as Everest Academy’s Athletic Director allows her to spend time with her triplets, Serra, Mitchell and Gracie, and put […]
A hot scorer on the basketball court will turn heads, but as Clarkston found out on Nov. 29 in their last second, 44-42 state quarterfinal loss to Saginaw Arthur Hill, a playmaker wins ball games. Having already scored a game high 23 points, Arthur Hill’s Jamilah Humes? biggest play of the night came with precious […]
With 14 new players and only 12 returning skaters from last year’s state semifinal team, the Clarkston varsity hockey team started the season in glorious fashion, beating West Bloomfield 9-0 on Nov 17. ‘We have a lot of new players. It’s going to take some time. They all have good attitudes though,? Clarkston Coach Bryan […]
Though Clarkston’s swimmers did not come home with medals and narrowly missed having their 200 medley swimmers named All-State, the Wolves relished their first trip to the MHSAA Division I State finals, Nov. 17-18 at Eastern Michigan University. ‘It was exciting, I never really thought we’d get to states,? junior captain Amanda Hassett said. At […]
Interscholastic sports in the seventh and eighth grades changed dramatically this year in the Clarkston schools. The long-standing rivalry between Sashabaw Middle School and Clarkston Middle School is officially over. SMS now houses the sixth and seventh graders and Clarkston Junior High School holds the eighth and ninth grades. In last week’s edition of The […]
In the words of Clarkston senior Melissa Martinez there was ‘no way? Waterford Kettering was going to oust the Clarkston’s girls basketball team from post season play three years in a row, especially not this year with the district title on the line as the two teams tipped off on Nov. 18 at Ortonville Brandon […]
While not drab to start with, on Nov. 9 the normally conservatively decorated Clarkston High School library pulsed with maize and blue shirts, hats and decorations ? with a smattering of maroon and white thrown in for good measure. The colors came courtesy of three Wolves as they signed letters of intent to NCAA Division […]
They have put in countless hours in the pool, endured practices beginning at 5 a.m., only to be rewarded with a second practice after school for more than three months ? and now they only have one more wave to crest. The first group of swimmers from Clarkston High School to make the state finals […]
In part one of a series examining Clarkston’s middle school and junior high sports programs, the focus is turned on changes to the eighth grade football and girls basketball programs. For 35 years, Sashabaw and Clarkston Middle School battled one another on the football field. This fall, the eighth grade football program as well as […]