Clarkston ski teams conquer the mountain

Lady Racers took first place after two days of Divisional meets. They scored 38 points during Feb. 4 and 5. Maddy Dunn raced into first in the Giant Slalom. Analicia Honkanen followed in second and Kelly Peters in third. Elizabeth Wolf finished off the top ten in seventh. During the Slalom, Honkanen led in first […]

Athlete of the Week

During the last few weeks, Cole Schaffer has helped the Wolves hockey team with three goals and two assists. Besides helping his teammates, he lends a hand in the community. He has worked with his church group in building a house and lending a hand to Lighthouse Emergency Services and Clarkston’s ‘Tree of Dreams? for […]

‘A good win?

Tom Staton grabbed the ball from Southfield-Lathrup’s control and ran towards the other side of the court. The Charger’s defense quickly moved forward to stop Staton from making it past the center of the floor. Staton spun around defenders, keeping the ball in motion, and passed to teammate Brandon Verlinden. Verlinden scored a basket, furthering […]

Hastings hurries to help in Lady Wolves victory

Megan Hastings stole the ball from Southfield’s control with ten seconds to go in overtime. The freshman followed it up with a layup and ended the score, 55-51. ‘We played well the whole game and played hard,? said Co-Captain Connor Daugherty. ‘I thought it was really cool how the whole team was into it. No […]

Journey to states begins this week

The wrestling mats wait rolled and hanging from the ceiling at Clarkston High School gym. Wednesday night, they come down for the Team District meet, deciding which team will go on to the regional meet next week in Fair Haven. The night begins with Grand Blanc and Holly dueling it out, while the Wolves prepare […]

Miss Smith goes to Lansing

Kristen Smith was looking for a university where she could fulfill her childhood dream of becoming a doctor and where she could continue running. She found quite a few schools, but Michigan State University stood out for her and on Feb. 11, Smith signed on to run cross country and track. ‘I feel really relieved,? […]

Learning the game

Young players left the gym Clarkston Junior High last Saturday knowing how to get past defense and shoot the perfect basket. Girls spent 10 weeks learning the fundamentals of basketball from coaches and teams from the Clarkston Girls Basketball program at Horizon Hoops camp. “This was probably our best year in participation,? said Girls Varsity […]

Wolves look to finish strong in regular season

Icers had less than a minute to go in the game, down a man during the power play, and one point behind. The Wolves skated towards Farmington Hill’s net and struck. Tyler Frakes tied the score at three points with 15 seconds remaining in the game. The tie sent the OAA league game into overtime. […]

Rolling over 500

Last week was monumental for Clarkston High varsity basketball coach Dan Fife. It was the last time Clarkston would play Pontiac Central, as the school merges with Pontiac Northern at the beginning of the next school year, and Fife reached a milestone of 500 wins. Hitting the milestone means much more than winning for Fife. […]

Athlete of the Week

Kenny Stelpflug was inspired as he watched swimming records being broken at the MHSAA state finals last March. When the winter season ended for the boys swim team, Stelpflug set his goals high and went to work in the pool to conquer. The sophomore will return to the state finals again this year after qualifying […]