Wildcats Return To The Gridiron

Wildcats Return To The Gridiron

Oxford’s varsity football team was without a team to play last Friday when scheduled opponent Lake Orion dropped out because of COVID-19 issues. Then the adminstrations of Oxford and L’Anse Creuse North, whose opponent also dropped out, agreed to play each other. Here, Wildcat head coach Zach Line leading his team during the pregame playing […]

Football season officially postponed until spring

Football season officially postponed until spring

‘It hurts,’ Coach Zach Line By Teddy Rydquist Leader Staff Writer Beginning fall practice on Monday, August 10, albeit without shoulder pads and contact drills, the Oxford Wildcats football program spent their first four days of the 2020 season in an unexpected holding pattern, waiting to hear from the Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) […]

Michigan High School Athletic Association releases guidelines for fall sports: Oxford gridders preparing for 2020 season ‘virtually’

Michigan High School Athletic Association releases guidelines for fall sports: Oxford gridders preparing for 2020 season ‘virtually’

By Teddy Rydquist Leader Staff Writer While many details are still being ironed out, the Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) took a big step toward moving forward with their scheduled fall athletic plans on May 29. Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s “Safer-at-Home” Executive Order, lifted on June 1, allows schools to re-open athletic facilities the day […]

Cats will have their work cut out for them in OAA Red

Cats will have their work cut out for them in OAA Red

By Teddy Rydquist Leader Staff Writer For the seventh-straight season, the Oxford Wildcats will play their league games as a member of the Oakland Activities Association’s (OAA) Red division. Joining the OAA in 2010, the Wildcats spent their first four years in the conference as a member of the White division before jumping up to […]