Oxford High School sophomore Madison Pavliscak began playing the cello in the fourth grade. For the past six years, she’s been perfecting her craft and now all of her hard work has paid off. Pavliscak was recently invited to travel to Europe next summer with the Blue Lake International Youth Symphony Orchestra. ‘I was so […]
The old adage ‘there is strength in numbers? rings true for this year’s cross-country team, which has a combined total of 73 runners between the boys and girls teams. ‘This is the biggest cross-country team we’ve ever had,? said Assistant Coach Kieve Johnson. ‘Out of that strength, comes depth,? added Head Coach Matt Johnson. ‘Out […]
While the Oxford boys? varsity soccer team has already kicked off the season with a 4-0-1 record, Head Coach John Thaler expects tough play throughout the rest of the season. ‘There is a lot of parity in the OAA White . . . There are a lot of good teams and there is going to […]
The Oxford varsity volleyball team improved their record 13-4-2 after beating Walled Lake Western in three matches. The girls won the first match 25-8 and match number two and three were both 25-13 victories. Top scorers included Marie Matheis with nine kills, Nicole Elzerman with six kills and three aces, Grace Wysocki with six kills […]
Oxford Varsity Girls Swim & Dive team took their first plunge of the season away against the Hazel Park on Sept. 3, where the Wildcats out swam the Vikings 149-26. ‘Hazel Park has a very small team, so we were able to swim some different events so that I could get times for athletes in […]
Eighteen new staff members joined the Oxford school district to start the new year. ‘I think we have a great bunch that came in this year,? said Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources Nancy Latowski. ‘We have a wide variety of experience, some that are new to the profession that are going to be great and […]
Eighty-five percent of all public and private school bus fleets in the state passed the initial safety inspection, according to a Sept. 8 Michigan State Police press release. In that 85 percent is Oxford’s bus fleet. The inspection includes a rating system of ‘pass,? ‘yellow,? or ‘red.? ‘Buses that do not pass the initial annual […]
After losing quite a few seniors last year, Oxford girls varsity Swim & Dive Coach Jackie Rank is looking forward to girls stepping up to fill in those holes. Out of 28 girls, 21 returned this year, Rank noted. She is looking to senior captains Kayla Krebs and Emily Sovis and junior captain Danielle Kemp […]
The Wildcat varsity soccer team’s OAA White match-up against the Avondale Yellow Jackets last week ended in a draw with a 1-1 score, bringing their current record 2-0-2 on the OAA White and 5-0-3 overall. According to Head Coach John Thaler ‘the game was a very physical contest with many hard challenges throughout.? ‘Oxford had […]
The Wildcat varsity volleyball team went 2-4 in last week’s matches, bringing their overall record to 15-8-2. The girls traveled to Flushing on Sept. 9 to play North Branch, Clarkston and Flushing in a ‘quad? match-up. In their first game against North Branch, the girls fell 21-25. ‘The girls started out strong and aggressive, and […]