The Wildcat Varsity Cheer team put forth another solid effort, finishing fifth in their Flint Metro League meet at Holly on Wed, Jan 14. The Wildcats finished the meet with 621.7174 points and were just a tenth of a point behind fourth place and 30 points behind third place. Oxford Cheer Coach Sheri Russell was […]
The Wildcat Varsity Bowling Teams kept their strong seasons rolling with convincing wins over Linden. The Varsity Girls won 29-1, while the Varsity Guys won 28-2. Oxford Freshman Heather Lafnear led all bowlers with games of 196 and 175, and Senior Caption Ashlee High bowled games of 178 and 173. In the baker matches, Senior […]
Lovers of Mexican food, rejoice. Over two years after a fire gutted the restaurant, the Sagebrush Cantina is almost ready to be welcomed back into downtown Lake Orion. A fire that started in the kitchen of the restaurant destroyed the old Sagebrush in March of 2004, taking with it several other nearby businesses. Now the […]
Local law enforcement and fire department officials were kept busy last week, responding to a number of serious injury accidents that happened across Orion Township. A hit and run incident last Wednesday left a construction flagman working on Joslyn Road lucky to be alive. The flagman was directing traffic at a construction site on Joslyn […]
Sharon Keener and Lucy McNally have spent the past three months training for the trip of a lifetime. As part of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s new Hike for Discovery adventure fundraising program, the two Lake Orion residents will soon be hiking in the Grand Canyon. They are part of a team of 45 traveling […]
A scholarship fund honoring former Lake Orion High School cheerleader Natalie Nance has been started by her parents, parents of other former cheerleaders, and the cheerleading coaching staff. Nance, a 2003 LOHS graduate and Oxford resident, was killed in a car accident on Jan. 14, while traveling near Cadillac on her way to Boyne Mountain. […]
DECA is an association of marketing students at Lake Orion High School, and the International Career Development Conference is the biggest event of the year for them, with roughly 13,000 members attending. The five-member group from Lake Orion attended the conference April 28 through May 3, and two students, juniors Olivia Gross and Kevin Latshaw, […]
A strong first half helped the Dragons avenge a shootout loss last June against Grand Blanc. Rachel Bemman scored twice and Ann Sauer added another, giving Lake Orion a 3-0 halftime advantage in the April 29 contest played at LO. ‘Bemman got a couple of breaks and put the ball in the net,? said coach […]
The Dragons swept a doubleheader from division rival Birmingham Groves, 19-0, and 14-1, on April 25. Danielle Dunn pitched both games, striking out six and giving up one hit in each. Both games ended early due to the mercy rule. ‘Danielle Dunn has done an excellent job,? said coach Denny Davis. ‘She has pitched every […]
Sometimes those runs that just pad a lead late in a game seem futile, but they were anything but for the Dragons at division foe Clarkston on May 1. A bases-loaded walk and a three-run double from number eight hitter Nick Dunstan in the top of the seventh inning helped stretch a 4-2 lead to […]