Nine of Oxford’s finest athletes made plans to continue their athletic careers in college and signed letters of intent on Friday night. Between the athletes are six sports and seven colleges. Their achievement was celebrated at halftime during the record-setting boys basketball team’s game as their friends and families cheered and took pictures. Most notable […]
Just a few months after she published her first novel, Addison resident Iris Underwood has picked up her first award for the fictional “The Mantle” from the Illumination Book Awards. She was given the silver medal in the competition’s inspirational/romance fiction category. Aside from being an author, Underwood is a former Leader writer and columnist […]
Middle and high school-age artists from across the state enter their class projects and portfolios into the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards competition every year. This year, about 3,600 pieces of student art from Michigan were submitted, and five Oxford students got recognition for their work. On Monday Feb 11, the students were honored at […]
After Oxford’s bowling boys claimed the title a few weeks earlier, Oxford’s ladies also became the OAA Red champs on Thursday night by reclaiming the title from Lake Orion. Both teams also beat Royal Oak and competed in the OAA Championship meet last week. On Monday, Royal Oak proved no match for either Wildcat team. […]
Extending their number of wins to eight games this season, the Lady Cats overcame Farmington and their rivals in Lake Orion last week. On Feb. 7, Oxford hosted Farmington and left the match with a 43-27 win. Though the first quarter went back and forth, the Wildcats were able to pull away from Farmington in […]
Friday night was a tough one for Oxford’s boys basketball program. After going strong for 15 games, Ferndale ended the Wildcat’s record-setting win streak in a 66-59 game. The streak is the longest and best start to a season by any Oxford basketball team, beating the previous record of 10 games set by the 2016-17 […]
Taking on Notre Dame Prep on Feb. 9, the Oxford-Avondale hockey team suffered a tough 10-2 loss. The team was without its leading scorer for the night, senior forward and captain Ben Pratt. Notre Dame got on the board quickly in the first period, and put three more in the back of the net to […]
Alleged assault and battery of spouse A 40-year-old Oxford woman went to the Oakland County Jail on Feb. 9 after allegedly assaulting her husband. The man called authorities after the two went out for drinks with a friend. When they returned to the friend’s home, the report states the woman started yelling at her husband […]
Forty-four cheer teams from across the state flooded into Oxford High School on Saturday for the Mardi Gras Mambo invite. Though the Wildcats took sixth place, Head Coach Alanna Weber was excited to host such a large competition and have the opportunity to showcase her seniors during the team’s final regular season meet. In rounds […]
After the dangerously cold weather last week, courtesy of the polar vortex that hit much of the Midwest, Oxford Schools used the last of its allowed cancellation days when it declared the sixth of the academic year on Jan. 30. Then it called off school again the next day, and another on Feb. 6. But, […]