A tough five-game loss at home to Rochester last Thursday dashed the Lake Orion volleyball squad’s hopes of running the table in the OAA II this season. So the team looked to rebound on Saturday, during the annual Dragon Volleyball Invitational at LOHS. Things started well for LO as they won both games of the […]
The Lake Orion Baptist School Lions went on the road last week, traveling first to Sterling Christian School in Troy, where they fought a tough battle losing to the host Crusaders 39-37. Trailing by two points with just seconds left, guard Ben Cuyler went to the free throw line, where he made the first, but […]
In basketball, they say league titles are won by winning on the road, and road games are won by playing good defense. So, when visiting Lake Orion held Rochester Adams without a field goal for nearly nine minutes in the second half of their OAA II contest last Friday it was as if to say: […]
A scoring error in the Dragons? December game at Southfield Lathrup prevented Lake Orion from winning the game in regulation. At halftime, a discrepancy was discovered in the scorebook kept by Lake Orion and the one kept by Lathrup. The book belonging to the home team is the official book, so Lathrup was credited with […]
Lake Orion held the first-ever OAA I Cheerleading Jamboree on Jan. 10, with the Dragons placing second behind two-time defending state champion Rochester. ‘I was pleased with everyone’s performance,? said Dragon Coach Nancy DeAvila. ‘This is the first time we’ve done the weeknight performances on this side of the state.? The OAA changed formats this […]
Students at Clarkston Junior High School and Clarkston High School will experience a major overhaul with the beginning of the 2008-09 school year. The two-semester program students and staff have followed for years will be replaced by a trimester system in an effort by the Clarkston school district to meet new state graduation requirements. Under […]
After a successful introduction into the Clarkston School District last year, ‘A World in Motion? returned to Pine Knob Elementary on Jan. 5. The program, sponsored by the Society of Automotive Engineers, has been around for over a decade, but 2006 was the first time students in the district participated. The initial program focused only […]
Departing from their recent comedic streak, the Clarkston Village Players are bringing murder suspense to the stage in their latest production, ‘A Talent for Murder,? by Jerome Chodorov and Norman Panama. Director Joseph Mishler described the story as ‘a classic ‘who dunnit.?? Anne McClain (played by Jan Cable) is an aging mystery novelist whose arthritis […]
John Hawley’s family is hoping people in the Clarkston community are still in the holiday spirit of giving. Through a partnership with Clarkston Community Church, Hawley’s family is holding a fund-raiser to help them through a crisis. Hawley’s struggle with diabetes has had severe costs in the last few months. In the past two years, […]
For the second year in a row, students in the Clarkston school district participated in the National PTA Reflections program. The program gives students a chance to express their thoughts through various mediums. Each year, the event follows a separate theme submitted by a student; this year’s being ‘My favorite place?? On Jan. 5, students […]