Wendi’s Word A column by Wendi Reardon

Working as a team can win a game. But in Clarkston it can do more. So much more – it can also feed a community. The gridiron heroes drove through neighborhoods and knocked on doors last Friday to collect donations for Lighthouse Emergency Services for their 16th Annual Rush for Food. Well, the JV and […]

Grad spends summer with science

Anna Gray spent her summer exploring the outdoors and meeting people at a month long camp. The 2013 Clarkston High School graduate represented Michigan as a delegate to the National Youth Science Camp, June 26-July 20, joining 121 other high school graduates from the United States and nine other countries. “It was cool because a […]

Lessons learned

Last Friday night’s lightning storm delayed the finish of Clarkston’s varsity football opener at Rochester Adams High School. The 10-hour delay wasn’t enough for the Wolves to turn things around though, as they lost to Adams, 12-7. ‘We weren’t very good,? said Wolves? head coach Kurt Richardson. ‘We played the way we practiced the last […]

Athletes of The Week

The Clarkston Girls Swim and Dive team opened the season ruling the pool as they took first place at the Waterford Relay Meet at Waterford Mott High School, Aug. 24. They scored 442 points, the most out of seven teams. They finished first in six relays and first in the synchronized diving competition, scoring 40 […]

Warriors fall to Wolves

Kickers’ control in the second half against Brother Rice turned into a win, 2-1. “It was a true battle,” said Clarkston Boys Varsity Head Coach Curtis Payment. “The game got really heated and chippy. We were on our heels at times and weathered the storm.” The boys were losing at the end of the first […]

Victory at Fenton tournament

Spikers went 3-2 for the day at the Lake Orion tournament on Aug. 28. They won the first round of playoffs against Seaholm then lost the second round to Macomb Dakota after going point for point with them. “I was happy with the way we played,” said Clarkston Varsity Volleyball Coach Kelly Avenall. “They have […]

Golfers to take on Lady Colts

The Lady Wolves finished last week’s tournaments with two golfers with medalists. Senior Katie McKnee finished with a medal at Forest Lake and Frankenmuth for the Clarkston Ladies Varsity Golf team. Senior Sabrina Zayec finished with one for the team at the first OAA Red tournament of the season. “We were respectable and we played […]

Eriksen rushes Wolves to win

The gridiron heroes put their first win of the season in the books last Friday after beating West Bloomfield, 41-18. ‘It was good to have Ian Eriksen back,? said Clarkston Varsity Football Head Coach Kurt Richardson. ‘He made such a difference right off the get-go.? Eriksen scored with 1:24 left in the first quarter on […]

DeFinis tops Adams in shutout

Six minutes is all the Wolves needed to build a lead in their home opener against Rochester Adams on Sept. 3. Senior Brad Schultz led the ball towards the Highlanders’ net then passed it to junior Joey DeFinis, who put it into the left corner of the net with less than six minutes into the […]

Runners on pace for wins

Runners finished in third place at the Chesaning Invitational last Thursday. “We showed improvement,” said Clarkston Boys Cross Country Coach Mike Taylor. “Part of it was due to weather – the temperature dropped. I was pretty happy. It was a good effort. We went up to Chesaning and it was damp and 20 degrees cooler. […]