Kickers finish season with 8-0 shut-out

The Oxford Varsity boys soccer team ended their regular season with a 15-4 record after shutting out Waterford Mott 8-0 last Thursday. Amidst the falling snow, the Wildcats got two goals each from senior captain Zac Wasylyna, senior Alex McKeown and sophomore Doug Kiracofe. Seniors David Hayward and Francesco Paese each had one goal to […]

Boys & Girls Club nearing purchase of GCC

For those of you playing the acronym home game, it’s looking like the GCC will soon become the new home of the B&GC. The Orion Oxford Boys & Girls Club is in the process of purchasing the community center, which would give the club its first-ever permanent home. ‘We have a purchase agreement with the […]

Addison to consider NOTA’s request for additional funding

Officials in Addison Township voted to take North Oakland Transportation Authority’s request for $3,500 of additional funding to help put a bus back on the road ‘into consideration? at their Oct. 16 meeting, stating that they ‘aren’t ready to act? on the increase just yet. Currently, Addison pays $18,000 per year to NOTA. The additional […]

Bring on Clarkston

The wait is over. Rivals, neighbors and first-place teams will finally get together on Friday night when 8-0 and top-ranked Lake Orion travels to 8-0 and third-ranked Clarkston. The showdown will be for the OAA I title in addition to hosting three games in the MHSAA playoffs, which begin the following week (the loser will […]

Cross country teams place 11th, 13th at Oxford Invitational

Oxford runners braved the cold last Friday to compete at their invitational at Oxford Hills Golf & Country Club against 16 other teams. The boys team placed 11th at the event, and runner Ben Cole was the only medal winner at 35th place (18:01). Adam Heskitt placed 47th (18:16) and Kevin Jickling placed 64th (18:44). […]

Kickers head to postseason

Home victories over both Troy schools last week got the Dragons back to the .500 mark in league play, with district play underway this week. ‘We finished exactly where I thought we would in the league,? said coach Erick Pfeiffer, who tabbed this a ‘rebuilding? year prior to the start of the season. ‘Basically it […]

Cagers KOd by buzzer-beater in dramatic OT

In an entertaining game that had everything one would want in a first-place showdown, Lake Orion came away from North Farmington High School on Oct. 12 missing just one thing: a victory. The Raiders erased a four-point deficit in the final two minutes of regulation to send the game into overtime. That set the stage […]

Audit agreement approved, work to begin soon

The Township Board will go forward with the Whall Group as their forensic auditor, after narrowly rejecting a proposal to scrap the idea of an audit and then passing a motion to put a retainer agreement with the auditor in place. Treasurer Alice Young presented a three-part motion that would rescind the previous approval of […]

Board finally approves budget for 2007

The Orion Township Board of Trustees agreed to a budget and millage levy for 2007 at their Oct. 16 meeting, almost a month after failing to approve the budget. Following an Oct. 11 special meeting, a few changes were made to the budget, turning a 3-4 vote on Sept. 18 into a 6-1 vote this […]

Township takes action on Dunaskiss marina

After two summers of heated discussion by residents around Pine Island, Orion Township has finally taken action. The township formally sued former state senator Mat Dunaskiss for allegedly setting up a marina without proper documentation. The suit was filed in Oakland Ciruit Court and is awaiting its initial hearing. The Review reported last August that […]