Congratulations to Brice Galbraith of Lakeville for earning his Eagle Scout status! Galbraith, who is 16 and a sophomore at Oxford High School, is a member of Troop 366 and earned his new rank just two weeks ago. Galbraith was eight when he joined the Cub Scouts and worked his way up through being a […]
The Rotary Club of Oxford May 24 awarded close to $2,700 in cash incentives to STRIVE program participants at Oxford High School. STRIVE is a Rotary Club vocational program, established ten years ago, that is designed to help motivate grade point-challenged high school students achieve higher grades. OHS principal Michael Schweig opened the event by […]
Congratulations to Jessica Ojeda, a 10-year-old fourth-grader at Oxford Elementary, for her achievement in Oakland County’s ‘Count Your Steps? program. According to Ojeda’s pedometer ? a device used to measure the number of steps a person takes ? she took more than four million steps during the course of an entire year. Ojeda was one […]
The Varsity Wrestling team got the season started off right after beating Lance Creuse North and rival Lake Orion on Wednesday, Dec. 2. The Wildcats started off slow in their opening match against Lance Creuse, falling behind 9-0 before they traded pinfalls in the 215-lb division and the heavyweight division. After that, the Wildcats began […]
The Varsity Boys Basketball team is ready to get the season underway after an off-season that brought many changes to the program. Departing was Steve Laidlaw, who served seven years as the boys head coach, and seniors from a team that went 9-13 last year, with a district victory for the first time in over […]
The Oxford Varsity Swim and Dive team looks to continue to building the program in it’s second year of existence. Coming off a 1-5 season in the Flint Metro League last season, one of the goals that Swim and Dive Head Coach Jackie Boswell has is to be competative at this year’s Flint Metro League […]
The offensive outburst for the Varsity Hockey team continued this past week when they defeated Brandon 9-1 on Dec. 2. Senior Goalie Corey Hrischuk stopped 22 of 23 shots from Brandon and senior Will Buday, sophomore Alex Kaks and sophomore Garrett Kovacic each had two goals for the Wildcats and Junior Matt Reid had one […]
The guys and girls bowling teams started the season off on the right note after both teams defeated Brandon in their season opener on Saturday, Dec. 5. The girls dominated, winning 29-1. They were led by senior Captain Kelly Cartner, who went 4-4 in the baker games and rolled games of 185 and 205 to […]
By Andrew Moser Leader Staff Writer The Lady Wildcats Basketball team got a taste of how it’s going to be in Oakland Activities Association this past week, and it was one they would soon like to wash out of their mouth. They started the week against rival Lake Orion on Tuesday, Dec. 1, and before […]
New faces are continuing to emerge around the Oxford Varsity Competitive Cheer program. Last year’s new face was Head Coach Shari Russell, whose guidance led the team to a sixth place finish in the Flint Metro League last year. This year, she stares into the faces of 24 girls, an increase of nine from last […]