Minjoo Lee had one goal going into the 30th Annual Girls Junior Amateur Tournament last month: she wanted to place in the top eight. She did well ? Lee won the tournament. She played 89 holes at the three-day tournament. ‘I thought, ‘just one more hole, I can do it,?? said Lee. It was the […]
Jenna Coates of Clarkston represented the best volleyball players from southeast Michigan last week. Her team, 16-National Legacy Volleyball Club, played against the top teams in the country in the USA Junior Olympic Girls Volleyball Competition in Dallas, Texas. They were the only team of 16-year-olds in Michigan to qualify for the event. ‘It was […]
Andersonville Elementary students took center stage on April 20. They performed in front of their friends and classmates in the 7th Annual Variety Show. Some saying it was more nerve-wrecking then performing for their parents the next night. The show ended with a surprise performance from the staff to Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believing.”
Pine Knob Elementary students created an indoor zoo to learn about the natural world around them, with the help of teachers and parents. They made clay sculptures, drew pictures, and wrote books about their chosen animals.
Bailey Lake Elementary third-graders piled all cat toys they made out of socks into a plastic tub during the annual C.A.T.S. – Connecting Academics Through Service – day last Thursday. The next stop for the cat toys was to the Kindergarten classes where they were put into adoption bags the Kindergarteners made. Each grade level […]
The spotlight shines on the Kentucky Derby this weekend and as many prepare for the big event, Clarkston native Katie Colosimo is also preparing. While many are watching the horses race she is helping to get the horses ready for the races, walking out with some of them, help saddle and make sure everything will […]
The first-grade classrooms at Pine Knob Elementary were transformed into zoos on Friday. It was the end of a project the students began in February. They wrote a non-fiction book about a animal, created the animal and its habitat. While working on the project they used information they found from research and what they learned […]
Clarkston Junior High School student Zachary Gootee has been selling candy bars to raise money for hockey camp. He is not going to any hockey camp, but a camp ran by U.S. Junior Development Program that helps train and prep junior elite players for college and professional hockey. At 13, Gootee is the youngest hockey […]
All of the tennis courts were empty except one on Saturday as freshmen Lexi Baylis and Christina Young from Midland Dow continued their battle in the Red & White Holly Invite. The fans and teams for both sides watched on the edge of their seats until Baylis won the championship in the third set for […]
With less than a month to go as Clarkston High School seniors, athletes Kristina Lucas and Liz Zezula know where they are heading after graduation day ? college. Both signed their letters of intent on April 26. Lucas heads west to Grand Valley State University to play tennis and Zezula heads south to Tiffin University […]