WHAT slow start? After starting this soccer season at 0-5-2, the Oxford soccer team has made up for lost time as they have now defeated three playoff opponents en route to winning their sixth district championship in seven years. On Oct. 15, the Wildcats had earned a district final berth by defeating Marine City 2-1 […]
A slogan for a popular eighties comedy-action on NBC went like this: ‘If you have a problem, and if no one else can help, and if you find them, maybe you can hire…the A Team.? That’s because two of the Oxford Wildcat swimmers? A Relay Teams picked up first-place honors at their Oct. 14 swim […]
Freshmen and sophomore cross country runners from Oxford received medals and a trophy at the Oct. 20 Rochester Freshman Sophomore tournament in Rochester’s Bloomer Park. The cross country boys finished third out of 13 schools and earned a trophy while the girls finished fifth out of 11 schools. Six runners (three for the boys and […]
From KISS to Van Halen, the world’s greatest rock bands have usually started with friends and family members getting together to create a new sound. Here in Oxford, the same rings true at the high school as young musical talent strives to make a name for itself. Justin Kauffmann had broken up with his old […]
Jerry Whisnant Jr.’s love for flag football has earned him a trip to Holland. No, not to the two western provinces of the Netherlands’that European country famous for wooden shoes, dikes and soccer players clad in screaming orange uniforms. But rather, Holland, Mich., on the western side of the state. Whisnant plays for the Waterford […]
‘Oxford ball, first and 10, on the 41-yard-liiiinnnne!? ‘First down for your Oxford Wiiiiiiildcats!? Travis Harris, 13, a seventh-grader at Oxford Middle School, sits in the broadcast booth at Wildcat Stadium. Equipped with team rosters, Travis serves as the public address announcer for seventh-grade football home games. ‘The view from the booth is great,? Travis […]
The theme for the 2008 Oxford Middle School yearbook was ‘Our Time to Shine?, and it’s been that way for the past two years for staff who puts it together. For its yearbook production, the OMS staff recently received two awards’the Walsworth Regional Excellence Award and the Michigan IPA Silver Award. The WRE Award, received […]
An Oxford Middle School student will be competing in the Nationals? 2008 Miss Junior Teen Royal Oak pageant, which will take place on Nov. 1. Kymber Nelson, 13, learned of her acceptance into the pageant when Nationals, Inc., announced their selections Oct. 6. ‘I was really excited,? said Kymber, upon learning of her selection. ‘I […]
Elizabeth Ligon, an Oxford High School senior, has made the semifinals of the 2009 National Merit Scholarship Program. Ligon is one of about 16,000 students nationwide to make it into the semifinals of the 54th annual program, which doles out $2,500 scholarships. ‘I think it’s cool to be recognized,? said Elizabeth. ‘I was surprised and […]
It’s not surprising that Josh Allen competed in the NFL Pepsi Punt, Pass and Kick and did well enough to qualify for the state finals during halftime at the Nov. 23 Detroit-Tampa Bay game. After all, competing in this event runs in the family: Josh’s father, Matt, and his five uncles all competed in this […]