Lake Orion High School senior Garrett Ruhland has been swimming since he was just six years old. ‘Swimming is a lifelong thing,? Ruhland said. And along Ruhland’s road of life, swimming will help him secure a college education. He recently became just the second Dragon swimmer in team history to sign a national letter of […]
Rarely can a team classify itself as being ‘developing? and still be one of the state’s best. But that’s the case at Lake Orion High School, where winning and losing during the dual meet portion of the season seems of little concern to coach Paul Fairman’s boys swim team. Fairman concurred with senior Garrett Ruhland’s […]
The LO men’s basketball team led almost the entire game at Stoney Creek on Jan. 13. But a 3-pointer with less than 10 seconds left in the game by Creek’s Ben Taormina capped an improbable comeback, and sent the Dragons home with their first OAA III loss 58-57. Sophomore Drew Maynard scored 16 for the […]
Lake Orion High School played host to some top notch volleyball at the Dragon Invite on Jan. 14. Walled Lake Northern won the tournament, with Brighton and Oxford finishing close behind. The Dragons went 6-8 in their games, but the tough opposition they faced will can only help them as the season progresses. ‘We weren’t […]
After embarrassing losses to Lake Orion and Saginaw Heritage, the Boy’s Varsity Lacrosse team went back to the drawing board for some new approaches. Head Coach Brian Edwards called a team meeting where they went over what happened the last couple of games. ‘We broke down our offense and defense, everyone should have a new […]
The Wildcat Varsity Softball team took home the Championship trophy from this past weekend’s two day, 48-team tournament which was held at Liberty Park in Sterling Heights, MI. The tournament started out rough as the girls lost to Regina 9-5. But they rebounded nice, winning their next four games, defeating Grosse Pointe North, Hartland, Northland […]
The LO men’s bowling team lost a hard fought match to Oxford 16-14 at a packed Collier Lanes on Jan. 14. Oxford won the first game 920-874 and held off a late charge in the second to win 951-833. The Dragons rallied in the 8th frame of the second match with four consecutive strikes as […]
Tamara Girling wanted something more out of her career. As a mother, and someone who enjoys interaction with others, Girling wanted to add that knowledge and experience to her work in an office setting. That’s why she left a position as office administrator, for a small manufacturing company in Rochester Hills, to become office coordinator […]
The Wildcat Baseball team finally broke trough in the win column, defeating Grand Blanc 12-11 in the first game of their double header on April 25. Nick Tombrella led the Wildcat offense, going three for four with a homerun and four RBI’s. Mitch Stefanski went two for four with a triple and an RBI, and […]
The Girls Varsity Track Team continued its strong start to the season by defeating Lapeer East 89-48 this past week. Meanwhile, the boys suffered their first loss of the young season, losing by five to Lapeer East 71-66. The girls finished first in 13 of 17 events, while the boys finished first in 12 of […]