By Teddy Rydquist Leader Staff Writer Extending their win streak to a season-long nine games, the Oxford Wildcat baseball program posted a 6-0 record from May 24-29. This run of success brings the team’s 2021 record to 30-7 (11-4 Oakland Activities Association Red Division), surpassing the 1998 squad’s school record of 29 wins in a […]
By Teddy Rydquist Leader Staff Writer Improving to 12-2 in 2021 and extending their season-long win streak to eight games, the Oxford girls’ soccer team easily dispatched the Lakes Valley Conference’s Waterford Kettering Captains, 8-0, in a Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) District No. 6 quarterfinal on May 27 at Wildcat Stadium. Oxford will […]
Commencements back to DTE By James Hanlon Leader Staff Writer High school graduation was mostly back to normal this year with a single event back at DTE Energy Music Theater in Clarkston rather than four successive ceremonies at Wildcat Stadium. Capacity was limited, graduates spaced out every other seat, and the band performed Pomp and […]
By James Hanlon Leader Staff Writer Oxford’s annual remembrance of those in the armed services who died serving our country returns Monday morning. Forced to cancel the traditional ceremony and parade last year, American Legion Walter Fraser Post 108 has a full slate of events planned this Memorial Day weekend. The service is Monday morning, […]
By James Hanlon Leader Staff Writer The Oxford Township Planning Commission approved a resolution to recommend the township board amend the township zoning ordinance to regulate medical marijuana grow operations under special land use in the industrial zoning of I-1 and I-2. The motion passed 6-0 at the commission’s May 13 meeting held at LakePoint […]
By Teddy Rydquist Leader Staff Writer Being able to call Wildcat Stadium and the Ian Smith Gymnasium home, Oxford student-athletes are fortunate. It is clear Oxford High School places tremendous emphasis on providing exceptional facilities for their students to compete in, and accessible sightlines, state-of-the-art scoreboards, and a game day experience fans and the community […]
Every year a Teacher of the Year and Support Person of the Year is selected for their outstanding work and service at each of the Oxford Community Schools. From those nominations one teacher is chosen for each school level- elementary, middle, and high school and one support person is chosen for the overall district to […]
Local road reconstruction In the last couple of weeks you may have tooled up or down Seymour Lake Road from about the Village limits, west to Baldwin Road and noticed some road work happening (not to mention some pretty aggressive, car-jolting bumps). According to Craig Bryson, Senior Communications Manager of the Road Commission for Oakland […]
By Teddy Rydquist Leader Staff Writer Wrapping up their 2021 regular season at 5-6 (1-1 Oakland Activities Association White Division), the Oxford Wildcats boys’ lacrosse team began postseason play on May 21 by squaring off with the Saginaw Heritage Hawks, a member of the Saginaw Valley League, in the Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) […]
Continuing a two-week trend, this week, our 59th week of reporting local COVID numbers, our area again saw decreases in recent cases and a small up-tick in total cases. According to numbers provided by the county, last week we reported there were a total of 2,654 cases from Leonard, west to Oxford. This week, 2,678. […]